After rewatching the end of S2 last night, I have come up with a lil theory of about the Swan and pushing the button.


I wanna say that the island, before Dharma, was always shifting through time...that the electromagnetic energy of the island would grow to large and force the island into traveling into the past( easily explains the Black Rock) or to the future(possibly explain the 4 Toed Statue?).  The island has been constantly doing that for who knows how long.

Now enter Dharma, they find the island and all its vast properties...probably building the Orchid first.  I think the Incident that Candle referred to in the films, was the first time Dharma experienced the Island moving...possibly to the future?  The Incident is what caused the Swan to be built, and the button needing to be pushed every 108 mins.  As it was the only way to keep the island from time traveling (now I know it kinda throws off the fact that the Orchid is what actually moved the island).

Think of the island constantly being unstuck from time, as it doesnt exist in real time due to the electromagnetism.  And the only possible window of leaving it was the bearing we all know. 

So how did 815 end up crashing on it?  Well since Des didnt make it back to the Swan in time, he wasnt able to discharge the energy, it started building up, causing the island to revert back into real time...that energy caused maybe an emp to be released knocking 815 out of the sky...but then the numbers were finally imputted and the island reverted back to its state of being unstuck from natural time.  This can help explain why Des wasnt able to leave the island with his boat...he didnt have the bearing to head, and the island actually didnt exist in the real world for him to travel to...basically the snow globe theory, cause it was, the island was in a bubble that was existing outside of time.

Enter S2's end, and John destroying the computer...the Swan goes into severe electromagnetic build up, far more than when Des was late pushing the button.  I believe the island was reverting back to existing in real time(Purple Sky)...one thing I noticed was that at the dock where Ben, Jack and crew were at....at first when the sky and noise started to happen, Ben was the only one that didnt cover his ears at first, and had the look on his face that he knew exactly what was happening, like he has seen it before.  I think maybe he thought the island was moving through time again, but actually it was getting "stuck" back into real time.  By Des turning the Key and imploding the Swan, I believe it completely placed the island back in real time, maybe for good....also sending Des on his lil time traveling adventure from Catch 22?

I think the Swan imploding was what allowed the island to reappear in real time, and allowed it to be found by the freightor.  Remember the 2 guys in the ice area?  The Swan implosions energy was picked up by their scanners, revealing where the island was.  What did they do after that, they called Penny to tell her....why would she be looking for the island in S2?  Desmond told her in his incoherent mind frame back in the Constant in 96 from this season, rambling about an Island, which also gives you one time loop.....the Swan imploding started in motion the island being found....because Penny (and Faraday in someways) new about it back in 1996.

Its long i know, but its somethings that I observed last night from watching, which by the way, Locke and Eko, werent far away from Des at all when he turned the key....in Locke's case, atleast, what if time traveled like Des too, and we just havent seen it yet? 

Im undecided on the date of the creation of the wheel. Im still struggling with how it does what it does. How is turning that wheel responsible for moving the island? One guess that I have is that it turns the magnetic poles so that north and south reverse.

good example. you always seem to have a way to make me understand your examples