Yeah, Christian did say something to that effect. I think the whole couple pairing thing was because it was each person's... "touchstone" if you will who woke them, ie just a very important person/thing/event in their life, and from that time frame. And of course, most important, for most this was romantic, but that didn't necessarily *have* to be the case, like Kate's being Aaron's birth, Locke's ability to walk, and I'm sure Michael's would've been something with Walt, and so on.
As for Aaron in purgatory as a baby... I'll assume you're reasonably intelligent but sorry if this is complicated, hard to word ;) Okay, so let's take into account that a giant Season 5 lesson is that "time is relative," yes? The way I've always seen it is that right after Jack died on the Island in the finale, was he went to purgatory and started the flash-sideways, right where we saw him on the plane in the opening scene of Season 6. Makes sense as a starting point given the whole "most important thing" concept. Anyway, for no reason other than it's my own head-canon (even though I dislike that term), I'll go ahead and assume that Aaron lived an average length of life. And when he died, he went straight to being born in purgatory. So that's how I figured it worked in terms of time being relative. Even though they likely died many decades apart (at the very least I doubt Aaron died a matter of days after Jack), they just happened to arrive at purgatory within days of each other. I guess it worked out that way because Aaron was too important to too many other characters and for his significance on the Island for them to move on without him.
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BillySlater (4108)
6 years ago
Yeah I just thought, do they really need Aaron in baby form to appear in purgatory? Remember we have to assume that Claire lived out her days with her son but returns with him in baby form together to move on. She would have known him as a full grown man but is moving on with him as a baby. Just seems a tad strange.
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ADBruno1985 (3309)
6 years ago
I imagine it happened that way because it's how he entered their lives on the Island, was meant to sort of mirror. I agree your way makes more sense. However: 1: Given my thoughts on the time being relative idea, it's not like they would've had to wait an extra 30 years in purgatory just for him to show up. 2: To do it how you said, while it makes sense, would've involved a non-pregnant Claire being on the plane at the start of Season 6, which would've felt odd. Then later, when we meet an adult Aaron and then have to go through the explanation of who he is (with an actor we'd not seen as him before and wouldn't be invested in), it would've felt jarring. Also might've wondered if it was really him or a last-minute mystery. Also would've demanded more explanation within the story, which they probably wanted to avoid of course.
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