I’ve been thinking a lot about Libby lately because I think her story hasn’t had the explanation it deserves ( Rousseau is in the same boat). I mean who is Libby? She stands out to me because she has been a pretty big player in some the character’s lives but hasn’t had her back story told or even her last name revealed. All we really know about Libby is that she claims she was a clinical psychologist and was married to a man named Dave who died from an unknown cause. Libby was the reason Desmond got the Elizabeth and was able to sail around the world which would eventually make him end up on the island. She also just happened to be in the same mental institution as Hurley.
Now I could totally be off here but I think Libby has the potential to be important to the story because of the magnitude that she has impacted the two characters she interacted with. First, how many times have you been in a coffee shop and were offered a boat? It is very possible that this was just a plot devise to give Desmond the boat that he needed to get to the island and a way to link characters, but the conspiracy theorist in me likes to think otherwise. Maybe she was hired by Widmore to actively seek out Desmond and give him the boat so he would enter the race and be away from Penny? There are also some who think the sailing race sponsored by Widmore was nothing more than an attempt to locate the island. If a boat didn’t come back and its disappearance couldn’t be explained, then there is a chance it found the island. This could potentially work if Widmore knows as much about the island as we think and was having a hard time locating it before the sky turned purple. However, I digressed.
Perhaps Libby wasn’t hired by Widmore but just affiliated with him and his company? I got bitten by the LOST bug when my boyfriend turned me on to The Lost Experience ARG. In that ARG there was a “character” who we knew nothing about. Do you remember Liddy Wales? I do. She was the only member of the Hanso Foundation listed on the website without a picture. Could Libby be Liddy? This theory isn’t really based on anything other than the fact that both characters are female and have a lot of mystery associated with them, but how cool would it be if this is true? TPTB would have to explain it in a way that didn’t take away meaning from those who did not participate in TLE which makes it a bit more difficult but do-able.
Libby being in the same mental institution as Hurley is interesting. It is also important to note that while she was there, Libby was a brunette. Could she have gotten sick of her blonde hair and wanted a change or was Libby disguising herself from someone? When Hurley met Libby on the island he had a feeling he saw her before but couldn’t place her. She didn’t tell him that she was in the same mental institution that he was and was staring at him, which was probably the reason he felt he saw her before. Instead she lied. Why the lie? If she was there for a legitimate mental health reason then why not tell Hurley? I really don’t think Hurley would judge her because he was in the same predicament she was. This makes me think Libby lied for a reason. What this reason is I don’t know. Again, could she be spying on Hurley, like she potentially did with Desmond? What do you think?
I hope that in one of the upcoming seasons we finally learn Libby’s last name because that could be a huge clue about her background and agenda. The fact that she was brought back to haunt Michael makes me think she has more to tell. Remember, Michael shot and killed two people. Why didn’t they bring back Ana-Lucia? It could be because she refused because of other projects. Although I like to think it’s because her story is finished and Libby’s story only just began…
Now I could totally be off here but I think Libby has the potential to be important to the story because of the magnitude that she has impacted the two characters she interacted with. First, how many times have you been in a coffee shop and were offered a boat? It is very possible that this was just a plot devise to give Desmond the boat that he needed to get to the island and a way to link characters, but the conspiracy theorist in me likes to think otherwise. Maybe she was hired by Widmore to actively seek out Desmond and give him the boat so he would enter the race and be away from Penny? There are also some who think the sailing race sponsored by Widmore was nothing more than an attempt to locate the island. If a boat didn’t come back and its disappearance couldn’t be explained, then there is a chance it found the island. This could potentially work if Widmore knows as much about the island as we think and was having a hard time locating it before the sky turned purple. However, I digressed.
Perhaps Libby wasn’t hired by Widmore but just affiliated with him and his company? I got bitten by the LOST bug when my boyfriend turned me on to The Lost Experience ARG. In that ARG there was a “character” who we knew nothing about. Do you remember Liddy Wales? I do. She was the only member of the Hanso Foundation listed on the website without a picture. Could Libby be Liddy? This theory isn’t really based on anything other than the fact that both characters are female and have a lot of mystery associated with them, but how cool would it be if this is true? TPTB would have to explain it in a way that didn’t take away meaning from those who did not participate in TLE which makes it a bit more difficult but do-able.
Libby being in the same mental institution as Hurley is interesting. It is also important to note that while she was there, Libby was a brunette. Could she have gotten sick of her blonde hair and wanted a change or was Libby disguising herself from someone? When Hurley met Libby on the island he had a feeling he saw her before but couldn’t place her. She didn’t tell him that she was in the same mental institution that he was and was staring at him, which was probably the reason he felt he saw her before. Instead she lied. Why the lie? If she was there for a legitimate mental health reason then why not tell Hurley? I really don’t think Hurley would judge her because he was in the same predicament she was. This makes me think Libby lied for a reason. What this reason is I don’t know. Again, could she be spying on Hurley, like she potentially did with Desmond? What do you think?
I hope that in one of the upcoming seasons we finally learn Libby’s last name because that could be a huge clue about her background and agenda. The fact that she was brought back to haunt Michael makes me think she has more to tell. Remember, Michael shot and killed two people. Why didn’t they bring back Ana-Lucia? It could be because she refused because of other projects. Although I like to think it’s because her story is finished and Libby’s story only just began…
1 comment:
Great thoughts and reasoning! LOL I really need a car right now, so I would settle for getting given a car in a coffee shop, heheh.
I too have been waiting for TPTB to tell us that Libby is either Liddy, or that Liddy is her Bad Twin (still waiting for one of those to show up, haha, even if people laugh at me). I really like the idea that Wid possibly arranged the race for the purpose of situating boats in the general vacinity of where he thought the island might be...or show up, now that we know about it moving. It also makes sense that he might try to get rid of Dez via the race, at least for the duration of time that Penny might finally marry the other guy that she was engaged to, and then it would be too late for Dez to interfere.
Great post. :-)
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