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Originally Posted by Integrated
Oh come ON, Ben had absolutely no idea the plane was about to crash. There's really very little evidence that he's a "puppet master". He's just good at improvising situations as they come up.Did he PLAN both Goodwin and Ethan getting killed? Did he PLAN Jack escaping and almost drowning him and Juliet? Did he PLAN Jack cutting open his kidney sack? Did he PLAN Kate and Sawyer escaping? Did he PLAN Locke arriving and taking his adopted daughter and him hostage?
He's no bad leader, don't get me wrong, but you're giving him A LOT more credit than he deserves.
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I don't think that Ben is "in control" of everything that happens, or that he can be called a puppet master. What you can call him is a manipulative little snake. He is really good at reading people's motives and desires and using those emotions against them. Even with a cold fish like Juliet, he's been able to find a way to manipulate her as well.
I sometimes wonder if those "lists" he asked for were of people that were easily indoctrinated or unquestioning. I.E. people like Kate and Sawyer are far too questioning and rebellious to work as a part of Ben's facsist colony.