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Originally Posted by ross22

Remember that Desmond told Charlie that he saw Claire being rescued (getting on a helicopter or something like that) in one of his visions... that's the main reason why Charlie sacrificed himself... now, the question is: if Claire is dead, how could she be rescued? The other possibility is that Desmond's vision was not accurate....

Reading your post made me think about what Desmond said in Catch 22:

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DESMOND: I saw a sequence of events. Things that are gonna happen.

HURLEY: What you see?

DESMOND: It was, it was like a sorta jigsaw puzzle. Only I didn't have the picture in the box so, I dunno how the pieces fit exactly but, but one of the pieces, the first one...

[Desmond sees the image of Hurley picking up the cable in the sand]

DESMOND: ... It was you, pulling the cable out the sand.

HURLEY: So what are the other pieces?

DESMOND: If I tell you that, it'll change the picture in the box.

HURLEY: So what? Isn't that the point? Preventing something bad?

CHARLIE: You said duck.

DESMOND: Sorry.

CHARLIE: You shouted duck. You knew, even before we set off, you knew all this time didn't you?

DESMOND: Aye.

CHARLIE: Well then why didn't you say anything.

DESMOND: Because if I'd told you the truth you wouldn't have come.

CHARLIE: Oh and you needed me to come. Cause I was part of your vision. You thought that the only way you could get your girl back was if I took an arrow in the head. You would have sacrificed me!

DESMOND: If the flashes don't happen exactly how I saw them, the picture changes. I was supposed to let you die Charlie.

CHARLIE: What's that supposed to mean?

DESMOND: It means its bloody pointless. I keep saving your life, and what good has it done? Its just gonna keep happening again and again, maybe that's the point eh? Maybe its a test.

CHARLIE: Test?

DESMOND: Like God, testing Abraham, except I failed, because I changed what I saw.

Maybe after telling Charlie what he saw changed the picture or it has not happened yet since as Desmond said they don't happen in order..

The other option is that Desmond lied to get Charlie to save everyone, using his flashes as the reason.. That could be why he ended up following Charlie down to the Looking Glass since he felt guilty for lying to Charlie about seeing Claire getting on a helicopter?