Christian vs. Charlie

Is it just me or does anyone else see conflict between Charlie and Christian last night? On one hand you have Charlie talking to Hurley telling him that Jack shouldn't be the one raising Aaron, Jack can't raise Aaron. And on the other hand you have Christian taking Aaron away from the very person who is supposed to raise Aaron (according to Richard Malkin the psychic). What's going on here?

I don't think Christian "took" Aaron with the implication of separating him from Claire. It was more of a granddad- grandson moment for him, most likely..

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Originally Posted by flaneuse

I don't think Christian "took" Aaron with the implication of separating him from Claire. It was more of a granddad- grandson moment for him, most likely..

yea i agree with this. We know Christian is going to reveal to Claire that she is Jack's half-sister. I didn't see him as a threat to the baby, more as a link/connection to Claire and Aaron.

Why not let Aaron go along with Claire then? I think there is something weird here.

My question is rather this: OK that Claire was told that Aaron shouldn't be raised by anyone other than his mom. But if Claire is to die in the upcoming episodes, separation is inevitable and someone's got to take care of Aaron, right? Otherwise it's going to be 'let it be' a la National Geographic.

Perhaps Christian's appearance has some warning quality to it for Claire, an attempt to inform her or communicate with her, next to connecting with the grandson.

Christian took Aaron to get Claire to come with him. That is why Sawyer found Aaron by himself. Also, it is surprising how Charlie only appears to Hurley. He had an impact on everybody on the island. Why does he only talk to Hurley and not Claire? I think Charlie did appear to Claire after her house in the barracks was blown up. He probably protected her from the blast.

Here's something I found on darkufo's site:

Anyway, Hurley tells Jack about the visits from Dead Charlie, and also goes on to read a note from the one and only Darth Hoodie: "You're not supposed to raise him, Jack." Hurley then forewarns Jack that he's about to get a special visitor of his own. This sufficiently freaks The Mad Doctor out, to the point where he ends up sitting in his car outside of the mental institution, waiting to see if Dead Charlie moseys on over. Alas, he doesn't.

So here's what I don't understand. Does the Island want Aaron to be raised by Claire, or "by another?" When the psychic warned Claire that horrible things would happen if she wasn't the one to rear lil' Turniphead, and then went so far as to put her on Flight 815 (which he may have known was going to go down), was he working on behalf of the Island? Contradictory things seem to be happening, so I can't figure out what's going on. Consider all the evidence to date (well, I'm sure I forgot something, but here's what I remember off of the top of my head):

- Claire is pregnant pre-flight and considers giving her baby up for adoption.
- She visits a psychic, who warns her that Aaron must NOT be "raised by another."
- She goes to sign adoption papers anyway, but her pen keeps running out of ink (the Island's doing?). She has a change of heart and decides to keep the baby.
- Then the psychic calls her at home, repeatedly, and begs her to see him again. He tells her he's found a wonderful couple in L.A. and that she should give her baby to them. Claire questions his about-face:
CLAIRE: You spent the last 4 months telling me I have to raise the baby myself. Now you're giving me money and saying I don't have to?
PSYCHIC: I found a couple in Los Angeles who are very eager to adopt. The baby will be safe in their care. Now, I've foreseen. . .
CLAIRE: Heh, Foreseen? I don't even know why I'm here. I'm sorry.
PSYCHIC: I know this sounds ridiculous, Claire. All this psychic business, and I appreciate that you must think I'm a raving madman. But this is what must happen.
CLAIRE: So you're giving me 6,000 dollars to give my baby to a couple of strangers in Los Angeles?
PSYCHIC: 12,000. The other 6 when you arrive in Los Angeles. And they're not strangers, Claire. They're good people.

... but she takes the ticket he's bought for her for Flight 815, and then realizes once she's on the Island that the psychic KNEW she would end up stranded with her baby, thus forcing her to raise him and thereby preventing the doom that had been foreseen.

- The Others try to steal Aaron, unsuccessfully. As does Rousseau.
- Zombie Dad takes Claire away from Aaron in the jungle.
- Jack gets a life-threatening illness right before he leaves the Island.
- Aaron is taken from the Island with the rest of the Oceanic Six, for reasons as-of-yet unknown.
- Off-Island, Dead Charlie claims that Jack should not be raising Aaron. One could assume this goes for Kate as well.
- Off-Island, both Hurley and Jack end up wanting to go back to the Island.
- Off-Island, Jack's suicide attempt is interrupted when a car wreck occurs right behind him (the Island's doing?)

WHAT IS GOING ON??? If the Island wants Aaron to be raised by Claire, then why did Zombie Dad (who I can only assume is one with the Island) take her away in the first place? What would the Island need Aaron for anyway? This is one huge mystery that I really hope they have a good explanation for

What if the "couple in Los Angeles" that should be raising Aaron is actually Jack and Kate that he if referring to?

"Raised by another" - maybe what she really said was "raised by an Other".