Talk:Desmond Hume
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- I am surprised no one has ever proposed the idea that Desmond is a parallel to Odysseus. He was in the military. Then he took a very very long and crazy journey, all over the world, in a boat. He is always working to get back to his girl "penelope" (same name as Odyseus's wife).
(Playsbad 00:01, 23 January 2009 (UTC))
- Do we know for a fact that Penny and Desmond are married at any point?
- People have talked about the Odysseus reference before. We assume they are married because they have wedding rings in the most recent episode. --Jackdavinci 02:12, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
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Desmond: Miracle Boy?
In episode 5x03 ("Jughead"), Daniel tells Desmond he is "miraculously special". That made me think about one of Desmond's powers that's been only subtly hinted at: he is, appearently, "invisible" for the Others (or at least to Ben), though this may or may not be caused by having been an inhabitant of the Swan (which prior to the arrival of the losties was also unknown to the Others). Not only his arrival was unnoticed by the Others; despite all their tight surveilliance of the Island, they also had no knowledge of the "Elizabeth" (Ben acted noticeably startled when he was told that there was a boat on the Island he didnt know about), once again, until it was used by the losties. After that, despite Ben and Desmond being major players in the last three seasons, for one reason or the other, they never interacted. As a matter of fact they only were at the same place and time for a few minutes ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3") and they barely regarded each other. Moreover, Ben believes in the importance that everyone who left the island should be back, but he doesn't even mention Desmond (though, a recent exchange of words between Desmond and Penny made evident that he's going to go back ("Jughead")). Maokun 11:24, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
1995?
I can't believe I am the first to catch this. There is a problem with the Desmond timeline. The issue has to do with 1995/96 being the year Desmond returns to. It can't be the right year, it was probably 98/99 when 2004 Desmond returns to Penny. In Catch-22, we know that Ruth said Desmond's last "religious experience" was when Celtic won in 1995. That means he became a monk either in or after 1995, later that year he broke off the engagement and even later became a monk. Assuming it all happened in 1995, dating Penny for 2 years would bring him to 1997 at least. --Librarygirl 22:27, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
- It must be a production error because Desmond was definitely at the monastery in 1995 according to the label on the Moriah wine. And in The Constant the year 1996 is expressly mentioned four times. Maybe 2 years just means more than 12 months rounding up... -JamesyWamesy 03:54, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
- Having just read the main article and switched to the discussion page I noticed a small inconsistency between the two. The main article states "Ruth said the closest thing Desmond came to a religious experience in that time was when Celtic won the Scottish cup in 1985." I also seem to recall her saying 1985. However I just looked up Celtic's honours and they did indeed win the Scottish Cup in 1985 and 1995. Hope I have helped the confusion! Desmond constant 11:35, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
So is Penelope his sister AND wife?
I am pretty sure thats true, but can someone verify that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jayross (talk • contribs) .
- You're actually quite confused. Penelope is Daniel's half-sister and is by no means Desmond's sister. -- Orhan94 Talk Contribs 22:39, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Mention Original timeline.
We know that Desmond is unique among the chracters of Lost because he has two timelines prior to comming to the island. The events of Flashes Before Your Eyes show Desmond making clear changes to his original timeline, This has even been confirmed by Damon and Carlton in the Feburary 20 2007 podcast, when they said that in his original timeline he may have had a different origin for the photo. Also in the original timeline Jimmy Lennon obivously hit the bartender and not Desmond. As this has been confirmed by the producers I feel we should include it on this article. I am happy to make the changes I would like to know others opinions first. --D Toccs 22:28, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
- I agree, I think the article should have a sketch of what likely happened originally (not paying any attention to Charlie, not trying to buy the ring, not asking his friend about time travel). LOST-Merick 02:24, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- I'm going to do that right now.--Dr. James (4 8 15 16 23 42) 00:45, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
The events of "BYF" and "LTDA"'s order are wrong?
Desmond meet Daniel at the hatch door after Desmond hear Locke shout on the hatch?When Daniel and the survivors flash back to the past, the survivors who on the beach also meet themself at the past, looks like it is wrong, right?
Reason he was Dishonourably Discharged
I have a feeling this was already explained. In The Constant he was constantly disobeying orders. I think this was what always happened, chronologically he was hopping to the future and back while in the army and this is why he was dishonourably discharged? I know this isn't conclusive evidence but I have a feeling they won't explain it any more than what I've mentioned. --Robbie 20:00, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
- I thought it was for disobeying orders as well. Is there any reason to think that's not it?-- Graft talk contributions 20:30, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
- "Oh, right, Her Majesty's Army, correct? Tell me, Desmond, why'd you leave that nice old lady's army? Oh, I remember now. You got kicked out because you couldn't follow orders." - Kelvin in LTDA Plausible. --Golden Monkey 21:57, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
Maybe Charles Widmore was something to do for Desmond so he could going in prison. Desmond is a good person, why would he be in prison? --Station7 21:11, September 12, 2009 (UTC)
