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Originally Posted by Reaper16
Aaron hasn't been special. BUT we've been told, over and over, that he is. Claire and the need to protect Aaron was one of the primary plot threads from the first three seasons! And I don't think the show will ever go back to that plot thread. I pretty much don't forget anything - that's why I brought up Pickett's line about Jacob's list; what am I supposed to think if the Candidates list is the first list from Jacob that we see on the show? Do the show's writers think I will forget about their dropped plot threads, about their dialogue references to things unexplained? Because I don't forget. Anyway, I'm still frustrated as Hell about that psychic that pleaded with Claire over several desperate phone calls that she raise her baby - only to see in an Eko flashback a season later that he is a "hack psychic," as if showing that he is a hack will let the audience forget about his desperation wrt Claire. But that only makes his desperation all the more realistic! He's a hack but he acts like he had a real, frightening premonition this time!
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Cool.
I don't remember anyone besides the Richard Malkin even implying that Aaron was special. Except maybe Ethan... (?) But the others only seemed interested in him for scientific reasons - trying to figure out the pregnancy issues on the island. But, like I said, it's much more fresh in you mind.
There are two answers to the "mystery" (and I use that word loosely) of Aaron and the Richard Malkin. One is, as you stated, he's just a hack. Maybe this isn't the best possible answer, but it's an answer none the less. And if that's the answer the show runners intended to give, I'm satisfied by it. But, again, I never saw the kid as important beyond his affect on the characters around him. For example, how he brings Claire and Charlie together, how he helps alter Kate's path and trigger her biggest change, etc...
The second possible answer is something that you haven't gotten to yet. It's a little out there, but we'll talk about it once you've finished.