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To expand on my response to Cultr:
I don't think Walt was ever special... all the manifestations of him that people saw? I think it was just the island communicating with people. Ben's mom, Christian Shepard, Walt, now Libby appearing to Michael on the freighter... I'm pretty sure the island just projects these manifestations to people on its own. Notice how each time someone appears, it's someone who will have a profound effect on the viewer?
For example, when Shannon saw Walt in the woods, it caused her to sprint after him, led to her being shot by Ana-Lucia. She wouldn't have run after anyone else like that (except maybe her brother, but that would scare her.. as opposed to seeing Walt who was still alive).
The island showed Walt to Locke because they had some kind of connection.
Libby was shown to Michael because, hey, he killed her. Nothing like your victim haunting to you to hammer a point across.
I think you can repeat this for every other hallucination.
Oh man... now here's a thought! Usually when the island manifests a 'ghost' of someone, it wants someone to do something. This can be debatable, because like, Hurley was crazy and all... but maybe the island really wanted Hurley to jump off that cliff when "Dave" was telling him to. Libby stepped though, and messed that whole plan up.
What happens to Libby? She gets killed.
Don't mess with the island?
...Back to work.
- Sounds good, but Walt is still special/powerful somehow. We've seen a lot of his oddness and ability to make things 'happen.'harlequino
- Like what? A bird flew into a window once in the very beginning. That was it.kult