Post by Jack on Dec 16, 2006 4:18:24 GMT -5
Danielle:
OUTSIDE
Growing up in France, Danielle Rousseau led a science expedition around the Pacific along with her lover Robert. The two were very much in love, and Rousseau carried in her possession a music box he had once given to her. During one science voyage, three days out from Fiji, a seven-months pregnant Rousseau picked up a distress signal broadcasting the numbers. Changing course to investigate, a freak storm caught the ship in its wake, causing it to crash on the island.
What would then happen is largely based on Rousseau's words, but it is understood that her team began to become seriously sick, so much so that it is implied that Danielle killed them in fear that, if rescued, they might spread the illness to the outside world. Rousseau then found a radio tower on the island, changing the signal from the numbers to a personal plea for help. Around this time, Rousseau gave birth to a daughter, named Alexandra. However, a week after the birth, a large pillar of black smoke could be seen on the horizon, and soon after Alex was kidnapped by the Others. Distraught by this, Rousseau most likely lived alone and traumatized on the island for over 16 years, before meeting Sayid after he was caught in a trap. During this time, it seems Rousseau attempted to map the island, and also possibly had a run-in with the monster (or as she called it, the security system).
SEASON ONE
Following a mysterious cable from the beach, Sayid stumbled into a snare trap set by Danielle, who subsequently takes him hostage. Initially suspecting he is an Other, she ties him up and asks "Where is Alex!" in a variety of languages. When he denies knowing anything about this, she uses electricity to torture him.
After some time, Danielle begins to talk to Sayid, and tells him a number of things about her time on the island. For instance, she tells him that the distress signal broadcasts from the radio tower, and that it is under the control of the Others (a strange thing to know, considering she also says she has never actually seen "them"only heard their whispers). When Sayid offers to repair her broken music box, Rousseau sedates him and moves him to a chair. After fixing the box, much to Rousseau's delight, animal noises can be heard from outside Rousseau's self-made bunker. As she goes to investigate, Sayid steals her maps and notes about the island and escapes her capture.
Back at the camp, the found notes attract Hurley's attention. He notices that written on them are the numbers, and he treks into the jungle with the rest of the group who are after the batteries Rousseau has. Meeting up with each other, Rousseau agrees with Hurley's idea that the numbers are cursed, as they are what brought her to the island in the first place. Hurley then gives her a big hug, and this may well have been Danielle's first human contact in 16 years. Also around this time, Danielle finds Claire delirious in the jungle. As Claire shouts for "Ethan", Rousseau realises it is the Others, and pleads for Claire to be quiet. A struggle then begins and Claire badly scratches Danielle's arms. Knocking her unconscious, Danielle carries her back near the main survivors' camp, leaving her where she rightly believes she'll be easily found.
Rousseau later went to the Losties main camp, warning them about the pillar of black smoke and what it meant. She then led a number of the survivors to the Black Rock, in the hope they could use the dynamite within it to blow open the hatch and hide inside. Rousseau then kidnapped Aaron and headed across the island. Both Charlie and Sayid find her, and she admits she thought she might be able to exchange Aaron for Alex, after hearing the whispers say they wanted "the child" (though they in fact meant Walt all along).
SEASON TWO
Rousseau then disappeared for a while, but contacted the survivors again after she caught an Other, Benjamin Linus (aka Henry Gale), in one of her traps. She warned Sayid that Henry was one of them, and that he would lie for a long time. When Henry tried to escape, Danielle shot him in the back with a crossbow, and left him in Sayid's charge.
Only a couple of days later, Rousseau is sought out once more, this time by Claire, who is beginning to remember what happened to her whilst she was kidnapped. Believing Rousseau knows more than she actually does about the events, she tells Rousseau to take her back to "that place". Danielle believes she means the location where she found her, and takes her back there, along with Kate. Claire then manages to find the Staff station, where she had been held, and the three go inside. Neither Claire nor Danielle find what they were searching for, and Danielle is upset that she is still no closer to ever seeing her daughter. As Claire realises what actually happened, and how Danielle had actually saved her life, she reveals that the female Other who also helped her was probably the Alex Danielle lost 16 years ago. Danielle thanks Claire for telling her this, and returns to her home in the jungle.
OUTSIDE
Growing up in France, Danielle Rousseau led a science expedition around the Pacific along with her lover Robert. The two were very much in love, and Rousseau carried in her possession a music box he had once given to her. During one science voyage, three days out from Fiji, a seven-months pregnant Rousseau picked up a distress signal broadcasting the numbers. Changing course to investigate, a freak storm caught the ship in its wake, causing it to crash on the island.
What would then happen is largely based on Rousseau's words, but it is understood that her team began to become seriously sick, so much so that it is implied that Danielle killed them in fear that, if rescued, they might spread the illness to the outside world. Rousseau then found a radio tower on the island, changing the signal from the numbers to a personal plea for help. Around this time, Rousseau gave birth to a daughter, named Alexandra. However, a week after the birth, a large pillar of black smoke could be seen on the horizon, and soon after Alex was kidnapped by the Others. Distraught by this, Rousseau most likely lived alone and traumatized on the island for over 16 years, before meeting Sayid after he was caught in a trap. During this time, it seems Rousseau attempted to map the island, and also possibly had a run-in with the monster (or as she called it, the security system).
SEASON ONE
Following a mysterious cable from the beach, Sayid stumbled into a snare trap set by Danielle, who subsequently takes him hostage. Initially suspecting he is an Other, she ties him up and asks "Where is Alex!" in a variety of languages. When he denies knowing anything about this, she uses electricity to torture him.
After some time, Danielle begins to talk to Sayid, and tells him a number of things about her time on the island. For instance, she tells him that the distress signal broadcasts from the radio tower, and that it is under the control of the Others (a strange thing to know, considering she also says she has never actually seen "them"only heard their whispers). When Sayid offers to repair her broken music box, Rousseau sedates him and moves him to a chair. After fixing the box, much to Rousseau's delight, animal noises can be heard from outside Rousseau's self-made bunker. As she goes to investigate, Sayid steals her maps and notes about the island and escapes her capture.
Back at the camp, the found notes attract Hurley's attention. He notices that written on them are the numbers, and he treks into the jungle with the rest of the group who are after the batteries Rousseau has. Meeting up with each other, Rousseau agrees with Hurley's idea that the numbers are cursed, as they are what brought her to the island in the first place. Hurley then gives her a big hug, and this may well have been Danielle's first human contact in 16 years. Also around this time, Danielle finds Claire delirious in the jungle. As Claire shouts for "Ethan", Rousseau realises it is the Others, and pleads for Claire to be quiet. A struggle then begins and Claire badly scratches Danielle's arms. Knocking her unconscious, Danielle carries her back near the main survivors' camp, leaving her where she rightly believes she'll be easily found.
Rousseau later went to the Losties main camp, warning them about the pillar of black smoke and what it meant. She then led a number of the survivors to the Black Rock, in the hope they could use the dynamite within it to blow open the hatch and hide inside. Rousseau then kidnapped Aaron and headed across the island. Both Charlie and Sayid find her, and she admits she thought she might be able to exchange Aaron for Alex, after hearing the whispers say they wanted "the child" (though they in fact meant Walt all along).
SEASON TWO
Rousseau then disappeared for a while, but contacted the survivors again after she caught an Other, Benjamin Linus (aka Henry Gale), in one of her traps. She warned Sayid that Henry was one of them, and that he would lie for a long time. When Henry tried to escape, Danielle shot him in the back with a crossbow, and left him in Sayid's charge.
Only a couple of days later, Rousseau is sought out once more, this time by Claire, who is beginning to remember what happened to her whilst she was kidnapped. Believing Rousseau knows more than she actually does about the events, she tells Rousseau to take her back to "that place". Danielle believes she means the location where she found her, and takes her back there, along with Kate. Claire then manages to find the Staff station, where she had been held, and the three go inside. Neither Claire nor Danielle find what they were searching for, and Danielle is upset that she is still no closer to ever seeing her daughter. As Claire realises what actually happened, and how Danielle had actually saved her life, she reveals that the female Other who also helped her was probably the Alex Danielle lost 16 years ago. Danielle thanks Claire for telling her this, and returns to her home in the jungle.
