LAST EDITED ON 02-25-10 AT 05:52 PM (EST)zombiebaby: You make an excellent point. Sun and Frank went to the barracks in search of Jin, and there they found Christian Shepard waiting for them. He is the one that told Sun and Frank that their friends, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and Jin were all in 1977, he showed them their picture. He also told them to wait for Locke...he instructed her to wait for Locke because together they will be able to rescue the others from the past.
So, XLocke was already up and running when this Christian appeared to Sun and Frank. And, remember, smokey is "stuck that way". So, WHO is inhabiting Christian? Can we assume since he instructed them to wait for Locke that whoever is inhibiting him is with the dark force?
I also wanted to add that when Bram first found Miles and took him in the van, he warned him that if he didn't come with him, he would be on the "wrong side"....
He had previously agreed to go to the freighter and get paid by Widmore. So, Widmore is on the opposite side of Bram, Ilana, Jacob? So, does that mean that Ben is on the right side, as he opposes Widmore?
Widmore recruited Locke to go and gather the survivors of Oceanic 815 and return, and if Locke didn't go back the "wrong side" would win the war. Locke accepted, and then was killed by Ben. Ben was used by XLocke...XLocke and Widmore are on the same side. The side that opposes Jacob, the others, Ilana.