Quote Originally Posted by Craig View Post
random thought: locke was never as special as he thought he was, and neither is the title of leader among the others. charles and ben never seemed special or revered when they were leading so i doubt locke would be either. heck, for all we know he wasnt even meant to be leader.

think of it this way, why did richard take an interest in locke in the first place? cos he appeared in the past saying "jacob says im your leader" but didnt john get most of his instructions from christian? christian at this point is clearly another manifestation of jacob's enemy so locke has been used and probably isnt special at all
No - Widmore and Eloise both were respected and obeyed by the Others. Widmore had the ability to order them around (instructing Ben to kill Danielle, for instance) and Richard said he was "protecting our leader" when he knocked Eloise out before she entered the basement of the Dharmaville house.

I agree with what you said about Locke, though. His life totally sucks (sucked?).