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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I've been thinking about this for a while today with young ben getting shot.
I think A) he's not dead B) Sayid is probably reponsible for Ben Linus becoming the cold pragmatic guy that he is today. This was a kid who wanted to get away from his abusive father, was terrified and desparate, threw his trust into Sayid and got shot. It wouldn't surprise me if the whole chain of events with Ben slaughtering the darma initiative was triggered by Sayid's returning to his past and then being further seduced by the others.
And it wouldn't surprise me if the current future Ben Linus has always known that Sayid tried to kill him.
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I was thinking this as well. This means that Ben purposely put Sayid on the island even though he knew that Sayid was going to shoot him. This makes Ben pretty intense. Then again this is the same Ben who refused to give in to his lies after several beatings in the hatch.
In general, you're right this could explain the transformation from nerdy kid to manipulative just don't give a @#@ adult ben.