What I did during my vacation on Craphole Island. By Daniel Faraday.

Okay, I said that Daniel is responsible for Charlotte’s death and I will try to explain how. The short, simple answer is that he ended up somewhere in time around 1980 and due to his actions in that time period he created a paradox. This paradox was the cause of Charlotte’s death which is actually pretty ironic as you will see. Daniel told us earlier that you can’t change the past or the future, or in his words, “you can’t create a new street”. Whatever happened in the past will always happen and what happens in the future will always happen. It would appear however that Daniel decided to ignore the rules and as a result Charlotte suffered the consequences of his actions. I believe that after Charlotte died, Daniel made up his mind to do whatever he could to prevent her death from happening. Based on the opening of “Because You Left” it’s safe to assume that Daniel jumped to sometime around 1980 when Locke fixed the Frozen Donkey Wheel. During this time in the past he seeks out Charlotte and her mother who are living on the Island and he convinces them to leave the Island and never come back. Originally this conversation never happened in the past but Daniel “created” it and right before she died Charlotte suddenly remembered it. This conversation between Daniel and Charlotte created a paradox of some sorts and this is why she eventually died. His actions in the past were an attempt to save her life but instead he actually became the cause of her death.