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For the Lost fans on my flist: how old were Boone and Shannon when their parents got married? It was Boone's mother married Shannon's father, right? And was Boone a lifeguard pre-island or was that something connorbeast made up to better facilitate our "what we'd do if we were on the island" fantasies? (Pretend to drown all day so Boone would have to save us. If you were wondering. Also, making fun of Jack and being impressed at Hurley's cool.)

I need to not sign up for ficathons when I haven't seen any episodes more than once, haven't seen half the episodes at all, haven't read any fanfic and have only the scantiest idea of the backgrounds...