The Season Finale!!!
In hindsight, i think that i may have just made this blog to gloat about Lost theories that i figured out early on. Now some of you might be saying (or thinking), "But you were WRONG about Jacob being Christian," and all of that. Actually, i would argue that i was right about everything except the name. We were told the ghost in the cabin was Jacob. i argued that this was taking the form of Christian and that it was not actually Christian.
Now i know few of you probably remember the old leaked script of the Dopplegangers way back in Season 1 or 2 right? Well for those of you who remember me sending that out: SEE! All the did was make it Locke instead of Jack, and make them both alive at the same time (we may yet see this!)
In any event, i was dead on that the ghost Ben called "Jacob" was taking the form of Christian. So i will take bragging rights in spite of them tricking us all with the false attribution of the name.
Ancient Egypt? Remember me saying that? i think this point is beyond argument. i do believe that i also wrote about the Minoan connection, right? i know i talked enough about it with friends. Jacob seems to be Minoan. Notice the Greek in the tapestry.
6. Jacob was going on all those missions to keep EVERYONE (even Richard), in the dark about what he was planning.
7. The Island "brought" the nuke there for this eventuality just the same as it "brought" the Black Rock there, ala Jacob's statement on the beach.
8. They CAN change things, ala Jacob's last statement to Ben, "no matter what he's told you to do, i want you to know that YOU HAVE A CHOICE."
9. Some sort of blast likely blew up the statue, and Ben seems to know this (and Sun seems suspects he knows), but this might not have been the nuke. It would seem the nuke plan was quite essential to CHANGE events, which is why Jacob had to intervene for Sayyid to both be there and have NOTHING to live for.
10. Oh don't believe me John Calvin? Well recall the "dream" of Desmond, AFTER Faradey CHANGES things. Desmond awakes with a NEW memory that he REMEMBERED NOT HAVING HAD! The Professor CHANGED things and thus was CORRECT. My guess is the bomb DID change things and was a unique explosion, that did just what he calculated.
11. "So they never come to the island?" Wrong. Remember the conversation between Sawyer and Jack about Kate? Jack said that if it is meant to be then it is meant to be, and presumably that he had faith Kate's and his paths would intersect somehow anyway. In the same way they will come to the island some OTHER way, even though this who plot that has occurred for four seasons will likely "enfold" on itself. They MAY have memories of it, however, just like Desmond remembered NOT remembering.
More to come, more to come + images in this post when time permits...
Now i know few of you probably remember the old leaked script of the Dopplegangers way back in Season 1 or 2 right? Well for those of you who remember me sending that out: SEE! All the did was make it Locke instead of Jack, and make them both alive at the same time (we may yet see this!)
In any event, i was dead on that the ghost Ben called "Jacob" was taking the form of Christian. So i will take bragging rights in spite of them tricking us all with the false attribution of the name.
Ancient Egypt? Remember me saying that? i think this point is beyond argument. i do believe that i also wrote about the Minoan connection, right? i know i talked enough about it with friends. Jacob seems to be Minoan. Notice the Greek in the tapestry.
Now i WAS dead wrong about Richard. Dude is straight up from the "Black Rock" which Jacob and Evil Dude were watching on the horizon. Wait and see this story explained next season, AS WELL AS the story of how Jacob and Evil Dude came upon the island.
Now the big theory i would imagine JJ & Co was going for inducing (as a red herring), is that this is "God and the Devil." i don't by it. Maybe the "Devil" and some sort of "Christ" like figure, but certainly not "God" as the Island itself is "higher" than Jacob, and Jacob subbordinate to it. The Black Smoke "Monster" would be "God" before Jacob could be. Recall the Exodus story and Ezekiel, by the way (though i'm not going so far as to claim this is what they are getting at, but perhaps what they are alluding to for those who picked up on it).
Remember the post about the Dharma still: "God loves you even as Jacob loves you" or something to that effect? Scroll down through these posts and you'll see it.
Now about Locke being Jacob... the jury is still out for me. We see Evil Dude took on his form. Perhaps Jacob's ghost will do the same thing at some point. We'll see... too hard to figure out at this point.
Okay now for some ellucidation for you:
1. The "Good Guys" ARE probably the "Good Guys." Remember dude in the van? He said the same thing then, but it seems like they pretty intentionally showed us Jacob recruiting the one Latina chick.
2. They were coming to fuck up Evil Dude's plot.
3. Jacob let Evil Dude (in the form of Locke), know this before he "died" so as to let him know he had been in control all along. Evil Locke then kicks him into the fire to prevent some sort of resurrection (chopping into 14 pieces didn't seem to do the trick with Osiris!), out of frustration and rage that Jacob had been plotting all along. Evil Locke lost his cool even when it seemed he was in the position of power!
4. The "Good Guys" were going to Evil Dude's cabin. That was NEVER Jacob's cabin. They were there looking for Evil Dude. They were surprised it didn't looked lived in. i'm guessing they didn't know he was a ghost at this point. Evil Ghost Dude is the one who stuck the statue rag on the wall with the knife as a declaration of war; knowing they would be coming the same way he knew Locke was coming at the "exact" time (which surprised everyone as much as his resurrection surprised Richard). Anyway, they torched the cabin because it was Evil Dude's, not because they thought it was Jacobs. The ash outside? Looks like dude has some crazy power up his sleeves perhaps. It seemed Jacob brough Locke back to life when he was thrown out the window.
5. "Everything that Rises Must Converge." i was as stoked when i saw this as i was when i heard the then unidentified Jacob saying "There's only one End, everything up till then is just progress." Beautiful. This sealed for me which of the two was the "Good Guy."
Now the big theory i would imagine JJ & Co was going for inducing (as a red herring), is that this is "God and the Devil." i don't by it. Maybe the "Devil" and some sort of "Christ" like figure, but certainly not "God" as the Island itself is "higher" than Jacob, and Jacob subbordinate to it. The Black Smoke "Monster" would be "God" before Jacob could be. Recall the Exodus story and Ezekiel, by the way (though i'm not going so far as to claim this is what they are getting at, but perhaps what they are alluding to for those who picked up on it).
Remember the post about the Dharma still: "God loves you even as Jacob loves you" or something to that effect? Scroll down through these posts and you'll see it.
Now about Locke being Jacob... the jury is still out for me. We see Evil Dude took on his form. Perhaps Jacob's ghost will do the same thing at some point. We'll see... too hard to figure out at this point.
Okay now for some ellucidation for you:
1. The "Good Guys" ARE probably the "Good Guys." Remember dude in the van? He said the same thing then, but it seems like they pretty intentionally showed us Jacob recruiting the one Latina chick.
2. They were coming to fuck up Evil Dude's plot.
3. Jacob let Evil Dude (in the form of Locke), know this before he "died" so as to let him know he had been in control all along. Evil Locke then kicks him into the fire to prevent some sort of resurrection (chopping into 14 pieces didn't seem to do the trick with Osiris!), out of frustration and rage that Jacob had been plotting all along. Evil Locke lost his cool even when it seemed he was in the position of power!
4. The "Good Guys" were going to Evil Dude's cabin. That was NEVER Jacob's cabin. They were there looking for Evil Dude. They were surprised it didn't looked lived in. i'm guessing they didn't know he was a ghost at this point. Evil Ghost Dude is the one who stuck the statue rag on the wall with the knife as a declaration of war; knowing they would be coming the same way he knew Locke was coming at the "exact" time (which surprised everyone as much as his resurrection surprised Richard). Anyway, they torched the cabin because it was Evil Dude's, not because they thought it was Jacobs. The ash outside? Looks like dude has some crazy power up his sleeves perhaps. It seemed Jacob brough Locke back to life when he was thrown out the window.
5. "Everything that Rises Must Converge." i was as stoked when i saw this as i was when i heard the then unidentified Jacob saying "There's only one End, everything up till then is just progress." Beautiful. This sealed for me which of the two was the "Good Guy."
6. Jacob was going on all those missions to keep EVERYONE (even Richard), in the dark about what he was planning.
7. The Island "brought" the nuke there for this eventuality just the same as it "brought" the Black Rock there, ala Jacob's statement on the beach.
8. They CAN change things, ala Jacob's last statement to Ben, "no matter what he's told you to do, i want you to know that YOU HAVE A CHOICE."
9. Some sort of blast likely blew up the statue, and Ben seems to know this (and Sun seems suspects he knows), but this might not have been the nuke. It would seem the nuke plan was quite essential to CHANGE events, which is why Jacob had to intervene for Sayyid to both be there and have NOTHING to live for.
10. Oh don't believe me John Calvin? Well recall the "dream" of Desmond, AFTER Faradey CHANGES things. Desmond awakes with a NEW memory that he REMEMBERED NOT HAVING HAD! The Professor CHANGED things and thus was CORRECT. My guess is the bomb DID change things and was a unique explosion, that did just what he calculated.
11. "So they never come to the island?" Wrong. Remember the conversation between Sawyer and Jack about Kate? Jack said that if it is meant to be then it is meant to be, and presumably that he had faith Kate's and his paths would intersect somehow anyway. In the same way they will come to the island some OTHER way, even though this who plot that has occurred for four seasons will likely "enfold" on itself. They MAY have memories of it, however, just like Desmond remembered NOT remembering.
More to come, more to come + images in this post when time permits...
posted by MBD at 12:44 PM
2 Comments:
I would go with you with the Minoan Jacob but my problem is, because I know the ancient greek history well, that historically Minoan civilization was way before Mycenaean ones when the trojan wars took place and Iliad & Odyssey was written. Thats all as a comment I had to give to you in order to keep you thinking through that. You did a great job anyway in analyzing, what I find the most interesting theories of the show.
Good job!
Thanks and yeah i see your point for sure... What i'm assuming however, is that just as he was able to access Flannery O'Connor (while waiting for Locke), he must have surely been able to access Iliad & Odyssey. The Egyptian connection is the big thing that seems to connect the Greek with Egyptian here though (at least from later legends of the Minoans).
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