Thursday, May 10, 2007
A LOST Theory
If you are planning to watch LOST but haven't yet, don't highlight the following text (WARNING SPOILER stop reading if you are using an RSS reader). Thank you Arwen for the idea.
When John was walking up to see Jacob, he crossed a line of stuff that looked like rocksalt mixed with ash. I don't know exactly what it was, but I do know that some ancient magical practioners used circles of salt to seal a spirit in the land of the living. Most often this is accomplished by drawing a circle and enclosing a pentagram within it, using the salt (which, in some ancient cultures, represents elemental Earth), and whatever other ingredients are called for by the spell (I'd guess that the ashes of the dead [slaves?] would be best, since "the greater the cost, the greater the power" seems to be a common belief connected with magic).
So, maybe most of the Island is a giant pentagram (see: blast door diagram, which shows an almost complete pentagram) enclosed by a circle made out of some magical mixture (hidden on most of the island), and what John stepped over was one of the lines of the pentagram. The "monster" might be the spirit that the "natives"/ "others"/ "hostiles trapped and are using for something (on the nature of which I speculate below). Also, if you die within the pentagram, your spirit too may be trapped (which is why Richard asked Ben if his mother died on the island, with a worried look).
Also, I think that the current others, sans Ben (those called the "hostiles" by the Dharma Project) might be the crew or descendants of the crew of the blackrock (I say crew because Richard didn't age in between conversations with Ben as a child and now); BTW - the Hanso foundation has a "life extention project," and Magnus Hanso was the captain of the Black Rock, a slave trader that is on the island. Maybe the hostiles are the Black Rock's crew and they killed M. Hanso, and that is why the Hanso foundation was out to get them.
I'm pretty sure from the diagram that The monster is called "Cerberus," ironically pronounced "Care- Bear- oos." And, I think that the monster/ trapped spirit is tasked, as others have said, with sorting out the subjects for the Dharma project. Here's my theory: the monster is used to kill off "bad" people (though I'm not sure yet just what constitutes "bad") because the Dharma project's aim is to make people immortal and bad people must not be allowed to receive immortality. That is also why killing bad people is good by others' standards (cf. Locke's and Ben's dads).
Oh, and I think John will be fine because of his marvelous healing powers.
That is all.
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When John was walking up to see Jacob, he crossed a line of stuff that looked like rocksalt mixed with ash. I don't know exactly what it was, but I do know that some ancient magical practioners used circles of salt to seal a spirit in the land of the living. Most often this is accomplished by drawing a circle and enclosing a pentagram within it, using the salt (which, in some ancient cultures, represents elemental Earth), and whatever other ingredients are called for by the spell (I'd guess that the ashes of the dead [slaves?] would be best, since "the greater the cost, the greater the power" seems to be a common belief connected with magic).
So, maybe most of the Island is a giant pentagram (see: blast door diagram, which shows an almost complete pentagram) enclosed by a circle made out of some magical mixture (hidden on most of the island), and what John stepped over was one of the lines of the pentagram. The "monster" might be the spirit that the "natives"/ "others"/ "hostiles trapped and are using for something (on the nature of which I speculate below). Also, if you die within the pentagram, your spirit too may be trapped (which is why Richard asked Ben if his mother died on the island, with a worried look).
Also, I think that the current others, sans Ben (those called the "hostiles" by the Dharma Project) might be the crew or descendants of the crew of the blackrock (I say crew because Richard didn't age in between conversations with Ben as a child and now); BTW - the Hanso foundation has a "life extention project," and Magnus Hanso was the captain of the Black Rock, a slave trader that is on the island. Maybe the hostiles are the Black Rock's crew and they killed M. Hanso, and that is why the Hanso foundation was out to get them.
I'm pretty sure from the diagram that The monster is called "Cerberus," ironically pronounced "Care- Bear- oos." And, I think that the monster/ trapped spirit is tasked, as others have said, with sorting out the subjects for the Dharma project. Here's my theory: the monster is used to kill off "bad" people (though I'm not sure yet just what constitutes "bad") because the Dharma project's aim is to make people immortal and bad people must not be allowed to receive immortality. That is also why killing bad people is good by others' standards (cf. Locke's and Ben's dads).
Oh, and I think John will be fine because of his marvelous healing powers.
That is all.
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BTW- Cerberus and his derivitives in mythology and folklore show up at tombs, crossroads, and locations of murders.
thats' good. especially about those who die on the island getting trapped. that would explain the whispering that you hear from time to time. like their spirits are wondering.
so is Jacob good or bad? Is he being protected or held hostage by the "border"? Thank you for bringing up the Life Extention Project. I now remember it, but I had forgotten and had no answer to why Richard hadn't aged. There's a big todo about Kate/ Annie and how it's nearly impossible because of the age difference (or perc. diff) between her and Ben, but... I don't think Ben is as old as he looks, in ref. to Kate or not.But something tells me that Locke will be fine too...
Now.... I've seen screen shots of Jacob (have you seen those? if not, let me direct you to PinkIsTheNewBlog, and I know we've seen him before. I just don't know where..... but he's not new. Of this you can be assured.
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Now.... I've seen screen shots of Jacob (have you seen those? if not, let me direct you to PinkIsTheNewBlog, and I know we've seen him before. I just don't know where..... but he's not new. Of this you can be assured.
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