Reflections of a fanatical Lost fan
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By snakeskinboots
- Reflections of a fanatical Lost fan
- Created: Apr 16, 2008
- Last updated: Aug 14, 2008
- After episode: 4.8: Meet Kevin Johnson
- Status: Current
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Lost ends with the losties all living happily on the island with Ben amoungst them!
— snakeskinboots
Well i had decided that i was going to leave this site for good,but i missed you all so much i am back! I have decided not to let the troll force me away from something i love. Anyway enough of that
I have decided to post a theoy reflecting back on key questions from Lost so far and offer what i believe is happening hope you enjoy!
1- The coffin. I think it is Michael in the coffin,i am not looking too deeply into it and i think we shoild look at the clues alreay there. The teenage son,the black neighbourhood and the fact he was neither friend nor family to Jack . I cant honestly see Kate reacting like she did to anyone else. I considered Ben but in my heart i believe Ben to be a good guy and this will show before the end
2-The dharma inititive, I think there are not really many major mysteries to them, i think they are a scientific research team who for whatever reason could not exsist with the hostiles. This led to them losing the island and there is not really much more IMO to them. They set up stations and were advanced for the time they were in. This leads me to smokey and the monster polar bears and other animals. I think these were research gone wrong, experiments using the islands properties that backfired on them.
3- Jacob. Jacob was a survivor,along with Richard and possibly Tom of the Black Rock. The island has given them prolonged lives and Jacob as maybe captain of the ship is the leader. However the effect on Jacob was far greater than the others. He can now only excist in the confines of the cabin and the circle around the cabin is there to show where he is safe to exsist. To show himself he can somehow latch onto the emotions of another and manifest ie Harper and Walt appeaaring in the jungle.
4- Ben. Well i have said it before i think Ben is a good guy. Put yourself in his shoes. He loves the island and suddenly it is attacked from the outside by Widmore. He is only doing what he sees necessary to protect what he loves.
5-Rousseau. There is certainly more to her than meets the eye. I believe she lied about her coming to the island and Ben took Alex from what appeared to be an unstable person. She killed her team proberly suffering from grief and shock drove her to it .There is a cut scene on youtube that shows Ben saying that he saved Alex from a mad women.
6.Aaron. I am not sure why but i think there is more to this. Why does Kate have him? I think we will discover that somewhere Kate is related to him by blood. This is why Jack is not with Kate off the island. I think Jacks actions lead to Claires death and he cannot face seeing him as he is her child also the child that proved to him he could not have a relationship with Kate
7-. Hurley. Hurley is a key player. He is somehow meant to be on that island but why? I think he has a big part o play et and we will find out soon what it is
8-.Miles and the freighter. The people on the freighter are there for Ben and Ben alone if they kill him Widmore is free to claim the island. Miles was chosen to communicate with Jacob and to lead them to Ben. WIdmore knows what the island can do and about the black rock survivors,he knows he can exploit that
9.-Desmond and Penny. They will be together again! I think its Penny who through betraying her father reascues the oceanic 6
10.-The rescue. Widmore finds out and intercepts the rescue in that time he and the freighter folk are killed but Penny can only get 6 off the island in the time. This is partly due to the mistrust of some of the losties and the speed at which they get it together. Desmond and Ben are also rescued and are explained to the press as being part of the rescue team. Dharma and Widmores company still have an interest in finding the island. The 6 agree to a story that there are no more survivors and the ones left on the island are just that left. As they were before but hoping one day for rescue Saiyd works for Ben to keep the island a secret taking out those who get close to finding it Abbadon is amounst these
11- Jack. Jack wants to go back because he falls for Juliet and also because of the guilt of leaving so many behind. At first he could handle it but after learning of Michaels death he realises he cannot do the same thing Michael did and leave his friends.
12-The return. The 6 make it back to the island and for some reason cannot leave again Lost ends with the losties all living happily on the island with Ben amoungst them!
Thanks for reading not all of these ideas were mine some come from snippets i have read but which i now believe myself!
Key characters
| Short Name | Full Name | Episodes | Theories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond | Desmond David Hume | 2.23, 3.17, 4.5 | 858 |
| Hurley | Hugo “Hurley” Reyes | 2.18, 2.4, 1.18, 4.1, 4.12 | 558 |
| Jack | Jack Shephard | 1.1, 1.5, 2.11, 1.11, 1.16, 1.20, 3.9, 3.22, 3.1, 4.10, 4.12, & 3” href=”/episodes/theres-no-place-home-parts-2-3/”>4.13 | 1459 |
| Kate | Katherine “Kate” Austen | 3.6, 1.2, 1.3, 2.9, 1.12, 1.16, 1.22, 3.15, 4.4, 4.12 | 713 |
| Sayid | Sayid Jarrah | 2.14, 1.9, 3.11, 4.3, 4.12 | 389 |
Key episodes
| # | Title | Aired | Central character | Theories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | Meet Kevin Johnson | 3-20-2008 | Michael | 85 |
Key events
| Theme | Relevant Episodes | Theories |
|---|---|---|
| Oceanic Flight 815 crashes | 1.1 | 586 |
Key locations
| Theme | Relevant Episodes | Theories |
|---|---|---|
| Freighter | 3.19, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8 | 98 |
| Jacob’s Cabin | 4.1, 3.20 | 166 |
| Midsection Beach (original camp) | 1.2, 1.3, 1.1, 1.5, 1.4, 1.6 | 314 |
Similar theories
| Title | Author | Cmnts | Votes | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers and Transmitters | PSmith | 7 | 4 | +4 |
I agree with everything cept Aaron. Aaron is related to Jack (Jack’s father is Claire’s father and therefore Jack is Aaron’s uncle), and I believe Jack finds this out and this is the reason he cannot see Aaron. I believe that though Kate may be no good with children, her bond (all be it a small one) with Claire, ultimately ends with Claire, either giving Aaron to Kate, as claire does not leave, or claire dying and kate adopting aaron, as the only other person who could look after him. I dont think there is in anyway a blood relation between Aaron and Kate.
Welcome back snake…it’s good to know that you are not going to let some immature people deter you from something you enjoy. It’s just not worth it. :-)
Some nice thoughts about the show too~
Yeah- I am also going to have to agree with Mid on the Jack/Kate being related thing- that would just be too much- IMO…
I do like your idea that it is Penny who resuces the O6. It seems possible since Penny was telling Des she knew about the island (or at least a little something about it) while on the phone with him in The Constant.
Do you think that all of the Losties could actually live on the island happily? They may not have much to go back to- but I find it odd that that could all live happily ever after on the island…especially with Smokey. What’s your thought on how they could co-exist peacefully with it?
Welcome back! I also left after the pornography incicent, but then decided to come back once they banned that person. I still don’t think that it is Michael in that coffin…I had commented on another post why I think that, but I will do it again so I can get your opinion: 1. I think the person in the coffin is white. The man asks Jack if he is friend or family…I don’t think he would have jumped to the conclusion that Jack is family if the person in the coffin was African-American. Yes, I know that many families are composed of many ethnicities, but I don’t think it is a natural assumption to assume that a black man and a white man are likely family. 2. I don’t think Jack would’ve reacted in such a grief-stricken way to Michael being dead…I mean really, how does that even effect him? I think the person in that coffin is the only white man left who can get him back to the island, and who Kate has considerable disdain for…I can’t be sure, but I think it is Ben.
Oh, and I really like the Penny rescues the O6 thing, too. I agree with some of your ideas, disagree with some. But I am afraid I would write all day if I tried to respond to each one!
thanks for comments i agree wiith you that a lot of these ideas hae room to shift around i am always changing my mind about things everytime i see a new episode i change my theory!
I forgot about your kick ass thought of the odd question at the funeral home! lol I still love it and wouldn’t shut up about it at work to my friends who watch the show. They all thought you had a great point about why it might not be Michael in the coffin. :-)
Thanks, lockeFAN. I am just thinking about my problem with all of our total obsession with that scene, and if it even matters in the grand scheme ( I would hate to think we were wasting valuable brain space on it!). Why was that scene included? I guess if it is Michael, it answers the question of whether or not he really was on that boat to die…in other words, he finished his “work” and was finally allowed to die. So that is proof that the island will eventually let you die (if that is what you want!). OR, if it is Ben, then it answers the question of why Jack was so upset…his only link back to the island.
So, if Jack cared enough about Michael, then why wouldn’t he have answered “friend?” Would you go to the funeral of someone you were ambivalent toward, or disliked? I don’t know…at this point I am totally stream-of-conciousness. If anyone can help, let me know!
great job. I too have given a great amount of thought to the question, after reading it in the other thread, and have basically convinced myself that every person who goes to a funeral home gets asked that question. so basically, while I really like the thought that the question was indicative of who was in the coffin, I’m just not sure we can read that much into it yet. Great work though.
If its Michael, Jack would be neither friend or family, because Michael betrayed him at the end of season 2, they were never friends after that, but with Michael being on the ship….maybe he’s upset because in the end Michael does something that helps Jack get off the island. Though, I agree that Jack would be more upset over someone else…though I don’t know who.
Welcome back snake, and you too So_Lost.
I have an idea about number 7 and Hurley, having a large (no pun intended) part to play in the over-all complete story. I started thinking that a while back when I read somewhere, that he was the first person that was cast,and that the part was written especially for him ! I don’t have a clue though as to what his intended role was/is or how it might play out.
Another thing I am going to throw out there is Annie ! I think she might just possibly be Charles Widmore’s other daughter and a sister to Penny.That could explain his connection with the island? As far as I can remember there has never been any mention of the rest of the Widmore family…. Thoughts….
i agree with al your theories except jack being related to aaron, but i do belive jack may feel at blame for claires death thus being the reason why he dose not want to see his nephew +1 welcome back
For arguments sake, I am white, had an asian co-worker pass away 2+ years ago, and if I’m not mistaken, was asked something along those lines. “Friend or family” so, who knows….
They ” funeral director’s/employees” don’t want to offend anyone during a time of grieving.
Good thread, great replies.
bye all
That is true, there are many ways to be related, if someone’s sister is married to a really cool guy of Indian descent. Then they are still related to this guy even though they are clearly not Indian themself. So it would be fair enough to assume that the guy in the funeral parlour would know enough about how relationships work not to assume that because someone looks different that they must not be related.
Still we will find out in the next month just who is really in that coffin. So then we can come back to all these threads and see who guesses right.
I don’t know about Jack not wanting to see Aaron out of some sort of guilt for causing something bad to happen to Claire. Call me a purist, but he looks plain old jealous to me when Kate invites him over to see “the baby.” His heart is plainly broken, as he appears to believe that the child is Sawyer’s. Jack doesn’t give up fixing things, so I think that if he knew that Aaron was his nephew, he would be totally fired up about making things right, especially if he caused the wrong. Heck, he may even have fought for custody had he known he was a blood relative!
I think everyone is going to die at the end
MO hahahahahahahahahhaah
Ben is an evil genius!!!!!
About the coffin, if you say that it could be Michael, then you presume that after the rescue, he also got back. Not as a survivor, famous etc, but like the first time he left the island. i think he dies there, there is no way that Ben got him back to do his job and then let him leave. Any thoughts?
good thoughts vincent
chirpey1987, we KNOW Jack is related to Aaron. Jack’s Father is Claire’s Father, so Jack is Aaron’s uncle.
I never thought that Jack would assume the baby is Kate and Sawyer’s, however, I presume that Kate’s court case, isn’t that far ahead of them getting back to the mainland, and as Jack knows about the “baby” he would know that Aaron looks about (at this point) a year old/? If Jack thought Kate’s baby was hers, the baby would be more like a few months old, but still….