Results tagged “theories” from Sledgeweb's LOST ... STUFF

It's confirmed: "Dead is Dead." Locke was, but now he is not. Ben Linus is scared of what that means, but Locke is not. It is truly a new chapter in the history of the island. Our spring cleaning project might just be at its most difficult point. We might be tempted to look away and just let things be. But we saw what happened to Jack Shephard in LA when he tried to not think about the island. Matthew Fox said, ''I've always believed part of what was destroying him was his lack of physical proximity to the Island.'' So let's put ourselves in the thick of it and pack up our cleaning box marked "Island." We are asking the three main questions that have to be answered in order for the story of Lost to resolve: Who are the powers vying for the island? What role will the island play in the struggle? And what will the struggle mean for our Protagonists. My first two articles attempted to sort out the Protagonists, alive, dead or otherwise. Locke got his own treatment as the new man. Now we have to ask what is the island?

From the beginning, one of the recurring themes in Lost has been that of the struggle between science and faith. This is a common struggle that we all see and experience in our lives everyday, and Lost has done a fantastic job of bringing this theme out for us to face. I find it interesting, that even in our own forums here at SW, and other sites like it across the web, the majority of our discussions hinge around those of us who believe that what we are seeing on the island can be explained by the logical, and those of us who believe the answers are more mystical in nature. I have always thought that my ideas about the show lie somewhere in between that of science and faith.

It is for these very reasons that I typically refrain from posting theories that try to explain away what we are seeing unfold to us each week. Sure, I have my ideas about what will happen next, and who or what is behind certain things, but call it a theory and you're opening yourself up to untold amounts of back and forth about who's right and who's wrong. I've also found that once someone posts a "theory" on a website, we tend to nurture and protect that theory, never wanting to fully let it go and believe that we are wrong. It is for that reason that I refuse to call any of this a theory. I prefer to think of it as more of an idea, or a possible solution to some of the mysteries that we've been seeing turn up from week to week. Obviously I don't claim any ownership on most of these ideas, because many of you have been talking about them for weeks, or even years in some cases. These are nothing more than the "ideas" that I choose to prescribe to at the moment. In 5 weeks, when the show returns, I reserve the right at any moment to let go of these thoughts.