Post by jamiehelenne on Apr 14, 2010 16:24:36 GMT -5
Charles and Eloise are all trying to mess with the space/time continuum for their own personal gain. Jacob is not really protecting the island. He is protecting the space/time continuum. If it gets too out of whack, it will implode. All the tampering is making it more and more difficult for space/time to self-correct course. That's whats happening with Hugo, Des, Charlie etc. Space/time is trying to course correct and their flashes of what its suppose to be, good or bad, are brought on by intense emotion. Sort of like electro-shock therapy on delusional patients. The “shock” changes neurotransmitters in the brain helping the brain to find alternate paths to correct behavior/mental problems. The intense love they feel when they come too close to their great loves in the alternate timeline causes a “shock” that is making their conscientiousness jump. The shock is the catalyst that will eventually pull them into the correct timeline given Charles and Eloise can't stop it. Thats why Eloise can't let Des find Penny. Charles and Eloise have been at this longer than we know and they are the masterminds of this quantum manipulation. Why else would Eloise send her son to the island to die? She already knew that in killing him, she would be saving him. Maybe there is an event that the correct timeline is leading to that Charles and Eloise know about and are trying to prevent.
I do think that smokey was put there as a security system to keep people like Charles and Eloise from doing exactly what they are doing. Its like using evil to fight evil. Smokey is suppose to keep the outside world at bay and Jacob's job is to keep him on a leash. I think Jacob is also tired of his job and that's why he keeps bringing candidates. If one of them breaks the chains that binds them to the island, the other dies. That could be why Smokey tells Jacob,”Do you have any idea how badly I want to kill you?” We've seen how badly he wants off the island. That would translate into a strong desire for Jacob to die. They have been doing this dance for a very long time and Jacob is getting closer and closer to getting it right. That could be the meaning behind him saying,”It only happens once but everything before that is just progress.”
That's my theory and I am sticking to it.
I do think that smokey was put there as a security system to keep people like Charles and Eloise from doing exactly what they are doing. Its like using evil to fight evil. Smokey is suppose to keep the outside world at bay and Jacob's job is to keep him on a leash. I think Jacob is also tired of his job and that's why he keeps bringing candidates. If one of them breaks the chains that binds them to the island, the other dies. That could be why Smokey tells Jacob,”Do you have any idea how badly I want to kill you?” We've seen how badly he wants off the island. That would translate into a strong desire for Jacob to die. They have been doing this dance for a very long time and Jacob is getting closer and closer to getting it right. That could be the meaning behind him saying,”It only happens once but everything before that is just progress.”
That's my theory and I am sticking to it.