A major proponent of lost is how the writers are always challenging us to look at things in a different light. With that in mind, I was thinking about the title of last week's epsidoe, Some like it hoth.
It would be very easy to assign that title to the Empire Strikes Back. It would even make sense when hurley brought up that very same episode near the end (I'm not trying to suggest what was said didn't have merit. It did. I loved the way he casually mentioned how all of the tragedy in star wars could have been avoided if they had only talked about it. Much like one of my main wonders about the show--why on earth doesn't anyone just talk to somebody else about what's going on...but this is another theory I'm working out in my head for later).
But what if, just possibly, this really wasn't what the title was about?
Could it be we read what they wanted us to read, not what they really meant?
If that last sentence left you boggled, don't worry, I just didn't have any better way of writing it.
What if this was a case of steganography? Hiding a message in plain sight?
What if they wrote the title as Some Like It Hoth, but were really writing, Some Like I, Thoth...?
Think about all the Egyptian mythology on the show...
Was this just the writers misleading us? Misdirection?
So I went to Wiki and found this:
He was considered the heart and tongue of Ra as well as the means by which Ra's will was translated into speech.
Thoth has played a prominent role in many of the Egyptian myths. Displaying his role as arbitrator, he had overseen the three epic battles between good and evil. All three battles are fundamentally the same and belong to different periods. The first battle took place between Ra and Apep, the second between Heru-Bekhutet and Set, and the third between Horus, the son of Osiris, and Set. In each instance, the former god represented order while the latter represented chaos. If one god was seriously injured, Thoth would heal them to prevent either from overtaking the other.
This mythology also credits him with the creation of the 365 day calendar. Originally, according to the myth, the year was only 360 days long and Nut was sterile during these days, unable to bear children. Thoth gambled with Khonsu, the moon, for 1/72nd of its light (360/72 = 5), or 5 days, and won. During these 5 days, Nut gave birth to Kheru-ur (Horus the Elder, Face of Heaven), Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nepthys.
Now, as to what this means for the show, over all I have no idea. One of the things people need to understand is that you can't figure it all out until they give us all the parts to the puzzle.
But...comments are welcome and I would love to hear them.
It would be very easy to assign that title to the Empire Strikes Back. It would even make sense when hurley brought up that very same episode near the end (I'm not trying to suggest what was said didn't have merit. It did. I loved the way he casually mentioned how all of the tragedy in star wars could have been avoided if they had only talked about it. Much like one of my main wonders about the show--why on earth doesn't anyone just talk to somebody else about what's going on...but this is another theory I'm working out in my head for later).
But what if, just possibly, this really wasn't what the title was about?
Could it be we read what they wanted us to read, not what they really meant?
If that last sentence left you boggled, don't worry, I just didn't have any better way of writing it.
What if this was a case of steganography? Hiding a message in plain sight?
What if they wrote the title as Some Like It Hoth, but were really writing, Some Like I, Thoth...?
Think about all the Egyptian mythology on the show...
Was this just the writers misleading us? Misdirection?
So I went to Wiki and found this:
He was considered the heart and tongue of Ra as well as the means by which Ra's will was translated into speech.
Thoth has played a prominent role in many of the Egyptian myths. Displaying his role as arbitrator, he had overseen the three epic battles between good and evil. All three battles are fundamentally the same and belong to different periods. The first battle took place between Ra and Apep, the second between Heru-Bekhutet and Set, and the third between Horus, the son of Osiris, and Set. In each instance, the former god represented order while the latter represented chaos. If one god was seriously injured, Thoth would heal them to prevent either from overtaking the other.
This mythology also credits him with the creation of the 365 day calendar. Originally, according to the myth, the year was only 360 days long and Nut was sterile during these days, unable to bear children. Thoth gambled with Khonsu, the moon, for 1/72nd of its light (360/72 = 5), or 5 days, and won. During these 5 days, Nut gave birth to Kheru-ur (Horus the Elder, Face of Heaven), Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nepthys.
Now, as to what this means for the show, over all I have no idea. One of the things people need to understand is that you can't figure it all out until they give us all the parts to the puzzle.
But...comments are welcome and I would love to hear them.