The more I read this board the more I'm amazed at how many people grasp for rational explainations within LOST. It seems that each time the writers show us the slightest hint of a scientific path through the supernatural jungle, most people are willing to run full tilt right down it. I just don't get that.
* Do you really think Jack's dad just up and walked away?
* Do you really think a black stallion lives on the island?
* Do you really think a Nigerian Beechcraft could reach the middle of the Pacific?
* Do you really think the polar bears are from Dharma's "zoology" experiment?
* Do you really believe in nanobots???
The one thing very obvious to me is that the island will create anything (or anyone) that any of the main characters can think up. The island manifests whatever is desired, imagined, feared, or thought about. The island itself is responsible for these things - or rather, the characters are responsible for them through the power of thought or will.
THIS IS THE ONE THING THE OTHERS DO NOT WANT THEM TO REALIZE
Look at what's happened so far:
Locke's gained his legs back. From the moment he went to wiggle his toes they moved... simply because he believed they might. Locke is one of the very special people who somewhat understands that the island will grant him things (Rose is another). Do you really think he learned to hunt, track, slaughter and skin boars simply from shooting quail with his dad? Do you really think he can throw knives with deadly accuracy? Or is the knife-throw accurate because Locke believes? I think the later. All of Locke's abilities come from his kinship with the island, yet some people still speculate about where he learned such awesome skills back at his job stocking aisles at Toys R' Us.
Jack sees his father, who is obviously dead. Do you really believe this guy faked his death, crashed on the island, bolted his coffin, and is roaming around as part of some sort of sinister conspiracy? Or do you think maybe Jack sees his dad because his guilt has him thinking constantly about him and the island manifests him in the form of a vision just beyond his reach?
Look at Charlie. Thousands of miles from civilization, all a heroin junkie would think about is not having access to any heroin. And then suddenly a planeload of it miraculously shows up? Please.
Take Eko. He hears of a crashed plane on the island, and he wants very badly for it to be his brother's missing plane. So badly that it becomes his brother's missing plane. Wild coincidence? No. Self-fullfilling prophecy, courtesy of the island. And hey, didn't Eko's memories get scanned by the smoke monster right before they found the plane? Hmmmm.
Kate's stallion is there because she unconciously willed it to be there. Claire thinks her baby might get sick, and so it does. Hurley's having a tough time dealing with food and suddenly Dave shows up, easily plucked from his subconcious and manifested by the island. His numbers keep appearing because he keeps obsessing over them, not the other way around.
And then there's Sayid, trying to escape a complicated life during which he was forced to do questionable things. Yet once on the island he inevitably finds himself having to do those same things yet again.
In short, I think the island makes all things possible. Think about this: Was there dynamite in the Black Rock before they needed it to blow the hatch, or was the dynamite suddenly there once they DID need it? And if they'd needed something else could it be possible Danielle would have told them that particular thing was in the ship? It's a mind-fu k I know. But it's still a question you have to ask yourself.
I believe that there are no coincidences. I think everything you see is being placed into being by requirement, a la the island. I think the Others know this, which would explain why they've been so 'mysterious' with the 815 survivors. They don't tell them the truth because doing so would give them near limitless power. They can't tell them. It would interfere with whatever agenda the Others are currently trying to achieve.
Finally, I believe Walt had these powers all along - even before the island. His abilities are very akin to the island's natural powers, and that's why the Others wanted him.
Theory by: Vozzek
* Do you really think Jack's dad just up and walked away?
* Do you really think a black stallion lives on the island?
* Do you really think a Nigerian Beechcraft could reach the middle of the Pacific?
* Do you really think the polar bears are from Dharma's "zoology" experiment?
* Do you really believe in nanobots???
The one thing very obvious to me is that the island will create anything (or anyone) that any of the main characters can think up. The island manifests whatever is desired, imagined, feared, or thought about. The island itself is responsible for these things - or rather, the characters are responsible for them through the power of thought or will.
THIS IS THE ONE THING THE OTHERS DO NOT WANT THEM TO REALIZE
Look at what's happened so far:
Locke's gained his legs back. From the moment he went to wiggle his toes they moved... simply because he believed they might. Locke is one of the very special people who somewhat understands that the island will grant him things (Rose is another). Do you really think he learned to hunt, track, slaughter and skin boars simply from shooting quail with his dad? Do you really think he can throw knives with deadly accuracy? Or is the knife-throw accurate because Locke believes? I think the later. All of Locke's abilities come from his kinship with the island, yet some people still speculate about where he learned such awesome skills back at his job stocking aisles at Toys R' Us.
Jack sees his father, who is obviously dead. Do you really believe this guy faked his death, crashed on the island, bolted his coffin, and is roaming around as part of some sort of sinister conspiracy? Or do you think maybe Jack sees his dad because his guilt has him thinking constantly about him and the island manifests him in the form of a vision just beyond his reach?
Look at Charlie. Thousands of miles from civilization, all a heroin junkie would think about is not having access to any heroin. And then suddenly a planeload of it miraculously shows up? Please.
Take Eko. He hears of a crashed plane on the island, and he wants very badly for it to be his brother's missing plane. So badly that it becomes his brother's missing plane. Wild coincidence? No. Self-fullfilling prophecy, courtesy of the island. And hey, didn't Eko's memories get scanned by the smoke monster right before they found the plane? Hmmmm.
Kate's stallion is there because she unconciously willed it to be there. Claire thinks her baby might get sick, and so it does. Hurley's having a tough time dealing with food and suddenly Dave shows up, easily plucked from his subconcious and manifested by the island. His numbers keep appearing because he keeps obsessing over them, not the other way around.
And then there's Sayid, trying to escape a complicated life during which he was forced to do questionable things. Yet once on the island he inevitably finds himself having to do those same things yet again.
In short, I think the island makes all things possible. Think about this: Was there dynamite in the Black Rock before they needed it to blow the hatch, or was the dynamite suddenly there once they DID need it? And if they'd needed something else could it be possible Danielle would have told them that particular thing was in the ship? It's a mind-fu k I know. But it's still a question you have to ask yourself.
I believe that there are no coincidences. I think everything you see is being placed into being by requirement, a la the island. I think the Others know this, which would explain why they've been so 'mysterious' with the 815 survivors. They don't tell them the truth because doing so would give them near limitless power. They can't tell them. It would interfere with whatever agenda the Others are currently trying to achieve.
Finally, I believe Walt had these powers all along - even before the island. His abilities are very akin to the island's natural powers, and that's why the Others wanted him.
Theory by: Vozzek
