I don't necessarily subscribe to this theory, but I thought it was interesting. I posted a short form in response to one of the polls and received some favorable reaction, so I thought I'd put it here. There is no evidence to support it (other than Charlie's annoying hit song), but it fits in with the dualities that the show explores.
What if the Others aren't the Others? What if they are, in fact, the descendents of the Losties? What if, while time-flashing, our intrepid left-behinders, now joined by the O6, skip back to the Island's prehistory, before the Black Rock, before the 4-Toed Statue?
The Losties would then be the ancestors of the Others. Locke was not meant to be the leader of the current Others but of these proto-Others. Jack, the Moses of the group, is meant to get them to this promised land, which is why he has to go back. This is also the genesis of Jacob, who is either Jack, Locke, Aaron, or Sawyer (I could make arguments for each of those).
Thematically it fits. Lost explores dualities (Locke as Hunter and Farmer/Jack as Leader and Follower/Sawyer as Killer and Savior, etc.), and this would unite the two groups of the Island (Us and Them) into one group. They are All, Everybody.
But Ben and Widmore don't know this, which is why they've been acting contrary to this purpose. Ben knows that they have to go back, but not the real reason why. Richard may know, though I doubt it considering his reaction to Locke's story of time-traveling. Only Jacob knows because Jacob is part of this history. Theory by Charlotte
What if the Others aren't the Others? What if they are, in fact, the descendents of the Losties? What if, while time-flashing, our intrepid left-behinders, now joined by the O6, skip back to the Island's prehistory, before the Black Rock, before the 4-Toed Statue?
The Losties would then be the ancestors of the Others. Locke was not meant to be the leader of the current Others but of these proto-Others. Jack, the Moses of the group, is meant to get them to this promised land, which is why he has to go back. This is also the genesis of Jacob, who is either Jack, Locke, Aaron, or Sawyer (I could make arguments for each of those).
Thematically it fits. Lost explores dualities (Locke as Hunter and Farmer/Jack as Leader and Follower/Sawyer as Killer and Savior, etc.), and this would unite the two groups of the Island (Us and Them) into one group. They are All, Everybody.
But Ben and Widmore don't know this, which is why they've been acting contrary to this purpose. Ben knows that they have to go back, but not the real reason why. Richard may know, though I doubt it considering his reaction to Locke's story of time-traveling. Only Jacob knows because Jacob is part of this history. Theory by Charlotte
