Ok, so this two-week long break has given me some time to think about some things relating to Lost. Right now, my most coherent thought/ theory is in regards to the Frozen Donkey Wheel, and the unstated rules that come along with operating it, and how Ben knows the rules but won't share them with anybody else.
(I may have posted something similar to this in another thread, I can't remember)
This is how I believe it breaks down:
1. The Island needs to be moved (OR someone needs to leave the Island).
2. Moving the Island is a 2 person (or Polar Bear) job.
3. Person #1 turns the wheel, and is teleported/dumped/exited in Tunisia.
4. The wheel, due to the sizable disturbance the Island goes through when moved, comes off of its axis...
5. The Island starts skipping through time/ flashing/ undergoing "unpredictable" and "dangerous" changes.
6. Person #2 turns the wheel again, setting it back on its axis, and ends up in Tunisia, barfing next to Person #1
7. The Island stops flashing/ etc.
8. Persons #1 & #2 are now off the Island.
(I'll try to tie this all to why the Island exits in Tunisia a little later...)
OK... so every wheel turn demands another wheel turn, lest ye suffer the consequences. It would be wild to know how many times the Island has been moved via the FDW, but right now we have 4 documented FDW turners/ teleporters (I'm guessing the order of the first two, based on my own theory - meta-lame!):
1. The Polar Bear (resulting in the wheel being off-axis)
2. Charles Widmore (resulting in the wheel being re-axis'd)
3. Benjamin Linus (resulting in the wheel being off-axis)
4. John Locke (resulting in the wheel being re-axis'd)
I'm thinking that Widmore was unaware of these rules and Ben used this knowledge against Widmore to "trick" Widmore into fixing the flashes set off by the polar bear. Why Ben had this knowledge and Widmore did not, I cannot explain. So Widmore sets the FDW back on its axis, but is stranded back in the "real world", devoting his life to finding the Island again.
Then Widmore finds the Island in some capacity. In 2004, the mercs show up, cause some havok, and Jacob tells Locke that he has to move the Island. Upon hearing this, Ben realizes that his time is finally up, as he will have to be the one to set the FDW back on its axis, following Locke to Tunisia. So Ben, in a much more subtle way than shooting Locke point blank, sets out to kill Locke once and for all by volunteering to turn the wheel (first), claiming he's being punished. Well, he was going to be punished anyway... via exile... via turning the wheel after Locke. By turning the wheel first and not letting Locke in on the fact that some really bad crap is about to go down, Ben leaves Locke to die of a bloody nose with the rest of the castaways, wondering how to fix what is happening. Luckily for everyone, Sawyer agrees with Locke that they need to go back to the Orchid. More fortunate, still, is Charlotte's deathbed chatter about the well. (Perhaps when we see Ben for the f! irst time in ...Jeremy Bentham, he is looking so peeved because he was there to keep tabs on Walt, but found Locke there, accompanied by his rival's spiritual chaffeur)
I know this isn't a grand, endgame theory, but I think it makes a bit of sense (Hopefully?). Now on to Tunisia...
There have been some posts speculating that it is not Egyptians who came to the Island, but Islanders that went to Egypt (in so many words). Imagine that the Island is the birthplace of all of humanity (The Garden of Eden, as is one school of thought around here). As the population of the Island (in its early days, whenever they were) starts to grow, men and women - in pairs - are sent to the FDW to turn it, in succession. Thus, periodically, a man and a woman end up in (what is present day) Tunisia, free to roam the Earth and populate at will, building societies with the knowledge they've gained from originating on the Island. Repeat this process numerous times, and soon enough there are tribes of humans populating what is believed and/or documented to be the birthplace of humanity (and, conveniently, the continent on which Egypt resides), Africa. Maybe they were sent simply to enlighten humans (read: cavemen, for lack of a better term) that are already present throughout t! he world. But why Tunisia? Plot device? Subtle clue? I don't know... but I found some interesting tidbits about the country on good old, hopefully reliable Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia
Of particular note, is where Tunisia is believed to have gotten its name from, Phoenician Lunar goddess, Tanit:
Quote:
...a heavenly goddess of war, a virginal mother goddess and nurse, and, less specifically, a symbol of fertility.
I'm just going to throw this out there, but the above sounds like the jumping off point for quite a few of the female Losties (Claire, Juliet, Kate). Maybe the statue is Tanit. Maybe the statue is the bad guy from Stargate.
And this really kills me... this next tidbit is REALLY interesting, but lacks proper citation on the Wikipedia entry:
Quote:
The origins of Tanit are to be found in the pantheon of Ugarit, especially in the Ugaritic goddess Anat, a consumer of blood and flesh. There is significant, albeit disputed, evidence, both archaeological and within ancient written sources, pointing towards child sacrifice forming part of the worship of Tanit and Baal Hammon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit
So yea. Hopefully at least some of that makes sense, if only to open the floor for discussion. Also, I know that a lot of people have the same theories as other people, so if someone else has already posted this, I apologize for retreading what might be considered "Old Hat". I read these forums regularly, but not religiously. Theory by pacemaker
(I may have posted something similar to this in another thread, I can't remember)
This is how I believe it breaks down:
1. The Island needs to be moved (OR someone needs to leave the Island).
2. Moving the Island is a 2 person (or Polar Bear) job.
3. Person #1 turns the wheel, and is teleported/dumped/exited in Tunisia.
4. The wheel, due to the sizable disturbance the Island goes through when moved, comes off of its axis...
5. The Island starts skipping through time/ flashing/ undergoing "unpredictable" and "dangerous" changes.
6. Person #2 turns the wheel again, setting it back on its axis, and ends up in Tunisia, barfing next to Person #1
7. The Island stops flashing/ etc.
8. Persons #1 & #2 are now off the Island.
(I'll try to tie this all to why the Island exits in Tunisia a little later...)
OK... so every wheel turn demands another wheel turn, lest ye suffer the consequences. It would be wild to know how many times the Island has been moved via the FDW, but right now we have 4 documented FDW turners/ teleporters (I'm guessing the order of the first two, based on my own theory - meta-lame!):
1. The Polar Bear (resulting in the wheel being off-axis)
2. Charles Widmore (resulting in the wheel being re-axis'd)
3. Benjamin Linus (resulting in the wheel being off-axis)
4. John Locke (resulting in the wheel being re-axis'd)
I'm thinking that Widmore was unaware of these rules and Ben used this knowledge against Widmore to "trick" Widmore into fixing the flashes set off by the polar bear. Why Ben had this knowledge and Widmore did not, I cannot explain. So Widmore sets the FDW back on its axis, but is stranded back in the "real world", devoting his life to finding the Island again.
Then Widmore finds the Island in some capacity. In 2004, the mercs show up, cause some havok, and Jacob tells Locke that he has to move the Island. Upon hearing this, Ben realizes that his time is finally up, as he will have to be the one to set the FDW back on its axis, following Locke to Tunisia. So Ben, in a much more subtle way than shooting Locke point blank, sets out to kill Locke once and for all by volunteering to turn the wheel (first), claiming he's being punished. Well, he was going to be punished anyway... via exile... via turning the wheel after Locke. By turning the wheel first and not letting Locke in on the fact that some really bad crap is about to go down, Ben leaves Locke to die of a bloody nose with the rest of the castaways, wondering how to fix what is happening. Luckily for everyone, Sawyer agrees with Locke that they need to go back to the Orchid. More fortunate, still, is Charlotte's deathbed chatter about the well. (Perhaps when we see Ben for the f! irst time in ...Jeremy Bentham, he is looking so peeved because he was there to keep tabs on Walt, but found Locke there, accompanied by his rival's spiritual chaffeur)
I know this isn't a grand, endgame theory, but I think it makes a bit of sense (Hopefully?). Now on to Tunisia...
There have been some posts speculating that it is not Egyptians who came to the Island, but Islanders that went to Egypt (in so many words). Imagine that the Island is the birthplace of all of humanity (The Garden of Eden, as is one school of thought around here). As the population of the Island (in its early days, whenever they were) starts to grow, men and women - in pairs - are sent to the FDW to turn it, in succession. Thus, periodically, a man and a woman end up in (what is present day) Tunisia, free to roam the Earth and populate at will, building societies with the knowledge they've gained from originating on the Island. Repeat this process numerous times, and soon enough there are tribes of humans populating what is believed and/or documented to be the birthplace of humanity (and, conveniently, the continent on which Egypt resides), Africa. Maybe they were sent simply to enlighten humans (read: cavemen, for lack of a better term) that are already present throughout t! he world. But why Tunisia? Plot device? Subtle clue? I don't know... but I found some interesting tidbits about the country on good old, hopefully reliable Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia
Of particular note, is where Tunisia is believed to have gotten its name from, Phoenician Lunar goddess, Tanit:
Quote:
...a heavenly goddess of war, a virginal mother goddess and nurse, and, less specifically, a symbol of fertility.
I'm just going to throw this out there, but the above sounds like the jumping off point for quite a few of the female Losties (Claire, Juliet, Kate). Maybe the statue is Tanit. Maybe the statue is the bad guy from Stargate.
And this really kills me... this next tidbit is REALLY interesting, but lacks proper citation on the Wikipedia entry:
Quote:
The origins of Tanit are to be found in the pantheon of Ugarit, especially in the Ugaritic goddess Anat, a consumer of blood and flesh. There is significant, albeit disputed, evidence, both archaeological and within ancient written sources, pointing towards child sacrifice forming part of the worship of Tanit and Baal Hammon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit
So yea. Hopefully at least some of that makes sense, if only to open the floor for discussion. Also, I know that a lot of people have the same theories as other people, so if someone else has already posted this, I apologize for retreading what might be considered "Old Hat". I read these forums regularly, but not religiously. Theory by pacemaker
