While many fans seem to be catching Four-Toed Statue Fever after watching "LaFleur", I'm more interested in the exploits of our island's resident hippie nerd. After all, Horace and I have a lot in common. If I had a nickel for every time I got drunk and started tossing dynamite at trees...
But really, blowing up trees with dynamite? That's a pretty strange thing to do, even when you're plastered. But quirky as it may be, Horace is not the first to commit this environmental crime. Who else likes to violently uproot trees from the ground? Smokey. Now I could take a narrow minded point of view and claim that Horace is the smoke monster, but that would be oversimplifying an element of Lost that I hope will be more rewarding than a simple identity mystery. Instead, I've developed a theory that makes a more metaphysical connection.
It has been popularly suggested that the whispers are echoes from the past, possibly even vocal echoes of the Losties themselves. Originally, I applied that concept beyond voices and attributed the destruction of trees by the smoke monster to an echo of force from Horace's dynamite in the 70s. The obvious problem with this is that the destruction caused by the smoke monster is too great to pin on one inebriated mathematician. The smoke monster leaves a path of destruction comparable to a small war, perhaps a war between Dharma and the Others, perhaps the war that Widmore warned Locke about. I present that Horace's dynamite fiasco was a clue that whispers aren't the only thing that echo through time.
Disclaimer: I am not so blind as to suggest this is a comprehensive explanation of Smokey. Obviously, there is much more to the smoke monster than an echo. My theory doesn't explain Smokey's ability to scan memories or manipulate specific physical objects. My theory only attempts to explain one aspect of Smokey which will hopefully open the door to understanding other aspects. Theory by timeisrelative
But really, blowing up trees with dynamite? That's a pretty strange thing to do, even when you're plastered. But quirky as it may be, Horace is not the first to commit this environmental crime. Who else likes to violently uproot trees from the ground? Smokey. Now I could take a narrow minded point of view and claim that Horace is the smoke monster, but that would be oversimplifying an element of Lost that I hope will be more rewarding than a simple identity mystery. Instead, I've developed a theory that makes a more metaphysical connection.
It has been popularly suggested that the whispers are echoes from the past, possibly even vocal echoes of the Losties themselves. Originally, I applied that concept beyond voices and attributed the destruction of trees by the smoke monster to an echo of force from Horace's dynamite in the 70s. The obvious problem with this is that the destruction caused by the smoke monster is too great to pin on one inebriated mathematician. The smoke monster leaves a path of destruction comparable to a small war, perhaps a war between Dharma and the Others, perhaps the war that Widmore warned Locke about. I present that Horace's dynamite fiasco was a clue that whispers aren't the only thing that echo through time.
Disclaimer: I am not so blind as to suggest this is a comprehensive explanation of Smokey. Obviously, there is much more to the smoke monster than an echo. My theory doesn't explain Smokey's ability to scan memories or manipulate specific physical objects. My theory only attempts to explain one aspect of Smokey which will hopefully open the door to understanding other aspects. Theory by timeisrelative
