You've all seen Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, right? Well, what if Jacob plays a similar role to "Mr. Slugworth" - the character in Willie Wonka that secretly confronts the Golden Ticket winning kids and tells them to steal him the "secret formula" of the Everlasting Gobstopper or some other candy. The point is, Slugworth appears to each of the kids as a "dirty businessman", in it for power, greed and money - basically, to bring down Wonka. What the kids don't realize is Slugworth is actually giving all of the kids the oppurtunity to rise above "Slugworth's Corruptive Idea" and do what's right....which Charlie Bucket eventually does! Slugworth ends up being a "good guy"; but he had to act like a bad guy to find out who the true leader is - Charlie! Point is, maybe Jacob visited many of the 815er's like Sayid, Sawyer, Locke, etc... in pivital points of their pasts and provided them with a path to the isl! and (similar to a Golden Ticket that sends you to the ultimate fantasy tour of the Chocolate Factory). But, like Slugworth, Jacob knows only one of them will reveal themselves as THE True Leader; willing to take over as leader of the island with the islands best interests at hand. That's why Charlie Bucket took over the Chocolate Factory - he understood the meaning of the Chocolate Factory and what it took to keep it special. I feel as though John Locke might be Charlie Bucket. (and Hurley is for sure Augustus Gloop; Sawyer or Jack are Mike Teevee)
Also, another theory....Locke saw a "white or light" version of the smoke monster and said it was beautiful. Other characters have seen the "dark" side of the smoke monster. The "dark" smoke monster took over Robert, Danielle's Husband, and manipulated his mind. In doing so, Robert tried to kill Danielle. It's a pretty simple theory, but what if someone like Locke has had his mind manipulated by the "light" smoke monster and now he is strictly doing things for the good of the island. This is why he is so connected to the island, which baffles Ben. Maybe this is how he can predict the rain patterns, etc...Maybe no one has ever seen the "light" smoke monster except John Locke and this is why he is special or the chosen one. And what if a character such as Ben has been manipulated by the "dark" smoke monster and it's filled him with evil. This would explain why it seems as if Ben has no remorse for the number of people he's killed. This would also explain his amazing ability t! o manipulate his way out of, or into, any situation.
You could even take this theory one step further into explaining why some of the "Others" had unusually large amounts of physical and mental strength (ie - Ethan, Juliet, Mikhail). Maybe they were "taken over" by the smoke monster. Or maybe that's a result of Room 23....who knows. just something to think about. "Is someone we know dearly, infected with the "sickness"?"
Let me know if you guys like these theories at all. Thanks! Theory by Matt S
Also, another theory....Locke saw a "white or light" version of the smoke monster and said it was beautiful. Other characters have seen the "dark" side of the smoke monster. The "dark" smoke monster took over Robert, Danielle's Husband, and manipulated his mind. In doing so, Robert tried to kill Danielle. It's a pretty simple theory, but what if someone like Locke has had his mind manipulated by the "light" smoke monster and now he is strictly doing things for the good of the island. This is why he is so connected to the island, which baffles Ben. Maybe this is how he can predict the rain patterns, etc...Maybe no one has ever seen the "light" smoke monster except John Locke and this is why he is special or the chosen one. And what if a character such as Ben has been manipulated by the "dark" smoke monster and it's filled him with evil. This would explain why it seems as if Ben has no remorse for the number of people he's killed. This would also explain his amazing ability t! o manipulate his way out of, or into, any situation.
You could even take this theory one step further into explaining why some of the "Others" had unusually large amounts of physical and mental strength (ie - Ethan, Juliet, Mikhail). Maybe they were "taken over" by the smoke monster. Or maybe that's a result of Room 23....who knows. just something to think about. "Is someone we know dearly, infected with the "sickness"?"
Let me know if you guys like these theories at all. Thanks! Theory by Matt S
