So after watching episode 5x8 "LaFleur," I got to thinking about Richard Alpert asking for the bodies of his men as well as Paul's. At first, it would seem that he needs Paul's body to present to his people as a form of "justice", as we know the island is very blood-for-blood in the Hammurabi sense. But then I remembered Robert and the rest of Rousseau's team being possessed by Smokey and started wondering: If Smokey can inhabit living bodies with the souls it has collected (assuming that's the reason for the memory flashes) then maybe it can do the same with dead bodies. Perhaps Richard is able to take dead bodies to the Temple and Smokey can fill em up with some extra souls, expanding the Other's ranks.
If that's the case, it's quite interesting to then infer that this is how Locke and Christian are being resurrected; Smokey uses their bodies as vessels for its loyal souls. Remember, Smokey appears to have the ability to scan memories, which we can assume it did when it first encountered Locke. If that's the case, it would be a simple matter to fill Locke's body with a random soul and then implant it with Locke's memories, making him think he's himself when in fact he's someone else entirely.
This would also explain why Ben said "I'm going to miss you John. I really will" after killing him in TLADOJB. It's clear from Ben's insistence to Jack that Locke's body be brought along that he knows John will be resurrected; this is Benjamin Linus, after all... the dude doesn't miss much. So why the whole "I'm gonna miss you bit?" Because he knows that Locke's soul is in fact going to die and the resurrected version will in fact be someone else implanted with Locke's memories.
What do you guys think? I look forward to hearing some of your thoughts. Theory by Lostaddict
If that's the case, it's quite interesting to then infer that this is how Locke and Christian are being resurrected; Smokey uses their bodies as vessels for its loyal souls. Remember, Smokey appears to have the ability to scan memories, which we can assume it did when it first encountered Locke. If that's the case, it would be a simple matter to fill Locke's body with a random soul and then implant it with Locke's memories, making him think he's himself when in fact he's someone else entirely.
This would also explain why Ben said "I'm going to miss you John. I really will" after killing him in TLADOJB. It's clear from Ben's insistence to Jack that Locke's body be brought along that he knows John will be resurrected; this is Benjamin Linus, after all... the dude doesn't miss much. So why the whole "I'm gonna miss you bit?" Because he knows that Locke's soul is in fact going to die and the resurrected version will in fact be someone else implanted with Locke's memories.
What do you guys think? I look forward to hearing some of your thoughts. Theory by Lostaddict
