I’ve read about Jacob representing White and The Man in Black (TMIB) representing Black. While I agree that these are the two parties “playing the game,” I don’t necessarily agree that White=Good and Black=Evil.
As someone posted in a recent theory and as I noticed watching the Incident, what Jacob did was involve a lot of people in a very dangerous game. He bought Kate the lunchbox instead of letting her face a punishment that might have made her a better person. He gave Sawyer the pen where Sawyer might have moved on with his life rather than being hung up on revenge. I mean, Sawyer wound up killing an innocent man (the Shrimp guy).
At the start of the episode, TMIB indicates that Jacob brought the ship to the island. Jacob makes no denial. To me, TMIB simply appears frustrated at Jacob’s repeated attempts to prove a point—to win the game. It seems pretty clear that TMIB wants nothing to do with these games. He is an involuntary player. Think about that for a moment, what if TMIB is an entity who has absolutely no interest in this game? Jacob draws people (pieces) in and, as TMIB clearly indicates, it always ends the same—all the valuable pieces are wiped off the table. I see it as they either end in a draw (neither side having any players left, neither capable of striking the decisive blow) or maybe Black has always won. But after each game, much like a child, Jacob is looking to get that one win. So he initiates the game again by drawing in new pieces (people). Now, that doesn’t sound too “good” to me. I wouldn’t want to be one of those pieces who have historically been wiped off the boa! rd. It also doesn’t sound too fair—Jacob gets to choose the pieces (people). Seems a little one-sided.
Anyway, after so many games, TMIB has had it. He doesn’t want to play anymore. If you had to play the same game over and over for eternity, wouldn’t you want to kill the person who kept making you play?
Don’t think TMIB is being forced to play? What about the hieroglyphics where the smoke monster judged Ben. Didn’t it appear to show Anubis summoning the Smoke Monster? If Jacob represents Anubis (pretty fair bet since he lives in the Statue) and TMIB represents Smokie, it seems to me that Jacob summoned TMIB. I think he summoned him to play this game and won’t leave TMIB alone until one side wins.
Maybe, years and years ago, they developed the rules—no forcing anyone to do anything (free will and all), no killing the other player. Maybe even no killing yourself. Man, TMIB is totally trapped.
I also think this has to do with what happened to the Frenchies (Danielle’s group). I think TMIB decided to just start wiping pieces off the board. He didn’t want to play anymore so he just started killing pieces (people). Jacob messed with the rifle though and Danielle stayed in the game…for a while.
What’s happening right now? Well, when TMIB got Ben to kill Jacob (his loophole), he thought he had finally won. But death does not exactly end the game. These pieces are capable of making their own decisions and, alive or dead, Jacob has his own plan to win the game. For Season 6, Jacob’s pieces are on their own.
The point of this theory is not to predict what will happen next season though. My point is that I don’t think White and Black translate to Good and Evil. Like Lapidus said, the people who say they are the good guys usually turn out to be the opposite. Like the fish he captures and mercilessly cuts open for himself to eat, Jacob repeatedly brings pieces (people) to the island for himself.
Ilana asks, "What lies in the shadow of the statue?"
Richard answers something like, "He who will save us all."
I think "lies" is the key word. Jacob lies. He has likely brainwashed many of the pieces into thinking this is a battle of good vs. evil. But he LIES. This is a just a game between two opposing players. All the pieces (People) are expendable on Jacob's quest to win.
Bottom line…together, Black and White make Grey.
As someone posted in a recent theory and as I noticed watching the Incident, what Jacob did was involve a lot of people in a very dangerous game. He bought Kate the lunchbox instead of letting her face a punishment that might have made her a better person. He gave Sawyer the pen where Sawyer might have moved on with his life rather than being hung up on revenge. I mean, Sawyer wound up killing an innocent man (the Shrimp guy).
At the start of the episode, TMIB indicates that Jacob brought the ship to the island. Jacob makes no denial. To me, TMIB simply appears frustrated at Jacob’s repeated attempts to prove a point—to win the game. It seems pretty clear that TMIB wants nothing to do with these games. He is an involuntary player. Think about that for a moment, what if TMIB is an entity who has absolutely no interest in this game? Jacob draws people (pieces) in and, as TMIB clearly indicates, it always ends the same—all the valuable pieces are wiped off the table. I see it as they either end in a draw (neither side having any players left, neither capable of striking the decisive blow) or maybe Black has always won. But after each game, much like a child, Jacob is looking to get that one win. So he initiates the game again by drawing in new pieces (people). Now, that doesn’t sound too “good” to me. I wouldn’t want to be one of those pieces who have historically been wiped off the boa! rd. It also doesn’t sound too fair—Jacob gets to choose the pieces (people). Seems a little one-sided.
Anyway, after so many games, TMIB has had it. He doesn’t want to play anymore. If you had to play the same game over and over for eternity, wouldn’t you want to kill the person who kept making you play?
Don’t think TMIB is being forced to play? What about the hieroglyphics where the smoke monster judged Ben. Didn’t it appear to show Anubis summoning the Smoke Monster? If Jacob represents Anubis (pretty fair bet since he lives in the Statue) and TMIB represents Smokie, it seems to me that Jacob summoned TMIB. I think he summoned him to play this game and won’t leave TMIB alone until one side wins.
Maybe, years and years ago, they developed the rules—no forcing anyone to do anything (free will and all), no killing the other player. Maybe even no killing yourself. Man, TMIB is totally trapped.
I also think this has to do with what happened to the Frenchies (Danielle’s group). I think TMIB decided to just start wiping pieces off the board. He didn’t want to play anymore so he just started killing pieces (people). Jacob messed with the rifle though and Danielle stayed in the game…for a while.
What’s happening right now? Well, when TMIB got Ben to kill Jacob (his loophole), he thought he had finally won. But death does not exactly end the game. These pieces are capable of making their own decisions and, alive or dead, Jacob has his own plan to win the game. For Season 6, Jacob’s pieces are on their own.
The point of this theory is not to predict what will happen next season though. My point is that I don’t think White and Black translate to Good and Evil. Like Lapidus said, the people who say they are the good guys usually turn out to be the opposite. Like the fish he captures and mercilessly cuts open for himself to eat, Jacob repeatedly brings pieces (people) to the island for himself.
Ilana asks, "What lies in the shadow of the statue?"
Richard answers something like, "He who will save us all."
I think "lies" is the key word. Jacob lies. He has likely brainwashed many of the pieces into thinking this is a battle of good vs. evil. But he LIES. This is a just a game between two opposing players. All the pieces (People) are expendable on Jacob's quest to win.
Bottom line…together, Black and White make Grey.
