I don't think the Locke we have seen upon his resurrection is Locke. What's more, I don't think the Locke we have seen since his resurrection is the Locke that Locke wanted to be. Because Locke hasn't been manifested by Jacob, he's been manifested by the flipside, who wants to kill Jacob.
Remember Resurrected Christian telling Locke something along the lines of "I don't know why Richard told you have to die, because that isn't the case"? - that came from Jacob. And why did Richard tell Locke he had to die? Because Resurrected Locke told Richard to. Because Esau told Richard to.
So what we have here is Jacob (via Resurrected Christian) vs someone as-yet-unintroduced who we'll call Esau (via Resurrected Locke). This is the 'war' we are going to see. That Richard/bullet/"You'll have to die" moment was the first moment they disagreed but you can be damn sure there will be more.
At some point, both Jacob and Esau were real people. But then they were both killed. But like the rumoured volcano we are yet to see - they aren't dead, they're just dormant. Ready to take over the body of someone easily misled. The volcano (if it's seen) won't be a major destructive element, it'll be foreshadowing the dormancy of the good/evil figures.
Jacob got the first chance and took over the alcoholic and easily swayed Christian. Why would Jacob manifest himself in Locke when he's already doing what he wants to do via Christian?
Esau manifested Resurrected Locke. He is the opposite to Jacob. Who knows which is good and which is bad? What we can be sure of, though, is that both Christian and Locke were easily swayed (Christian by alcohol, Locke by false friendship - both destructive) and easily 'taken over' (both in mentality in life and physically in death). And both represent an opposite side.
Esau as Resurrected Locke wants to kill Resurrected Christian/Jacob. And he's going to do it via Locke.
A couple of extra points:
* I think Richard realised Resurrected Locke had been taken over by Esau as soon as Locke said he had died. That is why he is unwilling to take Resurrected Locke to Jacob.
* Ben hadn't talked to Jacob, but he had a few encounters with Esau's past physical form and mistook the two. He realised this later and pretended he had always spoken to Jacob even though he wasn't even talking to Esau either, anymore.
Remember Resurrected Christian telling Locke something along the lines of "I don't know why Richard told you have to die, because that isn't the case"? - that came from Jacob. And why did Richard tell Locke he had to die? Because Resurrected Locke told Richard to. Because Esau told Richard to.
So what we have here is Jacob (via Resurrected Christian) vs someone as-yet-unintroduced who we'll call Esau (via Resurrected Locke). This is the 'war' we are going to see. That Richard/bullet/"You'll have to die" moment was the first moment they disagreed but you can be damn sure there will be more.
At some point, both Jacob and Esau were real people. But then they were both killed. But like the rumoured volcano we are yet to see - they aren't dead, they're just dormant. Ready to take over the body of someone easily misled. The volcano (if it's seen) won't be a major destructive element, it'll be foreshadowing the dormancy of the good/evil figures.
Jacob got the first chance and took over the alcoholic and easily swayed Christian. Why would Jacob manifest himself in Locke when he's already doing what he wants to do via Christian?
Esau manifested Resurrected Locke. He is the opposite to Jacob. Who knows which is good and which is bad? What we can be sure of, though, is that both Christian and Locke were easily swayed (Christian by alcohol, Locke by false friendship - both destructive) and easily 'taken over' (both in mentality in life and physically in death). And both represent an opposite side.
Esau as Resurrected Locke wants to kill Resurrected Christian/Jacob. And he's going to do it via Locke.
A couple of extra points:
* I think Richard realised Resurrected Locke had been taken over by Esau as soon as Locke said he had died. That is why he is unwilling to take Resurrected Locke to Jacob.
* Ben hadn't talked to Jacob, but he had a few encounters with Esau's past physical form and mistook the two. He realised this later and pretended he had always spoken to Jacob even though he wasn't even talking to Esau either, anymore.
