One of the many things that occured to me in the spectacular season finale of Lost was the strange grouping of Locke,Ben and Richard on their way to see(kill) Jacob.Richard was neccesary as he seemed to have some deeper knowledge of Jacob's whereabouts,but what would Locke or the entity calling itself Locke want with Benjamin Linus? Some would say that Ben would be easy to manipulate being in a weakened position, losing his leadership etc. But i think thats one great big deception,one long con in the same line of the entity inhabiting Locke.
Lets think for a minute what we know of Ben Linus, his mother died giving birth to him, his father blamed him for this and was a drunk prone to hitting and verbally abusing his son.These facts dont in themselves make Ben particulary unique among the other Lost characters as virtually everyone has mommy or daddy issues but they reveal a fragile need of belonging that may be key to understanding the pivotal events that happened in 1977 and ended in 2007. In 1977 Ben is shot by Sayid and brought to Richard who explains that Ben will be different, Ben will always be "one of us". No diagolue in lost is trivial, it all has a deeper meaning and this is no different, for Ben to be saved he must be cleansed a.k.a converted.But how did Ben live from the seemingly fatal gunshot wound?They would like us to believe the answer is obvious from watching the final: Jacob.The healer of a man who falls several stories and lives,the curer of cancer, the man behind everything on the islan! d.Yet its never that easy in the world of Lost,something else is going on here. I believe Richard brought Ben to Jacob, I believe maybe Richard's intentions were to save Ben but Jacob had other plans, Jacob had an endless loop to plan for and a schemer looking to kill him.
Just as the dark man on the beach, impersonated or corrupted John Locke, Jacob took the form of Benjamin Linus.Somewhere on the island is the dead body of a thirteen year old Ben Linus, while this older shell of Ben plays a con game to counter a con game.There has been very subtle hints of Ben's real form in the past. Case in point would be the killing of John Locke, remember him saying"Im really going to miss you John"? Jacob is really going to miss John Locke, but John locke never passed all his tests.Consider all the times Ben provoked John, These were Jacob provoking John, trying to toughen him up and get him prepared so that he could use him against this dark man.John was indecisive, always asking questions always following someone and so he outlived his usefulness to Jacob.Jacob knew of his past, of his horrible life and pitied and felt sympathy for John, he was like a son to him in some ways i imagine.Apparently this time loop has been going on for centurie! s so Jacob needed to be creative and find a way to convince the dark man that Ben was actually Ben and he succeeded. The dark man believes Ben is a tool that he has used to kill Jacob what he doesnt understand is Jacob just killed himself and now this will give him a false sense of security. With the apparent arrival of I imagine the losties in 77('" they're coming") Jacob will have his "army" and widmore and his vast resources will be the dark man's "army". So in a superficial sense it really is a Ben- Widmore war , only of them isnt who he claims to be.Incidentally Widmore may know this does he not say "i know what you are boy"?
Lets think for a minute what we know of Ben Linus, his mother died giving birth to him, his father blamed him for this and was a drunk prone to hitting and verbally abusing his son.These facts dont in themselves make Ben particulary unique among the other Lost characters as virtually everyone has mommy or daddy issues but they reveal a fragile need of belonging that may be key to understanding the pivotal events that happened in 1977 and ended in 2007. In 1977 Ben is shot by Sayid and brought to Richard who explains that Ben will be different, Ben will always be "one of us". No diagolue in lost is trivial, it all has a deeper meaning and this is no different, for Ben to be saved he must be cleansed a.k.a converted.But how did Ben live from the seemingly fatal gunshot wound?They would like us to believe the answer is obvious from watching the final: Jacob.The healer of a man who falls several stories and lives,the curer of cancer, the man behind everything on the islan! d.Yet its never that easy in the world of Lost,something else is going on here. I believe Richard brought Ben to Jacob, I believe maybe Richard's intentions were to save Ben but Jacob had other plans, Jacob had an endless loop to plan for and a schemer looking to kill him.
Just as the dark man on the beach, impersonated or corrupted John Locke, Jacob took the form of Benjamin Linus.Somewhere on the island is the dead body of a thirteen year old Ben Linus, while this older shell of Ben plays a con game to counter a con game.There has been very subtle hints of Ben's real form in the past. Case in point would be the killing of John Locke, remember him saying"Im really going to miss you John"? Jacob is really going to miss John Locke, but John locke never passed all his tests.Consider all the times Ben provoked John, These were Jacob provoking John, trying to toughen him up and get him prepared so that he could use him against this dark man.John was indecisive, always asking questions always following someone and so he outlived his usefulness to Jacob.Jacob knew of his past, of his horrible life and pitied and felt sympathy for John, he was like a son to him in some ways i imagine.Apparently this time loop has been going on for centurie! s so Jacob needed to be creative and find a way to convince the dark man that Ben was actually Ben and he succeeded. The dark man believes Ben is a tool that he has used to kill Jacob what he doesnt understand is Jacob just killed himself and now this will give him a false sense of security. With the apparent arrival of I imagine the losties in 77('" they're coming") Jacob will have his "army" and widmore and his vast resources will be the dark man's "army". So in a superficial sense it really is a Ben- Widmore war , only of them isnt who he claims to be.Incidentally Widmore may know this does he not say "i know what you are boy"?
