As well all know, in the later series, there has been a lot of emphasis on Locke being 'special' and the one who can fix everything. But, if we look over the events that make him special, we can clearly see that he isn't special at all.
Firstly, we saw in a flashback that Richard visited Locke as a child. Immediately we all think 'wow' but in a later episode, when the losties were flashing between times, we discover that Locke TOLD Richard to visit him.
Similarly, Locke was mysteriosuly found byRichard in the jungle, and told he had to bring the Oceanic 6 back to the island, altough, in the last episodes, e find out that this, also, was something Locke told Richard to do. Fianlly, we have the whole 'Locke's broken back being cured' which happenned in season 1. Yet, if you remember back, he was not the only one who was healed - Rose also was suffering from cancer, and she made a recovery.
So, this leads to the obvious question, just how special is John Locke? In my opinion, not very.
Firstly, we saw in a flashback that Richard visited Locke as a child. Immediately we all think 'wow' but in a later episode, when the losties were flashing between times, we discover that Locke TOLD Richard to visit him.
Similarly, Locke was mysteriosuly found byRichard in the jungle, and told he had to bring the Oceanic 6 back to the island, altough, in the last episodes, e find out that this, also, was something Locke told Richard to do. Fianlly, we have the whole 'Locke's broken back being cured' which happenned in season 1. Yet, if you remember back, he was not the only one who was healed - Rose also was suffering from cancer, and she made a recovery.
So, this leads to the obvious question, just how special is John Locke? In my opinion, not very.
