I've been sitting her mulling over the bombshell that John Locke dropped on us. Two bombshells actually. One being that he could care less about the people stuck in the 70s. And two, and the more startlingly shocking one, being that John plans on killing Jacob. I'm not here to discuss John as I'm quite sure that the John Locke we knew is dead. Whatever is controlling the body and mind of Locke, it is certainly not John.
No, I'm here to discuss Richard Alpert and his obvious reluctance in bringing John Locke to see Jacob. Why? For a number of poential reasons. But first I want to get this out of the way; JACOB EXISTS. Whether it be existing in the physical sense or in the ghostly sense, we know he exists. We heard him say to John "help me". There is no myth of Jacob. And John didn't create the myth of Jacob in 1954 when he mentioned him to Richard.
Sorry for that tangent. So yes what of Richard's reluctance. Well as I said there could be a number of reasons. One would be that Richard has lost contact or communication with Jacob. John Locke in reality has been the only one that has communicated with Jacob in recent memory. Thus, Richard's reluctance could possibly stem from knowing that the lie that he's been perpetuating is about to be exposed. He simply doesn't know where Jacob is and has no idea how to communicate with him. He is probably embarassed about it and that would explain why he quietly tried to get John to come into his tent for a quiet talk about the problem of going to see Jacob.
A second possibility for Richard's reluctance could be that he knows that when John finally does come to face-to-face with Jacob, it is going to shock him. Going back to what the creators once said I believe that they said that we have already seen Jacob. Now that could just be a throw-a-way comment about that brief image we got of someone sitting in the dark or the close=up of the eye when Hurley is at the cabin, but maybe the creators meant that we literally SAW Jacob. In other words, that he is a character we've known for a long time. So again, Richard's attempts to get John into his tent for a quiet chat about Jacob could have been because Richard wanted to break the news to John about who Jacob actually is. And who knows, maybe it is paramount for the future of the island that John does not come face-to-face with this person known as Jacab and thus explaining Richard's reluctance.
Finally, and this is perhaps the most out there in regards to bizarreness, but maybe Jacob's body is really residing in the Temple. Note that I said BODY. Perhaps in the physical sense Jacob is dead. He is a corpse and that corpse in enshrined in the Temple. However, we know due to the "help me" comment, that Jacob isn't totally dead and that his consciousness is still floating around. But Richard cannot communicate with Jacob in this form and thus, all he has is a lifeless corpse in the Temple. In other words, nothing to show to John other than a dead body. The interesting thing about this scenario is that it could possibly tie in to John's "I'm going to kill Jacob" statement. Maybe the reason why Richard is keeping Jacob's lifeless body in the Temple (and not burying it) is because he believes that there is still a way to capture the "conciousness" of Jacob and to instill it back into his physical form. Simply put he believes that he can still resurrect Jacob. John, and wh! atever is possessing John's body, does not want this to happen. Maybe what John meant when he said that he's going to kill Jacob is that he's going to kill whatever chance there is left of instilling Jacob back to his former glory. In other words he's going to destroy the corpse or body of Jacob in order to ensure that Jacob stays trapped whereever he is forever.
Thank you for you time!
No, I'm here to discuss Richard Alpert and his obvious reluctance in bringing John Locke to see Jacob. Why? For a number of poential reasons. But first I want to get this out of the way; JACOB EXISTS. Whether it be existing in the physical sense or in the ghostly sense, we know he exists. We heard him say to John "help me". There is no myth of Jacob. And John didn't create the myth of Jacob in 1954 when he mentioned him to Richard.
Sorry for that tangent. So yes what of Richard's reluctance. Well as I said there could be a number of reasons. One would be that Richard has lost contact or communication with Jacob. John Locke in reality has been the only one that has communicated with Jacob in recent memory. Thus, Richard's reluctance could possibly stem from knowing that the lie that he's been perpetuating is about to be exposed. He simply doesn't know where Jacob is and has no idea how to communicate with him. He is probably embarassed about it and that would explain why he quietly tried to get John to come into his tent for a quiet talk about the problem of going to see Jacob.
A second possibility for Richard's reluctance could be that he knows that when John finally does come to face-to-face with Jacob, it is going to shock him. Going back to what the creators once said I believe that they said that we have already seen Jacob. Now that could just be a throw-a-way comment about that brief image we got of someone sitting in the dark or the close=up of the eye when Hurley is at the cabin, but maybe the creators meant that we literally SAW Jacob. In other words, that he is a character we've known for a long time. So again, Richard's attempts to get John into his tent for a quiet chat about Jacob could have been because Richard wanted to break the news to John about who Jacob actually is. And who knows, maybe it is paramount for the future of the island that John does not come face-to-face with this person known as Jacab and thus explaining Richard's reluctance.
Finally, and this is perhaps the most out there in regards to bizarreness, but maybe Jacob's body is really residing in the Temple. Note that I said BODY. Perhaps in the physical sense Jacob is dead. He is a corpse and that corpse in enshrined in the Temple. However, we know due to the "help me" comment, that Jacob isn't totally dead and that his consciousness is still floating around. But Richard cannot communicate with Jacob in this form and thus, all he has is a lifeless corpse in the Temple. In other words, nothing to show to John other than a dead body. The interesting thing about this scenario is that it could possibly tie in to John's "I'm going to kill Jacob" statement. Maybe the reason why Richard is keeping Jacob's lifeless body in the Temple (and not burying it) is because he believes that there is still a way to capture the "conciousness" of Jacob and to instill it back into his physical form. Simply put he believes that he can still resurrect Jacob. John, and wh! atever is possessing John's body, does not want this to happen. Maybe what John meant when he said that he's going to kill Jacob is that he's going to kill whatever chance there is left of instilling Jacob back to his former glory. In other words he's going to destroy the corpse or body of Jacob in order to ensure that Jacob stays trapped whereever he is forever.
Thank you for you time!
