As we all know, the idea of having a constant (on the show) is presumably a way for someone to save themselves when they have begun experiencing the "side effects" created by the island's displacement in time. But what if this idea, like many others on the show, was just a vague introductory explanation which will eventually become a concept that is rooted directly to the show's bigger mysteries. For example, once the time flashes started happening we were led to believe that it was due to some kind of error made which needed to be fixed. later on in season 5 we begin to understand that there was more to this idea presumably that specific characters were being sent to certain times because there was something in those times that they had to accomplish.
ANYWAY...
What if the idea of finding your constant had nothing to do with surviving but instead was a way to bridge one's connection between two seperate timelines?
To further this idea lets take a step backwards.
For this theory's sake, let's say that when an event occurs that causes a break in the timeline, an alternate timeline comes into play, which does not cancel out the original timeline, but rather, runs parallel with it. An example of this sort of event would be such as the wheel being turned.
STAY WITH ME
Now as there are 2 or maybe even 3 alternate timelines running parallel with each other, the constant can be a way of returning to or travelling between these timelines.
Daniel Faraday noted that if anything went wrong that desmond would be his constant. This is because Desmond coming to see him at Oxford happened before any of these breaks in the original timeline.
Now onto what this means for our favorite characters. I believe this was the symbolism of showing Jacob touching each of them at points in their lives before any of these timelines. This was Jacob's way of implanting himself within all of them as their constants so that when things got to where they are now in 2007, he knew that they would all be able to return to this timeline.
PS. i still believe that in 2007 where Jacob was killed is not simply 3 years after the plane crash but a copmplete alternate timeline to what we have been watching for the first 4 seasons.
PSS. once the wheel was turned everything changed.
ANYWAY...
What if the idea of finding your constant had nothing to do with surviving but instead was a way to bridge one's connection between two seperate timelines?
To further this idea lets take a step backwards.
For this theory's sake, let's say that when an event occurs that causes a break in the timeline, an alternate timeline comes into play, which does not cancel out the original timeline, but rather, runs parallel with it. An example of this sort of event would be such as the wheel being turned.
STAY WITH ME
Now as there are 2 or maybe even 3 alternate timelines running parallel with each other, the constant can be a way of returning to or travelling between these timelines.
Daniel Faraday noted that if anything went wrong that desmond would be his constant. This is because Desmond coming to see him at Oxford happened before any of these breaks in the original timeline.
Now onto what this means for our favorite characters. I believe this was the symbolism of showing Jacob touching each of them at points in their lives before any of these timelines. This was Jacob's way of implanting himself within all of them as their constants so that when things got to where they are now in 2007, he knew that they would all be able to return to this timeline.
PS. i still believe that in 2007 where Jacob was killed is not simply 3 years after the plane crash but a copmplete alternate timeline to what we have been watching for the first 4 seasons.
PSS. once the wheel was turned everything changed.
