I'm going to start this theory by expanding on what we learned in 'The Incident' and focus on the conflict between Jacob and MIB, the loophole and the role of Christian. Why Christian? I believe the senior Dr. Sheppard will play a pivotal role in the end game of Lost.
The Producers classify Christian as being "undead". Whether that term implies Christian is a ghost or has been resurrected remains to be seen. I'll touch on that more later, but for now, let's look at Christian role in the events leading up to The Incident and examine what I feel is conclusive evidence on why Christian can't be aligned with MIB / Smoke Monster.
One must first assume that MIB manipulated everything he could to get to what transpired at the end of 'The Incident'. Whether he killed Jacob or not, he finally found the loophole to kill Jacob in Ben and Locke.
Considering that he found his loophole, one must assume that the events leading up to it worked as he planned to get Locke to manipulate and take Ben in the statue in order to kill Jacob.
If Christian was aligned with or was a manifestation of MIB why would he tell Locke that HE was supposed to move the island? NOT BEN.
Play out this scenario for a second... If Locke initially moved the island as instructed, then Ben stays on the island and MIB would not get his chance to take Locke's form that ultimately led him to Jacob.
The perfect plan worked to perfection for MIB... If Christian was a manifestation of him, then he would have told Locke in the cabin to have Ben move the island, knowing the result would be the island skipping and thus requiring Locke to turn the wheel.
It is my belief that Jacob was not only aware of MIB's plan with Ben and Locke; he set it up in the first place. How did he do this? By sending Sayid back to 1977 knowing that he would try to kill Ben and that Kate would bring him to the Others and that he would then instruct Richard to take him to the Temple to be healed. We'll get into the Temple in another post but given that the Monster resides under the temple and MIB seems to have some power over the Monster, I believe that Jacob (through Richard) planted the seeds for the plan by delivering young Ben to MIB. That would also explain why Jacob never met with Ben in the flesh.
In any game or war, the best advantage is to know your opponent's approach. By Jacob setting up MIB by giving him an apparent loophole with Ben and Locke, Jacob was then able to counter-act that with the Losties in '77. Christian was instrumental in setting the final pieces of it up.
As far as where we go from here, is there any character that has more ties to the remaining people than Christian? He has more ties than anyone. He's Jack and Claire's father, Aaron's grandfather, he has helped Locke, Sun and Lapidis find their way, even had beers with Sawyer pre-crash and told Vincent to wake Jack up immediately following the crash of Flight 815.
This puts Christian in a very powerful position of influence over many of the main characters. I personally believe that he is being honest when he says he is speaking on Jacob's behalf and has been key in protecting Aaron by getting him off the island and keeping Claire safe. I predict we will see more of him in Season 6 and we will see what happens to those who die on the island through his experience with Claire.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this. More to come.
The Producers classify Christian as being "undead". Whether that term implies Christian is a ghost or has been resurrected remains to be seen. I'll touch on that more later, but for now, let's look at Christian role in the events leading up to The Incident and examine what I feel is conclusive evidence on why Christian can't be aligned with MIB / Smoke Monster.
One must first assume that MIB manipulated everything he could to get to what transpired at the end of 'The Incident'. Whether he killed Jacob or not, he finally found the loophole to kill Jacob in Ben and Locke.
Considering that he found his loophole, one must assume that the events leading up to it worked as he planned to get Locke to manipulate and take Ben in the statue in order to kill Jacob.
If Christian was aligned with or was a manifestation of MIB why would he tell Locke that HE was supposed to move the island? NOT BEN.
Play out this scenario for a second... If Locke initially moved the island as instructed, then Ben stays on the island and MIB would not get his chance to take Locke's form that ultimately led him to Jacob.
The perfect plan worked to perfection for MIB... If Christian was a manifestation of him, then he would have told Locke in the cabin to have Ben move the island, knowing the result would be the island skipping and thus requiring Locke to turn the wheel.
It is my belief that Jacob was not only aware of MIB's plan with Ben and Locke; he set it up in the first place. How did he do this? By sending Sayid back to 1977 knowing that he would try to kill Ben and that Kate would bring him to the Others and that he would then instruct Richard to take him to the Temple to be healed. We'll get into the Temple in another post but given that the Monster resides under the temple and MIB seems to have some power over the Monster, I believe that Jacob (through Richard) planted the seeds for the plan by delivering young Ben to MIB. That would also explain why Jacob never met with Ben in the flesh.
In any game or war, the best advantage is to know your opponent's approach. By Jacob setting up MIB by giving him an apparent loophole with Ben and Locke, Jacob was then able to counter-act that with the Losties in '77. Christian was instrumental in setting the final pieces of it up.
As far as where we go from here, is there any character that has more ties to the remaining people than Christian? He has more ties than anyone. He's Jack and Claire's father, Aaron's grandfather, he has helped Locke, Sun and Lapidis find their way, even had beers with Sawyer pre-crash and told Vincent to wake Jack up immediately following the crash of Flight 815.
This puts Christian in a very powerful position of influence over many of the main characters. I personally believe that he is being honest when he says he is speaking on Jacob's behalf and has been key in protecting Aaron by getting him off the island and keeping Claire safe. I predict we will see more of him in Season 6 and we will see what happens to those who die on the island through his experience with Claire.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this. More to come.
