I thought about calling this post \u201cWe\u2019re All Special\u201d, since it seems that Daniel Faraday has reached the conclusion that it is not only Desmond to whom \u201cthe rules do not apply\u201d, but all of us can change our destinies. We are \u201cthe variables\u201d. What remains to be seen is whether and to what extent our attempts to change our destinies can win out against the constants. Life arises from a combination of law and chaos, leaving room for order without absolute fixity. <\/p>\n
For a recap of the episode, or just because they are so hilariously entertaining, watch the latest episode of Lost Untangled. I\u2019ll discuss the details of the episode (with more significant spoilers as well as some speculation) below that.<\/p>\n
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The latest episode, \u201cThe Variable\u201d, has perhaps allowed us to surmise a lot more about what has been going on on LOST than any other episode so far. Why did Charles and Eloise leave the island? Charles was expelled, but he had apparently already been off it. It seems quite likely that the death of their son Daniel may have been a key factor. The major question now is whether they are working based on the belief that \u201cwhatever happened, happened\u201d, or whether they are trying to change the past (and thus also the future), or whether they are working separately out of different views on this matter.<\/p>\n
I think, despite appearances to the contrary, Eloise Hawking was telling the truth when she said that she is indeed trying to help her son. Although Daniel believes that the Oceanic survivors aren\u2019t supposed to be in the 1970s, perhaps the reason Eloise works to make sure Desmond goes to the island and pushes the button, and the Oceanic Six return to the island, is a belief that by doing so she can indeed save her son. Note that Eloise gave Daniel the journal \u2013 the one with all his notes, the one that will allow the Oceanic survivors to try to implement Daniel\u2019s plan even though he died.<\/p>\n
This leads me to speculate further about the identity<\/a> of Jacob \u2013 speculation that isn\u2019t at all incompatible with some of my previous speculation on the subject. What if Jacob is Daniel Faraday\u2019s son, or at least descendant? Perhaps the reason he is in a sort of \u201climbo\u201d state is that he is doing a \u201cMarty McFly\u201d. And perhaps Michael\u2019s statements about Walt set the stage for what we\u2019re seeing now: we\u2019d do anything to save our children, and what we\u2019re witnessing is either collaboration or competition between various individuals determined to save their children: Eloise Hawking, Christian Shepherd, Charles Widmore, Desmond and Penny Hume, and perhaps even Daniel Faraday, the mysterious Jacob, and even Benjamin Linus.<\/p>\n But I think the most important clue we\u2019ve been given is in Daniel Faraday\u2019s behavior<\/a>. He specifically wanted to take guns and have a gun himself when he went to see his mother. He acted in a threatening way untypical of himself. He knew his mother was on the island among the \u201chostiles\u201d \u2013 when did he find this out? My guess is that Daniel Faraday went to find the \u201cOthers\u201d knowing full well what would happen to him<\/a>, and believing that it was necessary in order to get his mother to act to change what would happen. Perhaps it takes something big<\/i> to really change the past, or the future. Something the temporal, emotional and\/or historical equivalent of a hydrogen bomb.<\/p>\n
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