{"id":3734,"date":"2008-04-30T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/lost-theories\/"},"modified":"2008-04-30T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T13:01:00","slug":"lost-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/lost-theories.html","title":{"rendered":"LOST Theories"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/71\/154835946_2072cacd19.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/71\/154835946_2072cacd19.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/television\/news\/2008-04-23-lost_N.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The producers of LOST recently commented on theories submitted by fans<\/a>. Below are the ones that got an \u201cA\u201d. The last is particularly on the right track, apparently, in unspecified ways. Click the link above for the rest of the theories, the whole article, and more! [Also <a href=\"http:\/\/losteastereggs.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/update-translation-of-symbols-on-bens.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">see here for a discussion of the hieroglyphics on Ben\u2019s door<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%\">The diabolical experiment <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Abbadon (the thin man who recruited the freighter crew) gains control of Aaron. This brilliant boy is fated to grow up and eventually work in a secret \u201cArea 51\u201d military laboratory on a remote Eniwetok-like island. A diabolically powerful experiment goes very wrong and Aaron is trapped in another dimension, eternally unstuck from space-time normal and only partly able to contact this dimension (as through Ben and the dead, like Jack\u2019s dad and Charlie). We know Aaron \u2014 as an adult after the disaster \u2014 by the name \u201cJacob.\u201d Everything which happens in Lost is part of a desperate millennia-long effort orchestrated by Jacob to alter the flow of events such that his original fatal error in creating a space-time rift is averted at the critical moment. Across centuries Jacob manipulates forces to gather the interconnected Lost-ies; their fates are all bound together with his fate. Jack the healer exercises free will and \u2014 thanks to eventually working together with Locke, and most especially thanks to the love and sacrifice of Kate \u2014 rescues and cures Jacob, so healing the space-time rift and saving the world. Jack and Kate will live the rest of their lives together in love, ultimately becoming the island\u2019s Adam and Eve at rest in the cavern.<\/p>\n<p><u>The producers commented<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p>Cuse: \u201cFirst of all, any theory that contains the words, \u2018a diabolically powerful experiment goes very wrong,\u2019 I love. That\u2019s the foundation of 100 great science-fiction stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof: \u201cIt\u2019s a wildly imaginative theory \u2026 This is a great theory because it\u2019s time-travel-related and it\u2019s saying Aaron is Jacob. \u2026 There were people earlier this season who were thinking that Harold Perrineau (Michael) was playing a grown-up version of (son) Walt. People keep going to this place. It\u2019s sort of a great Rod Serling Twilight Zone device \u2014 a future version of yourself comes back and warns a younger version of yourself not to do something or to do something. But we\u2019re not dealing in paradox (on Lost). We really limit ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we like it because it\u2019s very character-based. Whereas many of these theories don\u2019t even mention any of the characters, this one mentions Abbadon, Jack, Kate, Locke, Aaron and Charlie. It\u2019s nice to have the focus on our characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuse: \u201cThe fluidity of space-time is something which is very much on the right track in this theory. Even if some of the specifics are not quite right, there\u2019s a lot of free thinking in this theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof: \u201cIt\u2019s not exactly the most accurate theory in the world. But there is a lot of supporting evidence, a lot of thought. Obviously, this person watches the show very closely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%\">The 6 and the Sickness<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What do Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sun and Sayid have in common? None of these five were anywhere near the Swan station when it imploded and the sky turned purple. So what does this mean in relation to the Oceanic 6? Very simple. They are literally the only survivors of Oceanic 815 that can safely leave the island without dying. We know that the \u2018Sickness\u2019 is actually the form of time travel that Desmond experienced when leaving the island on the helicopter. But Desmond didn\u2019t die when he left the island because he found his constant in Penny Widmore. But more importantly because he had been injecting himself with the <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>Dharma<\/a> vaccine since the day he entered the Swan. This brings us to Aaron Littleton, the last member of the Oceanic 6. Aaron has been injected with the same vaccine in the womb and after being born. The vaccine seems to curb the effects of the sickness when leaving the island. We know at least some of the 815 survivors are still living on the island in the future. Meaning only those who can leave the island will. The rest of the Lost-ies are left behind (unwillingly) due to the effects of the \u2018Sickness\u2019 they will experience when leaving.<\/p>\n<p><u>The producers commented<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p>Cuse: \u201cIn \u2018The Constant,\u2019 we obviously saw that it\u2019s important to stay on the right bearing going on and off the island. As the freighter got closer to the island, people started experiencing sickness, and we know that Rousseau\u2019s people suffered from a sickness when they came to the island, so this person is in the house in certain areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof: \u201cThe causal relationship between the sickness and the strange fluctuations in space-time is a good catch. As far as the Oceanic 6 being the only ones who can leave the island, that is incorrect, so we\u2019re going to say it\u2019s a wash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%\">Dharma Chameleon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostpedia.com\/images\/4\/45\/Ms._Hawking.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lostpedia.com\/images\/4\/45\/Ms._Hawking.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>There is an off-island presence for Dharma that is working to get back onto the island to finish their work with the Valenzetti Equation. Ms. Hawking (the white-haired time-traveler who crossed paths with Desmond) was a former Swan worker and developed the same ability Desmond has. Ms. Hawking accidently got this ability during the original incident. She survived by finding her constant \u2014 Brother Campbell \u2014 and left the island. After leaving the island, her visions developed, and she has seen what needs to take place in order for Dharma to regain control of the island. Her visions include a complicated pattern of people that are required to be on the island in order for a set series of events to occur for Dharma to return to the island. With the help of others, including Christian Shephard, Richard Malkin, Nadia and Libby, the group ensures that specific people are on the plane in order for the series of events to occur. Desmond must reach the island to cause Flight 815 to crash; Locke must locate the hatch to keep Desmond alive. Desmond must influence Charlie to turn off the jamming device. Jack calls the freighter.<\/p>\n<p><u>The producers commented<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p>Cuse: \u201cThis is a very evolved theory that has a lot of stuff in it that\u2019s pretty close to the mark. We really responded very strongly to this theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof: \u201cWe liked the way it was worded, so concisely. And because it does contain the aforementioned theories of time travel and manipulation of space-time, this theory gets a solid A.<\/p>\n<p>Cuse: \u201cAs a matter of fact, we can\u2019t even comment on it too much because there\u2019s a lot in here that\u2019s pretty accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof: \u201cWe\u2019re not going to explain why we\u2019re giving it an A. Hopefully, the writer of this theory will take their A and be very proud, put it up on their refrigerator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuse: \u201cIt\u2019s not all correct, but we kind of responded to the way this person thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof: \u201cIt\u2019s not all correct, but it could be correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuse: \u201cOr parts of it could be correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof: \u201cThat\u2019s correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuse: \u201cI will say that this person is going to really respond to Season 5 and feel very superior to everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof: \u201cThen, in Season 6, we will crush their spirits and prove them wrong. 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