by Joe Cooler » 8/31/2009, 9:06 pm
Here is my theory's
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First: The Losty's are in a perpetual time loop. That is to say, everything they have done, and are doing has happened before. Remember Jacob and his nemesis (I assume his name will probably be Esau) talking on the beach. Esau and Jacob look over at the ship and mention that it always ends the same way (Death, destruction, ect). Furthermore, setting off the bomb could very well work and send everyone back to before they get on the plane. Of course, that doesn't mean they won't get on the plane again and end up on the island once more. Of course, this theory could be way of but in the current context of the show I think it makes sense.
Second: The statue that Jacob lives under looks a lot like Sobek, who often symbolized fertility. We don't know when the statue fell, but we do know that Juliet was unable to deliver children in modern time but was able to delivers children in the 60's. I imagine the "bomb" causes the statue to fall. The statue which is connected to fertility, defines whether children can be born or not. Hence the problems in modern time. Just a theory.
Third: Jacob is Christian. I don't really have much to back this one up aside from the fact that a version of Christian is walking around much like a version of Locke is walking around. We can assume "Esau" is both un-Christian and un-Locke or we can assume that Christian is inhabited by someone else and who more likely than Jacob. It would be a cool twist.
Thoughts?