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- Why is there 3 Lockes? (Smokie, the dead and buried Locke, and the ALT Locke)
Because Terry O'Quinn is triple-awesome.
But really I think there are just 2. I think unLocke is more an "imitation," meaning it's not really a body. IMO, MIB having Locke's "body" is one that doesn't really make much sense if you think about it for a bit.
But anyway, I figure there's no ruling out that somehow it could still become Locke again.
- What will happen with the non-ALT, off island, reality? Which is where Aaron/Jacob reside? That's the same place that Walt and baby Ji Yeon Kwon reside.
Good question. I currently think everything might get zapped/merged into the current alt, albeit somewhat changed (again), and maybe going back to the original plane ride again (so the "current" off island reality would cease to exist, kind of). That way everyone can die, but it's not so bad, because they're okay. Like Sun & Jin. It was sad, but you knew they were happily ever after in the LA_X alt. I don't know how that'd fit with this theory, though. I guess if Jacob's thwarted in his "rebirth."
Or consider that there could be two Aaron's, especially if one has died and been "claimed"... If your theory were correct, and Jacob claimed OTL Aaron, the LA_X_alt Aaron would be different altogether, though the body would be similar. Hm.
- Was Locke smokie all along? Or was smokie Vincent all along? Or maybe both? (at times)
I don't think either. Maybe both at times.
- How did all of this start in the first place? Was it a time travel experiment gone horribly wrong?
Probably to some extent, or at least that probably was involved. Maybe more of unwitting experiment... Man trying to harness/control the "powers" of the island. I think there was probably some old-school frozen donkey wheel time/space shifting shenanigan stuff that happened. It was built for a reason and it seems pretty old.
- Will all of our losties (except Jack) need to die on the island?
That's where I've been leaning. But since this past episode (The Candidate), I question it a bit... Because of un-Locke knowing they hadn't died. As if something would have happened if they had. But there also could be other ways/reasons he knew some of them had survived. Right now, I'm still sticking with they'll die.
Therefore will Jack in the ALT need to die?
Good question.
- Will one of those deaths be Kate killing Sawyer? A dying Sawyer asked Kate in Season 2 "why did you kill me?"
I'd love that.
- What does Widmore want with the island?
I think he's mostly driven by power, but also wants to save the world. I think what unLocke had told Desmond about Widmore before sending him down the well was true.
One thing interesting about Widmore to me is that he's sent/brought almost every person left to the island. Or he and Eloise.
- What happens with Richard? Does he stay on as Jack's "adviser"?
I think he's got to die.
Their current "mission" is to blow the plane up? Maybe he'll die then.
- How do the mirror's in the lighthouse fit into all of this?
I really think that they were just a (expensive prop) way to look at the candidates lives off island. And to help further the concept of mirrors connecting alt realit(ies) to the island.
- Who are "Adam and Eve"?
I never thought I'd be saying this, but I think Adam might be MIB.
- Cabin antics, how did all of that fit in?
I think it's 50/50 we'll find out.
Maybe if Hurley uses Jacob's ashes, there'll be an opportunity for an explanation. Like whether the ash circle kept smokie in or kept him out... Even something that simple would be a reveal. I don't know who was in that cabin, but it sure seems like it was smokie. But there was that piece of Jacob's tapestry left there for Ilana, which seemed to be Jacob saying "I'm not here anymore; I'm at the statue." And it's not like smokie couldn't be out on the island, as we've seen him out there plenty of times, so I don't know how the ashes would have been containing him in the cabin. That's one of the places I don't have an idea of what was going on.
- Claire and Sayid, kinda claimed, kinda not??
I think Sayid made his redemptive move with the bomb on the sub, and that's done. He tipped to the good side in his death sacrifice.
Claire, I don't know, but I think she'll emerge again as the old Claire. Now that she has more of a real role in the LA_X alt, there's more focus on her character progression. I think there's going to be a bunch of Claire. She's got to be about ready to have Aaron in the LA_X alt. I figure that's got to be a big spin/reveal point. Maybe not.
- Will Jack set things right by "lifting it up"?
I sure hope so! I really, really hope that line makes it's way back around.
That stadium scene was one of my favorites of LOST.
I'm trying to completely reset things I've been thinking about LOST and trying to see it in different ways in these final weeks... Re-looking at things I'd ruled out. Which is a reason I like reading this theory. Like what we might see in the islands past? Really looking forward to it. Has some of what we've been seeing been going on longer than we might have thought (besides Jacob & MIB)?
