LAST UPDATED: 19 January, 2006
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My theory including spoilers about season 2:
(no, it's not bunnies.)
It is bunnies! Death awaits
you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth!!! *hearts monty python*
OVERALL: Island of science, island of
faith, not one or the other as most other theories entail. (ie: government coverup with no supernatural occurences, or
they're all dead and in purgatory)
It will not be simply a scientific explanation because of all
the nudges to faith, such as the first season covering the first 40 days spent on the island, a biblical number for a time
of trial, learning and recovering faith.
On the same token, I don't think it will be a completely supernatural
explanation either. More specifically, now I think that it will be a supernatural
occurence caused by a scientific experiment or the like.
THE ISLAND:
Government site for biomedical research.
All I have to say is this: BF Skinner. (Hanso was mentioned to have experiments similar to those of BF Skinner
in the Orientation film)
THE HATCH:
Where the testing takes place, safely underground away from all
the stuff they screwed up and let loose on the island.
I still think I'm kind of right on that one. I think that Desmond ended up becoming
a test subject of a Skinner-esque experiment:
*Wise-yet-silly-professory-type-voice*
BF Skinner is famous (infamous?) for his tests on lab rats in which he tested to see how
long they would repeat a task over and over.
-The rats would be put in containment cubes called Skinner Boxes.
In them, the rats had to push a button at certain time intervals (ie. every 4
minutes, or every 8 minutes or maybe...every 108 minutes?) to earn a reward. If they pushed it more than once during the interval,
they still wouldn't recieve the reward more than once, and if they didn't push it, they would recieve an
electric shock.
That sounds oddly familiar.
What I think:
Desmond (when his boat crashed? I think that's how he said he ended up on the island)
ended up at the hatch, where the original test subjects were. They, assuming he was their replacement (or knowing he
was? Hmm..) took off, (to where?) and left him in the Skinner Box. (the hatch) to press a button every 108 minutes
for the reward of saving the world. If he doesn't, he'll get a huge electric shock from the electromagnetic field.
For more, see WALT.
THE OTHERS:
The researchers, infected with a sickness they either accidentally
created/mutated or let loose. Danielle's daughter Alex has been raised as one of them since she was kidnapped. The "pirates"
were the Others, (Who were also mentioned as founding the Hanso Foundation. Look at their pics in the
orientation film. They're the same people.) which means they also know a bit about traveling outside of the island.
Theoretically, they could leave the island, but with the diseases/mutations they have (such as Ethan Rom's superstrength)
they could not fit in with normal society, and the governement of whatever countries began the testing would kill them to
cover up what they've done. This could be true, but as Sawyer pointed out, that was just a little
boat that wouldn't make it out in the ocean. They still may have ways of getting off of the island.
Hm, maybe not.
I've heard a lot of people mention lately that they think there are at least two groups
of Others, not just one as we have been led to believe. Because the Ethan and Goodwin group sure didn't seem to have the same
"you stay on your side of the island, we'll stay on ours" mentality.
DUDE!!! THEORY!
What if the Scientific people, (Dharma, Hanso, those guys) probably Zeke's posse, are
just as lost as the crash survivors? What if they went to the island to do testing, but then the Ethan/Goodwin (NO IT'S NOT
THAT KIND OF SLASH MARK) type Others started attacking them, and that's why they're so *arrggh go way* toward Jack's crew?
No... that doesn't make any sense because they were the ones that took Walt for sure, because Zeke was the piratey guy. Meh.
I liked that idea.
Well, I guess Zeke was just saying that to Jack to make him let his guard down, kind
of. Make him think that they won't do anything. Evidently it didn't work because Jack's going to create an army. I ABSOLUTELY
LOVE THAT. I know it means that more characters will ultimately die, but it's a HUGE plot progression. A MAJOR PCD (Pivotal
character decision) if I ever saw one. This is leading up to plain old awesomeness, if not a ton more angst. SOMETHING
IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING!!! And that is good.
...Still thinking.
I really think there are more than one group of Others. Because Zeke had NO IDEA who
Ethan was when they mentioned him. The guy didn't even flinch.
The Zekelings seem to be too human. WHAT IF JACK IS GOING TO WAR AGAINST THE WRONG PEOPLE?!!
Maybe the Zekeling/Dharmites went kind of, lord of the flies freaking out and that's
why they were stealing kids? Like they all went kind of bonkers on that island for so long that they started stealing
all the kids they could find... to create their own army against the Biceps of steel others?
NO!!! MWAHAHA!!!
The Man-o-steel-man others were the CREATIONS of the Zekeling Dharmites which ended
up taking over the island. So the ZD's aren't evil, just mis-guided Dr. Frankstein types who are trying to find scientific
discoveries, possibly taking children to cure/solve their MOSM creation problems.
THE NUMBERS:
A code originating in the Hatch, not just used there. As for the use, you got me. A tracking system?
A warning in some code? Either way, I don't think it's the numbers themselves that are bad, but upon use they trigger
something that causes the bad things.
Well, it looks like the numbers do have a lot to do
with the Hanso Foundation and their bizarre tests. I'm still pretty clueless on what they mean, though. They were not random.
There's a specific reason that those numbers were chosen.
THE "MONSTER":
A product of genetic engineering/testing. I think it would be absoultely
brilliant if it had a bit of giraffe genes in it, after Hurley's comment. *sigh* no giraffe.
I'm agreeing with the nanobot theory. (The nanobot theory: The "monster" is actually made of nanobots. I know, I
know, it's complicated.) I also think that the black smoke when Danielle's baby was taken
was actually the monster. Oh, and here is another post furthering the confirmation of the nanobot theory: Catoms
THE POLAR BEAR:
It appeared after Walt read the comic book with a polar bear
in it. It appeared the episode Michael burned the comic book, but never again. Coincidence? There is no coincidence on Craphole
Island! Walt has got to be conjuring this thing. I think it will be really lame if it turns out to have
nothing to do with Walt, but especially since they were shown in the video, they probably have something to do with the research.
THE BOARS:
Animals genetically manipulated by the Others, making them very intelligent. (intelligent enough to
harass Sawyer, at least) Something the Hanso foundation would do!!
THE RAFT:
Sawyer, Jin and Michael will drift until they come to the other
side of the island where the survivors from the tale end will be including Ana Lucia (the person Jack talked to) and Bernard,
Rose's husband. Not only this, but I'm guessing there will be plenty of girls for all the loveless men on the other side.
(BTW: The Sawyer-Kate-Jack triangle is going to be changed to a trapezoid with Ana Lucia)
From what I've heard, they'll be separated until about 1/3 of the
way through the season.
See, you guys should listen to me. Sadly, only four people seem to have survived. Ana
Lucia (BLEH) Libby, (I think she's one of the others, just like Ethan was.) Mr. Eko, and Bernard. (I totally knew he was white!)
And I AM NOT digging the shape of this trapezoid. Kate/Sawyer Jack/Ana forever. NOT the other way around. BLEH. I
can't believe we're halfway through the season already. All this Skateness is making me squee! *is happy again* It's still
not as good as S1, though, but we'll see... Zeke was the guy that shot Sawyer! And Alex IS one
of the others! AND LOST IS AWESOME AGAIN!
THE DEATH:
According to several sites, a female character who is not Shannon
will die in October. SIGH!!!! NO!!! Rumour has it NOW, that Shannon, although everyone said before
that it was claimed she wasn't going to die is still fair game for biting it. She's so dead. I LIKE Shannon. *mourns death* poor Shannon...
She's considered a main/reccouring character.
This leaves:
KATE: Kate is not going to die. They will
not kill Kate, because she is Kate. What more can I say?
CLAIRE: Unless turniphead kicks it for
some other reason, (yes, yes I mean Aaron) Claire is not the one that's going to die. Those who think Charlie is
going to raise Tur- Aaron for Claire are forgetting one important thing: as far as I know, Charlie
is not lactating as of yet, you never know, it is Charlie after all. and on an island
cannot walk down to the qwick-mart to buy formula. Without Claire, the baby would starve.
But wait, there's more: If you're still not convinced and think
miracle Jack could pull some cocunut-papaya-fish juice concoction saving the infant, blah blah blah, yay Jack, I
still don't think they would kill off Claire for the simple reason of the popularity of the Claire-Charlie storylineWhich is SUCKING in S2 so far!! GAHH, come ON Charlie, stop being so stupid!!!!! PB shippers would
not be happy.
SUN: I'm iffy on this one. I really don't
think she's going to die, but she doesn't really have any reason not to since Kate and now Ana Lucia have the love triangle
storyline down, Jack has the medicine stuff down, what else does she really add to the island?
Boone was clearly a gonner when he became Locke's right-hand
man without any other connection to the plot. If Sun doesn't start showing some plot significance, she may be headed down
this path as well.
ANA-LUCIA: I'm pretty much convinced it's
going to be her. She'll be considered a reoccuring character, but she won't have as much of the emotional attachement to the
audience because she's the "new girl" I don't really know enough about her to make a valid argument, but it's going to be
her or Sun. It should be her because everyone HATES her. BLEECH.
THE HEROIN PLANE:
Nigerian plane that crashed on the Island, according to tv guide,
a nigerian is on the other side of the island. He probably knows something about this because of the no-coincidence issue.
MR. EKO!! MR. EKO!! I win.
Charlie is catholic. Charlie is an ex-junkie. Charlie is not
stupid. He did NOT take the heroin back with him, he took the virgin mary statue it had been in. OR he took
the statue with heroin in it, but knows that he has to break the virgin mary statue to get to the heroin. (Pretty symbolic,
eh?) Either way, he will not be doing heroin any time again soon. He has Claire and turniphead to think of. *SIGH*
Okay, Charlie is stupid. Personally, I like sapphire_child's idea in "Capable." But it doesn't look like the writers are going to go that way... I think whatever happens, Claire and tur--
Aaron will make him want to change for the better. As long as he doesn't end up as Locke's lackey like poor pretty-boy.
Who was totally on Law & Order the other day ( "I showwwwed 'em!!!!" ogh, all you 'showed'
us was that you can't act worth crap.) But seriously, I've changed my mind again and have been leaning toward that he'll
start doing heroin again after people stop trusting him. Because he totally wasn't doing it when Locke confronted him about
it. Oh yeah! Ep preview! Smashing statues next time! Dun dun dun... YES! It totally looks
like it will be somwhere along the lines of Charlie does heroin again, but then redeems himself and the audience gets to go
"squee" when Charlie and Claire get together. FINALLY. Hm, it also looks like he's going to be saving Aaron again...
WALT:
See "polar bear." This kid is definetely *special.* Sure, he could have torched the raft with matches or something like that, and maybe he did, but there
are too many coincidences around him for them to really be coincidences. He has to have some kind of powers.
He needs to refine his messaging skills, though. For one thing, don't appear to Shannon! Everyone on the island already
thinks that she's a boar short of a luau, there's no way they're going to believe her! Plus, come on kid, if you're going
to tell her something, speaking backwards isn't going to help. Because she totally knew you were
warning her that the Others were close. You seemed to have forgotten to mention entirely that butts-her-face was
coming up with a GUN. Of course, it could have been 'the island' (the island itself, or something
related) that messed it up.
(The reversed-backwards message, aka, forward,
is "Don't push the button, the button's bad!") (Which automatically makes me shout at the television at the top of my
lungs, "NO LOCKE, NO!! DON'T PUSH THE BUTTON! THE BUTTON'S BAAAAD!!!!" Nothing is going to happen if they stop pushing
it, but I think something bad may happen every time they do push it. Maybe it powers other experiments, or something.)
And now that we found out that he can type on a computer, I really don't think he's
dead. But I do think that the others have probably conducted some experiment or another on him, or whatever happens
to the "good" people.
Yeah, I'm going to have to go with most other people
and say that Michael probably wasn't talking to Walt. Either Walt was sending him psychicy waves or it was one of the others
luring Michael out to them. But then again, it doesn't sound like they want that... *confused*
LOCKE:
Guy's a freak of nature, highly disturbed. Chances are he probably
killed all his mates at the Post Office the day his mum forgot to put a cookie in his lunch tin.
Locke's known for some time now that there was more to this island
than meets the eye. Hee, that's a play on words, if you like. I'm so clever. (Duh,
he woke up and his legs worked again) Rumour has it that the next Locke episode will feature how he lost the use of them in
the first place.
Confirmed rumour says he'll "have trouble with them" after they
find what's in the hatch. The cause for all this?
Radiation or some other type of result of the testing in the hatch,
similar to the reason the plane crashed. (Maybe telekenetic research, testing ways to connect to brainwaves, another reason
they'd want to kidnap Walt.) (para-psycology! Dude, watch the orientation video close!! It's got
a crapload of clues.)
Whatever the case may be, ANOTHER play on words.
Now I'm just getting annoying. Locke has some deeper connection with what's going on here. But
I still trust the guy. Locke's a good guy, all the way.
Locke brought up Sawyer's name because it's his dad's name. LOCKE'S DAD IS MR. SAWYER.
VINCENT:
Vincent's "upcoming importance" is that he's going to travel to the other side of the island. Maybe
he'll become a sort of messenger between them since it's too dangerous because of the Others (who are even less happy
with the survivors after they broke into their little operation.)
Eh, that's all I got. Maybe Vincent kills Shannon. Wow, again relatively
close without actually guessing it. Vincent led Shannon to her ultimate demise, if not outright killing her.
DESMOND:
I love Desmond. I still want to believe that he was honest when he said the whole thing
about his boat crashing and all that, but where is his hatch buddy's body? (I can't remember his name! *headdesk*) I also
think that he is no longer wandering around in the jungle. I refuse to believe that he will be the body that they supposedly
come across in a coming episode, but I don't think there's any way that he could have been wandering for a couple days without
getting picked up.
He's either been kidnapped by the Others, or what I'm hoping for is that Danielle found
him. Aww, two crazies in a cave.
OTHER RANDOM THOUGHTS/QUESTIONS:
*Maybe someone on the other side of the island has peanut butter
for Claire. As soon as Desmond was eating in the hatch (as my family remembers all too well) every time
they were inside the hatch I was like, "THERE'S PEANUT BUTTER IN THERE SOMEWHERE!" ^.^ yes! That's two!
*How the heck did Locke recognize Charlie as the bass player of driveSHAFT?!!
I mean, he'd have to know quite a bit about them to recognize Charlie, because it was Liam that got all the fame. PLUS they
were a one-hit wonder from England. Hurley found the CD in America, so they must have been famous
all over, now that I think of it, Kate knew about driveSHAFT too. Unless Locke is a frequent listener of British
rock, he probably wouldn't know anything about British bands, unless of course they were famous in America... but that doesn't
seem very likely because of their one-hit wonder status.
*Does anyone else giggle at the thought
of Locke driving along the highway singing "You all, everybody?" It makes me laugh.
*Am I the only one who finds it odd/hillarious that The Magic Numbers wrote a song called "Forever
Lost?" The magic numbers wouldn't happen to be 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 would they?
*There are six "bad" numbers. (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) Six in the bible represents incompletion.
*Seven in the bible signifies completion. Maybe there is another number which if
added, reverses the effects of the previous six.
*What if each number has a specific meaning? Such as four meaning "anger" or 16 meaning "death"
something like that?
Someone else brought this up, but sorting the occurences by the meanings wasn't very
accurate.
*WOAH! What if it isn't WALT causing stuff to happen and it's actually VINCENT?! Well,
Walt disappeared and Shannon died. I guess we'll see what happens to Ana Lucia...
*I'm pretty convinced that Jack's wife died, not that they got a divorce, and that
it had something to do with either his original treatment of her, (when he "fixed" her) or something later where he couldn't
save her. He still feels guilty for it.
ETA theory after comment from kikimouse:
OOOH IDEA!!!
Okay, so say complication A arises during the birth. Doctor guy approaches Jack: "Mr. Shepherd,
blah blah blah, medical jargon, if we save the mother, the baby will die. If we save the baby, there is little to no chance
that your wife will survive. So what I'm trying to say is, you're going to have to decide, Mr. Shepherd, *dramatic pause*
The baby, or your wife?"
And Jack chooses to save his wife. His wife, after awakening finds in a heartbreaking scene
that her baby has died, and in an even more heartbreaking scene after the commercial and subsequent island business, that
Jack was the one who chose. She stays married to him for awhile, but in the third and final tearjerker flashback, emo on all
sides, she tells Jack she can't be with him anymore. (because he chose her life over their baby's)
Or maybe she'll
just dump him outright.
I'll bet she cheated on him with Desmond. (Recently, I have been hearing a disagreement
with this because they don't think that it would fit in the timeline. But think about the connecting Shannon timeline: Shannon
said she was 20 during Hurley's census, and she was only 18 when Sarah was injured and her father died. Now, assuming that
the day before her father died was Shannon's 18th birthday, we've narrowed the time frame down to two years from the time
Jack and Sarah met to the time Jack ended up on the island.
He wasn't married when his dad operated drunk on the pregnant girl (see pic) and they didn't talk for six months afterward, not counting the time spent between the operation and the time Jack turned
his dad in.
That means that Jack and Sarah got married and divorced in a period of slightly over
a year. And if Sarah HAD been cheating with Desmond, it didn't mean he was training the whole time, just during the time that
Sarah and he met. After all, now he had a reason to stick around.
*I'll bet the woman and her baby that Jack couldn't
save after his dad messed up the operation were related to someone on the island.
*DHARMA SYMBOL THEORY post in _we_are_lost (livejournal) based around a since taken down picture on the Dharma Website.
It sounds totally plausible to me, and explains very well why they were brought to the island.
*YOU GUYS ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY. ALEX IS A GIRL!!!!!! Don't believe
me? Go watch Exodus Part One.
*Almost every character on the island has daddy issues: Jack,
Kate, Sawyer, Locke, Walt, Sun, and Jin. Charlie and Sayid's parents have not been mentioned at all, and Ana Lucia,
Claire, Hurley and Michael have mothers, but no mention of fathers, (I suspect daddy issues to come). Someone
mentioned that in Raised by Another, daddy issues were mentioned in regard to Claire.
*If you liked House of the Rising Sun, All Best Cowboys have
Daddy Issues, Hearts & Minds, Orientation, and several other amazing episodes, you should become a minion and point at things.
*According to a recent Podcast, Dharma is actually D.H.A.R.M.A., and acronym. Any ideas
on what it stands for?
*One final thought: Skate, C/C and Sun/Jin forever. Hurlibby is
adorable love. And I really like Jack/Ana too, as a matter of fact, I like her much better now that she's as far away
as possible from my ship. And I've gotten over her killing one of my top three favourite characters. But I still wouldn't
trust her to organize, or even BE in an army. BUT I'M SO EXCITED FOR IT.* That is all.
*Except now I think they're going after the WRONG OTHERS! GAH! (maybe they can join
forces and become one huge Other-butt-kicking team, like an island JUSTICE LEAGUE!
