What if....

sloppy_wade

I agree completely, i can see this being a huge twist at the end. I don't necessarily subscribe to the fact that either Jacob or Nemesis are good or bad exclusively, I think the way they act and their morals are different.

I always think back to how we, the audience used to always view the others as "bad" and the fact that they answered to Jacob making the notion of him being "good" a bit suspect. After all, Jacob allowed Locke to fall and be paralysed, and he allowed Sayid's wife to be killed by that bus...

userpjx

I agree that it's possibility. The Others are definitely huge jerks and if Jacob told them to be that way, then I wouldn't really rank him as a good guy. On the other hand, Smokey has killed tons of people and seems kind of selfish.

I'd say that both Jacob and Smokey are bad before I'd say that Smokey is good. They are both independent entities and not necessarily representatives of good and evil.

master_of_unlocking

Think of it like the backgammon metaphor used in the first seasons. Who is the 'bad guy' in backgammon? No one. The black pieces aren't bad and the white pieces aren't good, they are simply opposed.

jleonardbc

Jacob has pretty explicitly been endorsing and representing free will, and the Man in Black has been endorsing and representing fate. Even if it's not a complete and utter victory, Jacob has to win...it's his destiny!

slamare247

Jacob stole the blessing from their father - seems petty and evil to me.

RommelTJ

I don't think he is good/bad. He is simply a guard of sorts. He (it?) kills people at will if he (it?) chooses they pose a threat to the island, but everybody else is left unharmed.

The question is why is he guarding the island? What's the big deal?

matzopacalypto

Yes! I also think this is possible.

Now this also occurred to me the other night when Flocke says that he wants to "go home" -- What if he's being kept there against his will ?

Like there seems to be a history of controlling him -- the circles of ash, the sonic fence. Whereas Jacob can come and go, and even bring people to the Island if he wants.

wedditfan

Well this is the way I look at it and I've had the same thought that the M.I.B guy could be good.

here are just some examples

Kate: On the island she is very nice and caring, But in reality she is a fugitive running from the law.

Sawyer: On the island he finally falls in love with juliet and you get to see how good and sweet of a person he can really be, but in reality he breaks the hearts of every women he gets close to and kills a man who was innocent.

Sun: On the island between her and jin she always seemed like the nicer one out of the couple, but in reality she cheated on jin.

I could go on and on about all of the characters but pretty much it seems that our perspective of people on the island compared to what they really are is different.

So Jacob could very well be bad when the M.I.B. guy is good

KrystollMeth

It could be turned in any direction. I did a report in high school on paradise lost makig the devil out to be a freedom fighter for mankind. It's possible. I think it'll end like the dark tower books though myself

meatpuppet13

something tells me they (the writers/producers) aren't going to let it be as cut and dry as 'good' and 'bad'.

ozreddit

I think he is what Jack would become (had he been stuck on the island for centuries... )

My theory is, similar to Desmond having to be replaced (to save the world) Jacob and Nemesis have to be replaced in order to leave the island. They are immortal and they are sick of it. He wants to go home to die. In order to go home, now that the electromagnetic thing has been nuked, you have to die.

It's going to be some sloppy, black and white, good vs evil thing in the end and considering the perceived "good" guy has been killed, allowing the perceived "bad guy" (Flocke) to go free and try and return home... you are probably right.

I really think that we should start stockpiling weapons now for when this ends and still doesn't make sense though.

oldtymelemonade

Does anyone else think this is possible?

I've posted it a couple of times. People were saying this after the finale last season, because it seemed so obvious to have good guy in white and bad guy in black... what if the roles were reversed.

Cservantes

Look at the span of Lost with the history of christianity from it's conception untill now....and then think about modern day and which one you'd rather follow, Jacob(religion/order) or Flocke(chaos).

Personally I'd rather follow Flocke's ideology even though I'm not a bad person in the least.

pace69

But doesnt he want to leave the island? I mean if that is true and he finally got HIS island back, wouldnt he want to stay?

comments

you'll need to login or register to do that

create a new account

login