I'm still here...

Yes, I know, my blog looks old and deserted. But do not fear, for I am still here and probably more obsessed with the show than ever. However, there hasn't been too much news on the LOST front so during this final hiatus I have been reading theories and rewatching eps and doing all the other things that a good, crazy LOST fan would do.

I just wanted to give a quick update to the LOSTverse with my musings for Season 6. What follows is by no means an original theory, but rather a conglomeration and summary of my favorite ideas that I have been reading on the LOST boards.

A friend of mine recently sent me a message with apparent proof that what transpired in the Season 5 finale (Jack and Co. dropping the bomb into the pocket of electromagnetic energy) was in fact The Incident, which we first heard of back in Season 2.

You see, in the Swan orientation film that Desmond showed Locke, our favorite alias-laden character, Pierre Chang, is shown to have a prosthetic arm. It is most visible at the end of the video when he bids farewell to the watcher with his typical "Namaste and good luck." It is clear when he uses the accompanying gesture that a prosthetic arm hangs lifeless at his side.

In the Season 5 finale, when the electromagnetic energy starts to really get out of control, throwing chunks of metal every which way, Dr. Chang gets his arm caught and it is severely damaged before Miles eventually sets him free. It can be argued that this was a direct result of the LOSTies interaction with Dharma in the 70s.

So, in other words, many believe that Miles was correct: by attempting to change their fate, the LOSTies actually created the scenario which brought them to the Island in the first place. This is a nice way to cement the "whatever happened, happened" theory that was so prevalent in Season 5.

But, of course, we can expect some sort of twist.

There has been a lot of talk about Season 6 focusing on a "reset." You know, like what Faraday said: the bomb going off in the electromagnetic pocket will prevent the Swan from being built, Desmond from missing his button-pushing duties and Flight 815 from crashing on the Island.

In my mind, there is a strict "whatever happened, happened" policy going on here...but not the way you might think.

What I mean is that The Incident actually created an alternate timeline, or parallel universe, AND caused things to pan out the way we have seen thus far. Both ALWAYS happened in 1977. In other words, there are, and always have been, two timelines: one in which everything we have seen happened and one in which the LOSTies exist without their Island experience.

So what is the point of having a reset in the last season?? It wouldn't make any sense if it didn't directly relate to what has transpired over the last five years, right?

Well, what I believe is going to happen is some sort of merge between the two timelines. I think when Richard said he "watched them all die" in the 70s, he was telling the truth. Is it possible our time-traveling LOSTies died on-Island shortly after The Incident (which would still be their present) and the alternate universe LOSTies are the ones Jacob refers to when he tells Fake Locke (FLocke), "They are coming," right before he dies? Did Jacob touch each of these LOSTies in the alternate universe in hopes that they would crossover to the original timeline in 2008 to fight the final battle???

I haven't worked out all the details and, of course, this could all be proven wrong during the first five minutes of the Season 6 premiere in a few months. And I still cannot figure out WHY these people were chosen in the first place. That's something that has bugged me for a while now. There doesn't seem to be anything too special about many of our LOSTies, so why are they so important to the Island? And to me, this is the most important question to be answered.

But, in the meantime, I'll entertain any theoretical fantasies I come across.

So what do you think about these ramblings of mine? Plausible? Possible? Ridiculous? I would love to hear you rip apart this theory...or provide some more proof that I might have missed.

Until next time...

Namaste...and good luck.

SFO