Question about Desmond's flashes
I watched the show like a decade ago and now I'm watching it again with my girlfriend. I'm a bit confused about Desmond's flashes in season 3. When Desmond sees Charlie getting hit bit lighting and so on, is Desmond actually seeing the future, but then changing it so it doesn't come to be? I feel like Desmond shouldn't be able to do this, since it would violate the "whatever happened, happened" rule (I get that the future hasn't happened yet for Desmond when he has the flashes, but to my understanding, the future is already just as "real" as the past is in this show--if this wasn't the case, the characters' pre-time-travel lives would be unreal in season 5). So are his flashes not actually telling him about the future? If so, what exactly are the flashes then?
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I watched the show like a decade ago and now I'm watching it again with my girlfriend. I'm a bit confused about Desmond's flashes in season 3. When Desmond sees Charlie getting hit bit lighting and so on, is Desmond actually seeing the future, but then changing it so it doesn't come to be? I feel like Desmond shouldn't be able to do this, since it would violate the "whatever happened, happened" rule (I get that the future hasn't happened yet for Desmond when he has the flashes, but to my understanding, the future is already just as "real" as the past is in this show--if this wasn't the case, the characters' pre-time-travel lives would be unreal in season 5). So are his flashes not actually telling him about the future? If so, what exactly are the flashes then?
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Just finished and what an amazing show
Loved the ending. I had seen absolutely nothing coming into the show and had no idea what to expect. My favourite season were 1/2/6 but all were great. Its always a weird feeling when you finish a show like this.
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Loved the ending. I had seen absolutely nothing coming into the show and had no idea what to expect. My favourite season were 1/2/6 but all were great. Its always a weird feeling when you finish a show like this.
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The explanations of a video-game player for the mysteries
Please note that I've read very few explanations online. I came up with these answers and they satisfy me (unless I'm proven wrong, of course).
THE MONSTER : I always found odd, especially in the early seasons, that the black smoke monster acts like some wild animal, knocking down trees and trying to attack anyone, even people who are protected by Jacob. Even stranger is that Ben activates something in the town to unleash the monster. My explanation would be that MiB was divided into different parts, as if he was dismembered. So his limbs are destructive powers without much of a brain that are looking to cause destruction and kill, while his head / torso use more intelligent & psychological methods, like taking dead people's appearance. Ben probably only unleashed MiB's left leg (or something) on the soldiers. It's like how Dracula in Castlevania games is often dismembered, until all his parts merge near the end so you can fight him (and they did merge in LOST too, near the end).
THE WHISPERS : the show explains to us that they come from souls of the dead that are stuck on the island, and I think the reason why they always come with the Others is because some of them (like Ben) were cured with the corrupted healing water. I think the darkness of this water acts as a shield and sometimes prevents dead souls to return to the Energy inside the island. The Others probably don't realize that they have that trail of errand souls around them, caused by the Water that healed them in the past.
THE ENERGY INSIDE THE ISLAND : I don't know if you've played Final Fantasy VII but this energy is, imo, like the Lifestream : a place / an element which is the source of all souls. When something is born, a soul gets out of this source and enters the newborn's physical form, and when their physical form dies it returns to the source. Hence the need to protect this source no matter the amount of human sacrifices. The only difference with the Lifestream would be the fact that this energy is also comprised of Darkness and Light. Because we know a big theme in the entire show is the struggle between Dark and Light, whether it's between humans, in their own heads, or between the two opposing deities. I think that MiB, once thrown into the source, turned into the Dark Deity or at least its most powerful representative.
THE FLASH-SIDEWAYS : a final dream that the energy granted to all these souls who contributed in saving it, so they could meet one last time before their integration into the Core and being reincarnated. I find normal that people who died at wildly different times are able to meet since the notion of time is irrelevant in death.
I may come back later to add more since I'm rewatching the series, but I'm only at the 17th episode of the 1st season right now so it could take a while. I don't recall anything that hasn't been answered in one way or another, though? Best TV show ever.
EDIT : Ha, forgot one :
CHRISTIAN OUTSIDE THE ISLAND : I think the Light also uses dead people's appearances to try and guide the living, so anytime Christian appears out of the island, it's not MiB (since we know he is stuck on the island). After all it wouldn't make sense that MiB would tell Michael : "it's okay, you can go now" just before he dies. It is probably something like Jacob / the Light / God. Same when Jack sees Christian in the Flash Forwards. I also think the Light could also manifest into dead people ON the island? I'll think about that while rewatching.
(sorry if some of my wordings are weird, English isn't my first language)
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Please note that I've read very few explanations online. I came up with these answers and they satisfy me (unless I'm proven wrong, of course).
THE MONSTER : I always found odd, especially in the early seasons, that the black smoke monster acts like some wild animal, knocking down trees and trying to attack anyone, even people who are protected by Jacob. Even stranger is that Ben activates something in the town to unleash the monster. My explanation would be that MiB was divided into different parts, as if he was dismembered. So his limbs are destructive powers without much of a brain that are looking to cause destruction and kill, while his head / torso use more intelligent & psychological methods, like taking dead people's appearance. Ben probably only unleashed MiB's left leg (or something) on the soldiers. It's like how Dracula in Castlevania games is often dismembered, until all his parts merge near the end so you can fight him (and they did merge in LOST too, near the end).
THE WHISPERS : the show explains to us that they come from souls of the dead that are stuck on the island, and I think the reason why they always come with the Others is because some of them (like Ben) were cured with the corrupted healing water. I think the darkness of this water acts as a shield and sometimes prevents dead souls to return to the Energy inside the island. The Others probably don't realize that they have that trail of errand souls around them, caused by the Water that healed them in the past.
THE ENERGY INSIDE THE ISLAND : I don't know if you've played Final Fantasy VII but this energy is, imo, like the Lifestream : a place / an element which is the source of all souls. When something is born, a soul gets out of this source and enters the newborn's physical form, and when their physical form dies it returns to the source. Hence the need to protect this source no matter the amount of human sacrifices. The only difference with the Lifestream would be the fact that this energy is also comprised of Darkness and Light. Because we know a big theme in the entire show is the struggle between Dark and Light, whether it's between humans, in their own heads, or between the two opposing deities. I think that MiB, once thrown into the source, turned into the Dark Deity or at least its most powerful representative.
THE FLASH-SIDEWAYS : a final dream that the energy granted to all these souls who contributed in saving it, so they could meet one last time before their integration into the Core and being reincarnated. I find normal that people who died at wildly different times are able to meet since the notion of time is irrelevant in death.
I may come back later to add more since I'm rewatching the series, but I'm only at the 17th episode of the 1st season right now so it could take a while. I don't recall anything that hasn't been answered in one way or another, though? Best TV show ever.
EDIT : Ha, forgot one :
CHRISTIAN OUTSIDE THE ISLAND : I think the Light also uses dead people's appearances to try and guide the living, so anytime Christian appears out of the island, it's not MiB (since we know he is stuck on the island). After all it wouldn't make sense that MiB would tell Michael : "it's okay, you can go now" just before he dies. It is probably something like Jacob / the Light / God. Same when Jack sees Christian in the Flash Forwards. I also think the Light could also manifest into dead people ON the island? I'll think about that while rewatching.
(sorry if some of my wordings are weird, English isn't my first language)
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