I dunno. something like that
Still dont know. Its entirely possible.
That would be cool.
I guess Desmond and Penny will find their way back before the end of the seaosn.
He is uncorruptible (Is that a word?). So far, we’ve seen how the power of the Island has driven men to do horrible things.
Who is Jacob? What are the theories out there about that? Is Jacob just the Island personified?
ETA: Or is Jacob from the Bible and Jacob’s ladder to heaven…wrestling with God?
From what I understand, the island/jacob/smoky picks believers, and discards if a better one comes along. My biggest ship on the show is a threesome, Ben/Island/Locke, if you look at Ben’s actions as a jilted lover with Locke his girlfriends new boy. Also, kinda freudian as well.
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OTOH, the second time he met the monster, it grabbed him and tried to drag him underground.
A thot: Is “Smokey” the “shadow of the statue”?
As Richard said, the Island chooses whom it chooses.
It would make sense. It would definitely explain how Atlantis could just disappear.