Premature Birth
I wonder if Locke fighting off all those infections and surviving a premature birth was because the island wasn't done with him, similar to Michael? -- Sam McPherson T C E 08:42, 24 May 2008 (PDT)
Life Experiences
First the link between Desmond and Locke, here, can be made between any of them. They are all destined to be there and play some significant part. Second, I offer Jack:
Kate: Daddy issues, death of [presumed] father, mom sticking up for dad
Sawyer: Daddy issues (Locke's Dad being a sort of surrogate for Sawyer as Sawyer did make him in Conner's image, thus both striving to live up to their fathers' image), conning (the lie about the Oceanic 6 is a con and was Jack's doing)
Hurley: More daddy issues (abandoned by Daddy, literally or emotionally), visitations by dead Christian (visits from the dead, I'm pretty sure, well qualify as unique life experiences!)
Sayid: The loss of and struggle to retain the love of a woman
Charlie: Both destined to save the lives of the Losties, both do so.
Jin: embarrased by their parentage but still, both, striving to honor their fathers
Sun: manipulated by their fathers
Claire: Umm, yeah, same daddy. Pretty sure that half of what it takes for a person to even exist counts as a major contribution to one's life experience.
Shanon and Boone: Jack had to choose who should die and their [step]Daddy was the one whom he chose.
Michael: Destined to save the lives of the Losties, estranged from parents
Walt: Both estranged from fathers and reconnected with them
Rose: Her belief counters his skepticism. Of all these connections this really matters. Locke's belief counters Jacks but in a crazy way. Rose's stability, logic, and calm give Jack more pause than Locke can ever hope to.
Bernard: Both saved lives of loved ones. Jack saved Sarah through surgery, Bernard saved Rose by bringing her to Australia and putting her on 815.
Nikki and Paulo: Seriously? Who cares? They simply don't count. They were added to make up for characters that died and killed off because they added nothing to the story and the fans hated them. Mucho gracias to the writers for listening to us.
Eko: Monster, drugs, reluctance to accept anything spiritual
Ana Lucia: Both on the Island because of Christian.
Desmond: Constantly fighting to prove they are good enough, resistant to accept their responsibility to The Island et alia
Ben: Ummm, yeah, entrusted with the responsibility of leadership and awareness of the hardships and sacrifices that entails
Juliet: Doctors, save lives of people, feel intensely responsible for deaths they could not have prevented, promised off the island only to have that hope exploded
Oh, yes, and Locke: Daddy issues, thrust into leadership roles, believe they are responsible for saving everyone
The point is that this link can be made between any and all individuals on the island if you want to see that link. They are all there because they all share something in common with each other besides just being there. This is, in no way, something unique to Locke.
The future is now the present
Okay. I believe that the last scene was a catching up point was a catchup between the future and the present. We have the important details of the events between the last real time scene and the last future scene. There is no way flashforwards could continue with Locke not being dead. Therefore, he is dead IN THE PRESENT, as well as Nadia, Mr. Avellino, Elsa, Ishmael Bakir, etc. -- Sam McPherson T C E 23:16, 29 May 2008 (PDT)
I agree, his status should be changed to deceased. --Mapleleaf50 10:33, 30 May 2008 (PDT)
- We don't really know how the show will handle time in the future, whether island is "past" and off island "present", or island is "present" and off "future". What about something like alive in 2005/deceased in 2007? --Minderbinder 11:11, 30 May 2008 (PDT)
- While that certainly is possible, we don't know for sure how the writers will proceed. I see no harm in doing something like what Minderbinder suggests for the time being. --Compossible 11:18, 30 May 2008 (PDT)
Bentham reference
Besides being the founding father of utilitarianism, the real-life Jeremy Bentham is known for his stuffed carcass (auto-icon) on display at Oxford University. Though I don't think it's significant to the plotline of the show, I do think the writers were clever enough to name one "famous" cadaver (the mystery coffin) after another (the real Bentham.)
Oh, and here's a pic of the real Jeremy Bentham. Lovelac7 13:28, 30 May 2008 (PDT)