-JFJ

But I think that Christian is MIL. Or was. I think MIL was given the gift of being able to appear as dead people on the island, and he could shift shapes all the way up until Jacob was killed. And I think he was given that gift at the price of being the protector of the island, a position he’s held for far too long. I think he was once a man that got caught in a predicament in which Jacob helped get him out of (similar to Dogen). But Jacob helping him get out of that situation required his servitude for as long as necessary, possibly eternity. He grew tired of Jacob and the hold he would place on people–the way he would control them like puppets. And he killed Jacob only to free himself and give freedom to all of the other people who Jacob had or would affect.

Christian Shephard. He’s always appeared to give messages to people and he’s the one who “released” Michael from not being able to die. We always hear “The Island isn’t finished with you yet.” Richard explained that because he was touched by Jacob, he wasn’t allowed to kill himself. This also means that you don’t necessarily have to be a candidate in order to have Jacob touch you. Michael couldn’t kill himself and it wasn’t until Christian appeared to tell him “You can go now” that he was “freed” of whatever purpose/destiny the Island had for him. He’s also the one who appeared to characters like Locke to tell them what to do and has played a big part in the revelations of other characters (ie: Jack when he was hallucinating him).

So what is Christian’s role? I know we’ve been wondering it for almost 6 seasons now, but I don’t think that he is MIB or Jacob. Maybe he’s the “messenger” or an ‘archangel’ of the Island?

Christian Shephard. He’s always appeared to give messages to people and he’s the one who “released” Michael from not being able to die. We always hear “The Island isn’t finished with you yet.” Richard explained that because he was touched by Jacob, he wasn’t allowed to kill himself. This also means that you don’t necessarily have to be a candidate in order to have Jacob touch you. Michael couldn’t kill himself and it wasn’t until Christian appeared to tell him “You can go now” that he was “freed” of whatever purpose/destiny the Island had for him. He’s also the one who appeared to characters like Locke to tell them what to do and has played a big part in the revelations of other characters (ie: Jack when he was hallucinating him).

So what is Christian’s role? I know we’ve been wondering it for almost 6 seasons now, but I don’t think that he is MIB or Jacob. Maybe he’s the “messenger” or an ‘archangel’ of the Island?

Ben is a broken broken shadow of the man who served Kate breakfast in the season 3 premier. He’s gone from all-powerful to having nothing. Ben’s “demise” was his total and complete loss of anything resembling power once and for all.

So glad the sideways one got the redemption though.

And so glad he didn’t die. Because you know…that would suck.

The 2 episodes finishing with the 2 armies is fitting - but Locke has so many more people! And people not afraid to kill and maim too - if Locke can make every one of those people like Sayid and Claire, how can the 8 on the beach stand any sort of chance?! Especially when TeamLocke has a man who can’t be harmed by bullets and can turn into a gigantic pillar of smoke at will…. This is not a fair fight!