Getting him to cut ties so he can be Locke's right hand man? Although, I don't guess Locke could actually have controlled the vision. Hmmm.
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JenP - Jan 12, 2005 4:08:31 pm PST #4691 of 10000
Kathy A - Jan 12, 2005 4:11:24 pm PST #4692 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm wondering what Locke saw in his own vision quest.
Lilty Cash - Jan 12, 2005 4:11:55 pm PST #4693 of 10000
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I called the Vision Quest but they dragged out the Shannon eating so long that I thought I was wrong.
SailAweigh - Jan 12, 2005 4:12:40 pm PST #4694 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
he can be Locke's right hand man
Don't think so. I think Locke is just looking to open him up to a connection with the island versus a connection with a person, such as his sister. For whatever reason, Locke is a devotee, who is trying to convert others. But you have to let go of one obsession before you can assume another.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 12, 2005 4:13:25 pm PST #4695 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Locke apparently had enough control to direct it to its end, getting Boone to reject his squicky fixation on Shannon. I mean if he didn't have some way of setting a goal, Boone could have hallucinated that Lostzilla stomped him into the hatch and developed an aversion to hanging around it as a consequence...
Kate P. - Jan 12, 2005 4:14:44 pm PST #4696 of 10000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
So are they ever going to actually kill someone? You know, permanently?
JenP - Jan 12, 2005 4:15:20 pm PST #4697 of 10000
Or, yeah, OK, I guess I should have said so he can be on Locke's side, the side of the devotee. But, also, I don't think Locke had any idea what the vision would be. I suppose he just had faith that the island whammy would have that effect no matter what.
dcp - Jan 12, 2005 4:16:15 pm PST #4698 of 10000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
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Magnetic variation:
Suva, Fiji 12°E
Honolulu, Hawaii 11°E
Jessica - Jan 12, 2005 4:20:14 pm PST #4699 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Locke apparently had enough control to direct it to its end, getting Boone to reject his squicky fixation on Shannon. I mean if he didn't have some way of setting a goal, Boone could have hallucinated that Lostzilla stomped him into the hatch and developed an aversion to hanging around it as a consequence...
Yeah, that's why I didn't so much like this ep. Because "boy needs vision quest" is fine, as long as you don't connect it to "boy needs to stop ogling his sister" and have the vision quest be a third party's doing. I have no trouble believing that Locke could tie Boone up and rub mud on his head, but I don't buy that he's magic enough to have mixed up a special IncestOff variety of hallucination goop. It's just one thing too many.
(I also don't think the actors playing Shannon and Boone were strong enough to make this ep work.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 12, 2005 4:22:12 pm PST #4700 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
This may be where the producers' comparison of Locke with Randall Flagg may come into play. Perhaps he's actually learning magic from the island or whatever it is that's stomping around on it?