LOST: God's Island
Jul. 20th, 2020 03:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stefanie_beanIn many ways the Island is "godlike." For one thing, it never has a name. It's not Fantasy Island, or Paradise Island, or even Skull Island. It's just... the Island, often written with a capital I (like in the Lostpedia entries.) Its ineffable qualities surpass even its overwhelming visual beauty.
The Island is the source of Jacob's power; without it, he's just another guy. Maybe part of his problem was that he came to think of these powers as "his," as in "I have to sacrifice all these people to choose a new protector." Maybe all he had to do was put it in the hands of the Island. Just a thought.
Mother says this about the Source in "Across the Sea:" "Life, death, rebirth. It's the source, the heart of the island. Just promise me. no matter what you do, you won't ever go down there."
Thus the Source isn't only dangerous, it's intensely sacred. Not just any rando can climb down into it and stomp around. Holy things are not safe, or to be trifled with. That's why Jacob's protectorship is such a mess: his first official act (in my view) *profanes* the Source when he tosses his brother into it.
The Island is the source of Jacob's power; without it, he's just another guy. Maybe part of his problem was that he came to think of these powers as "his," as in "I have to sacrifice all these people to choose a new protector." Maybe all he had to do was put it in the hands of the Island. Just a thought.
Mother says this about the Source in "Across the Sea:" "Life, death, rebirth. It's the source, the heart of the island. Just promise me. no matter what you do, you won't ever go down there."
Thus the Source isn't only dangerous, it's intensely sacred. Not just any rando can climb down into it and stomp around. Holy things are not safe, or to be trifled with. That's why Jacob's protectorship is such a mess: his first official act (in my view) *profanes* the Source when he tosses his brother into it.