DaveStrorm Wrote:I...Did Richard not speak to Jacob after Ben became the leader and thus didn't know that Jacob had never talked to Ben?...
Richard seems to have always been in touch with Jacob. That's how he passed Jacob's notes and lists to Ben, which told Ben what to do. Richard was aware that he was the go-between for Jacob in communicating with Ben, so Richard knew that Ben had never spoken with Jacob.
Quote:It seems clear that the ash around the cabin was to keep the person inside that perimeter. But was it Jacob or the other man? Did Jacob never live at the cabin? Why did the Shadow of the Statue people go to the cabin? Were they looking for Jacob or the other man? If Jacob, why would they think he was there? Did he live there at one point?
My thoughts on the inhabitants of the cabin, just my thoughts:
1. Jacob (white shirt) lived there first.
2. The ring of ash was meant to protect Jacob from the other guy (black shirt or Anti-Jacob or "Locke"). The ash was meant to keep Black Shirt out rather than to keep Jacob in.
3. Somehow the ring of ash was compromised and Black Shirt could get in, which made the cabin unsafe for Jacob.
4. Jacob split to the statue, or maybe lived at both places at different times
5. Ilana and her crew went to the cabin hoping to find Jacob. They didn't but she figured out that the cabin was used by someone else (Black Shirt, most likely).
6. I think Black Shirt was the spirit in the cabin that Locke heard, the spirit that surprised Ben by throwing things around. Ben didn't think anything was in that cabin.
7. I think it was Black Shirt who was in the cabin when Hurley first found it and was so spooked, and I think it was Black Shirt in the form of Christian when Claire was there.
Black shirt vs white shirt, I've heard that before. LOL
It was a finale filled with touching moments. The most touching moment for me was when Bernard offered Juliet a cup of tea. She so wanted it, but had to go....and meet her destiny.
And speaking of destiny....
After Desmond was so close to the Hatch implosion, he was altered and could see the future. How do you suppose the pre-Hatch Big Bang will effect everyone who was so close to it?