Yes, I have been reading His Dark Materials again.

Basically I just want to know what you guys think the Island is and why our characters are there.

Anyways, I'll shut up now and let the discussions start.

Isn't there a bit in Exodus when Locke says something about the Island having brought them all there?

Six degrees of seperation. Sometimes less.

And as the first person to post in my forum you get a cookie!

At first, I thought it was a purgatory kind of thing but then I read an article where the creators said it isn't so now I'm not really sure, but I am thinking really ** that theory posted by fudge up above. That one seems logical right now for me. Anyways, just wanted to let you know that your dad's theory is really interesting and I'd love to read a post that goes into more detail about it!

Theory #1 - The Others aren't human. In fact, they aren't even corporeal. The real native islanders are spirits and they "live" by taking possession of human bodies. But a guilty conscience makes a person more resistant to being possessed. So they only kidnap the innocent, like children. But there aren't enough host bodies to go around so some of them are always disembodied. That's what the Whispers are. Once a human has been possessed, the spirit can access all of that person's memories, allowing them to speak and interact normally with other people. It's not clear exactly what happens to the soul of the possessed person. It might stay locked in the body, unable to gain control back from the invading spirit. Or it might be forced out of the body and become one of the Whispers. That could be why Shannon saw Walt on the day she died. Danielle told Sayid that her research team "got sick". It's possible that they were possessed by the spirits. But perhaps they couldn't possess her or decided not to until she gave birth. The "incident" mentioned on the orientation film might refer to someone making contact with the spirits through the computer and subsequently getting possessed. It might even be possible that the island is a gateway between the living world and the spirit world where dead or disembodied souls try to return to life. I admit this theory has holes. It doesn't explain what the Dharma project was or why there seem to be scientists and doctors among the Others. That's for my other theory to explain.

Theory #2 - The Others consist of two groups, the scientists and the wild people. The scientists, possibly of project Dharma, are using the island to conduct secret experiments on inducing violent behavior. At the beginning, they were only using animals in their tests. That explains why there are some strange animals on the island. But as other people began ending up on the island, the scientist decided to progress to human trials for their experiments. The wild people are their first human test subjects. In order to judge which newcommers would make the best test subjects, they have to send spies into the camps to observe and collect data. It would be important to take those who have no prior history of violence, like children. That would explain why people like Ana Lucia and Sayid were not taken. When the French research team was stranded on the island, the scientist decided to use all of them. But they wanted to wait until Danielle gave birth before giving her the treatment. They didn't anticipate her taking action and killing her friends. When they discovered Claire, they decided not to take the chance. They would kidnap her just as they had done to others before and keep her until she gave birth. But they hadn't planned on Alex helping Claire escape. Alex is obviously not wild. Perhaps the treatment didn't work on her or she was a member of a control group. It's possible that the infamous button is connected to the experiment as well somehow. Perhaps the violent behavior of the test subjects in the experiments is controlled by a certain stimulous. A type of sound wave maybe. The machines in the Hatch produce this sound wave and if the button is not pushed every 108 minutes, the wild people may become unstable and rage out of control. I admit this theory has holes too. It doesn't explain what the Whispers are or the visions that visit the characters every so often.

If the two theories are combined, then maybe everything could be explained. But I haven't thought about that enough yet to present it to other fans.

island verses others, that's what i think.

like when boone fell from the cliff, my theory is that the others didn't so he wouldn't find the question mark, and so he wouldn't communicate with the other survivours.

the island used this to it's advantage, giving locke a dream that would lead him to the pearl station.

so i think that locke is right, the island needed them for something, but it's split. the others needed them for an experiment, the island needed them to free it from the evil residing on it.

crazy, yes, but optimistic too!!

I'm thinking the island is a mistake. Like something the Dharma guys discovered and didn't want people to know about. Maybe THAT'S why the others are there? Guarding it? I really don't know.

I think the island likes certain people and that sets them apart (special)

The three who come right of the top of my head our:

1. Ben

2. Locke

3. Jack

These people can summon people even thought they are suppose to be dead. These people have a box and whatever they want can come from that box. The island gives those special people a destiny and this island can kill of it's people to change for someone new (i.e. It want's Locke to replace Ben).

Now my major questions are:

Why did Mikhail Bakunin kill Bea? What was she saying in Russian?

The numbers are the the concordances to the island?

Who is in the coffin? The name starts with a "J"

Is Ben going to die in season 4?

Is Juliet going to commit suicide?

What happened to Walt and Michael?

How is the island not spotted?

Sincerely,

Amy

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