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Let's see if anyone can explain this:
I'm re-living the Widmore vs. Ben conflict in my head and I'm wondering why Jacob wouldn't want Widmore there, or why he wouldn't want him to find the island and protect it... because from what we've gathered, that is what he was trying to do the entire time wasn't it? is it safe to assume that it was Ben who made that decision out of spite and a desire for more power, and not one of the higher-ups? And then there's "The Rules"... what do they know about "The Rules of the Game"? Clearly Ben was a puppet for both Jacob and Smokey.. Ben didn't know about their conflict or their game, so what game and what rules is he talking about?!? he said Widmore wasn't allowed to kill Alex... WHAT?!?! if he knows this much, then what else does Ben know about "The Rules" and how does he know? I ask because so far it seems like Richard has been coy about telling Ben much of anything, and even Richard appears to be out of the loop sometimes, so how would Ben AND Widmore know about all this????
Then I got to thinking, why did Locke see Christian when he had to move the island, because it's becoming pretty apparent now that the Christian we're seeing is not acting in the interest of Jacob, so why would he want Locke to move the island? is it because this sequence has happened before and he needs him to do all this in order to progress the events? Smokey doesn't want people coming there, he doesn't care about that, he wants to leave! He could've easily manipulated Ben into doing what he wanted, so why not do it sooner?
Next up, Ben was able to summon Smokey... why?!? And then he gets Smokey to kill Keamy and all his people, pretty much at will (but no one else?)... if Smokey's objective is to kill everyone on the island and leave like Dogen and Lennon say.. then isn't that a conflict of interest? because that's what Keamy was there for; to kill everyone and help Widmore find the island. Wouldn't that somehow lead to Smokey finding a way off?
This leads me to believe that the Losties are important to both sides, Jacob and Smokey, but why?!?!?
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HOPE TO GET ANSWERS FOR!!!!
I love this show, but my head is hurting with confusion
I'm re-living the Widmore vs. Ben conflict in my head and I'm wondering why Jacob wouldn't want Widmore there, or why he wouldn't want him to find the island and protect it... because from what we've gathered, that is what he was trying to do the entire time wasn't it? is it safe to assume that it was Ben who made that decision out of spite and a desire for more power, and not one of the higher-ups? And then there's "The Rules"... what do they know about "The Rules of the Game"? Clearly Ben was a puppet for both Jacob and Smokey.. Ben didn't know about their conflict or their game, so what game and what rules is he talking about?!? he said Widmore wasn't allowed to kill Alex... WHAT?!?! if he knows this much, then what else does Ben know about "The Rules" and how does he know? I ask because so far it seems like Richard has been coy about telling Ben much of anything, and even Richard appears to be out of the loop sometimes, so how would Ben AND Widmore know about all this????
Then I got to thinking, why did Locke see Christian when he had to move the island, because it's becoming pretty apparent now that the Christian we're seeing is not acting in the interest of Jacob, so why would he want Locke to move the island? is it because this sequence has happened before and he needs him to do all this in order to progress the events? Smokey doesn't want people coming there, he doesn't care about that, he wants to leave! He could've easily manipulated Ben into doing what he wanted, so why not do it sooner?
Next up, Ben was able to summon Smokey... why?!? And then he gets Smokey to kill Keamy and all his people, pretty much at will (but no one else?)... if Smokey's objective is to kill everyone on the island and leave like Dogen and Lennon say.. then isn't that a conflict of interest? because that's what Keamy was there for; to kill everyone and help Widmore find the island. Wouldn't that somehow lead to Smokey finding a way off?
This leads me to believe that the Losties are important to both sides, Jacob and Smokey, but why?!?!?
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HOPE TO GET ANSWERS FOR!!!!
I love this show, but my head is hurting with confusion