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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Xyla" (May 15th 2009, 3:48pm)
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Okay, here it is. My not-quite-final theory about the Smoke Monster and what he was, along with what he was supposed to be. My assumptions are that Mother did indeed exhibit powers similar to that of Smokey. In addition, I don't believe she was the first protector of the Island.
So, what did we know about Smokey? Or, what did we think we knew? We know that he was described as a security system for the Island. Many of us theorized earlier that he acted as a sort of judge, based in large part on his interactions with Eko (and later the Ben/Alex scene). We also know that MIB said Jacob stole his humanity.
I believe that the Smoke Monster is a power that is supposed to be given to the protector of the Island. Based mainly on inferring that Mother was both protector and monster, this is what made me reevaluate the Anubis carving:
As I mentioned earlier, I'm now interpreting this picture as Anubis welcoming the Smoke into himself, taking on the power to protect the heart, the source of life death and rebirth. MIB didn't have a choice in the matter, seeing as how he was unconscious and all. He did want to use the power of the Island, though, so he was willing even if knocked out. Plus he was the fraternal twin of the Island, so maybe the DNA checks aren't quite 100% in the cork pool and it thought he was Jacob. Either explanation would nail why Desmond and Jack didn't turn into the monster. Neither wanted that power, and neither were protector at the time they went in the cave.
What we saw in the cave was the bodies of previous Island protectors, all having been discarded willingly in the cork room. This is why they weren't flung out of the cave on a pillar of Smoke. They knew what they were getting into and accepted it. MIB had no idea what was going on, and suddenly after getting a second family-induced concussion in a day, he wakes up as an immortal being of smoke and energy, shitting himself and flying into the air because he could.
The protector is supposed to use that power to be a completely impartial judge of the people who come, to help those who have good intentions and to destroy those who don't. Smokey used this to look into people and see whether they would be easily manipulated. Locke and Ben could. Eko couldn't by the time he died. Which, for the record, is why I'm going to say Eko wasn't in the church. Sure it was actually because of the actor, but I'm saying he died completely clean. He had no regrets about how he handled his life and had already moved on while he was alive. This judging ability is where the "stole my humanity" and "fate worse than death" come in. A judge has to be impartial and can't be swayed by feelings or attachment. The smoke powers come at the expense of conscience and human attachment. This would explain why Mother was able to do such horrible things without remorse. She was protecting the Island and didn't have the ability to care about who she hurt, because she had a job to do. Without the responsibility of protecting the Island, MIB became focused only on escaping and put the same detached reasoning into his plans.
Also on the Anubis note:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia:
Anubis was associated with the mummification and protection of the dead for their journey into the afterlife...The distinctive black color of Anubis "did not have to do with the jackal [per se] but with the color of rotting flesh and with the black soil of the Nile valley, symbolizing rebirth."
Hurley created the f uck out of that sideways universe to bring everybody together when they moved on. When he laughed about the rules and who created them, it was because he did himself but couldn't explain that without spoiling the ending for Sayid.
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