so I assume that everyone has seen the LOST finale now

if you haven't, divert your eyes now.

I loved the finale, but I feel like I need to watch it again. when I watched it last night, I only cried once, I think during Charlie and Clarie's reunion (<3<3<3), but I think that if I watch it again I'll start balling. I can't believe it's over. I am way too attached to LOST.

first off:

FUCK YEAH RICHARD ALPERT IS ALIIIIVEEE!!!!!!!!!!

I. love. you.

I only had two real problems with the finale:
1) there were so many unanswered questions. what would have happened if Smoke Monster had left the Island? what would have happened if the Island had been destroyed? what is the Island, if it actually is it's own entity? who does the Island need to be protected from? why does it need protecting? what is really going to happen if someone who's not supposed to gets their hands on the light? what about Walt and Aaron, aren't they special? (seriously, no one cares if Walt doesn't look his age.) and about a billion other questions I can't remember. but really...those don't bother me. it's LOST. I stopped expecting answers halfway through season three.

2) I'm an Atheist. I don't really believe in anything. I don't believe in any omnipotent and/or omniscient being, karma, faith, astrology, reincarnation, heaven, hell, or an afterlife. so it kind of irks me a little that faith is the big winner. I don't mind faith, I don't mind religion, there are good stories based on faith and religion. but such blind faith? that's kind of scary.

I've pretty much preferred Jacob to MIB for the whole series, until I saw Across the Sea. of course, I felt extremely sympathetic towards Smokey after seeing that episode. all he wants to do is to leave, and it's not fair that he can't leave, and I hate that he can't leave, but fate is holding him. he is a villain because he kills everyone in his way, which makes him completely selfish. but I still want him to be able to leave, but with no repercussions.

and the alternate reality is just limbo/purgatory/bardos? it really irks me that that whole reality isn't real. I mean, it's "real", but it's not real. does that make sense? it's like when Harry spoke to Dumbledore in Deathly Hallows. sure, Dumbledore muttered some deep, philosophical mumbo-jumbo about how just because it's a dream, doesn't mean it's not real, but...Dumbledore is still gone. Jack Jr. is still just a figure of Jack's dead imagination. :( and I LOVED Jack Jr. like he was my own son. don't get me wrong, if they're going to an afterlife, I'm glad they're going happily, and together. I just wish that there lives could have been as fulfilling. but then there wouldn't have been a show. argh.

end.


PS: Jack Jr., your name may be "David", but I will always call you "Jack Jr.".

PPS: basically, I think that all of the resentments I hold against LOST and the finale are based on the fact that JACK JR. DOES NOT EXIST OUTSIDE OF LIMBO.

PPPS: and for the record, I never thought Sun OR Jin was the Kwon written on ceiling in the cave. I thought it was Sun AND Jin, because they are a team!


here are some articles about the finale that I enjoyed:
See You In Another Life, Brotha
LOST Finale Recap: Case Closed
Faith, science and smoke monsters: An atheist response to the Lost finale
LOST finale party
LOST is over. Now what?