Feb11: #Lost QUESTION BONUS: What WAS The Smoke Monster? ANSWER Water and Light absorbs the essence of a person and turns them into a Smoke Monster

Feb11

#Lost QUESTION BONUS: What WAS The Smoke Monster? ANSWER Water and Light absorbs the essence of a person and turns them into a Smoke Monster Feb 12th 2013, 17:43 QUESTION BONUS: What WAS The Smoke Monster? ANSWER BONUS: Half of an Island Protector. (Author's Note: I allude later on that Jack eventually became The Smoke Monster. It didn't seem to fit the conceit of the piece, but enough people have asked me about it that I'm including it here. I'll try to keep it "brief" and "simple", citing only information we were given in the show.) Jack and The Smoke Mother The Mother was the Protector of the Island. The Mother explained to her sons that going into The Source would result in a fate worse than death (i.e.- Becoming a Smoke Monster). The Mother destroyed the Man in Black's village in a most Smoke Monstery of ways, seen here:  What I'm getting at here is that, as Protector of the Island, Mother both had the powers of Jacob, and was a Smoke Monster. She split her duties and powers between her two sons, and made it so they could not kill each other. It would make sense that the Protector of Important Magic Island would be the incredibly powerful cloud of black smoke that can read people's memories and kill them in seconds. Rousseau was right: The black smoke IS a security system. A very important one, meant to patrol the Island and protect it for as long as it can. Mother was this being, and she also had the power of Jacob: to make rules, to give others abilities, etc. Full-on Island Protector. But she couldn't decide which was deserving of the role. She loved them both. So she made it so each would get a part of her. The Gray Mother split herself into dark and light. The problem here is that The Man in Black became the Smoke Monster. He became a security system that wanted to leave its post. That was problem with the Broken Island for so long: One of its protectors had no interest in protecting anything. Both protectors wanted the other dead, but neither could kill the other. Thankfully, Oceanic 815 crashed and Jack was eventually all "Fine, I'll save the world." So. How are Smoke Monsters made? They... [Summary, click link above for rest of the story]

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