My Thoughts on LOST's Series Finale

I loved every second of it.

I teared up with every 'realization' the characters had and tears ran down my cheeks after my eyes welled up with them during the final 15 minutes.

And I am not an outwardly emotional person. The most you'll see out of me is silent tears and LOST managed to do that in the 1st 20 minutes with the Jin and Sun 'realization'.

The reveal that the Flash-sideways is a purgatory of sorts, that the characters created so they could move onto the next phase of life together, not alone, is an interesting plot choice by the writers.

It definitely works for me.

It places the emphasis on the characters of LOST, not it's mythos. The point that Christian makes to Jack about how the most important time in each of their lives was the time they spent together on the island. The past six seasons had led up to the defeat of the Man in Black and, as a result, the saving of the rest of the world. I think that point, that they saved the world, is likely to be forgotten.

I also think it is easy to spend time dewelling on the lives the characters, who left on the Ajira plane, lived after the time the show's final image in the present. The same applies to Hurley, Ben, and Desmond on the island. Although the time Hurley as the island's protector and Ben as his #2 is eluded to by their brief exchange, very little is mentioned in regards to the ones who left on the plane. I only remember, right now, Kate saying to Jack, "I missed you." The lack of any knowledge, of what these characters did once they left, is likely to incense some fans, but they should recognize that this is the writers' way of telling them that what happened after the island was not important. Like Christian said, and I'm paraphrasing, "the most important time in their lives was what took place since flight 815 crashed."

I'm sure that countless people are frustrated that LOST, which built its notoriety on its myriad of mysteries, ended up leaving some things unexplained and instead filled its finale with beautifully crafted scenes of emotion. I suggest that people who are unsatisfied with the show's conclusion, or somehow feel betrayed, go back and watch the series again and do two things while watching:

1. Do some critical thinking. Most of the 'answers' are there. The writers simply chose to not spell every thing out. Think of it like this; the writers filled in half the crossword puzzle and then handed you their pencil saying, 'you do the rest'.

and

2. Screw the 'answers'. LOST is about the characters.

In the end LOST touched me (not like Jacob touched people) and I cannot say that about any other show except, maybe, The Wire.

So maybe I'm a Romantic

How do you tell someone you barely know that, to you, they are 'perfect'? I like to think that a person should always have someone who reminds them that life does not completely suck. Someone who keeps you 'connected' to life.

A "constant", to borrow an idea from LOST.

I cannot believe I just typed such a thing.

I have an incredibly hard time of verbally expressing affection toward anything (I think this is why I love to write). Of course, this only applies when I like something; showing dislike is an old hat to me. I've somehow rationalized in my mind that to do so would be a form of weakness. As if doing so would give anyone witnessing said affection an upper hand on me or allow them to understand me better.

It is completely ridiculous and stupid.

What makes it even more ridiculous and stupid is that I would like nothing more than to have someone understand me. I am not trying to paint myself as some complex individual. I'm no more complex than the next guy.

OK. Maybe I'm slightly more complex.

But only slightly.

It is because of this mental block that rarely have any 'truly' meaningful conversations with anyone outside of my mother and father. And my mother has said on numerous occasions that she wished we talked more. With me it is 100% superficial whatever% of the time I can keep it that way.

I know. I'm an idiot.

But back to the problem at hand. How do you tell someone that? How do you let someone see you without any of your barriers up? Which in my case is too many to count. I suppose the easy answer is, just do it. That's what most people would say, but the problem with that answer is those people do not have to live with the repercussions that you have to. That is why it's an easy answer.

I think a thoughtful answer would say, "You might get burned, but if you like this girl enough, then the worries you have shouldn't get in your way".

That is the answer I would give.

I think it is the answer I am looking for, but it still does not alleviate my worries. The sad thing is that I can think of a hundred of ways I would look like a moron and lose a friend, but only one way where I do not.

The glass is always half-empty with me.