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Show. I just can't even process.
I'm a little afraid to read reactions because I can see how some might have hated it for various things. I also fully expect some people to not understand wtf just happened.
But.
I thought it was beautiful. Earned. Expected and yet surprising. It 'answered' what I needed answered and made me realize that the rest of it doesn't fucking matter.
Everyone got a little something in the end. And above all, as Christian said, it was their time on the Island which affected them so profoundly: most because they died there, some because they lived on afterward and were never the same. It wasn't the Island that was purgatory -- it was the Sideways verse.
As anyone reading this knows, my personal fictional hobby-horse is very much destiny, mysticism, and death. So yes, this obviously was RIGHT THERE in the sweet spot, even more than I expected.
Sartre said that Hell is other people. But this show makes me cry because its point has ALWAYS been that other people are also our Heaven. None of them went on alone - none of them went on without ALL of the others. And that, I think, is a wonderful, hopeful ending.
(I'm not quite sure what it says about me that Kara and Sam dying and going to the Other Side, and this one where EVERYBODY is dead and working out their issues before heading off into the light, is a hopeful ending. But it is.)
I sort of want to squee about some things that were awesome and squeeworthy, but this isn't that post. This is the "holy shit it's over and it stirred many emotions and it was amazing" post.
And if you didn't agree, THIS IS NOT THE POST TO TELL ME SO, mmkay?
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Oh, by the way.... ABC, with the exception of the Target ads which were brilliant, I HATE YOU horribly for chopping this show into little pieces with your billions of ads. YOU SUCK.
I'm a little afraid to read reactions because I can see how some might have hated it for various things. I also fully expect some people to not understand wtf just happened.
But.
I thought it was beautiful. Earned. Expected and yet surprising. It 'answered' what I needed answered and made me realize that the rest of it doesn't fucking matter.
Everyone got a little something in the end. And above all, as Christian said, it was their time on the Island which affected them so profoundly: most because they died there, some because they lived on afterward and were never the same. It wasn't the Island that was purgatory -- it was the Sideways verse.
As anyone reading this knows, my personal fictional hobby-horse is very much destiny, mysticism, and death. So yes, this obviously was RIGHT THERE in the sweet spot, even more than I expected.
Sartre said that Hell is other people. But this show makes me cry because its point has ALWAYS been that other people are also our Heaven. None of them went on alone - none of them went on without ALL of the others. And that, I think, is a wonderful, hopeful ending.
(I'm not quite sure what it says about me that Kara and Sam dying and going to the Other Side, and this one where EVERYBODY is dead and working out their issues before heading off into the light, is a hopeful ending. But it is.)
I sort of want to squee about some things that were awesome and squeeworthy, but this isn't that post. This is the "holy shit it's over and it stirred many emotions and it was amazing" post.
And if you didn't agree, THIS IS NOT THE POST TO TELL ME SO, mmkay?
**
Oh, by the way.... ABC, with the exception of the Target ads which were brilliant, I HATE YOU horribly for chopping this show into little pieces with your billions of ads. YOU SUCK.
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I am SO THRILLED to see other people who actually loved it as much as I did. :) I've just recently started delving into some of those heavier subjects like destiny and mysticism and whatnot, and seeing such a popular show like this take that route? Unexpected and extremely impressive. The writers and producers were brave to go there, what with so many viewers who are only looking for fluffy stories with neatly tied up, 'happily ever after' endings on their TVs, and oh, am I glad they did.
The details (like the polar bears) ultimately don't matter. "Lost" was a giant fable, a giant myth, about mankind and life and death and good and evil and love and redemption and our connections with others and bettering humanity as a whole. We take out of stories like this what we, personally, want and need to take out of them, if we're willing to ask ourselves these questions. Personally, I suspect I'm going to be mulling over all the themes in this story for weeks, months, years to come. :)
Out of curiosity, you said themes like this were your personal "hobby horse." What other shows/books/movies/etc. do you recommend? Now that "Lost" is over, I'd love to delve into more fiction along these lines. :)
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We take out of stories like this what we, personally, want and need to take out of them, if we're willing to ask ourselves these questions.
And THIS. yes. It depends on what questions you find important and/or interesting. And the funny thing is I am TOTALLY one of the people who loved putting all the bits together, and wondering WHY things happened and how. But that's also never been what the show is ABOUT to me. The finale gave me my ending on the theme, and that's more satisfying than an endgame to the puzzle. I can figure out the puzzle myself (queen of the fanwank here! *g*), but the thematic and character resolution I would've been frustrated to miss.
I just meant really in terms of my own writings - almost all my fic ends up dealing with those these themes of free will and prophecy and the like (and is one reason I rarely write fic for fandoms that don't include those themes someplace). BSG obviously. Babylon 5 was my foundational fandom, and deals with some of those issues, especially destiny and free will. JMS' followup series Jeremiah makes some interesting stabs in that direction too, on top of their main question about doing good when the world is an evil place. Sarah Connor Chronicles and anything Terminator also deal in that sort of thing, including more alternate universes than you can shake a stick at!