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No man is an island.
I don't know how much I'm going to say about the LOST finale in this post. I have a lot to say, I think, but I've been leaving it in comments on other people's journals all day and I'm a little bit tired, now. I should have done it here first!
LOST brought me here to fandom and left me here to find my way, and I am ever so grateful that it did, and that I did. I met so many wonderful people through the show and the fandom around it, and I'm still friends with a surprising lot of them, despite mostly having moved away from it, fandom-wise, and have fond memories of lots of others. It gave me one of the best friends I've ever had in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
arabella_hope (happy birthday, babe!! ♥) and it got me writing things I was actually interested in, which four years of fiction workshops weren't able to do. Even if the things I was interested in were strange and unusual by most sane people's standards.
So, yes, LOST. It's over! And how many of us now believe Darlton's claim that they've always known how it would end? Let me know how you feel about this, because I'm really interested in what everyone thinks.
- I thought it was wonderful, overall. I think it's really cool that they didn't bother to close out all the island mysteries, because this isn't the island's whole story by a long shot - it's these characters' stories. I had actually read somewhere that the way it ended was going to leave room for continuation, sort of like a LOST: The Next Generation, and I remember thinking at the time how weird/dumb that sounded, but I get it now, and I would probably watch something like that, especially if it had Hurley and Ben in it. Ha.
- The church thing sort of threw me, and I was both in love with and wary of the entire afterlife meetup concept, as, you know, essentially an atheist who thinks religion is pretty cool in movies, when it's done right. I guess if they were going to go there, I'm glad it wasn't super Christian (lol) but that it also didn't try super hard and conspicuously to be non-Christian, because let's face it: most of our characters, whose consciousnesses, I'm assuming, all contributed to creating this reality, are probably of the Christian persuasion. So the symbols aren't necessarily saying THIS IS A CHRISTIAN SPACE so much as a THIS IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE'S MINDS CAME UP WITH. Which I can get behind. You know, despite Christian Shepherd, which definitely has been bringing the facepalm since the beginning.
- Also, I can never trust that guy, ever. I don't understand how they could have him deliver that last comforting speech to Jack and expect us not to be jumpy. He's a sleaze! And a drunk! And a bastard! How are our people supposed to follow him into the light??
- Yes, but despite these minor gripes, I loved it. The looks on their faces as they recognized each other in the sideways verse! Especially Jin and Sun meeting James. Oh, the fond looks on their faces! I completely cried at that, I'm not sure why.
- I love that Kate's memories were triggered by Claire and Aaron, and not by smooching some guy. Way to go, friendship and family, for turning out to matter just as much as romance. Same for Jack and Juliet being so friendly and fond despite their connection being in the past. And Jack and Locke! And Hurley and Charlie!
- It was so nice to see Shannon and Boone again! Even though Shannon would *never* have worn her hair like that if that was really 2004. For shame, style people, for shame ;)
- Ben finally got to be special! And him hanging behind at the end - that had to be because he was waiting for Alex, right? After his interactions with her and even Danielle, I need to believe that they'll be together. He really did love her so, so much.
- VINCENT OMG <33333
;____;
The end.
LOST brought me here to fandom and left me here to find my way, and I am ever so grateful that it did, and that I did. I met so many wonderful people through the show and the fandom around it, and I'm still friends with a surprising lot of them, despite mostly having moved away from it, fandom-wise, and have fond memories of lots of others. It gave me one of the best friends I've ever had in
arabella_hope (happy birthday, babe!! ♥) and it got me writing things I was actually interested in, which four years of fiction workshops weren't able to do. Even if the things I was interested in were strange and unusual by most sane people's standards.So, yes, LOST. It's over! And how many of us now believe Darlton's claim that they've always known how it would end? Let me know how you feel about this, because I'm really interested in what everyone thinks.
- I thought it was wonderful, overall. I think it's really cool that they didn't bother to close out all the island mysteries, because this isn't the island's whole story by a long shot - it's these characters' stories. I had actually read somewhere that the way it ended was going to leave room for continuation, sort of like a LOST: The Next Generation, and I remember thinking at the time how weird/dumb that sounded, but I get it now, and I would probably watch something like that, especially if it had Hurley and Ben in it. Ha.
- The church thing sort of threw me, and I was both in love with and wary of the entire afterlife meetup concept, as, you know, essentially an atheist who thinks religion is pretty cool in movies, when it's done right. I guess if they were going to go there, I'm glad it wasn't super Christian (lol) but that it also didn't try super hard and conspicuously to be non-Christian, because let's face it: most of our characters, whose consciousnesses, I'm assuming, all contributed to creating this reality, are probably of the Christian persuasion. So the symbols aren't necessarily saying THIS IS A CHRISTIAN SPACE so much as a THIS IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE'S MINDS CAME UP WITH. Which I can get behind. You know, despite Christian Shepherd, which definitely has been bringing the facepalm since the beginning.
- Also, I can never trust that guy, ever. I don't understand how they could have him deliver that last comforting speech to Jack and expect us not to be jumpy. He's a sleaze! And a drunk! And a bastard! How are our people supposed to follow him into the light??
- Yes, but despite these minor gripes, I loved it. The looks on their faces as they recognized each other in the sideways verse! Especially Jin and Sun meeting James. Oh, the fond looks on their faces! I completely cried at that, I'm not sure why.
- I love that Kate's memories were triggered by Claire and Aaron, and not by smooching some guy. Way to go, friendship and family, for turning out to matter just as much as romance. Same for Jack and Juliet being so friendly and fond despite their connection being in the past. And Jack and Locke! And Hurley and Charlie!
- It was so nice to see Shannon and Boone again! Even though Shannon would *never* have worn her hair like that if that was really 2004. For shame, style people, for shame ;)
- Ben finally got to be special! And him hanging behind at the end - that had to be because he was waiting for Alex, right? After his interactions with her and even Danielle, I need to believe that they'll be together. He really did love her so, so much.
- VINCENT OMG <33333
;____;
The end.