ok, ok, ok. i mean, you're aware that 'figment of imagination' and 'real' are two completely opposite things though?
Jeez. This is getting real tiring. Walt thinks about something (the polar bear). It's a figment of his imagination. Something happens that either has upset or is upsetting Walt. That stress, alied to his powers (and that of the island, when there) cause the figment of his imagination (the polar bear) to be made real (the polar bear). (My guess is that the island amplifies his power, much like the sperm count thing. In Australia, his powers only extended to birds, but on the island polar bears are now part of the deal). In other words (and I can't believe I have to go into this much detail to explain a pretty obvious concept) when Walt thinks about something, given the right circumstances, the figment of his imagination becomes real. Or, as I said in my original post about this concept:
I really must be writing in a foreign language. It STARTS as a figment and BECOMES real. A little like how Jin started by being infertile and became fertile. But if the concept of 'cause and effect' is foreign to you, this won't help much.
And I think the thing that becomes the polar bear or Jack's dad or Kate's horse or Locke's dad is the smoke monster. Starts as something that a character imagines, then with the "power" of the smoke monster that thing comes to life and actually exists.
Am I the only one who thinks the polar bears (there were two, Sawyer shot one in the first episode, and they found another in a cave earlier this season) were actual polar bears, brought to the island by the Dharma Initiative to study as part of the zoo station (the one on the smaller island where Jack, Sawyer and Kate were kept captive by the Others) in the cage that Sawyer was in, the one with the fish treats (because polar bears eat fish), but then the bears escaped at some point, swam to the larger island (polar bears can swim) and were hunting there ever since? And that Walt doesn't actually have any powers, and the polar bear in his comic book was just a coinky-dink (as was the bird in Australia)? No? Never mind then.
no, that's what I think, too. but we're not allowed to think that. we're allowed to think what samarkahoohoo approves.
it's not about being clear. it's about disagreeing. if samarak can't accept that people disagree with him, well lemme quote here, 'this won't help much.' but honestly ... this has always been a friendly thread so let's keep it that way. agree to disagree!
Getting back to more important things, is Locke going to make it or die? It would be unreal if they killed off the key character in this story arc.
If they kill off Locke, I'll be incredibly pissed off. He's one of the most interesting characters on the island.
24 has done that to the extreme detriment of the show. I hope Lost is not so stupid as to do this with Locke. Their killing of Mr. Eko was a huge mistake. The show has been less with him.