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Over on Fark they're calling him "Anti-Jacob" and on the podcast I listen to, they call him BlackShirt.
As open as next season's course is, I think the beginning exchange between Jacob and Nameless is the heart of the unfolding story:
Nameless said that when people come to the island it's always the same (ie human nature) they get corrupted and fight. Jacob replied that when the cycle happens for the last time, all that was before was progress.
Okay, so we're building towards a confrontation where the players are given a choice between their base urges for vengeance and power and some progressive action, likely forgiveness or selflessness and sacrifice.
Accepting this, Ben’s killing of Jacob becomes a parable for next season. His god pushed him to the brink and then explicitly gave him the choice of what to do about it, not unlike the Biblical Job. I’d say he failed the test (Namless played him for a chump!) and next season, each of the main characters will have to make a similar choice.
How will Season 6 open? I predict that the remaining characters will start out back in present day but spread separately across the island. They’ll come together over the course of the season literally and figuratively.
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