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Zeraph · 02-18-2010, 11:45 AM

I don't think the kid is Jacob, or Aaron for that matter. It's been like a day or two, if Jacob could be reborn and grow to an 8 year old boy that quickly I don't think MIB would have ever dared kill him. As he also seems scared of him, whereas he wasn't scared of Jacob.

Aaron is still too young (and how would he have gotten to the island?) For it to be him. If it was time travel then I'd think he'd be older in the first place, but I suppose its possible. Whoever the kid is though I don't think he ages or he can take on whatever form he wishes or he's dead. None of those things seem like Aaron so far, but maybe... he is blond after all.

The ashes thing is an interesting thought, but so far it seems like they've used waaay more ashes than jacob's corpse made. However, perhaps it is all the ashes of all the protectors who have died before jacob. It would require no time traveling that way. And would make sense if the protectors are replaced like they just mentioned (i.e. they age and die eventually, thereby making a reasonable amount of corpses and ashes) and that the MIB version's can't touch the protector (jacob) versions so it stands to reason he wouldn't be able to cross their ashes either.

The real question is why is there an MIB in the first place? There is an ongoing theme of dark vs light/balance stuff, so is MIB a "candidate" spot too? As in, to balance out Jacob's protector spot? Or is MIB a fallen protector (was in Jacob's old spot)? I'm leaning toward the latter.

Total speculation but I could see it going something like this. MIB was the original protector (the island is probably the garden of eden.) He was made immortal, but started going nuts from boredom/crazy long life and wanted to leave but he was tied to the garden/island. So he started trying to destroy it.

A new line of protectors were created/brought in that were allowed to eventually die, so as to avoid MIB fate. They ended up being an odd mix of enemy/friend with MIB because they were about all he had to talk to yet they were his enemies too because he wanted out (as seen in his odd "friendship" relationship with Jacob.) Repeat pattern to present day where he finally figured out a way to kill one (why we don't know, probably because Jacob foresaw that it would bring about MIB's end somehow.)

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Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	I don't think the kid is Jacob, or Aaron for that matter. It's been like a day or two, if Jacob could be reborn and grow to an 8 year old boy that quickly I don't think MIB would have ever dared kill him. As he also seems scared of him, whereas he wasn't scared of Jacob. Aaron is still too young (and how would he have gotten to the island?) For it to be him. If it was time travel then I'd think he'd be older in the first place, but I suppose its possible. Whoever the kid is though I don't think he ages or he can take on whatever form he wishes or he's dead. None of those things seem like Aaron so far, but maybe... he is blond after all. The ashes thing is an interesting thought, but so far it seems like they've used waaay more ashes than jacob's corpse made. However, perhaps it is all the ashes of all the protectors who have died before jacob. It would require no time traveling that way. And would make sense if the protectors are replaced like they just mentioned (i.e. they age and die eventually, thereby making a reasonable amount of corpses and ashes) and that the MIB version's can't touch the protector (jacob) versions so it stands to reason he wouldn't be able to cross their ashes either. The real question is why is there an MIB in the first place? There is an ongoing theme of dark vs light/balance stuff, so is MIB a "candidate" spot too? As in, to balance out Jacob's protector spot? Or is MIB a fallen protector (was in Jacob's old spot)? I'm leaning toward the latter. Total speculation but I could see it going something like this. MIB was the original protector (the island is probably the garden of eden.) He was made immortal, but started going nuts from boredom/crazy long life and wanted to leave but he was tied to the garden/island. So he started trying to destroy it. A new line of protectors were created/brought in that were allowed to eventually die, so as to avoid MIB fate. They ended up being an odd mix of enemy/friend with MIB because they were about all he had to talk to yet they were his enemies too because he wanted out (as seen in his odd "friendship" relationship with Jacob.) Repeat pattern to present day where he finally figured out a way to kill one (why we don't know, probably because Jacob foresaw that it would bring about MIB's end somehow.) Last edited by Zeraph; 02-18-2010 at 11:55 AM..