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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1827208" data-attributes="member: 151">Funny, I didn't get that impression from that sequence at all.  I didn't think that Locke lost the use of his legs there, I assumed he was knocked silly and his first reaction was either one of apprehension ("oh no...are they broken again?") or confusion ("where am I?  what hit me?  How can I....hey, that's right, my legs work now!").  I didn't think he lost control of them, just that he was disoriented and was doubtful.I think that whatever Locked encountered, one of two things happened: either he and it had an exchange at some level, and an accord was reached...or, he encountered something that challenged him and the results were too difficult or far-fetched to reveal to the others.  If he says, "well, I met the creature, and it's an intelligent elephant that just wants us to keep out of it's way every three days when it hunts" or "it was an ancient wind-god that promised us peace from it's pet demon if we give him a memory every week."...well, they're not going to buy that.  Until the creature makes itself known more publicly.The problem for the writers and the viewers, such as it is, is a classic sf/fantasy problem, that I believe Orson Scott Card wrote about in his 'Writing SF" book.  If the writer says "the bus moved like a lazy caterpillar", for example, the reader could accidentally assume the phrase was literal, and that maybe the bus really does move like a caterpillar.  In both writing and viewing, the creators have to be careful, or we assign meaning to even the most common of events, because of context and genre.The scene with Locke after the boar knocked him out is prime example.  The baby kicking is another.  So is Jack's Dad, and even the polar bear.  They could be fantasy/supernatural elements...or they might not be.  That the writers are using our preconcieved notions against us is certainly part of the fun.  How many folks out there were convinced when Locke got a phone call as 'the colonel'?  My wife and I called out , "Aha!"...and then laughed when the show completely pulled the rug out from under us and the theory that he was some ex-CIA black-ops specialist.  Finding out he's a wargamer, though, only makes him cooler. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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