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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remus Lupin" data-source="post: 5191503" data-attributes="member: 12760">I agree that it's supposed to be a construct, a realm of reflection. Not, NB, purgatory in any traditional sense, but LIKE purgatory in that people move on when they're ready. That's why Ben stayed. Of all of them, he still had a lot more to work out (perhaps more even than Syaid), particularly with Danielle and Alex.It does raise a question though -- what happens to all of those left behind, like not only Ben, but also Faraday, Eloise, Charlotte, the rest of the members of Driveshaft, etc. If this world is simply a reflection of the collective will of the castaways, does it disappear with them? What happens to Jack's son? It's implied by Locke's comment that Jack's son exists only insofar as he's necessary in this world -- "You don't have a son."So, when the last Islander moves on, will this pocket universe cease to exist?As for the nature of the afterlife, it's pretty clearly some version of the Christian heaven, to which they have been guided, in the end, by Christian Shepherd (the obviousness of which even Kate comments on!), but I liked the line: "Let's go find out," thus leaving the whole thing up in the air to some degree.Despite all of the claims along the way that this was science fiction, in the end it was pretty clearly a straight up Christian allegory.</blockquote>