"OH SNAP! What lies in the shadow of the statue! He just busted out some latin!! Guess we'll have to wait for the translation to learn what it means. Wow, Locke was in the box. Who is meeting with Jacob, indeed!"
I listened to a podcast today (
www.jayandjack.com) and got a little more info on some things. Someone in the feedback section of the podcast said it was something like "He who leads us all" or something to that effect. Referring to Jacob.
I also believe that the anti-jacob you were talking about is the "alive" Locke at the end of the episode. Somehow, he (AJ) got resurrected as Locke maybe ? He seems to have all his memories as well though. Truly strange.
"I have a question for you." "I'm a Pisces." Lawl.
One of the bigger theories I've heard about is that the AJ is Jacob's brother. There is some old mythology with a story of Jacob and his bigger brother Esau. Esau had always wanted to kill his brother as he was jealous for most of his life. Jacob was the favorite. Maybe this has possible parallels in Lost. Another notable thing is the continuing theme of light and dark in Lost. Jacob was wearing white, while the other was wearing black.
One idea that I believe is the concept of whatever happened, happened. Jack (and Daniel) thinks he can change the future by blowing up Jughead, stopping the hatch from being built, button, plane, crash etc etc. This creates a paradox that, to my knowledge hasnt been addressed yet. If this happens, the crash wouldn't happen and the plane would land in LA. BUT, they wouldn't ever get to go to the island and go through all the events that lead up to them going back to use the bomb in the first place. Kind of confusing. I think, that whatever they do right now in 1977, always lead to the future events that they know. Even if they think that they are trying to change the future, they arn't. They are just living out the events that lead to them. You can change the events in the past, but you can't change your destiny. One possibility may be with Desmond, since Daniel said he was "special." Maybe the writers thought of a loop-hole for him to be able to change things. Could also be the same deal with AJ's loop-hole, whatever it was.
Yep. Great episode.