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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn
Walt is a bit of dangling thread, which is upsetting to me. I never understood why everyone thought Aaron (Claire's baby) was so special. He wasn't. He's just Claire's son.
Actually, Reaper, can you address this? As someone who is just getting caught up and has it pretty fresh in their minds... what are you impression of Aaron and his "specialness" or importance thus far? What are you expecting or wanting in terms of resolution?
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Aaron hasn't been special. BUT we've been told, over and over, that he is. Claire and the need to protect Aaron was one of the primary plot threads from the first three seasons! And I don't think the show will ever go back to that plot thread. I pretty much don't forget anything - that's why I brought up Pickett's line about Jacob's list; what am I supposed to think if the Candidates list is the first list from Jacob that we see on the show? Do the show's writers think I will forget about their dropped plot threads, about their dialogue references to things unexplained? Because I don't forget. Anyway, I'm still frustrated as Hell about that psychic that pleaded with Claire over several desperate phone calls that she raise her baby - only to see in an Eko flashback a season later that he is a "hack psychic," as if showing that he is a hack will let the audience forget about his desperation wrt Claire. But that only makes his desperation all the more realistic! He's a hack but he acts like he had a real, frightening premonition this time!
Walt's whole deal is equally as frustrating. We know that he is "special" and every time someone on this show is called "special" it is pretty darn significant (well, except for when Shannon was referred to as special. More sloppy writing). But he has been ignored too.
As I will talk about when I finish the series,
Lost is a show full of unresolved plot points; some of that is sloppiness and some is intentional. Through this, the show (perhaps accidentally) will achieve its greatest artistic statement.