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[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by bewitched

I found the mundane explanation of MIB's desire to leave the island (because he has always yearned to leave) to be very satisfying...and very human.

While that was a rare satisfactory answer it does beg another question....why won't Jacob just let him leave? Is MiB performing some vital function on the Island or is Jacob afraid of what MiB will do off the Island?

And it's not as simple as not wanting the smoke monster to leave the Island......MiB's mother did not want him to leave before he ever turned into smokie. She, in fact, killed a whole bunch of people to insure against it even.

Maybe she just wanted someone to watch the ol Savings and Loan so Potter wouldn't take over the town

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

While that was a rare satisfactory answer it does beg another question....why won't Jacob just let him leave? Is MiB performing some vital function on the Island or is Jacob afraid of what MiB will do off the Island?

And it's not as simple as not wanting the smoke monster to leave the Island......MiB's mother did not want him to leave before he ever turned into smokie. She, in fact, killed a whole bunch of people to insure against it even.

Maybe she just wanted someone to watch the ol Savings and Loan so Potter wouldn't take over the town

Come to think of it, didn't George Bailey say his favorite 3 sounds were anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles? Smokey makes those sounds

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

why won't Jacob just let him leave? Is MiB performing some vital function on the Island or is Jacob afraid of what MiB will do off the Island?

And it's not as simple as not wanting the smoke monster to leave the Island......MiB's mother did not want him to leave before he ever turned into smokie. She, in fact, killed a whole bunch of people to insure against it even.

There are 2 different motivations at work. I think MIB's mother didn't want him to leave because A. she wasn't sure, until MIB killed her, which of the 2 brothers would be the new guardian of the island and B. she wanted her "sons" to remain "uncorrupted" by outside influences.

Jacob, on the other hand won't allow MIB to leave because he now holds too much of the light and, if the light is allowed to leave, "it will go out in all of us."

[bewitched]

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[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by bewitched

There are 2 different motivations at work. I think MIB's mother didn't want him to leave because A. she wasn't sure, until MIB killed her, which of the 2 brothers would be the new guardian of the island and B. she wanted her "sons" to remain "uncorrupted" by outside influences.

Jacob, on the other hand won't allow MIB to leave because he now holds too much of the light and, if the light is allowed to leave, "it will go out in all of us."

Makes sense.