#despite the fact that i've been lamenting how little closure sayid's arc actually gets‚ that well scene and what comes of it are both | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

otogariado · 1 year

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thinking about how in s4 sayid and desmond were stuck on the damb freighter and technically all they had was each other and how desmond managed to keep so much hope within him in the present because of penny (who believed him and didn't give up on him) and sayid was the one who helped desmond connect to her

and how in s6 the thing that snaps sayid out of his weird catatonic state was confronting desmond in the well which turns into desmond confronting him about whether or not what he is doing is worth it

sayid helps desmond become himself again by helping him reconnect with penny—the woman he loves, arguably the only reason that kept him going, the very thing he held onto to keep living. and desmond helps sayid become himself again by helping him realize that even if sayid is able to bring back and be with "the woman he loved", at what cost would that be?

#ok i teared up getting so emo about this and revisiting both scenes side by side #i love how they kept it vague for sayid. ''the woman he loved'' could be anybody. he could be talking about shannon (most likely candidate)#or nadia (most recent candidate) or hell even someone like elsa (who i'd argue he didn't ''love'' the same way he did the other two but #still grew to care about)#i think i could have phrased that last paragraph better but i am tired and sleepy and woozy sorry #op #lostposting #lost spoilers #despite the fact that i've been lamenting how little closure sayid's arc actually gets‚ that well scene and what comes of it are both #unparalleled. the fact that the last thing that sayid ever does before he dies is to tell jack about where desmond is... man i am Thinking #About It #i still think. two plot beats are like. too few. but those two plot beats are really good plot beats.#ough i hope this post makes sense

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