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JackIsNoHero
05-25-09, 01:13 PM
According to Darlton Sawyer/Juliet were over the instant Kate came back to the island. So, basically, before they revealed Sawyer/Juliet as lovers, they considered it was over, as Kate came back before the great reveal.
Sawyer/Juliet consisted of one lukewarm kiss, one spooning scene with her naked and him clothed and a few "I loves yous" tossed in and that's the sum total.

This quad Darlton have been jonesing for since season two wasn't even really played up. Jack didn't really care Juliet was with Sawyer. Kate didn't care Juliet was with Sawyer. Juliet didn't care Jack and Kate had been engaged. Sawyer urged Jack to make a play for Kate instead of blowing up the island. So it was much ado about nothing.

So what was it all for? I think it was to position Sawyer so he and Claire will be in the same place so they'll finally get together in season 6.

In the finale the message was clear, Sawyer can move beyond Kate while Jack can't. Sawyer was going to leave the island with Juliet to start a new life with her, leaving behind Kate, while Jack wanted to blow up everyone so he could reset his life so he wouldn't never meet Kate, because he can't get past her.

The Jacob visits were interesting, too, as the Jack/Kate one was similar. Kate wanted a lunch box and stole it, got caught and Jacob ended up buying it for her. Jack wanted a candy bar, paid money for it but the vending machine stole Jack's money and wouldn't give him the candy bar, so Jacob paid for it and gave Jack his candy bar. [Some method of theft, being kept from what they want and Jacob ultimately paying for what they both wanted.] And both Jacob visits had a season one connection: Jack's Jacob visit was the story he told Kate when they first met, and the lunch box was what she and Tom used to bury their time capsule in.

Ultimately, Jack's Jacob visit had a connection to Kate, while Sawyer's Jacob visit had a season one connection to Claire. When Claire was going to sign the adoption papers her pen wouldn't work, and when Sawyer was trying to write his Cooper let his pen wouldn't work.

In season 6 Sawyer will find Claire after losing Juliet, after losing Claire in season four. Sun will give Claire Charlie's drive shaft ring which will cause her to start grieving Charlie while Sawyer is grieving Juliet. Charlie and Juliet sacrificed themselves for Claire and Sawyer and died. Claire and Sawyer loved them, but didn't love them enough. Claire and Sawyer both have a child off-island that they'll probably never see again and who has no memory of them even if they did see them. Both characters will be in the same place in their lives when they meet again.

On the surface, Kate and Sawyer seemed to be just alike, but over time Darlton showed that underneath Jack and Kate are more alike. They both have daddy issues. They're both selfish. They're both capable of committing cold-blooded murder. Neither accepts blame or feels any guilt for the things they do.

Starting way back in season one, Darlton have been throwing Sawyer/Claire stuff in:

In the fourth episode, when Claire was trying to have a memorial for the dead, Sawyer gave her some personal papers he'd looted to help her. It was the first unselfish thing he did on the island without having someone motivate him to do it.

When Claire was missing and Kate brought Claire's stuff down to the beach, Sawyer went through them and took her diary, but didn't read it. Then he taunted Charlie pretending he'd read in Claire's diary that she claimed she didn't even like Charlie and wished he'd leave her alone.

Of course, there was that scene when Sawyer claimed pregnant Claire liked him.

Then you had Aaron being soothed only by the sound of Sawyer's voice.

In season three, Hurley conned Sawyer into being nice to Claire and when he learned he was conned, he looked over at Claire [on his own, with no urging from Hurley] and brought her a plate of food and she let him hold Aaron.

In season four, there was that somewhat flirty moment in Eggtown between Sawyer/Claire on the porch while Kate was acting the cold and bitchy. And in the SOTTC they had Sawyer risk his life saving Claire.

So I do think the ultimate game plan was Jack ending up with Kate and Sawyer ending up with Claire. Darlton have said Sawyer is their Han Solo and Matthew Fox has said Jack is Luke Skywalker and in Star Wars Han Solo ends up with Luke Skywalker's sister. This may be why in season three they decided to make Claire Jack's sister. [Season three was the season they'd already planned to kill off Charlie in.]

I think Juliet was the transitional or rebound relationship you have before you find the real thing. Sawyer was still in love with Kate [as shown by him looking at her when Rose/Benard talked about the most important thing is being with who you love], but he was able to also love someone else. They've shown Sawyer can move beyond Kate but Jack can't.

I think whatever residual feelings Sawyer has for Kate will be killed by Juliet's death. Kate wanted Sawyer to go back to the island to stop Jack, but a few words from Jack and Kate flips sides and is all for Jack's plan, after she dragged Sawyer and Juliet back to stop him. Not to mention feeling guilty because he looked at Kate instead of Juliet during Bernard/Rose's speech.

Anyway, that's my prediction. No spoilers, just going by what I've seen written.

Lostaway
05-25-09, 01:17 PM
Lol, I don't think it can happen. Sawyer has really only showed the protective brother that Jack fails to be. I don't really see any chemistry with them.

JackIsNoHero
05-25-09, 01:41 PM
And I didn't see any chemistry between Sawyer and Juliet. Or Jack and Kate. And they've actually laid more groundwork for Sawyer/Claire than Sawyer/Juilet [which was two characters that had nothing in common and wouldn't have worked back at the beach camp or in the real world and only worked when they were both pretending to be something else to fit in with Dharma.]

I also didn't see it as big brotherish. Everyone seemed to jump on that bandwagon because that's what some reporter in TV Guide said and Miles made a comment like that.

But different strokes for different folks. Everyone sees something different from their own perspectives.

It's just my theory and I don't expect anyone to agree with me.

Just like it's also my theory that Kate will end up dying because of Jack. In the finale I could really that Jack = Tom. That the Tom/Kate relationship echoes the Jack/Kate one, only Kate is Tom in the Jack/Kate relationship. In the Tom/Kate Kate was the leader leading him into all her wild plans, which ultimately lead Tom into being shot.

Again, it's just my opinion and people rarely agree with me or anything I think or have to say. Doesn't mean I'm still not going to think it because no one agrees with me. Opinions are like names, we all have them. Whose to say whose right or whose wrong.

RoseArienh
05-25-09, 01:44 PM
JackIsNoHero, material from interviews is considered spoiler. Please tag it in the future.

Lostaway
05-25-09, 01:51 PM
I'm not saying I wouldn't like it. My two favourite characters hooking up is always something good. I'm personally hoping Sawyer finds Claire.

I wish they'd expand more on friendship, and then if they wanted to go from there they could. I admit that Juliet/Sawyer only came out for the stupid Quadrangle which on a lot of other boards got alot of hate for her character, which I feel was unjustified and petty (Damn hardcore shippers).

And the only 2 endings I see for Jack is him ending up with Kate or getting himself killed. There can't be much of a happy ending for him eitherway. He doesn't even seem to give a rats ass about his sister.

I would love a strong friendship to develop with Claire & Sawyer, but going into a romantic relationship wouldn't bode well with the Skaters. The active ones on this board are just indifferent as I see it at the moment. But on other boards, shippers are crazy.

ozanna
05-25-09, 11:14 PM
I'm with you Lostaway in hoping that Sawyer does find Claire, but after that I strike a blank ! I see them as friends, and Sawyer as her protector. A passionate romance just doesn't seem to "fit" ! But it always struck me as odd that Claire, the polite, well-behaved, slightly naive little Ozzie girl was the first person to actually be treated by Sawyer with a bit of respect ! And so on. Claire seemed to be able to see past the rough exterior and see the real person inside.

As for Sawyer and Jules, well their romance was nothing like the Sawyer/Kate passion/fest ! It is possible to really love someone without having to be crushed up against the bars of a wild animal cage, or spend the night with someone (with or without the sex), and then slap him in the face and go rollicking off to your other lover, next morning. I suppose that was one step up from the night before the Cooper incident when Kate and Sawyer did the deed, and then she insisted on going back to her own bed. I'm surprised she even knows where it is !

Sawyer/Juliet was based on trust and friendship, which later grew into love, not lust. I really think that Sawyer was over Kate, but he remembered the initial "I love her" phase - his first real love. He may not still love her that way, but he will never forget that emotion.

Grosvenor
06-30-09, 08:43 PM
You make some great connections, JackIsNoHero, and I do see the chemistry between them, but it's platonic (imho). Introducing a romance between Claire and Sawyer would also be out of the blue, and with one season left, that looks doubtful. I really did like the Sawyer in New Otherton from season 4, protecting Claire (and "Frenchie and the kids") and scooping up young Aaron...