Does anyone have ANY idea what the voices have been saying this whole time? Or where/who they come from?
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the only time i’ve ever made any sense of these is in Outlaws, from lostpedia:
“Sawyer is chasing a boar that had been inside his tent. When entering the jungle Sawyer gives up and turns around to go back to camp. Sawyer then starts to hear the whispers, which clearly ends with the phrase “It’ll come back around.” This phrase is Frank Duckett’s last words after Sawyer shoots him. Sawyer then confronts Sayid the next morning about the whispers. Neither admit to hearing the whispers. Later that day Sawyer is out looking for his roof which the boar stole. After finding it up against a tree he hears the whispers. Again it ends with Frank Duckett’s voice saying “It’ll come back around””
Never been able to decipher anything else, sure it must be an important part.
I did play with the thought it may be the voices of time travellers, if you rememeber in the early episodes of season 5 they came accross john crying at the hatch and claire giving birth, who’s to say that there hasn’t been other events like this…i think i’m wrong though
There is an official LOST magazine in which someone posted a theory. It has to do with the voices. This is what it says…
“I was poundering over the mysterious ‘whispering’ frequently heard in the jungle by the island’s inhabitants when I was reminded of the CAUSE AND EFFECT episode of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. In it, the Enterprise unknowingly becomes trapped in a time loop, causing the crew to live out the same day over and over. They begin the hear these strange, disembodied voices, which they recorded and analyzed are revealed to be their own. They were temporal echoes, remnants of the previous loops briefly invading the present one. This got me thinking that perhaps this is what the castways have been hearing- faint echoes of the people who’ve inahbited the island throughout time, both past, present, and maybe even the future. Considering that the fabric of time seems pretty dang flimsy around there, it’s not too far fetched.”
I did not do this… this is waaay to complicated for me to think of!! Hope this is a help!! I think it is very LOST!!
i think the voices are simply a scare tactic, you see it through out season one, and parts of season two.
its effective in making people feel like there is perhaps something wrong with them and they dont want to tell anyone, causing unrest in the camp, which for the others would be very effective!
i think the voices are deffinately something to do with all the people who have been on the island and the time travel aspect?
correct me if im wrong but im sure in season 4 jack and juliet were in the jungle and heard the strange voices, then a woman named harper appeared, kinda from nowhere? or that could be the other way round, she appeared then when she dissapeared thats when we heard the voices? i cant quite remember correctly but i remember hearing the voices. anyway she was goodwins wife and juliets doctor. that made up my mind that it must be something to do with moving through time or something? as harper hadnt been seen on the island by us viewers before and hasnt been seen since? so she must have come from somewhere else somehow? and then went back or to another time or something?
as for what the voices are saying i have no idea? if it is what we are all thinking, the voices of the islands inhabitants past present and future? im guessing that its probably a combination of things that could be all jumbled up, and would be hard to work out?
i hope this is one of the mysteries we get answerd in season 6? its one from the old school isnt it? haha. eko rocks
[quote]In it, the Enterprise unknowingly becomes trapped in a time loop, causing the crew to live out the same day over and over. They begin the hear these strange, disembodied voices, which they recorded and analyzed are revealed to be their own. They were temporal echoes, remnants of the previous loops briefly invading the present one.[/quote]
Yeh this is what i was thinking explained much more clearly
In Star Trek as well as in The Dark Tower series(2 major influences on the writers of Lost), whispers are a sort of residue as a result of traveling between two times or worlds.
I’m not sure we’re going to get a spoonfed, distinct answer as to what the whispers are…I think they merely serve as a brilliant dramatic device that can be used in different situations, such as highlighting a character’s temporary insanity, or conveying that a character is surrounded and in danger. The Island is a world of it’s own that leaps through time and space and the whispers are the sound it makes.
the only time i’ve ever made any sense of these is in Outlaws, from lostpedia:
“Sawyer is chasing a boar that had been inside his tent. When entering the jungle Sawyer gives up and turns around to go back to camp. Sawyer then starts to hear the whispers, which clearly ends with the phrase “It’ll come back around.” This phrase is Frank Duckett’s last words after Sawyer shoots him. Sawyer then confronts Sayid the next morning about the whispers. Neither admit to hearing the whispers. Later that day Sawyer is out looking for his roof which the boar stole. After finding it up against a tree he hears the whispers. Again it ends with Frank Duckett’s voice saying “It’ll come back around””
Never been able to decipher anything else, sure it must be an important part.
I did play with the thought it may be the voices of time travellers, if you rememeber in the early episodes of season 5 they came accross john crying at the hatch and claire giving birth, who’s to say that there hasn’t been other events like this…i think i’m wrong though
KES, Lostpedia does have a section where you can read all about ‘the whispers’, as indicated by fatandconfused.
Also, DarkUfO has a section of transcripts of ‘the whispers’ and each episode they are heard in.
Hope that is helpful! Please let us know if you find anything interesting.
There is an official LOST magazine in which someone posted a theory. It has to do with the voices. This is what it says…
“I was poundering over the mysterious ‘whispering’ frequently heard in the jungle by the island’s inhabitants when I was reminded of the CAUSE AND EFFECT episode of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. In it, the Enterprise unknowingly becomes trapped in a time loop, causing the crew to live out the same day over and over. They begin the hear these strange, disembodied voices, which they recorded and analyzed are revealed to be their own. They were temporal echoes, remnants of the previous loops briefly invading the present one. This got me thinking that perhaps this is what the castways have been hearing- faint echoes of the people who’ve inahbited the island throughout time, both past, present, and maybe even the future. Considering that the fabric of time seems pretty dang flimsy around there, it’s not too far fetched.”
I did not do this… this is waaay to complicated for me to think of!! Hope this is a help!! I think it is very LOST!!
I was thinking that maybe the voices are from the Losties of the past, and maybe they see theirselves and try to warn them or something…
i think the voices are simply a scare tactic, you see it through out season one, and parts of season two.
its effective in making people feel like there is perhaps something wrong with them and they dont want to tell anyone, causing unrest in the camp, which for the others would be very effective!
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i think the voices are deffinately something to do with all the people who have been on the island and the time travel aspect?
correct me if im wrong but im sure in season 4 jack and juliet were in the jungle and heard the strange voices, then a woman named harper appeared, kinda from nowhere? or that could be the other way round, she appeared then when she dissapeared thats when we heard the voices? i cant quite remember correctly but i remember hearing the voices. anyway she was goodwins wife and juliets doctor. that made up my mind that it must be something to do with moving through time or something? as harper hadnt been seen on the island by us viewers before and hasnt been seen since? so she must have come from somewhere else somehow? and then went back or to another time or something?
as for what the voices are saying i have no idea? if it is what we are all thinking, the voices of the islands inhabitants past present and future? im guessing that its probably a combination of things that could be all jumbled up, and would be hard to work out?
i hope this is one of the mysteries we get answerd in season 6? its one from the old school isnt it? haha. eko rocks
[quote]In it, the Enterprise unknowingly becomes trapped in a time loop, causing the crew to live out the same day over and over. They begin the hear these strange, disembodied voices, which they recorded and analyzed are revealed to be their own. They were temporal echoes, remnants of the previous loops briefly invading the present one.[/quote]
Yeh this is what i was thinking explained much more clearly
In Star Trek as well as in The Dark Tower series(2 major influences on the writers of Lost), whispers are a sort of residue as a result of traveling between two times or worlds.
I’m not sure we’re going to get a spoonfed, distinct answer as to what the whispers are…I think they merely serve as a brilliant dramatic device that can be used in different situations, such as highlighting a character’s temporary insanity, or conveying that a character is surrounded and in danger. The Island is a world of it’s own that leaps through time and space and the whispers are the sound it makes.