The Orchid Insignia and Dynamical Systems

In light of the Season 5 finale, let's take a moment to re-examine the Orchid insignia. There was some discussion of this when it first appeared, but quite a bit has happened since then....

Sure, it's sort of flowery; maybe it's just supposed to throw people off the scent (so to speak). But one can read a lot more into it, if one chooses to.

Essentially, the logo consists of concentric black and white circles--closed loops. But the central curve is open, and it branches at one end. Are we looking at the graph of a dynamical system? Beginning and end? But what's the beginning, and what's the end?

Is time cyclical? Does it inevitably converge on a single point (or attractor, Mr. MacDonald)? Does it diverge? Are there stable orbits and unstable orbits? It seems like it. And it seems like detonating Jughead destabilized the island's orbit.

Faraday tells us that the explosion stops the Swan from being built and 815 from ever crashing. But maybe it does more than that. Ms. Hawking tells us that the universe has a way of course-correcting. In Seasons 1-5, that has seemed to be true. But maybe she is referring less to fate, higher purpose, and seeming Acts of God than to the highly deterministic, disturbance-dampening nature of the universe in which Lost has been taking place. And maybe this new world they have created is not like that.

It makes you think.

The Incident

Ok, so basically Lostcampia died. It's really sad. Especially because the finale is coming up and I have no idea what to think or even how to think about all of this at this point.  But....this episode looks amazing.

We're finally getting to see the temple! And see Jacob?!?!?!

I know everything Dan said about changing the past could be possible but I just don't think it's going to happen.  There's too much course correction, my guess is that correction comes in the form of Locke.  Even if it didn't I don't think it's possible; Daniel has made it clear that you can't change other people's past and with this loophole what happens to the world? Do just those people jump back in time and get reset somehow?  My intro physics did not prepare me for all this.  

Also, they need to stop trying to make Juliet seem better.  They've spent so long trying to make her attractive and now they're making Kate annoying.  She was just obnoxious last week. 

SAYID IS BACK! I sadly completely forgot about him. He's going to do big things in the finale.  They've been saving him up.  Same with Richard, I feel like he's going to be a HUGE part of this episode because he is with both groups.  I really don't know what I think will happen.

If Jin and Sun don't get back together I'll cry.

PLEASE RESPOND I'M HOME AND NOBODY ELSE IS AND ALL I HAVE TO DO TO WASTE MY TIME UNTIL THE FINALE IS WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO RESPOND