Tagebuch

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Der erste Eintrag des zweiten Autors Chris Dobson

Ein weiterer Eintrag des zweiten Autors Chris Dobson

Das Tagebuch, geführt von den Flug 815 Passagieren Janelle Granger (Staffel 1) und Chris Dobson (Staffel 2), war auf der offiziellen ABC's verfügbar. Da die Seite aber von ABC's Marketing Abteilung und nicht von den Lost Autoren ist ihre Kanonische Verbindung fraglich, und es wird daher vermutlich auch nicht in der Serie vorkommen.

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Hintergrund

During Staffel 1, Janelle Grangers diaries were published online. Granger offered the perspective of one of the peripheral survivors. She commented on the major events as they transpired, and her activities occasionally intersected those of the main characters, but ultimately, despite allusions to mysterious events in her life before the crash, her story added nothing to the Lost mythology. She mentions seeing what she thought to be a whale while swimming, though her description is only of a large dark shape and the hissing of air being released.

Janelle's story apparently ended on the night when the Luke is opened; she describes "a bright fiery flash — then a loud bang." Her final entry ends with a cliffhanger: "Why is she screaming? Someone behind me? I can't find my bag— —" Her fate has yet to be revealed, but in the following season, none of the characters comment on her absence, making it unlikely that she was abducted or killed; she may have simply lost the notebook.

In Staffel 2 the diary is assumed by Chris Dobson. The tone of this second author, who claims to have found the diary on the beach, is more cynical than that of Janelle, and has grown increasingly belligerent and paranoid throughout the diary. The diary became a point of much discussion when Dobson seemed to identify the captive Henry Gale as his "brother," but later entries revealed that the actual brother, named Steve Dobson, was in fact on Oceanic Flug 815 and died in the crash. Dobson's mind suppressed the memory and created the story as a coping mechanism.

At the beginning of Staffel 3, the diary is no longer on the official website, and all previous entries have been removed.

Identität des zweiten Autors

Chris Dobson has pejoratively mentioned the clique of "major players" and "leadership council" (though, as we have seen, several main characters feel "out of the loop").
Was present when Hurley passed out the food and remarked on the arrival of the Tailies.
Refers to many characters in the third person (including Jack, Charlie, Sayid und Locke).
Er kannte Janelle nicht.
Several passages call to mind what we know of den Anderen:
- Fixation on Kinder: "We of course to are taught to understand the vital importance of children" (Chris also seemed to admire Charlie for his efforts to protect Aaron.)
- Wessen Insel? The question of ownership: "Who do these people think they are? ... This is not their island"
- "...nothing can come to them [from a conflict with the Others] but their own destruction"

Is the diary canon?

Much of the confusion surrounding the diary could be explained if it is not canon. The first part in particular seems to have no bearing on the official mythology.

For example, the chronology of events as recorded by Janelle does not jibe with the dates according to the episode "Die anderen 48 Tage". In dem Offiziellen Lost Podcast, writers Damon Lindelof und Carlton Cuse ridiculed a question regarding Janelle, apparently unaware of her role in the online diary (Official Lost Podcast/January 17, 2006).

Another example is the novelization Gefangen im Netz der Lügen. This book is considered canon, und both Janelle Granger und Larry are in the book, questioning the authenticity of the diary und the novelizations.

Also, the second author says his brother Steve Dobson was buried at what he calls Boone Hill; yet the bodies of the passengers who died in the crash were all cremated when the fuselage was burned.

Many links within the diary are broken, some entries are missing, and others exist in duplicate/triplicate. It seems reasonable that the site would be better maintained if it had a substantial connection to the plot.

One theory is that the standing rule is that the writer or writers are portrayed as simply crazy or otherwise unreliable within the story. This allows everything they say to be canon in that they are accurate in and of themselves, yet not to be taken 100% seriously. This allows them to tell us some tidbits ahead of time, like the fact that Mr. Eko was building a Kirche, while more outrageous statements & actions can be ignored.