Lost Generality #1

Okay, let me set up some disclaimers before I write this post:

I have only seen season 1 and part of 2, so don't comment any spoilers or I will actually be upset with you.

I don't know why, but the other night I was dreaming and this thought came to me. I almost got up to write it down but I was in that state between sleep and consciousness that didn't permit me to move at all. In my head I was thinking "I should write a post about how to survive as a character on Lost." So that's what I'm doing.

If you are to survive on this show, you must:

- Be either entirely crucial to the plot or absolutely unseen

- Have an incredibly complex backstory worthy of constant flashbacks or no past at all

- Not be black or a child

- Not have a drugrunning brother who dresses as a priest

- Not beat your real daughter's mother when she doesn't know you're her father

- Not hang out on ledges with guys like Hurley

- Not be an imaginary friend

- Not hang out with your new Iraqi boyfriend in the rain

- Not have a sister who's not really your sister by blood and who you're in love with

Those are just a few suggestions based on my observations up to this point in season 2. Please don't ruin the rest for me. I want to discover them bit by bit.

Overall the key is to be a doctor or pivotal character, or be the guys who do heavy labor while the pivotal characters boss you around behind the scenes.

I hope you have enjoyed this lesson. If you have not seen Lost and are subsequently confused, consult your Netflix account during any spare time.

- Rex