Part 3: Jacob & His Nemesis In The Statue’s Foot

Just a little FYI, these 4 parts were the foundation for the post Lost SOLVED, so if you've read that, there's no reason to read through these...it's pretty much just evidence I had gathered.

A) What We Know of Jacob from Inside The Statue

a) Jacob took a ‘very long time’ to sew the tapestry...but says ‘I guess that’s the point’. Jacob is referring to both the culmination of his plan which brings about the impending ‘end’ that only comes once...if it were to happen often and swiftly, it wouldn’t be very meaningful.
b) Jacob immediately knows that Locke is not Locke, but rather Nemesis imitating Locke. Jacob is also aware that Nemesis(Fake Locke) has come to kill him and has thus found the loophole. This statement, combined with Jacob’s statement on the beach ‘when you do find the loophole, I’ll be right here’, is solid evidence that Jacob always knew that Nemesis(Fake Locke) would use Locke & Ben to kill him, and yet didn’t try to stop it.
c) Jacob offers Ben a choice, he doesn’t try to talk Ben out of doing anything. It’s more important to Jacob that Ben chooses, than whether or not Ben kills him. Principle comes before survival.
d) Ben says ‘...I never questioned anything. I did as I was told’, then asks Jacob ‘What About me?’. Jacob replies ‘What about you?’. Either Jacob doesn’t care about Ben(a man who has been supposedly following his orders without question, to the extent that he sacrificed his daughter and killed his father), or Jacob never gave the orders. Think about this: Would Jacob ever give orders? Here Jacob has a chance to order Ben to drop the knife, and he instead gives him the freedom to choose. Conclusion: Orders run contrary to Jacob’s methods. They undermine his principles.
e) Jacob hasn’t aged since at least The Black Rock’s arrival.
f) Jacob can be stabbed.


B) What We Know of Nemesis(Fake Locke) from Inside The Statue

a) ‘Do what I asked you to, Ben’-Nemesis(Fake Locke). Nemesis orders Ben to kill Jacob.


C) Summary of Jacob vs. Nemesis(Fake Locke) In The Statue

Jacob knew it was coming, knew Fake Locke was Nemesis, and gives Ben a personal choice. Nemesis(Fake Locke) orders Ben to kill Jacob. Again we have choice verses command, freedom vs. fate.