Fate, Late, Cigarettes & The Boston Red Sox

A lot of people question whether Lost SOLVED is merely a summary of what we already know or if it's actually useful.

I just wanted to give a couple examples of how the principles established in Lost SOLVED can be applied to even the smallest details of the show, and thus provide us answers.

Why does Christian Shephard always say that the Boston Red Sox will never win the World Series?
Because the writers are painting Christian as a fatalist, meaning he will eventually be aligned with the dark side aka Team Nemesis. Nemesis is aligned with Smokie. That is why Jack found cigarettes in his father's hotel room, proclaiming 'my father doesn't smoke'. Sorry Jack, but your father is a bad egg(and so are you).

Why does Charlie change his knuckle-tape-message from Fate to Late?
Here we have the same theme at play. Charlie, while addicted to heroin, has 'Fate' written on his knuckles. Fate is the mantra of the dark side. It implies no change, no progress. However, once Charlie changes and overcomes his addiction, he returns to the beach(Jacob's domain), works with Eko building a church, and changes his knuckles to 'Late'. Late is the complete opposite of Fate. You can't be late for fate, you were destined to get there when you got there. They are opposing forces, late and fate. Change and stagnancy.

The two sides are embedded in the show...pick an issue and pick it apart, almost everything I examine follows the same rules...and I'd love to hear what you come up with!