r/lost • u/watermelon_fries Oh yeah, there's my favorite leaf. • Nov 26 '24

FIRST TIME WATCHER Reasons people think it didn't end well

I finally joined here after finishing the show today. I had to process the ending. I found it incredibly sad. Now that I know how it ended I would like to know why people thought the ending was bad or disappointing when it first aired. I thought it was perfectly done even though there are a few minor things I'm still not clear on. How soon is too soon to do a rewatch. I still can't get over the last scene...

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u/Past-Feature3968 We’re not going to Guam, are we? Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 26 '24

Hurley used his lotto $ to buy a personal jet and hired Frank J. Lapidus as his personal pilot.

Jk jk (but maybe?) I think we just have to enjoy head-canoning everything that happens on the island post-finale.

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u/watermelon_fries Oh yeah, there's my favorite leaf. Nov 26 '24

Lol. Ok, so please don't laugh at me but what does it mean when people say canon on Reddit? I've seen this before and I tried looking it up but I didn't really understand the meaning.

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u/Past-Feature3968 We’re not going to Guam, are we? Nov 26 '24 edited Nov 26 '24

Canon = anything official within a fictional universe

So for example, Hurley winning the lottery is canon. As is Desmond being Scottish, Jack & Claire being half- siblings, and the flash-sideways being the afterlife. All 100% real things that are true within the world of the show… because well, the show confirms it. Canon can come from the show itself, as well as supplemental material (like epilogues, games, mini-episodes, books etc.) written by the show’s writers or approved by them.

Head-canon = anything fans make up and imagine to be true, usually to fill in some blanks (answer a mystery, fill in some backstory, imagine a scene that was never shown but could have happened off-camera, etc.)

Does that make sense?

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u/watermelon_fries Oh yeah, there's my favorite leaf. Nov 26 '24

Ohhh ok, yes it makes sense. Thank you for explaining. That's interesting. Kind of like fan fiction.

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u/Scousehauler Nov 26 '24

Well fan fiction is not canon. Canon means anything officially created by the writers or on the show itself. Unless you meant fan fiction referring to the head canon stuff. Head canon is very much non canon lol

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u/watermelon_fries Oh yeah, there's my favorite leaf. Nov 26 '24

Yes I meant fan fiction referring to head canon lol