xhonzi said:

I keep hearing from the finale-lovers that we finale-haters "must not have understood it." I think I understood it fine.

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I also reject this idea that finale-lovers keep telling me: "It was never about the mysteries, it was just about the characters."

Just to clarify, I didn't say either of those things. :-)

1) I'm simply pointing out that there are plenty of layers and concepts I didn't think about at first, that have dawned on me since the finale, that have made me appreciate it a lot more than I did right after the fact.

2) I don't think this is a fair point to make, either, though ignoring the importance of the character story and focusing only on plot and mythology isn't fair, either (I'm not saying you're doing this, I'm issuing this as a broader statement).

Another interesting recap, with another nicely-articulated point:

By bookending the series around a man opening up his eyes to the unknown and closing them as a man who learned what it meant to truly live, "Lost" encapsulated its' primary thematic concern: what it means to live and learn through other people. They lived together, and none of them died alone. Not in the end. Perfect.

I wouldn't disagree with this point of view, and it does speak to the character story, not just the mythological one. It makes me think of something Damon and Carlton said a while back, which was that over time, the (fictional) mythology they've created and shared will fade away, and the character tale is what will remain. I don't think they meant that the mythology wasn't important, but that they were speaking to what makes humanly-resonant storytelling -- characters we care about, changing over time. It made sense, though it felt weird at first, to have the finale so character-centric rather than mythology-expounding, though I still have plenty of mythology questions I'd like to have answered in some way. Maybe when Damon and Carlton break their radio silence, we can have an awesome Q&A about them.

Take care,
Sojourn