Quote Originally Posted by KT. View Post
well it's not an entirely dumb theory, but i do think it's wrong

MIB does talk to kate about his crazy mother. also she says that, if jacob goes in there, he'll suffer a fate "worse than death". which i think is the exact fate the MIB now suffers.

edit: my problem with that episode is that it didn't actually tell us anything. it gave us history with no details -- just more and more mythology with no actual mechanism. the writers have said it's more science based than magic based, and here we have glowing light that turns you to smoke for no discernible reason other than magic.