The way I explained Walt and his magic branes in another forum was that he's part of the ambiance of the series (O look! This kid has magical powers!) I never saw his magical powers as basically a promise that he was going to have an important role in the series. A lot of the other "mysteries", like the numbers, fall into the same category for me. We don't *need* an explanation of what the numbers mean (even though there's an official semi-explanation in the web content.) It's just weird stuff to establish the weirdness of these people's lives.
The Sidewaysverse is sort of Purgatory-ish, but not a place of punishment. More like a cross between Purgatory and The Ghost Whisperer; it feels more like the latter, but it's not ghosts in the real world, it's spirits in a shared hallucination.
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Date: 2010-05-28 05:04 pm (UTC)The Sidewaysverse is sort of Purgatory-ish, but not a place of punishment. More like a cross between Purgatory and The Ghost Whisperer; it feels more like the latter, but it's not ghosts in the real world, it's spirits in a shared hallucination.