CANDIDATE WORDPLAY

Shark.
Hark.
Rash.
Ark.
Ash.
Ask.
Far.
Jar.

Those words come from an anagram for the initials of the final candidates at Jacob's fireside chat: Jack, Kate, Hurley and Sawyer.

All those words are clues to the saga that was about to conclude.
Shark was the unemotional predator, Flocke.
Hark was the call to arms of Widmore's men coming to the island to stop Flocke.
Rash were the decisions the 815 survivors were making on the fly.
Ark is the vessel of salvation, in this case Frank's plane.
Ask was the request by Jacob for a volunteer to become the guardian.
Far is the next meeting place for their reunion.
Jar was Jack's final scenes in the bamboo grove after Flocke was pushed over the cliff.

There is no way TPTB knew these words would fall out of the candidate circle of initials to explain the end of Season 6. It is just another coincidence. An interesting coincidence, no doubt.

Fans searched for clues hidden in background images, hidden in words, hidden in names or hidden in plain sight. The search was monumental because fans sought answers to their questions. And since answers were not forthcoming from the scripts, fans had to make due with their own theories and rationalizations. So we keep pondering the Big Questions by throwing old, rusty darts on the Blast Door map hoping to spark some new insight into the mysteries of the series.