Couple of things hit me when i watched this and read a few threads...so i'll open this one up

1. In the store the clerk said "In the year of the dragon it brings good luck"

Found this on good ol' wikipedia, AND it's CHINESE i think(another thread)

*YEARS OF THE DRAGON
* 16 February 1904 - 3 February 1905: Wood Dragon
* 3 February 1916 - 22 January 1917: Fire Dragon
* 23 January 1928 - 9 February 1929: Earth Dragon
* 8 February 1940 - 26 January 1941: Metal Dragon
* 27 January 1952 - 13 February 1953: Water Dragon
* 13 February 1964 - 1 February 1965: Wood Dragon
* 31 January 1976 - 17 February 1977: Fire Dragon
* 17 February 1988 - 5 February 1989: Earth Dragon
* 5 February 2000 - 23 January 2001: Metal Dragon
* 2012 - 2013: Water Dragon
* 2024 - 2025: Wood Dragon

2. The tombstone

I don't read Chinese OR Korean, but it DID say in english for a born and death date of 1974 - 2004...Year of the Dragon???? not according to Suns flash-forward.

3. With the tombstone dates could there be two different flashbacks going on?

Could it be Jin flashed back and Sun flashed-forward?

im not sure where i'm going with this but it seemed like a LOT of stuff didn't quite sit well with me....

any thoughts on this year of the dragon stuff?

This is all good stuff. You should post it in the already-started thread "Year of the Dragon". It would add to the great discussion already happening there.

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