i understood it to be a transferal when the original died. like jacob becoming jacob when crazy mom died, and then jack becoming jackob (eh?) when the last of jacob disappeared.
Jack gave Hurley the baptism while the golden shower was off. So Jack was powerless. And the water was cloudy and off at that point. How could Jack give his role at that moment to Hurley if he was powerless? If one can make the transfer without having magical powers what would stop anyone from getting powers from the stream? And if you don't need to have your powers to make the transfer why did Jacob and his mom go through little magic rituals? And if the magic ritual was what caused the transfer (not the powers of the guardian) then how could Jack transfer power to Hurley since he never blessed the water the way that Lilith and/or Jacob did.
