#eli let the right one in

[horrorvillaintourney]

HORROR'S NEXT TOP GENDER, ROUND THREE MATCH TWELVE: Eli (Let the Right One In) vs. Brigitte Fitzgerald (Ginger Snaps)

PROPAGANDA FOR ELI:

"Canonically AMAB and castrated as a child, presents as a girl but seems to identify as agender or something similar. Being a vampire and also eternally a child probably also affects their relationship to gender. Anyway in theory not great trans representation perhaps but I like them and hope they went on to have a happy un-life. I liked when they murdered all those bullies"

PROPAGANDA FOR BRIGITTE:

"Brigitte is flannel-wrapped,  wears more layers than a pie crust, and is completely uninterested in having a body."

"I was a death obsessed goth girl teenager and this is the representation I always wanted. Brigitte doesn’t want to hit puberty and neither did I. Every single outfit is fantastic."

[klimtsonian]

let the old things fade 🪟🩸

[joyfullywizard]

I admit I struggle with sexual liberation reading in new Nosferatu, but not because of morals. I have no problem with that narrative in other vampire movies, books and TV shows. I just don't understand how it works in the remake?? But people are so sure it works in the remake.

Hi!

Well, yeah, I actually can understand the criticism about that bit, if you subscribe to this whole "liberation" take. As criticism not about intention, but about execution. Because if we approach it solely from execution pov and especially in comparison with other vampire media  since you brought that up, then some questions inevitably arise. Namely, about the inner building of respective universe of vampire media when it deals with any themes of liberation via vampires. Almost every media which deals with such themes establishes that this so-called liberation is not only limited to "sex with vampires goes brrr", but there are other dimensions vampires can offer to humans as part of this so-called liberation. In  Interview with Vampire TV series (2022-) it’s directly and clearly established the rules that vampire Lestat can turn people into vampires, he wants to turn and turns Lois and they can co-exist as vampire couple for centuries, can travel, can see different countries and cultures through the ages, that Lois as a simply mortal human would never be able to see otherwise. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series (1997-2003), it is also directly and clearly established the rules that vampires can turn other people into vampires, we get to see vampire squad-couples of Angel/Darla, Spike/Drusilla hanging out all over the world through different time periods, while in relation to Buffy, who is superpowered human-slayer relationships with vampires are less about liberation, and more about  beneficial  equal relationships cause she gets someone on her physical level and abilities, understands her and her job, and she co-works with her vampires boyfriends during her slaying. In Dracula movies, which  deal with anything like this the rules are also clearly spelled out. In Dracula  (1979) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), it’s directly and clearly established the rules that Dracula can turn people into vampires, he wants to turn and almost turns Lucy (who is simply renamed Mina character in 1979 movie) and Mina (in 1992 movie)  into vampires. Both Draculas  have clear dialogue about that and actions in the movies. If transformation of female heroine in each movie was completed they like Lois and Lestat would have co-existed as vampire couples for centuries, would travel, would see different countries and cultures through the ages, that Lucy and Mina as  simply mortal humans would never be able to see otherwise. Plus all that abovementioned media establishes vampire’s powers and limits and so what powers they can give to their human paramours when they turn them in one of their kind. Vampire media also dealt with some forms of liberation via vampires from other points, not necessary sexual ones. In Let the Right One In (2008)  the major theme is that vampire Eli teaches human boy Oskar to stand up for himself and gives him  some companionship, so their relationships are darkly liberating in whole another way, to certain degree, of course.  So long, so forth. Multiple other examples across different vampire media, where vampires did have something to offer to the humans.

While Nosferatu remake doesn’t have clearly in-built rules in its own universe to explore the whole "liberation angle", if you approach movie from it. There’s no direct plot framing of what exactly Orlok intended to do to Ellen, apart from feeding on her and some form of vampire sex. There’s no clear-cut plot point that he was going to make her into vampire. For example,  even in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) remake, Nosferatu was able to turn people into vampires and he wanted to turn Ellen (renamed into Lucy) into his vampire companion, that was clear. 2024 remake  also doesn’t establish what other possible options were on the table, if turning Ellen into vampire wasn’t really one of them. It seems that apart from consuming Ellen’s blood which inevitably would have led to Ellen’s regular death anyway, nothing else was going on. So that’s understandable why people may  scratch their heads and go “ok, ok, sexual liberation via vampire is cool and all, yes, but also, how and that's it?” Not in some morality pearl-clutching way, but "the plot really doesn't elaborate much" way.

[shelfperson]

hahahha do you ever think about how the child vampire claudia only wants to be treated with the respect a grown woman deserves and loved as the woman she is and be free in her body and how the child vampire eli only wants to be respected and safe while still seen as the child he is and loved as the child he is and to be free in his body do you ever think about girlhood as a gender distinct, youth as an underclass do you ever think ever think about being trapped in your fucking body vilified adultified sexualized but never loved and never understood do you ever think about being a fierce vampire trapped in the body of a little girl but never reaping the rewards of childhood can ANYBODY FUCKING HEAR ME IS ANYONE THERE

[mcr-themed-brain]

The last ltroi art i posted was a whiiiiile ago and lowkey ass so i drew the sillies again

[swdefcult]

[shernoel]

Let The Right One In - 2008

[filmkareleri]

Let the Right One in (Låt den rätte komma in) / 2008 A spectacular Swedish film with a coming of age story about love, friendship, self discovery and ....vampires.

It's good.

[filmmakerdreamst]

"To one side behind the family, there were two people who happened to be caught in the camera flash. One was Oskar Eriksson, and the other was a slender girl with long, black hair. In spite of the fact that the photograph must have been taken immediately after his disappearance, Oskar had changed his hairstyle; it was cut short in a way that was more fashionable among young people today. I remembered him as a chubby child, but the boy in the picture was considerably slimmer, and as he had been caught on the run, so to speak, he actually looked quite athletic. I looked at the enlargement again, and Stefan's story about what happened in Karlstad came back to me. There was something vaguely menacing about the way the two children were moving behind the smiling, unsuspecting family. Like predators. Then I spotted something that made me gasp. The father of the family was holding a mobile phone, and not just any mobile phone, but an iPhone. How long had they been around? A year? Two years? I turned the photograph over and read the words in the bottom hand corner Barcelona, September 2008 The photograph had been taken barely a month ago." - Let the Old Dreams Die

[shsl-analyzer-guy]

so my sister is getting me to watch Cobra Kai while I'm visiting home, right

and look. She warned me about the love square. The old man rivalry. All that good stuff. What she did not warn me of, or rather, was not equipped to warn me of(she's never played DR), was the fact that Mondo Owada is a main fucking character

[foundfamilyhq]

[horrorvillaintourney]

HORROR'S NEXT TOP GENDER, ROUND ONE MATCH TWENTY-THREE: Eli (Let the Right One In) vs. Gervatter Todd (Godfather Death [folktale])

PROPAGANDA FOR ELI:

"Canonically AMAB and castrated as a child, presents as a girl but seems to identify as agender or something similar. Being a vampire and also eternally a child probably also affects their relationship to gender. Anyway in theory not great trans representation perhaps but I like them and hope they went on to have a happy un-life. I liked when they murdered all those bullies"

PROPAGANDA FOR TODD:

"This is literally death. There’s several different versions of the story even by the Grimm brothers. In one version he kills his godson for cheating him but in the other it’s unclear if he was truly trying to spite his godson or trying to help him. The whole fairytale has an oddness to it that kinda feels haunting. Here he is straightforward a true believer in looking on everyone equally and it’s unknown if he truly cares about mortals or is just a passive participant in the lives of mortals. I’m not sure if this counts as horror as the story still predates it and other Grimm tales are actively scarier (Bluebeard the youth who went fourth to learn what fear wasor robber bridegroom and the one ghost story for example) but it’s got a very odd feeling to it that leans more towards horror than anything it’s like a page and a half long though so you may deem that for yourself"

[photodumppps]

“Be me, for a little while.” - Eli from Let the Right One In (2008)

[thecoveninarticulate]

Hey! Hi! It’s been a hot second but if any of you Coven Pod listeners are in California and looking for some goth girl summer fun, do I have news for you! LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is at Berkeley Rep theatre May 20-June 25 and you can grab tickets here with promo code RIGHTONEIN 🧛🏻‍♂️🩸

See you at the theatre!

[frmulcahy]

I have to submit my proposal for my final essay in this class in a couple days and I just have So Many Thoughts and none of them coherent

[mcr-themed-brain]

Exactly one person told me to post more let the right on in art and i just got to this part in the book so