#the parallels with saurondriel are insane

[deus-sema]

What sold me on Nosferatu 2024 even before the first teaser dropped was its basic premise: A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

Obsession - when explored within the safe confines of imagination, fiction, music and art - has several possibilities because, over there, it is allowed to transform and, even, transcend its rudimentary state. But what's especially fascinating for me is when it is fused together with devotion. It's the idea of being consumed by desire for someone to such an extent that it turns into worship.

The story starts with Ellen frantically praying to whoever out there that was willing to heed her call but by the time, she reunites with Orlok, the dynamic has flipped. It's he who is her ardent worshipper starved for a glimpse of his deity. It doesn't please him but it is what it is. In his own words, he views Ellen as not from this world.

When he visits her and right before he issues his three day ultimatum, he is hesitant to touch her despite being inches away from her face and there is an unwilling reverence filled in him for her.

He considers himself loathsome and incapable of love. Yet, shouldn't the divine see what mere human eyes are incapable of? Shouldn't divinity be above the narrow mindedness of humankind? Shouldn't Ellen, of all people, understand him and reward him for his unnerving faith? What a sincere devotee expects from their deity in exchange of their faith is acceptance and assurance that they will never be left alone. God or Gods, if they exist, alone can be perfect and they are omnipresent. They can be with anyone at any given time. Their affection and company can be provided to all creatures alike. Hence, many of those who are both devout and selfish, are willing to share what's sacred for them and to them with others.

But Ellen is, at the end of the day, human. Orlok is well aware of that. She cannot give all of her to him while she is bound to others. He is angered upon being spurned by her. Still, fanatic that he is, his devotion must be reciprocated, he must unite with her even if it destroys them both, because the alternative would be eternal torment for him.

[ohno-elrond]

𝔰𝔞𝔲𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔩 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔩𝔰

↳ betrayal at forodwaith: 1x01 vs 2x01