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For discussion of John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel Låt den rätte komma in
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intrige
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by intrige » Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:06 pm
Jameron wrote:metoo wrote:PeteMork wrote:Yes. I've wondered about this myself; whether or not just lying next to someone he loves all night can help heal his centuries-old wounds.
They were lying quite close, skin to skin actually. And being touched releases endorphins that have a soothing effect.
Hmmm, I wonder whether Eli could have been sharing Oskar's dreams, with the skin contact? Or even directing his dreams?
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I wrote about that in my Bloody romantic FF, really exiting. Yeah I wrote that when Eli kissed Oskar wile he slept (Oskar was infected by then) Eli could go into his drems and fix the nightmare.
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Jameron
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by Jameron » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:20 pm
intrige wrote:I wrote about that in my Bloody romantic FF, really exiting. Yeah I wrote that when Eli kissed Oskar wile he slept (Oskar was infected by then) Eli could go into his drems and fix the nightmare.
Oh cool.
Have you put it on Fanfiction.net?
I can download it complete from FF.net but not from here. If I download it, I can read it on my phone when I am away from my PC.
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"For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli’s eyes. And what he saw was … himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger than what he thought of himself. Seen with love."
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by Swaefheard » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:17 pm
A thread wakes after a long sleep!
Most discussion is about Eli's vampirism, but...
Eli had explained that the man had become … infected. And worse. The infection was the only thing in him that was alive. His brain was dead, and the infection was controlling and directing him. Towards Eli.
So, if Håkan's brain was truly dead, why would the infection have acquired his paedophile urges and be seeking Eli? The infection would surely only be interested in its own survival, not fulfilling its dead host's dreams.
Maybe I need a hobby.
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metoo
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by metoo » Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:34 pm
It's magic. Logic need not apply.
But from the beginning Eli was just Eli. Nothing. Anything. And he is still a mystery to me. John Ajvide Lindqvist
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EEA
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by EEA » Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:31 am
I am reading the novel right now and another aspect that is mention is that Eli has to think about growing her fangs and claws and that it was painful at the beginning but later the pain was less. This is when Eli is about to attack Virginia. And about the basement scene too, how there seems to be two beings living in Eli but somehow she is able to keep some control over her vampire side, maybe that makes her different from other vampires. For example the man in the wig and the vampire woman she met both let their vampire dude take over and enjoy killing people while Eli does not.
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by lombano » Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:15 pm
Jameron wrote:metoo wrote:PeteMork wrote:Yes. I've wondered about this myself; whether or not just lying next to someone he loves all night can help heal his centuries-old wounds.
They were lying quite close, skin to skin actually. And being touched releases endorphins that have a soothing effect.
Hmmm, I wonder whether Eli could have been sharing Oskar's dreams, with the skin contact? Or even directing his dreams?
I wrote a fanfic in which Eli can enter, and influence, Oskar's dreams.
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by JToede » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:23 pm
Jameron wrote:metoo wrote:PeteMork wrote:Yes. I've wondered about this myself; whether or not just lying next to someone he loves all night can help heal his centuries-old wounds.
They were lying quite close, skin to skin actually. And being touched releases endorphins that have a soothing effect.
Hmmm, I wonder whether Eli could have been sharing Oskar's dreams, with the skin contact? Or even directing his dreams?
Metroo is right. I'll wander off on a tangent, touch is very powerful. It can communicate a multitude of messages without a word
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/hug.asp
True story
Anywoo, back to our topic at hand
Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire.
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metoo
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by metoo » Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:30 am
JToede wrote:... touch is very powerful. It can communicate a multitude of messages without a word ...
It's so powerful that the word is used metaphorically to describe a most intense feeling: "Being touched."
But from the beginning Eli was just Eli. Nothing. Anything. And he is still a mystery to me. John Ajvide Lindqvist
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by gattoparde59 » Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:31 pm
metoo wrote: JToede wrote:... touch is very powerful. It can communicate a multitude of messages without a word ...
It's so powerful that the word is used metaphorically to describe a most intense feeling: "Being touched."
Also "touched" as in "touched in the head" or insane. I believed this came from the idea of being touched by God.
I'll break open the story and tell you what is there. Then, like the others that have fallen out onto the sand, I will finish with it, and the wind will take it away.
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EEA
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by EEA » Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:38 pm
Interesting. Even in dreams too.
