How long will we stay infected?

[Ash]

"..and then the "coup de grace" almost came while watching Lina's "15" teenage Swedish public service short film."

Yes, Lina and Kåre betrayed we infected by not wrapping themselves in cotton wool, staying forever 12, and having the hide of continuing with their acting careers.

[JToede]

"..and then the "coup de grace" almost came while watching Lina's "15" teenage Swedish public service short film."

Yes, Lina and Kåre betrayed we infected by not wrapping themselves in cotton wool, staying forever 12, and having the hide of continuing with their acting careers.

Exactly!!!!! Pooki bear isn't allowed to grow up and do films kissing icky boys!! NOBODY consulted me or received MY approval!!!! I might have to fly over there and have some stern words with her parents. "Growing up is NOT allowed!"

[Luftwaffles]

Hopefully that's true, after the the whole bad language "thread-that-never-ends" really weakened my infection

Speaking of that thread, I think I'm gonna go post in it

[JToede]

Hopefully that's true, after the the whole bad language "thread-that-never-ends" really weakened my infection

Speaking of that thread, I think I'm gonna go post in it

NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
LET IT DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WhiteBackground]

I believe it will last long. It does change in intensity along the time, and at times I do not think about it at all, and I haven't seen the whole movie for quite a while. The thing is, I do not really need to see the movie anymore. The whole story, the synthesis of the movie and the book, is always there at the back of my mind. Like I said, I may not be thinking about it all the time, and mostly it is a slow burner, but at times it comes back at me with such full force, that it literally turns my entire day upside down, and I walk around stumbling upon things with all sorts of fanfic and what-ifs rolling through my head.
The interesting thing is that the internal image of Eli "living" in my head has transformed over time. It is no longer a Lina's likeness, my "internal" Eli is more like an idea of how book's Eli would look like. It is more definitely a boy internally and in behavior, and at the same time, more beautiful and refined externally.

[intrige]

I couldn't agree more! Eli is no longer Lina in my FFs. When I first started writing Bloody Romantic it was Lina and Kåre from the movie. Now it is kinda like Kåre, because book Oskar's apearence is never described. But Eli is very much different. I would say Ofelia's Eli have inspired me a whole lot there, making Eli much more boy looking and .. Sort of.. Hurting..

I still think FFs, I love seing pictures and drawings. I at least once a week check onlone if new stuff's up. On google, deviantart or flickr or.. tumblr. I have new ideas very often, and also drawings. I just have to get my ass off the chair or bed or whatever, and do it.
I am still infected, but in a very different way. In a more. "Well of course" kind of way. If you know what I mean? I's normal for me to walk in the snow in the dark and think about Oskar and Eli "still wandering arpund the earth" or when seing a bride with a road underneath it, strangly enough it's very few of those in my city. Everytime pass this one bridge, which is kinda far away, I stare at it, think about Eli pleeding inside of there. Or making a fanvid, I also think fanvids even though I can not make'em anymore, still.
Maybe JAL would think I'm, crazy, but my infection doesn't make me feel specal anymore, nor do I smile just because I am thinking of it. It's normal, it's a small part of me.

I know that if I get to know new people, they would have to see LTROI first and tell me what they think. Because that movie contains so much of human emotion that it says a lot about a person not caring for it. Finding it boring or all too scary, etc. Then I viewed the film I saw the human in it, not the blood or the slow pase (which I never had a problem with). But of course, them not liking it can't stop me from being with'em. I shouldnt at least.

[ofelia]

I would say Ofelia's Eli have inspired me a whole lot there, making Eli much more boy looking and .. Sort of.. Hurting..

Oh, wow That's impressive, if I've made people see Eli more like 'my' Eli! Not that I ever intended to, I just wanted to offer what I thought from the story, but still. I don't know that I could have cleared Lina's take on the character out of my mind if I had seen the film first.

Maybe JAL would think I'm, crazy, but my infection doesn't make me feel specal anymore, nor do I smile just because I am thinking of it. It's normal, it's a small part of me.

I feel like that too, about this one and all my favorite books or films. Some things you just know they're going to be there forever, and if you do forget about it a little you can find it again years later. Then it feels like it's new again, but familiar, like a memory from when you were two or three years old. I felt like that when I reread Le Petit Prince after several years, having read it as a child and largely dismissed it. The second time around, it really struck me. That's another story with deceptive simplicity. I think we need more of that.. American culture (advertising, television, film) seems to throw everything in your face to make 100% sure you don't miss the point. LTROI the film is quiet, but striking, and the book is written in a pretty spare, direct style, but there are a lot of layers.

[intrige]

The thing is, the way LTROI is made is not fitting the culture of the states, and that is why YOU notice it. Me, I have seen swedish movies through school even and norwegian movie making can also be very.. calm and.. not in your face, so I was very much used to it. But it shows how much, no matter languige or culture, a story like this can make a great inpact on ALMOST ANYBODY.
We have questioned our infection in a very long time, many have taken LTROI as their own experiences, I was lonely and I was bullied, I was queer, I was.. Whatever , as long as it fitted the movie or book. But the truth is that even though many fo us have experiensed such bad things, the only thing we need is simpaty(sympath?). The ability to live on someone else's situasjon, no matter how far off it can be. That is also the case not only with Oskat, but with Håkan, Eli, lacke, verginia, Tommy.
The funny thing is that the opene nding have created a lot of creativity adn storu building from there, in FFs and FA. I think if I ever made something that inspred others to do creative things, now that would make me even more proud, that I think JAL is. Like he once said.. somewhere: I would never how known what it could be.

Long live the infection.

[Daniel Ether]

I think it stays forever...
i can be very enthusiastic for some things and i am easy to elate for for some things but i was never so moved by a movie, a book or music like i am when it comes to LTROI. And this Forum with all the discussions and the awesome fanfiction and fanart turned the infection into a chronically i think

[intrige]

I read though thise older posts of mine here, man I write like a pig! haha
In just a few months my infection have lasted for 3 years, 'nough said