Would you let Eli in?

[TΛPETRVE]

If you give her a warm enough welcome, she'd probably refrain from nomming you - and if she happens to be all parched, you can still go the Tommy way and tap her some of your juice in a non-lethal manner. Just don't do anything to ruffle or frighten her. I'd most probably let her in - after getting on familiar terms with her.

[God of Vampires]

Why exactly would Eli knock at your door unless she needed to feed? which means letting her in would probably be suicide. But I really love this little bloodsucker . I would probably be so overewhelmed about meeting one of my favorite vampires that I invite her anyway. If nothing else because this may be my only chance to get to know her personally. Maybe it would be smarter to try to make a bargain at the doorstep, unless Eli flees the second you reveal you know who she is. The other option is to invite her and only reveal you know who Eli is after she closed the door behind her. This may cause her to panic and kill you, or evoke curiosity about how I know that. Which may lead to an intresting conversation and in time, negotioations. Eli would soon see that my demands are far more reasonable than those of people such as Håkan, in fact, I have no demand other than to let me help her. The first thing I would probably say are: "Hi Eli, how is Oskar?"

[TΛPETRVE]

The first thing I would prbably say are: "Hi Eli, how is Oskar?"

If the very next second she's all bloody tears, you can bet Oskar is not anymore.

Also, what just came to my mind: Considering that nowadays most people have an entry phone, she might actually have an even harder time in getting people to invite her in.

[cmfireflies]

Since it's 30 years after the movie, if Oskar isn't with Eli you can either be an optimist and think that they had a tearful farewell for Oskar's own good, or something terrible has happened. Either way, it's not recommended to let Eli in without Oskar because losing Oskar, if it doesn't kill Eli would definitely convince her that it's easier to just nom people and not get tangled in "love" and "friendship" anymore.

Although in this economy, being Eli's blood supplier is at least steady work. Lots of travel opportunities, chances to met new people, but the retirement plan and severance package both suck.

[Robin]

You know what? I'd let her in, no reason, just would. Maybe try and strike a conversation before being sucked dry.

[God of Vampires]

If the very next second she's all bloody tears, you can bet Oskar is not anymore.

Also, what just came to my mind: Considering that nowadays most people have an entry phone, she might actually have an even harder time in getting people to invite her in.

Are entry phones common in germany? Here, I cannot think of one person I know who has one .

About Oskar, I can generally see four possibilities. One being that Oskar is a vampire and is knocking at another door at that very moment. The others being either that he is either Eli's middle-aged caretaker (maybe just have burnt his own face with acid), or have seperated from Eli for his own good. The final option being that he has passed away, which would make Eli far more unreliable then normal. After I hear about Oskar's death, both me and Eli would likely be crying in each others arms . Though, if Eli actually did knock on my door in real life, I would assume that John Ajvide was Oskar, and we all know he is fine .

[Klesk]

And when worse comes to worse be sure you have some KISS albums ready to play or maybe some other heavy metal bands to increase your chances of survival.

[DMt.]

I think I might have already let Eli in...

But in a doorstep situation I might have to extract a promise not to kill me, before welcoming Eli over the threshold.

S/he can have a litre of my blood once in a while, no problem.

[Eli4ever]

Really, it depends if she smells like a corpse for me... if not, I would, if she did, if she promised not to kill me...

[ykeleven]

To those who would let Eli in with or without condition... I am curious as to why.

Is it compassion? Curiosity? Kindness? Do you want to help her? And if you want to help, how much? Reality is you could never be completely sure what a 12 year old girl will do, promise or not. And of course, morally, helping her also means you (worse case) or someone else (best case) has to be ... Well, you know.

Is it love? Because we all love Eli that we are all willing to ignore the risk and dubious morality of helping her?