I May Have Been the Wrong Audience for the Ethics of "Nisser" ("Elves")

[dawn_felagund]

Bobby and I just finished the new Danish-language Netflix series Nisser (Elves) last night. It is a Christmas-themed horror series about a family taking a Christmas vacation on a remote island with a populations of ravenous elves walled behind a sinister fence. These are not curly-toed Christmas elves; they're not even hack-happy Noldorin Elves. No

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[elwenlj]

I confess that I am a city girl, but I try to respect the countryside and the people who live in it. Having said that, I know a lot who do not. I wonder if this fear of the 'wild' is a throwback to our ancestors. Maybe a story about nice farmers who have reached a balance with the 'wild' doesn't make an interesting movie.

[engarian]

It seems that the child was forgiven (as children should be for transgressions) but that the mother didn't use that as a teaching tool, but rather took any guilt away by telling her it was not her fault. No. Transgressions have consequences, and it was most certainly her fault. Karen died because it was Josephine's fault, and I suspect her mother will still be telling her that it wasn't her fault for years and years to come. What a warped lesson!

- Erulisse (one L)