Several years ago, if any teenage boy decided to cover his pasty skin in body glitter and announce that he is working hard to overcome his addiction to human blood, there is a definite possibility he would be taken away in a straight jacket. Today, in a world that finds the tortured vampire completely acceptable, the boy would probably be named King of Comic-con. Here lies the problem. It shouldn’t be acceptable for girls to wear tee-shirts that say “bite me, Edward” or wish for a dead, bloodsucking boyfriend of their own.
Picture this: a 100 year old man with the ability to climb through a girl’s bedroom window undetected and who has a tendency to say things like “you are my life now.” No, this isn’t a description of a so-called “creeper,” it is an accurate depiction of the male protagonists of Twilight, True Blood, and the Vampire Diaries. Somehow every girl’s worst nightmare is now the hunky hero of the fictional world, only with a bloodsucking, immortal twist.
Just as the world began to turn its back on the once popular television programs like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, new books, movies, and television programs remind both old and young what they have been trying to forget since Dracula became a motion picture. With the possible exception of Lost Boys and Count Chocula, vampires are completely predictable. The head vampires of Vampire Diaries, True Blood, and of course Twilight are actually comedic in their generic tortured souls, trying to overcome their disability.
Molly Leger, News Editor
