Warning: If you are a die-hard Twilight fan or fan of vampire romance stories, you may be offended. Just thought I would give you all a heads up so I don't have to hear less-than-intelligent fangirl/(God forbid) fanboy complaints.
Ahh, the Twilight movies. Ever since the very first installment, prepubescent girls scream their little hearts out at the sight of Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner like little twits. Let's face it, these movies are just an excuse to have two typical well-built guys parade in front of a screen just to make girls squeal(which in my opinion almost seems like reverse pedophilia, but I digress.) However, I've noticed more than just the shallowness of these movies...it seems as if though a somewhat hidden stereotype existss among females. Apparently, many women seem to be attracted to these blood-sucking pretty boys.
When I was working with my friend as a volunteer at a store centered around helping abused women, him and I were in charge of sorting books in their collection. As we went through the donated books, we saw a copy of Twilight(just a note here, I have the utmost respect for these books. It's the movies I have a problem with). We both laughed at the reminder of the terrible movie, and he said that the whole vampire craze is a little out of hand, especially the romantic side to this craze. Apparently, a girl he knew was addicted to this craze, and for the remainder of the time we spent working, we were trying to figure out why women are so attracted to these mythical creatures. This is what we came up with.
The first major thing we noticed was the new portrayal of vampires that would make Dracula cringe. Instead of looking like evil, powerful beings, they just look like buff pretty boys. Sometimes there does exist just a pretty boy vampire, such as the ones in A Little Less Sixteen Candles music video by Fall Out Boy. Regardless, our culture has bent the identities of these beasts into tools to appease women.
The next big thing we came to isn't so much a current thing, but still appealing to women nonetheless. That would be the immortal qualities of a vampire and their ability to turn others. In many of these romance-themed vampire stories(Twilight for example), the vampire becomes attracted to a human. Despite the fact that this vampire most likely wants to munch on the girl like a chew toy, their love overcomes this violence and they become inseparable. However, there is still another obstacle: death. In order for these two to be together forever, the vampire usually ends up turning the human girl into a vampire so they can live a happy nocturnal life of love, murder, and indulging in blood. Sounds so romantic, doesn't it? Apparently, girls actually think so. These love stories appeal so much to a woman's sensitive and emotionally attached nature that they think getting bit in the neck to be with your true love is like marriage, but more bloody and long-lasting.
Granted, there is a whole slew of other things I could talk about with these fantasies that I could go on with, but I don't want to bore you all anymore than I have to. So instead of simply telling you more reasons, I have a much more important task at hand. Showing you all why these vampire fanatics need a slap to the face and psychiatric evaluation.
Let's start with the basics. I'm sure you all know the basic premise of vampirism. They can only come out at night(Stephanie Meyer decided to take a creative liberty with that one), they drink blood for nourishment, they can turn into bats, and they're usually incredibly pale. Now that we got clear, here's a question for you all: What the hell is so appealing about this? I've been told by women I'm not very attractive, yet good looking pale guys with crazy hair are apparently the sexiest guys alive. Call me crazy, but something doesn't seem right here.
So, maybe women may have a different set of things they look for in a guy with regards to beauty. I guess I can respect that. However, how do you explain you want a blood-sucking serial killer to be your boyfriend? Nerdy kids and outcasts are made fun of all the time, yet blood-thirsty killers are awesome. Last time I checked, killers usually instill fear, not romance.Seriously, I think there must be something I'm missing. Maybe I need to be instituted? Who knows.
The last and final problem I have with this fantasy is the fact that women want to live forever with these killers. I understand this is basically like marriage, so you may be wondering where I'm trying to go with this. Let's say that this partnership is actually strong(a rarity in society today) and the bloodlust-ridden couple both love each other very much. They both rarely fight, and they have little to no problems. However, you expect me to believe that they're going to be willing to watch everything they once held dear either disappear or die? I don't care how happy your marriage is, not being able to form a bond with someone other than your partner because you know a majority of the others will die could quite possibly be one of the most depressing existences I could ever think of.
So, that whole vampire romance doesn't seem so awesome now does it? It's unfortunate that the trend won't die anytime soon. As long as women are sensitive and attracted to good-looking guys, our society created a seemingly immortal beast that won't die.
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