Love of a Different Sort

It is not very advisable to fall in love with a vampire (let's assume, from this point on, they are real, fiction-wise).  So yeah, as I said, unrealistic.  Let's analyze this for a second:

1.  They are basically very, very, very old people encased in younger looking bodies.  (Even the ones who were changed when they were elderly-ish)

2.  Not matter how old they are, they have been immortal for quite some time, and they've seen and experienced things in history that some of us as current mortals would not be able to comprehend.

-Bouncing off of that: Because they were there and lived through it, we could not understand.

3.  Their appearance never changes.  You would have to become one yourself to keep up with him.

4.  Dude, they kill people and drink blood.  Like, guzzle, guzzle, munch, much, gobble, gobble, CHOMP!

5.  They are more likely to receed to their animal instincts (like zombies).

6.  Not all of them are hot, young things.  Only Hollywood and teen fiction have destorted their image into hot teen/twenty-somethings.

7.  They drink blood.

Now, there are a few stipulations, which I probably should have put in the beginning of the post (I do this often, no?):

1.  I love vampires.  

2.  I haven't read Twilight yet.  I know, it's a sin for all of you main-stream vamp lovers.  My opinion on this topic may change if Meyers manages to swoon me with her words.

3.  I'm not saying that any of my characters wouldn't fall in love with vampires, I'm just saying it's not realistic.  And probably not advisable.

4.  I happen to love roleplaying with malicious, hot-tempered vampires because they are more fun than sappy, lovey-dovey, do good vamps.

5.  When reading such mainstream vampire fiction targeted at teenagers, keep in mind to discriminate and not be overswept with delight.  Which is why I adore the Morganville Vampires Series because the main character falls in love with a human boy.

Anyway, that was my rant.  I needed to get it out, because it seemed that as soon as people read said books, they began to think of vampires as humans, which they are clearly not.  Again, I will revert to the recent SNL skit about The View:

"Elizabeth, you need to discriminate!"

I will post an update to my theory after reading Twilight.  I will try very hard not to get sucked into it.

We'll see. n___n