At present time, I am a little obsessed with show Vampire Diaries on the CW. I had seen previews for it a million times, as I am a faithful member of the Smallville and Supernatural audiences. It never struck my fancy; after all, liking any vampire-driven media nowadays is almost as bad as wearing your custom-made "Team Bieber" t-shirt to the nearest Twilight convention. This is all ok if you happen to be a 13 year old girl. Disclaimer: I liked vampires before they became cliche.. same with penguins.
Anyway, in divulging this guilty pleasure to my closest friends, my head hanging in shame, it occurred to me that not one of them shared my love for this show. I'm fine with this because I'm not one of those people that changes their opinions based on what their friends do and do not like. But it did seem odd that not one of them liked it. Usually I share mutual likes or dislikes with at least someone!
So, while thinking about this (maybe it was my subconscious trying to justify my obsession), I realized that maybe the reason I like it so much right now is that I discovered it during kind of a hard time of my life. I think that the amount a show or a movie means to you is somewhat dependant on when you discovered it, or when you watched it the most.
Televion and movies are ways of getting immersed in another world and letting yourself fall in love with the characters, and when you are going through rough times out here in the real world, it's easier to fall in love with fantasy.
Anyway if anyone is reading this, and wants to know what's up with Vampire Diaries, it is a really good show if you can get past the slight Twilighty feel to it. Let's be honest, the plot for Twilight wasn't exactly original... mortal girl falls in love with immortal vampire. It just so happens that it's the most populer and the crappiest vampire story right now. Vampire Diaries does have a deep plot as well as all kinds of romantic geometric shapes... from the triangle all the way up to a decagon... well maybe not that high, but good Lord.
I love all the actors, yes Steffan, the main vampire, is a little on the broody Edward side, but actor Paul Wesley is vastly superior to Mr. Pattinson. I am completely in love with Ian Somerhaulder in this. As Boone in Lost, he was great but I hadn't seen him in anything else. But as Damon Salvatore, he is perfect.
Ok so I'm gonna stop writing now because I am extremely tired and getting kind of dizzy... and I apologize for being extremely... all over the place thoughtwise.. but let me just close by saying...
Dracula, Lestat, Louis, Armand, Angel, Spike... yeah there's a million more but the whole tiredness thing is blocking my memory... they all came before Edward... he doesn't have to ruin everything that comes after him you know!
