Vampire Fever

They live forever, hate sunlight oh and they drink your blood. If you don’t know what I am talking about by now, you must have been living in a cave for the past few years.

Spurred on by the Twilight series, vampire fever has become the newest sensation gripping the nation. And it is as ridiculous as it is pervasive.

It seems like everything these days is about vampires. TV shows such as “Vampire Diaries” and “True Blood” as well as the movie versions of the Twilight Series have kept the bloodsucking beasts in the public’s attention for far too long.

Where before, a vampire movie or show would come out only every once in a while, nowadays they are springing up left and right.

Symptoms of vampire fever include strange desires to buy ridiculous clothes, often with the words “Team Edward” or “Team Bella” printed on them. Also on the list is the obsessive checking of certain fan websites; Twilighters.com anyone?

Also, one might exhibit an uncontrollable urge to watch one, if not all of the many spin-off shows, movies and in the near future, videogames.

And this is just the beginning. Twilight fans have redefined the word obsessed. “Twihards” as they have come to be known, are taking over everything.

Everywhere you go you can find something involving twilight. Magazines and tabloids constantly run stories on the actors and fans spam Facebook, Twitter and Myspace with statements and groups about how hot the characters are.

If misfortune befalls you and you happen to encounter one of them face to face, I suggest you turn the other way before they start telling you a load of mindless jabber.

Some fans have even gone so far as to follow Robert Pattinson, the actor who plays Edward in the Twilight movies, and ask him to bite them in their necks.

People just need to calm down and take a step back into reality. Getting a little excited over a book or movie is okay, but the line needs to stop somewhere. Yes, I understand that loads of people can relate to the story, but it is a novel, not a biography. No matter how many times Robert Pattinson bites your neck; you will not become a vampire.

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