The Dangers of Twilight

Twilight has become a huge phenomenon, not just in the United States, but all over the world. The characters are unique and unlike the typical vampires of myth. People have fallen in love with the characters Stephenie Meyer created, especially Edward, the vampire with intense good looks and the ability to read minds. How is it that people are able to fall in love with a fictional character? I just feel bad for the poor sucker who has to play him in the movie, Robert Pattinson. He will, most likely, for the rest of his life be held to such a standard that every single girl he ever becomes involved with will expect him to be perfect, just like Edward is. Not to mention the fact that men all over the world probably hate him for the impossible standards he portrays in the film. I can’t tell you how many stories I’ve heard about girls breaking up with their boyfriends because he’s “just not like my Edward”. For many women of the world, though they are unaware of this, Edward is the emotion block in front of their relationships—personifying the wonderful and most perfect guy that simply doesn’t exist. Can we get an Edward-aholic Anonymous meeting started somewhere???? Though I’m sure with good intentions, Stephenie Meyer has created the single most dangerous thing to many relationships—that kind of perfection simply doesn’t exist, and the sooner people realize that the better.