To Bite or Not to Bite?

In 1897 the novel Dracula was published. Little did we know that 113 years later vampires would be such a phenomenon. With novels like Vampire Diaries, The Twilight Saga, and The Sookie Stackhouse novels vampires are the new rage. What is funny about all these new age vampires is that they have been taken away their cruelty and given kindness in order for society to love them. When Dracula first came into play he was a vicious, malicious vampire who would only feed on human blood. Nothing like the Edward we all know and love, that is loving, kind,sensitive and feeds off animals. Wow, that is a pretty big difference. But we love us the human/vampire relationships. There is something about the exoticness that makes us love them and want a relationship like that. They have made vampires so human, loving and romantic that who can resist them. I wonder if this is what Bram Stoker had in mind when he created Dracula. Would he be upset that they have softened up his hardcore character? Or would he be glad that he created an image that will never die? How long will this newly obsession with vampires last? Will it be until the last Twilight movie comes out? Or the last season of True Blood? Some of us have forgotten classics like Vampire in Brooklyn, or Buffy The Vampire Slayer, we can even throw Underworld in mix. Vampires never die out from the public, they take a little breather, and when we least expect it, they show up again. We love vampires so thank you Mr.  Bram Stoker and Dracula for introducing us to the wonderful world of the undead. I am sorry Bella and Edward, Elena and Stefan, and Sookie and Bill but I have to thank the originals Buffy and Angel for introducing us to the forbidden, magical, romantic, loving, exotic, everlasting and immortal love of human/vampire relationships.