What do vampires, indie artists going mainstream, and hip-hop artist making it big have to do with each other? They have all sold out, at least according to the people who claim to have liked them before they got big. I know so many people that have complained about not liking a certain band anymore because, they “sold out” and because they sold out their music is no longer good, even though not 5 minutes ago they loved the band.
Same can be said for vampires. I remember being in middle school, and seeing a weird girl walking around reading a book about vampires. She would be teased endlessly simply because she refused to do what everyone else was doing and decided to do what she wanted. This girl is now my best friend. In high school, I hung out with all the so-called weird kids, who yeah read about vampires, and were into other “weird things” like anime. Not even 2 years later, twilight comes out, and vampires suddenly turn into all the rage. My best friend, who read the books when they first came out and were not popular, simply refused to watch the movie, because it was too “mainstream”. All those people that would laugh at whoever would read “those stupid books about vampires” were now the ones being consumed by all things vampire.
Once things go mainstream, people stop liking it, and move on to the next thing. I can say that I loved vampires before they were mainstream, during the time they were mainstream(although not as much because having to hear how Edward was “omg so hot” if I even mentioned vampires was not worth it) and I will continue to love them after they fade out because they have always fascinated me.
At this moment, I can honestly say that there is too much vampire related things going around. Twilight? Sure one movie about a sparkling vampire. When it first came out, I did not think that that many people would get into it. Vampire diaries? Ok now a movie and a TV show about vampires, that is cool. True blood, the third underworld movie, countless books being advertised at every store, all the merchandise. That is when the media started being oversaturated with vampires. Even me, who I can honestly say used to love the twilight series, started resenting it a bit because everywhere I turned, it was vampire this, or vampire that.
I hope that in the coming months, or at least by the time all the twilight movies are out, the vampire craze dies down a bit. I do not want to completely hate my favorite supernatural being.
