All right as many know the New Moon movie recently came out and doodle-piggy35 made mention of it in a journal post which now has given me a opening to go on a rant about my loathing for those accursed books and movies. Ready... Here I go!

Ok what the heck is up with twilight anyway! Where is the point in having a romance with a vampire. They are undead people! A relationship with one would not be very physical or intimate on account of the fact that they have no heartbeat! No heartbeat means no blood flow, no blood flow means that a vamp can't get it up (if you know what I mean), and that means no hanky panky! Now maybe a small portion of high school girls could do without, but really how long is your average high school girl gonna stay in a no hanky panky relationship? Not to mention kissing a vampire would be like kissing a block of ice in the arctic. (minus the tongue or lips sticking of course)
Not to mention that the traditional vamps are wayyyy cooler than those sparkly vampires from twilight. The original medieval vampires could shapeshift, turning into bats, wolves, and even semi-human part beast monsters. They could hypnotize someone just by looking at them. They could turn into smoke. They did not/do not have, nor would they need it. Also in the books I heard that they pull that whole drinking the blood of animals thing. NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! That is not how it works alright. Vampires are supposed to drink human blood it is not a choice, it's part of their curse. To retain immortality they must regularly drain the life of others. You can't get out of that, there is no loophole. A "vegitarian vampire" (what a stupid name) wouldn't survive a week. Human blood cannot, I repeat CANNOT be replaced by animal blood.
Addendum: Now that I think about it animals would suffice but the effectiveness would not be the same. The animal blood would probably maintain them but it would not satiate their hunger. They would still crave human blood with a dark unearthly hunger and would in all likely hood be overcome by it. Imagine if you will not eating ever again but never dying. That would be the basic idea. POSSIBLY.
Also you the idea that a vampires bite will turn you into one is bupkiss! You have to be dead already to become a vampire for one. And it is not as simple as getting bitten animals jumping over a grave, being buried with an untreated wound, Mostly though just being really evil in life was/is/has been/whatever enough. There are numerous other ways but I don't have time to list them all.
Also vampires would not look pretty or normal, or even human sometimes. The traditional description of a vampire would be a gaunt sometimes semi decomposed bestial looking corpse clad only in the veil in which it was buried in. It's fingernails, and toenails would be elongated and/or would resemble claws. The teeth would become fangs, or just the canines. Blood would be present upon the mouth and the nose. The eyes could vary from being solid white, to a solid glowing color, glazed over, or even resemble those of a cat or other nocturnal beast. That is how vampires looked generally before twilight, Buffy, or even Dracula. They were creatures of shadow and secrecy, possesed of unearthly powers and fed upon the blood of humans to maintain their own dark and cursed existence. They could be killed only by the removal of their head. Of all the creatures of shadow darkness and evil only Dragons and Demons were more powerful. And that, is why twilight and those darn sparkle Vampires suck.