Related to the theme of vampires from my last post, this little tidbit of "news" caught my attention:
Vampire fever takes bite at traditional religions.
I didn't realise it had already gone so far as Jediism, with people embracing vampirism as a belief system and lifestyle choice. Not to mention that generation Y seems so have become desensitised to the things that should be scary, and romanticise them instead. Seriously, if there are bloodsucking vampires out there, I doubt they'll act like Edward Cullen.
How would one incorporate vampirism into everyday life? I can't help but think of the South Park episode where the kids who like vampires drank tomato juice (pretending it was blood) and poor Butters thought he really had become a vampire. It seems ridiculous.
I have read about psychic vampirism before, and it doesn't seem as far fetched to me... and it isn't any less scary. So why the glorification of supernatural monsters to the point of being a religion? I really don't get it.
To be honest...the damn thing gets on my nerves and it really shows just how easy the X & Y generations have it. And how naive they have become.
ReplyDeleteTaking a series and becoming a fan of it isn't a big deal, wanting to collect and learn more about it in fact can be a pretty interesting thing to do and lead to a person finding more related interesting books / movies.
However, I find it sad that while the real world beckons there is a mass exodus of younger peoples ignoring the real life adventures that could be had in....in hopes of turning into a bitch.
One way or another, their fragile world is going to have to come crashing down, I just hope that none of it lands on me or in my way.
~TeddyBearViking