Potential

You know what? Twilight had potential.

Think of it - whiny brat girl moves in with her dad to give her mom alone time with her new hubby. Okay so far. The girl starts out at a new school and catches the eye of one of the weird kids. Still okay.

We continue the story and Whiny Brat Girl and Weird Boy get closer to having a relationship, but Whiny Brat Girl is suspicious of Weird Boy and tries to figure out why he's so weird. Turns out Weird Boy is actually Vampire!

The vampires have a sort of reign of terror over the whole town. They keep things pretty normal because they like it that way. Whiny Brat Girl is afraid to jilt the undead cretin because he would eat her. She may even have conflicting emotions because she finds herself attracted to Vampire.

It takes fear of abusive boyfriend to a whole new level. There's potential for character development as Whiny Brat Girl learns to get past her own petty complaints. And what does she do? Does she continue to live in fear that her boyfriend will eat her? Does she run? Does she find a way to defend herself? Does she even want to?

It had potential. Too bad.

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