What annoys me is this lionising of Stoker's Dracula as the epitome of vampireness -- all the while ignoring the appropriation of the vampire myth from the Slavic peoples by Western Europeans (since Stoker uses Dracula to represent the British middle class's rejection of E. European aristocracy while misrepresenting and ignoring working-class E. Europeans in the discourse). Also, this ignores the historical Dracula (and the enmity between him and the Ottoman Empire), a context also appropriated by Stoker.

*gets off soapbox*

(Also: 'vampires don't sparkle' is, I agree, one of the weakest arguments against SMeyer that's possible. There's so much that's iffy about the series and people pick on this? Srsly?)