I understand. The hype is what mainly turned me off about it. I read the first book. I did like it, but then the second book happened... then the third... and the fourth, and I looked around me and groaned 'cause I had no one to talk to (who had read the books, all four) about the crazy stupid in those books without starting up an argument.

I'm not anti-Twilight... I'm just non-Twilight. There's a difference.

XD And, yes, Ian's what draw me into the show, too, so I know where you're coming from, m'dear, but it took me a WHILE to warm up to Elena. I'm still not fully there, but at least I admire her cojones.