Vampire Diaries vs Twilight

I disagree TVD books came out in 1991 and Twilight came out in 2007. Just because the show came out after Twilight doesn't mean that they copied it cause the books came out before Twilight. Bella's heart stops when Edward kisses her in the hospital. She's on a monitor, and when the nurse comes in five or ten minutes later to check on her, she looks at the readout and says, "Are you feeling anxious, honey? Your heart rate got a little high there." Okay, I'll let the heart stopping thing go in respect for the needed suspension of belief that it takes to even get through this book; that being said, she's on a heart monitor because they're monitoring her heart. Her going into tachycardia and then momentary arrest would have set off the alarm and sent hordes of nurses instantly running in there. Second, since when is "arrest" equivalent to "heart rate got a little high"? You don't need medical training to know that that's literally incredible nonsense. Meyer's attempts or, rather, lack thereof are severely disappointing. So much could have been done with these characters, but they're the same filler characters that can be used in any book. Bella, the main character, is entirely unbelievable as a person. She claims to be ordinary and second-rate, and that not a single boy in her big-town school was interested in her; but the minute she moves suddenly all the boys want her, as if they're a sub-breed of human or something and she's their goddess. I know that the main character is supposed to be the best of the best and I know that it supposedly gives her a kind of appeal, to be the innocently na"ve beauty who is bewildered as to why so many guys like her. But, seriously every young male character she comes across? All that tosses any sense of realism straight out the window. Bella has been referred to by critics as an empty shell, more or less, onto which the reader imprints his or her own personality. But to a reader who expects characters to have their own personalities (gasp! I ask too much!), Bella is a severe disappointment as the protagonist. Every time Bella doesn't get the response she likes, or doesn't get a response fast enough, she "glares" at the person. Apparently, this is the only reasonable facial expression to do when you're not getting exactly the answer you want exactly when you want it. Bella is timid, meek, and not terribly bright. She latches onto a guy she barely knows because of how pretty he is, and then she proceeds to crumble in New Moon. She lets him do everything for her: drive her, cook for her, save her life, tuck her into bed, sing her to sleep, even carry her places on his back (and while there is a plot connection to this that speaks to a need for him to do these things because of his vastly greater strength and skill in all areas, the image is a demeaning one). She has no actual interests or hobbies outside of "loving" him. She looks at him like she's a whipped puppy and he's the human who's come to feed her, if she agrees to behave. Edward was meant to be perfect... and so he is. In every way. Not only is he drop-dead, "mind-scramblingly" gorgeous but he's a good person. He has no weaknesses, except for Bella's" love." He has no moral scruples. He's always insanely polite and always says the exact right thing at the exact right time. His IQ must be through the roof. He speaks multiple languages and plays the piano, and his only concerns are to make the girl he loves happy and to protect his family. How about a flaw or two just something to bring him to life.As it is, he's a cardboard cutout of [insert your favorite male daydream here]. Perfection does not make a character feel real. The "love" that Bella and Edward share is nothing more than shallow attraction ,despite the fact that his instinctual drive to drink her blood might at any point override his physical desire, resulting in her death. Because there is nothing concrete to either character, there is nothing concrete on which true love might be built. They don't share any interests, because neither of them have any interests. Also, they say that Edward loves Bella a lot but if he did he would have never left her just to "protect" her. And as smart as he is he should have known that that was a stupid idea. Also in TVD it shows us just how much Stephen and Damon are willing to do to protect Elena.