Hero/Villain
TM Prompt # 195 - What makes someone a hero? What makes someone a villain?
My idea of a hero differs from normal people.
See, a normal person would freak out if it turned out someone they knew was a vampire (or a werewolf), but not me. If anything, it brings me closer to them. The more human someone is, the less likely I am to be friends with them. I’m strange that way.
Most people identify a vampire with evil. Vampires are always the bad guys in a story, never the good guys.
I, on the other hand, think that they are good guys. At least the ones I know are. The Cullens would never harm a human. They don’t even drink human blood. Which baffles almost every other vampire in the world. Vampires weren’t made to drink animal blood, as the Cullens do: people are the natural source of food for a vampire. Why should they go against their nature?
But Carlisle is compassionate. The vampires he’s made were turned to save their lives. And he’s a doctor. Can you imagine? A vampire doctor. It took him years to overcome the thirst that came from smelling human blood, but he managed and now he doesn’t have the slightest problem being in a room surrounded by hundreds of bleeding people.
Also, the Cullens have saved my life more than once. They are my heroes.
Of course, for every positive there’s always a negative.
Some of the vampires I’ve met have been the embodiment of all the evil stories that you read about vampires.
Most of the reasons why I had to be saved by the Cullens were that other vampires wanted me dead.
All in all, though, it just goes to show that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Or a vampire by its reputation, in this case.
Bella Swan
Twilight series
Word Count: 296
My idea of a hero differs from normal people.
See, a normal person would freak out if it turned out someone they knew was a vampire (or a werewolf), but not me. If anything, it brings me closer to them. The more human someone is, the less likely I am to be friends with them. I’m strange that way.
Most people identify a vampire with evil. Vampires are always the bad guys in a story, never the good guys.
I, on the other hand, think that they are good guys. At least the ones I know are. The Cullens would never harm a human. They don’t even drink human blood. Which baffles almost every other vampire in the world. Vampires weren’t made to drink animal blood, as the Cullens do: people are the natural source of food for a vampire. Why should they go against their nature?
But Carlisle is compassionate. The vampires he’s made were turned to save their lives. And he’s a doctor. Can you imagine? A vampire doctor. It took him years to overcome the thirst that came from smelling human blood, but he managed and now he doesn’t have the slightest problem being in a room surrounded by hundreds of bleeding people.
Also, the Cullens have saved my life more than once. They are my heroes.
Of course, for every positive there’s always a negative.
Some of the vampires I’ve met have been the embodiment of all the evil stories that you read about vampires.
Most of the reasons why I had to be saved by the Cullens were that other vampires wanted me dead.
All in all, though, it just goes to show that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Or a vampire by its reputation, in this case.
Bella Swan
Twilight series
Word Count: 296