Yes- I feel bad about the Twi-hard bashing too. Not that I think the books are good, but I remember having a massive crush on Spike from Buffy and he was not exactly a positive character nor did they have a healthy relationship. Also, I think it is also possible to separate fantasy from reality- much as I liked the fictional bad boys, all those damaged heroes, I was able to realise at some point that they would probably not work out that well in real life. But then again, now that I am older I do find relationships I would have loved as a teenager a lot harder to read, I guess that fantasy and reality do relate to each other on some levels.