are vampires the new gay?

There was a time when, if you wanted to be "edgy" on TV, you put a gay person in your show. Same with movies. If you wanted to raise an eyebrow and add some trendiness to your movie, insert gay person here. Then, after a few years, sticking gay people in everything got overdone, and it got to the point where all the reaction you got was a yawn.

Are vampires doing the same thing? No, the controversy isn't really there with vampires, but damn...entertainment seems to be oozing bloodsuckers. If you want to be cool and edgy, insert vampire here. Need a box office jump? Add a vampire. Maybe because I never really caught on with the whole vampire thing, but I'm about sick of them. They seem to be just about everywhere you turn. At one time, it was kinda novel and interesting, but it's been overdone already. Is it just me, or has the whole vampire thing jumped the shark?