On the surface, these two teen dramas, "Dawson's Creek" and "The Vampire Diaries," created/produced by Kevin Williamson seem to have little in common. One is about a wholesome group of kids growing up in a harbor community in the Northeast and dealing with their normal, non-supernatural, everyday issues. The other is about a few blood-sucking vampires who have tormented a small Virginia town for centuries. However, when we put the two shows side by side, we quickly realized that they have a lot more in common than one may initially think.
Nice Guys
DC: Our titular hero is the kindly best friend to all, obsessed with movies, and would give anyone the shirt off his back.
VD: The hero, who keeps the titular diary, is a vampire who likes old movies, doesn't kill people for blood, and would sacrifice himself in order to keep his loved ones safe.
Bad Boys
DC: Pacey was the son of the chief of police, reveled in trouble-making behavior, slept with a teacher, and often took off running whenever things got messy.
VD: Damon has the town sheriff after him, delights in all manner of bad behavior, killed a teacher, and makes big bloody messes and then takes off running.
The Dark-Haired Ingénue
DC: Joey was the sweet girl who was taken for granted by her male best friends until she finally hit puberty.
VD: Elena is the elegant sweet girl who has made her ancient vampire boyfriend feel like he was young and in love again.
Tempting Blondes
DC: Jen Lindley was the sexy girl who got sent to live with her prim and proper grandmother in Capeside because of a sex scandal.
VD: Caroline is not quite as overtly sexy as Jen, but she sure has no problem hooking up with a mysterious new guy in Mystic Falls in order to get attention. She lives at home with her rule-abiding mother, the town sheriff.
Hallucinating Girls
DC: Andie had a whole heap of mental problems that caused her to hallucinate her dead brother at one point.
VD: Bonnie doesn't have hallucinations so much as premonitions, but her friends think that instead of being psychic, she might be mentally unstable.
Random Entrances
DC: Joey famously used a ladder to climb through Dawson's window for visits, and traveled by boat to get to his house.
VD: While they don't always enter through the window, Stefan and Damon easily arrive for (mostly unannounced, often unwanted) visits via any available opening.
Love Triangle
DC: Best friends Pacey and Dawson were often at each other's throats competing for Joey's affection.
VD: Brothers Stefan and Damon nearly resort to killing each other in order to win the affection of Elena (and before that her doppelganger Katherine).
Hip Lingo
DC: One of the trademarks of the show was that the teens were very verbose and used gigantic vocabularies in their highly-adult sounding conversations.
VD: Although Damon's actually older than any adult, he strives to stay relevant by using current LOLcat and text messaging slang in order to come off as younger.
Horror Themes
DC: In the first season, Dawson was obsessed with making a horror movie, and later in the series the teens spent time on a seemingly haunted island.
VD: Instead of making a horror movie, the characters in this show are actually living in one, running for their lives from a deadly vampire.
Talk About It: What similarities do you see between "Vampire Diaries" & "Dawson's Creek"?
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