Nothing reminds us of our mortality quite like the rapid passage of time, especially when regarding the anniversary of a pop-culture phenomenon - in this case, the moment tweens and teens became even more obsessed with a certain set of brooding immortals.
This month marks a decade since the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight hit theatres, launching a multibillion-dollar vampire movie franchise and practically flinging its stars into the spotlight.
For all its flaws - Bella's unhealthy obsession with her controlling boyfriend, for one - Twilight and its sequels had quite the cultural impact.
Before Twilight, Kristen Stewart would probably have been recognised as the kid to be caught in Catch That Kid or Jodie Foster's diabetic daughter in Panic Room. Robert Pattinson had appeared in another franchise a few years earlier when he played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which he told the Evening Standard led to "bags of letters from angry fans telling me that I can't possibly play Edward because I'm Diggory".
That all changed in November 2008, a pivotal month for American history. Barack Obama became the first black man elected president, and the Twilight leads became KStew and RPatz. The couple's every move was tracked for years, culminating in the now-infamous 2012 cheating scandal.
