Boy, do I disagree. I have no problem relating to mythical creatures in a story or movie. This is not because I am a mythical creature, lol, but their strange existence and powers are metaphors for being different, being misunderstood. — the “living on the wrong side of the track” angst, and so many other totally human difficulties. The three literary themes which are so important; character against character, character against self, and character against nature are all in play. We are used to so many of these kind of stories, Beauty and the Beast, Bewitched, I dream of Jeanie, Star trek — on and on, from our earliest myths of heroes, gods and goddesses, legends and fairy tales. All these hold meaning — meaning which use the mythological to tell a deeper story. Variations in romance, humor and pathos do not need monsters and myth, but they are good vehicles to tell stories.