No, it was not a troll. I know it is some vampire show and things sparkle. Other than that I have not seen it and I don't personally know anyone that watches or talk about it.
Don't group me in with some kind of teen haters here. I am just saying I play a good guy human nord warrior. New weapons/armor appeal to me, but not vampire lords or some of these other taboo topics. I am also not a TES lore buff, and Skyrim is my first TES game, so the fact they have mentioned this kind of stuff in previous games does nothing for me personally, because that's not how I play the game.
Well, I encourage you to read the in-game books and scour the UESP. Furthermore, I encourage you to play Oblivion--if you don't mind dated graphics (they used to be state-of-the-art

), it's an incredible game, and IMO, better than Skyrim in many respects (though I generally hold them both on about the same level).
If vampirism and lycanthropy aren't your thing, feel free to join the Dawnguard and kill you some fat mosquitoes. Outside of that, Beth is known to have much more than just the core content in their DLCs--you'll see more than just vampires and vampire hunters even if you don't start the main quest, and there will certainly be sidequests (Beth has never released content unlike that).
Guys, please behave. We do not want any links or discussions of leaked content.
Look I am in a good mood today so don't make me grumpy. You can discuss the possibilities of werebears if you want, but you won't like me if I turn into one. - OK?
Aren't you already one?

But seriously, you're the last person I want to make mad

(just don't tell the other moderators I said so).