What first drew her was that they thrive in daylight. She, being clever and able to make connections, immediately identified with them. Living in the desert, where the troll undead do exist, did make her realize that Rainbow Drinkers were not real but probably a reflection of Alternian society's fascination with blood combined with the real undead. My headcanon is that Kanaya's own ancestor actually, without realizing it, added to this myth. Basically, Kancestor was the Elizabeth Bathory of Trolls but really did lust for blood for the sake of, well, drinking it, but was completely living and not undead at all. This personality trait that probably was a side effect of having jade blood was passed down to Kanaya--but that's neither here nor there and likely to be jossed in future updates.
Her first Rainbow Drinker "novel" was an illustrated grub-version of Troll Dracula. There are, in real life, summarized illustrated versions of classic novels so little kids can get into them so I think trolls have them, too. Kanaya's lusus wanted her to be well-read. What Kanaya took from it that Rainbow Drinkers were intelligent, light-loving, always wore bright colors, and incredibly dangerous.
As she became older and slowly realized her blood was messing up her sleep schedule and was, in it's own way, alienating her from the other trolls as she was tired/sleeping when most of their adventures were taking place... Well, she identified more with the idea of the Rainbow Drinker--not only that, to her, they symbolized all that Troll Society could be but wasn't--than the common heroes of Alternian society. It wasn't long before she wished they were real (she would argue that wanting monsters to be real isn't the same thing as believing in fairies) and soon, after that, wanted to be one herself.
I would liken her fascination with Vriska's fascination with her Ancestor, Mindfang. Rainbow Drinkers are not just vampires, to her. It's an ideal, a level of being enlightened to rise above a barbaric society. Which lends to why she's not at all impressed with vampires. She set Rainbow Drinkers on a pedestal, they are her ideal, her form of what "perfection" is.
So, while it might seem like Kanaya is just the average teenager fascinated with Twilight it's not like that. It's become a religion to her, almost.
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Her first Rainbow Drinker "novel" was an illustrated grub-version of Troll Dracula. There are, in real life, summarized illustrated versions of classic novels so little kids can get into them so I think trolls have them, too. Kanaya's lusus wanted her to be well-read. What Kanaya took from it that Rainbow Drinkers were intelligent, light-loving, always wore bright colors, and incredibly dangerous.
As she became older and slowly realized her blood was messing up her sleep schedule and was, in it's own way, alienating her from the other trolls as she was tired/sleeping when most of their adventures were taking place... Well, she identified more with the idea of the Rainbow Drinker--not only that, to her, they symbolized all that Troll Society could be but wasn't--than the common heroes of Alternian society. It wasn't long before she wished they were real (she would argue that wanting monsters to be real isn't the same thing as believing in fairies) and soon, after that, wanted to be one herself.
I would liken her fascination with Vriska's fascination with her Ancestor, Mindfang. Rainbow Drinkers are not just vampires, to her. It's an ideal, a level of being enlightened to rise above a barbaric society. Which lends to why she's not at all impressed with vampires. She set Rainbow Drinkers on a pedestal, they are her ideal, her form of what "perfection" is.
So, while it might seem like Kanaya is just the average teenager fascinated with Twilight it's not like that. It's become a religion to her, almost.