White Rose of Avalon

Fairytales

  • Odette, the Swan Princess

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This week’s Femme Fatale Friday is about Odette, the Swan Princess!   I decided to choose another fairytale character for this Femme Fatale Friday because I wanted to keep the fairytale theme going for one more day.   I absolutely adore Odette from Swan Lake…

  • ‘The Sun, the Moon, & Talia’: The Ultimate Horror Fairytale

    Welcome to the final day of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s Halloween post, I have saved the best for last, and by best, I mean the most horrific.   We will be looking at the ultimate horror fairytale, The Sun, the Moon, and Talia,…

  • ‘Bluebeard’ & the Horrors of His Wives

    Welcome to day six of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Bluebeard and the horrors faced by his wife, all of his wives, for that matter!   Now, this story is one of the most obviously horror-centric of those I will be covering…

  • ‘Hansel and Gretel’ & the Horrors of Childhood

    Welcome to day five of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is about Hansel and Gretel and the horrors of childhood, but in particular, the focus will be on the cannibalism and murder found in the tale!    The tale of the brother and sister…

  • ‘Rapunzel’ & the Horror of Pure Isolation

    Welcome to day four of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post explores the horror of isolation and what it does to our psyches, as seen in Rapunzel!   Rapunzel is famously imprisoned by the witch Gothel in a tower after her mother had offended the…

  • ‘Snow White’ & the Horror of Envy

    Welcome to day three of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is what I am calling Snow White Sunday, as I am going to be examining the horror of envy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!   The story of Snow White is full…

  • ‘The Little Mermaid’ & the Horror of Ambition

    Welcome to day two of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is also a Siren Saturday post, so what better way to celebrate that than to examine more body horror, this time from Andersen’s original The Little Mermaid?   This body horror is very different…

  • ‘Cinderella’ & the Horror of Wickedness

    Welcome to day one of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   This is also Femme Fatale Friday of this week, so I thought it was the ideal time to discuss the Wicked Stepsisters of Cinderella.   In particular, I will be going over the body horror of…

  • Announcing Gothic Romance Week 2024: The Horror of Fairytales!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is the announcement of my fourth annual Gothic Romance Week.   As always, the week runs from tomorrow, October 25th through October 31st.    I am so excited to be doing yet another Gothic Romance Week here on White Rose of Avalon.   …

  • We Need to Talk About ‘Stardust’ (2007), an Underrated Fantasy Gem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about the 2007 film Stardust which is based on the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name.   It tells the story of Tristan Thorn (played by Charlie Cox), a young man raised by his father in a small English town called…