Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! Today I am doing a bonus continuation of my Phantom of the Opera Gothic Romance Week, with a post about why everyone in the Phantom Fandom (or more appropriately Phandom) hates Raoul. Raoul is the Viscount de Chagny and he is introduced alongside his brother,…
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Why I Ship Erik, Rooting for Villains and Byronic Heroes
Welcome to the Final Day of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! Today’s topic is why I root for Erik, and villains and Byronic Heroes in general. Anyone who is familiar with my blog here will know that I am a huge lover of anti-heroes, Byronic Heroes,…
Read MoreA Very Gothic Love Triangle
Welcome to Day Six of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! Today’s topic is the love triangle of Erik, Christine, and Raoul. This love triangle sits at the very core of the story, as Erik’s obsessive love for Christine and Raoul’s jealousy over Christine’s ‘Angel of…
Read MorePhantom & Masquerade, An Iconic Sequence
Welcome to Day Five of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! Today’s topic is the Masquerade sequence of Phantom. This sequence is found in the original novel and it is also found in pretty much all Phantom adaptations. This sequence takes place after the two…
Read MoreMy Top 5 Favorite Portrayals of Erik, The Phantom of the Opera
Welcome to Day Four of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! Today’s topic is my top five favorite portrayals of Erik. Without further ado, here’s my list! Number 5: Ramen Karimloo ~My number five spot goes to the actor who portrayed Erik in the 2011 Phantom…
Read MoreChristine Daae, Phantom Heroine
Welcome to Day Three of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! As today is Femme Fatale Friday, the topic of this post is Christine Daae, of course. The character of Christine is the one in the story that I have related most heavily to throughout the…
Read MoreMy Top 5 Favorite Phantom of the Opera Songs
Welcome to Day Two of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! Today’s topic is my top five favorite songs from the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical. I am not going into a long preamble here, instead, let’s get right to my list! Number 5: The Point of…
Read MorePhantom & Death and the Maiden
Welcome to Day One of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings. Today’s topic is The Phantom of the Opera and how it relates to the Death and the Maiden motif! I have written pretty extensively about the Death and the Maiden motif here on White Rose…
Read MoreAnnouncing Gothic Romance Week 2023!
Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! Today’s post is a special announcement that beginning tomorrow I will be doing this year’s Gothic Romance Week. This will likely come as no surprise to regular readers, given I do Gothic Romance Week every year for the week leading up to Samhain/Halloween. …
Read MoreThe Real Women in Edgar Allan Poe’s Life
Surprise! It’s a bonus post for this year’s Gothic Romance Week! Continuing with the Edgar Allan Poe theme, I wanted to do a post not on his work, but on the women we know inspired it! I will only be discussing here his mother and the women to whom he was either…
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