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Gothic Week

  • ‘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.   …

  • Why We All Hate Raoul

    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,…

  • 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,…

  • A 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…

  • Phantom & 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…