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  • 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…

  • My 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…

  • Announcing 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.   …

  • Re-Reading the Classics for My Birthday!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For today’s post, I have decided to discuss a tradition that I have had for many years around my birthday.    As tomorrow is my birthday, I wanted to write about this today.    I always re-read at least one of my favorite works of…

  • A Faery’s Child, Leanan Sidhe as La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    For today’s post, I have decided that I would go over one of my favorite poems yet again.   That’s right, I am doing another post about La Belle Dame Sans Merci!   Today I will be focusing on the Leanan Sidhe and how she is interpreted in this poem.     I have long…

  • Do Not Allow Fear to Steal Love: A Poem

    For today’s post, I have decided to share another poem about love. Do Not Allow Fear to Steal Love by Maranda Wabik Hearts beating in sync Can’t hardly think Lives lived heart to heart Won’t ever part Roses and sweethearts Chocolates and fairytales The feeling of butterflies A smile etched across  OUR FACES Eyes lock…

  • Beauty & the Beast: A Poem

    As a bonus continuation of Love Week, I have decided to share a romantic poem about Beauty and the Beast and finding true love in our lives! Beauty & the Beast by Maranda Wabik Beauty meets Beast Feminine meets Masculine Yin meets Yang Lover meets Lover Heart meets Heart Soul meets Soul Dig deeper Seek…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Gothic Romance Couples

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of the top five Gothic Romance couples that I adore! Number 5: Lestat & Louis ~My number five choice is the main couple of The Vampire Chronicles.   Lestat and Louis were certainly always meant to be a couple, but could easily be sanitized as…

  • Kibbe Romantic, Theatrical Romantic, and Soft Gamine

    For today’s post, I will be doing a companion piece to yesterday’s essence post.   I have been studying Kibbe’s image identities as they apply to my style of dressing for the last few years.   David Kibbe developed his system in the 1980s, writing the book Metamorphosis based on this Yin and Yang-based system.…

  • Ethereal Essence, Mixed with Ingenue and Romantic

    For this post, I have decided to discuss my essence traits that impact the way I dress.   These essence traits are part of style theory.    Essences were developed by John Kitchener whom he built upon McJimsey’s original style archetypes based on Yin and Yang features, adding in Ethereal as the most Yin and…