White Rose of Avalon

Television

  • Faerytale Mashups

    For today’s post, I have decided to discuss one of my favorite modern media trends.   There has been a trend for the last decade-plus of having media (that is films, books, and movies) where the plot is based around fairytale figures.    But this particular trend is a mash-up of several fairytale figures into…

  • Announcing Horror Week!

    For today’s bonus post, I am happy to announce that beginning tomorrow it will be Horror Week!   Now, what is Horror Week, you may ask?   Well, it is a whole week of best-of-character countdowns about the show American Horror Story!   I was inspired by re-watching some old seasons recently, and I thought…

  • Sabrina Spellman, In Each Iteration a Badass Witch

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to take a look at the character of Sabrina Spellman.    She is the character that started as a witchy addition to the Archie Comics lineup in the 1960s, even getting her own cartoon in that era.   Her next major iteration was in the 1990s…

  • My Top 10 Favorite Female Once Upon a Time Characters

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite female characters on the television show Once Upon a Time.   I have decided to keep this list down to only characters who were adapted from earlier faerytales.   So, that means that Emma Swan will not appear, even though I do…

  • Favorite Male Vampire Characters

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at some of my favorite male vampire characters, in no particular ranking. Dracula ~Dracula is the most obvious choice of male vampire character to list as a favorite.   He is the eponymous character of the novel that really cemented the vampire as the favorite…

  • Charmed as a Love Child of The Craft and Practical Magic

    For today’s post, I have decided to share my thoughts about how Charmed is related to both The Craft and Practical Magic.   I have heard that many fans of The Craft feel a need to disparage Charmed as a series due to the similarities in content. In truth, while I see the connections that…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Female Archie Comics Characters

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my five favorite female characters from the Archie Comics universe. This is partially inspired by the popularity of shows like Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Not to mention the 90s and early 2000s shows and films like Sabrina the Teenage Witch and…

  • Alison DiLaurentis and Aria Montgomery: The Real A’s

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to give my readers a two-for-one!    In recent weeks I have been re-watching, and watching YouTube deep dives into, Pretty Little Liars.    I was a fan of this show for its whole seven-season run, I do enjoy re-watching it.   However, each time I…

  • My Top 10 Female Characters from Supernatural Dramas

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite female characters from several supernatural dramas.   I had a hard time with my top three, as they all basically tied for number one, but I felt I had to choose, so this is the ranking as I feel today!   In…

  • Morgan le Fay’s Connection to The Vampire Diaries

    For today’s post, I will be taking a look at Morgan le Fay and how she can be connected to The Vampire Diaries.   In particular, she is connected to the character of Katherine Pierce.   This is something that may seem a bit tenuous until you dig a little deeper, or watch further on…