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  • My Top 13 Favorite Vampire Films: An Enchantress of Avalon Spooky Season Countdown!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    Today’s blog post is a countdown of my top thirteen favorite Vampire Films, in honor of Spooky Season.   Regular readers here will know that along with all the different Fae Folk and Witches, my other favorite supernatural being is the Vampire.    In fact,…

  • Fun Summer Solstice Films!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darling readers!   Today’s post is all about fun movies to watch for the Summer Solstice.   I figured this was an excellent companion piece to yesterday’s book post.   Some of these films are very summery, while others are more loosely connected, but I feel that…

  • Nadja, Comic Vampiress

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darling readers!   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to focus on the character of Nadja from the hilarious sitcom What We Do In The Shadows.   This sitcom is based on the New Zealand film of the same title that came out in…

  • A Discovery of Witches: A Magical Media Analysis

    Welcome to the second post in the Magical Media Analysis series!    For today’s post, the focus will be on the amazing franchise A Discovery of Witches, which is also known as the All Souls Trilogy in book form.   I adored the books, all four as there is a subsequent companion novel, so I…

  • Katherine Pierce, Why We Love the Villain

    For today’s post, I have decided to look at one of my all-time favorite television characters, Katherine Pierce from The Vampire Diaries.    In particular, I want to focus on her through the lens of why we love villains, oftentimes (at least for me), more than we care about the heroes.    Katherine Pierce was…

  • Sookie Stackhouse, Faery Protagonist

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be focusing on the main character in a popular book series that spawned an even more iconic television series.   I am going to be discussing Sookie Stackhouse and her role as a Faery protagonist!   Sookie Stackhouse was the lead character in True Blood, which was…

  • My Top 5 Favorite The Originals Couples

    For today’s post, I have decided to share a countdown of my five favorite couples from The Originals.   As much as I love The Vampire Diaries, I have to admit that my favorite TVD Universe show is actually The Originals!   That is why I thought that this would be a fun list to…

  • Beauty & the Beast in Pop Culture

    For the final day of Beauty & the Beast Week, I have decided to discuss Beauty & the Beast in pop culture.   Yesterday, I went over why I believe this type of tale has had such enduring appeal over the centuries.   Today, I want to get into different ways this type of tale…

  • Why Elena Gilbert is a Better Character in The Vampire Diaries Books

    For today’s post, I have decided to share my thoughts on why the book version of Elena from The Vampire Diaries is superior to her television show counterpart!   This post is partially inspired by different YouTube videos that I have recently seen comparing the novels to the series.   In those videos, the opinion…

  • My Top 10 Favorite American Horror Story Characters

    For today’s final post in my American Horror Story character countdown series, I will rank my top ten favorite characters in the series.   Like with my other lists, I will not include characters from the current season, which is subject to change.   But the top spots will never be off the list, to…