White Rose of Avalon

Vampire

  • The All Souls Trilogy

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a brief look at one of my favorite book series.    The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness is the book series that inspired the beautifully done television show A Discovery of Witches (which is named for the first book in the series).   I have mentioned…

  • Darla, Vamp Tramp

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to take a look at Darla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.   I have always been a huge fan of fantasy and supernatural-based books, films, and television.   Specifically, as someone that was a child in the 1990s, I grew up watching these shows…

  • Carmilla and Dracula: Gothic Vampire Icons

    For today’s entry in Gothic Week I have chosen to take on the stories of two iconic vampires!    Carmilla was the original vampire story written by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu.   Dracula would come much later, written by Bram Stoker!   Both would take inspiration from actual deadly historical figures.   It is highly likely…

  • Lizzie Siddal as Inspiration for Lucy Westernra

    For today’s entry in Gothic Week I have chosen a bit of a unique topic.    I want to look at how Bram Stoker may have been inspired by Lizzie Siddal when he wrote the character of Lucy in Dracula.   It has been said that Stoker was living in London (when he moved from…

  • Morgana as Vampire Faerie

    Today’s post will be one that I have been thinking about since I first saw Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty.   It is my favorite ballet of all time, and I loved that he used the premise of faeries also being vampires in order to allow the prince and Aurora to fall in love before the…

  • My Top 5 Rebekah Mikaelson Storylines

    For today’s blog post I would like to do a countdown of my top five Rebekah Mikaelson storylines from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals.   Rebekah was the original vampire sister of Klaus.   Without further ado here’s my top five! Number 5: The Five  ~So my number five storyline is The Five.  …

  • My Top 5 Katherine Pierce Storylines

    For today’s post I would like to do a countdown of my top five favorite storylines for Katherine Pierce on The Vampire Diaries.   I adore this bitchy vampire anti-heroine from this fantasy television series.   Without further ado here’s the countdown! Number 5: Katherine’s relationship with Elijah  ~This is an obvious storyline to list,…

  • Vampires, Werewolves, and Ghosts, Oh My!

    Hello all my lovely readers!   Today I would like to take a look at some of the most prevalent supernatural beings that people talk about this most spooky time of year.   If you noticed I did not mention witches, and that is because I talk about witches and goddesses all the time, so…