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  • My Top 5 Favorite Female-Driven Werewolf Films: An Enchantress of Avalon Spooky Season Special

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is a countdown of my five favorite female-driven werewolf films.    I know this is a much shorter list than my Vampire film list earlier in the week, but I am a much bigger Vampire fan than a Werewolf fan, so I have…

  • A Very Biased Ranking of All 8 Seasons of The Vampire Diaries!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   For today’s Spooky Season post, I have decided to do my ranking of all 8 seasons of The Vampire Diaries.   This is partially inspired by my earlier ranking of the seasons of Charmed.   While Charmed is my favorite show of all time, The…

  • Laurie, Trick ‘r Treat Vixen

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    Today is the first day of September, which is the unofficial beginning of the Season of the Witch, so I have decided to do a Spooky Season-appropriate post.    Therefore, this week’s Femme Fatale Friday will be focused on the character of Laurie from the…

  • 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…

  • Ginger Snaps, Is Ginger the Original Jennifer?

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darling readers.    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to take on the topic of Ginger from the film Ginger Snaps.   In particular, I want to discuss whether or not she was the original archetype that would inspire Jennifer Check from Jennifer’s Body. …

  • 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…

  • Lydia Martin, Iconic Banshee Character

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to discuss Lydia Martin from Teen Wolf.    Lydia is the most iconic example of a Banshee on a television show, as this specific type of Faery woman is not often featured on television, especially not as a main character.   This is also an example…

  • 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…

  • Red Riding Hood, Allegory for the Phases of Womanhood

    For day five of Winter Faerytale Week, I have chosen the topic of the tale Red Riding Hood.   This tale has a very Wintery feeling for me, as the young girl is taking a care package to her grandmother during a bleak time.   She is walking alone in the forest, after having been…