Period Drama Romances that Ironically Deserve More Love || Valentine's Period Drama Blog Party

We interrupt this program to bring you a second blog party, namely the Valentine's Day Period Drama Blog Party, hosted by Heidi! 

I'm starting off this second party with a little nod to a few of my favorite period drama couples! I decided to go with some lesser known couples who really deserve more love, although I couldn't resist throwing in some more popular ones, because sometimes they're just too cute!

Minnie and Alfie || Larkrise to Candleford

"See Minnie, you make me laugh."

These two are just cinnamon rolls. Yes, Minnie is a little silly. But that's who she is. I really appreciate that the writers didn't feel the need to change her character when she and Alf became a couple. Alf is just a sweetheart who's got the weight of the world on his shoulders, and Minnie helps him carry that weight. She is the one who makes him smile.

Enola and Tewkesberry || Enola Holmes

"At least we have each other."

I have already talked about my love for these two, but all the more chance to fangirl talk about them. Theirs is a relationship built on trust, which coincidentally started with Enola asking, "Do you trust me?" to which Tewkesberry emphatically replied, "No!" 

Their relationship never gets further off the ground than a strong friendship (although sparks flew HARD) but they know that they have each others backs. And I have high hopes for a sequel in which they fall in love ;)

Emma and Mr. Knightley || Emma (2009)

"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."

Yes, they are a very popular couple, but they are so worth the hype. Emma is a flawed heroine, and Mr. Knightley is the ultimate gentleman. Their lifelong friendship is something that endears them as a couple. Emma teases, Mr. Knightley scolds, and together they have a bond that makes them such a beautifully functional couple.  

Peggy and William || Return to Cranford

"We have always been equals. Love makes people so."

Even though they are a lesser known couple, these two are REAL cute. REAL CUTE.

Peggy is a dear girl, who (because she is an ANGEL) takes care of her mother (who is horrible to her) and her brother (who is Trouble with a capitol T). 

She stumbles upon a young man named William (also a sweetheart) (played by Tom Hiddleston, himself)

 (of course that's not why I love him so much) (what a notion) 

William takes it upon himself to rescue her from her horrible family, and the rest is history. There may or may not be an angsty, dramatic scene where he rescues her from a train wreck *swoons* and a perfectly darling waltz to bring everything to a close.

Mary and Matthew || Downton Abbey

"I won't be happy with anyone else, as long as you walk the earth."

Another more popular couple, but I can't help it. Mary Crawley is a handful. She can be bitter, frosty, judgmental, and just plain mean. Until she meets Matthew. Matthew sees through the layers of prickliness to Mary's soft side, and she falls hard for his gentle yet determined manner. Theirs is a bumpy road to romance, but they are a couple who bring out the best in each other.

Juliet and Dawsey || The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

"Do you think it's possible to belong to someone before you've even met them?"

This is one of those soft, quiet relationships. The reassuring handholds,  the heartfelt letters, the kind encouragement. Dawsey and Juliet just have such a sweet connection from the very beginning. Their love of books and writing, and their strength to stand up for what they believe in makes them such a lovely couple.

Are any of these couples your favorites? Were there some that I didn't mention that you love? I've got sooooo many posts planed between both romantic blog parties, so I will be back very soon ;)

Yours Truly,

Miss Woodhouse

Lovely Blog Party Kick Off + Tag

Hello there friends! Welcome to the Lovely Blog Party!!

Cordy is so good as to be hosting this month long party once again, and I'm so excited she is!! So, without further ado, here are my answers to her Would You Really? Tag...

 Would you ever go for a walk in the pouring rain to avoid the company of a gentleman caller?

Hmmm, it very much depends on the gentleman. If he wasn't a completely insufferable person, then I would probably stay and see it through, but then again, what if I should come across a Mr. Collins...?

Would you ever, truly, try your hand at matchmaking?

ABSOLUTELY!

 I may or may not have already dabbled in it, ahem. 

I am Miss Woodhouse after all ;) 

Of course, if I were to try my hand at matchmaking, I would try to be very careful of both peoples feelings. I would hate to force anyone together and make things awkward. But with tact and careful planning, such things as casual meetings and hangout can be planned, and then carefully overseen and prompted by yours truly.

Would you be comfortable wearing glass slippers for a night out at a ball?

Definitely not, I can barely walk in normal heels, let alone a glass pair.

Would you ever eat an apple given to you, rather forcibly, by a perfect stranger?

Oof, I've always wondered at Snow White for this one. Like, yes dear, we know you're not the smartest cookie in the box, but COME ON.  Yes, you have an optimistic view of human nature, but accepting an apple from the stranger who already looks EXTREMELY shady, without question..??

So no, I wouldn't.

Would you ever pretend to be a man's fiancée who you've never actually met?

I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THIS!!

I seriously think that would be so much fun, especially if the guy is cool and plays along well.

Would you ever dance with a stranger that sang to you in a forest?

Well first of all, is he a good singer?

Second of all, is he a good dancer?

Either way, I don't know that I would. Unless of course, "he is the handsomest man you have ever seen, girls!"

(although if it were someone I already knew, it would be a whole different story ;)

Would you ever be the one to propose?

Nooope. Not to rain on any girl's party out there, but I am a firm believer in that being the man's move. Plus, I really want to have the whole experience of being proposed to and all that mushy stuff ;)

Would you ever visit the house of a man you refused but is supposedly out of town?

Well if I had second thoughts after refusing him, I very possibly would. I mean, as long as he's out of town, it should be fine, right...?

And that's all friends! Make sure to hop over to Cordy's blog to check out all the festivities! I will return with more romantic themed posts very soon!

Yours Truly,

Miss Woodhouse

MCU Blog Party Wrap Up

Thank you to all you lovely people you contributed to our blog party!! I loved reading your posts and all your thoughts on Marvel! Here is a list of everyone who participated :)

My Posts

MCU Character Aesthetics

MCU Blogathon Tag

Thunderbird Queen at Winchester North Star

House Special: MCU Edition

Top Ten MCU Upgrades

Top Ten Hawkeye Moments

Tag of Ten: MCU Blogathon

Movie Critic at Movies Meet Their Match:

Iron Man Trilogy Review

MCU Tag of Ten + Marvel Movie Rankings

McKayla at Tales of a Triple Threat

MCU Tag of Ten

Ivy Miranda at Revealed in Time:

MCU Tag

Spider- Man: Far from Home Review

Guardians of the Galaxy Review

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 Review

Ant- Man Review

Pages to Remember

MCU Tag of Ten

Samantha at Bookshire

MCU Tag of Ten

Yours Truly,

Miss Woodhouse

MCU Character Aesthetics

In light of the fun I had creating my last aesthetics post, I thought I'd do a round two, but this time featuring a few of my favorite MCU characters!

Clint Barton || Hawkeye

"Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure." 

skyscrapers | quiet contemplation | flannel shirts | arrows | sassy comments | combat boots | white farmhouse | family bonds | black pavement | devotion | blue eyes | target practice | birds eye views 

Peter Parker || Spiderman

"When you can do the things that I can, but you don't, and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you."

red sneakers | subway station | science notes | bravery | high school hallways | horrible secret keeper | spiderwebs | fire escapes | trying so hard | pullover sweatshirts | softhearted 

Loki || God of Mischief

"We are not doing Get Help."

clouds | evil smile | green leather | a tad dramatic | brother | mischievous | confused loyalties |  tall mountains | black suit | snark | loneliness | grand schemes | satisfied smirks

Natasha Romanof || Black Widow

"See you in a minute."

black leather | smell of gasoline | hand guns | long hallways | dark past | strong friendships |  motorcycles | sacrifice | red hair | hand to hand combat | high heels | loyalty | red brick | highway signs | soft smile

Yours Truly,

Miss Woodhouse

23: An MCU Blogathon || The Tag

*sneaks in very quietly*

Hi guys

Guess who's late for her own blog party...

So sorry 'bout that, but life does indeed happen...

So! My lateness acknowledged, let us get on with the party!

If you've been over to TQ's blog lately, then you know that she and I are hosting a Marvel Cinematic Universe Blogathon for the month of January! 

Now I should preface this by saying that I am not exactly a Marvel aficionado... 

*whispers* i haven't seen at least half of the movies

However! I have immensely enjoyed the movies that I have seen, so when TQ suggested an MCU Blogathon, I jumped on board :D  We would love to have you participate! We're kicking things off with a tag, which you can fill out if you are so inclined, and then you can post whatever Marvel themed posts you would like for the whole month of January! So without further ado, my answers to the tag!

 1. What is Your Favorite Movie?

Avengers: Endgame because WOOOOOOWWW.

I will not deny that at a Certain Part, I was screaming and clapping very loudly in the theater. But then, weren't we all?

It would literally take me too long to talk about all the different reasons this movie is AMAZING, so I'll just leave it at that for now :)

2. What is Your Favorite Stan Lee Cameo?

"Are you Tony Stank?"

"Yes, yep, this is Tony Stank."

3. Who is Your Favorite Character from the Original Six?

Hawkeye aka Clint Barton

Before I had ever seen any Marvel movies, I walked in on my brothers watching the first Avengers, and I saw Clint and my brain said, "That one. I like that one right there." And my love for him has only grown from there :) 

Thig guy is just SUCH A SWEETHEART. He genuinely cares so much about his friends, his family, and even people he doesn't even know (In Age of Ultron, remember the little boy that he was ready to sacrifice himself for!!!) He can hold his own in a fire fight (with a BOW AND ARROW) against weird aliens, robots, etc, and he is just such a GOOD GUY.

ALSO HE IS A MASTER OF SASS.

WHAT IS THERE NOT TO LOVE????

And yet, he is still soo underrated! He deserves allllll the love guysss

4. Who is Your Favorite Sidekick (characters not from the Original Six who don't have their own movie)?

I don't know if she quite counts as a sidekick, but I. LOVE. SHURI.

She is determined, smart, kick-butt, I mean, come on guys, get this girl her own movie!!! 

5. What is the Funniest Moment?

When Quicksilver is being snarky to Clint and says, "Try to keep up old man." and zooms away, followed by Clint aiming at him with his arrow, muttering "Nobody would know. Nobody..." and then sighing and dropping the arrow, picking his way through the debris, muttering to himself. Gotta love the Hawkeye + Quicksilver sassy, snark, relationship. 

(Second place goes to...

"No, DON'T SAY IT"

"On your left.")

6. Who is Your Favorite Villain?

Well OF COURSE, it's Loki. Although I honestly don't even think of him as a villain anymore, cuz he's just a poor, confused cinnamon roll, guys. 

7. What is Your Favorite Power or Technology?

Well it's not exactly a power, but I loooooove that Natasha and Clint are both perfectly capable of keeping up with the guys who DO have powers, and this is just with skills that they learned. Natasha can pretty much take down anyone who has the horrible idea to stand in her way, and Clint over here is just casually jumping off buildings and shooting things without even looking.

(but Spiderman's powers win second place)

8. What is Your Favorite Sequel (no trilogies!)?

Spiderman: Far From Home

THIS MOVIEEEEE. This is the movie where Peter's not just baby spider anymore. He grows up and he learns and he hurts A LOT and HE JUST NEEDS A HUG. 

I just love love LOVE seeing Peter growing into himself, and learning how to get along without Tony, and how to find his own way.

9. What are Your Favorite End Credits? Or End Credit's Scene?

(Why can I suddenly not remember any of them...?)

Well I've always liked the 2nd end credit scene from Spiderman: Homecoming with Captain America.

"And you wonder, why did you wait so long, for something so disappointing?"

haha

UPDATE!!! I just now watched The Avengers for the first time (shocking, I know) AND MY FAVORITE END CREDIT SCENE HAS CHANGED, CUZ THIS MOMENT...

I just lovelovelove seeing the Avengers just chilling as though they didn't just save the universe. Steve is basically asleep, Clint has claimed half of Natasha's chair, and Thor is just eating like his life depends on it. It's just such a great little moment!! 

10. Who is Your Favorite Ship?

PEGGY AND STEVE TILL THE END

I don't CARE if people think she moved on or that they thought it was undoing character development. THE END OF ENDGAME WAS WHAT MY HEART NEEDED.

take that Peggy/Steve haters. 

(second place ties with Ta'challa + Nakia and Peter + MJ)

And that is all my friends!! 

Here is a handy dandy list of all the tag questions for your copying convenience!

1. What is Your Favorite Movie?

2. What is Your Favorite Stan Lee Cameo?

3. Who is Your Favorite Character from the Original Six?

4. Who is Your Favorite Sidekick (characters not from the Original Six who don't have their own movie)?

5. What is the Funniest Moment?

6. Who is Your Favorite Villain?

7. What is Your Favorite Power or Technology?

8. What is Your Favorite Sequel (no trilogies!)?

9. What are Your Favorite End Credits? Or End Credit's Scene?

10. Who is Your Favorite Ship?

Thank you so much for tuning in! I can't wait to read any posts that you all contribute!!

Yours Truly,

Miss Woodhouse

Lovely Books and Aesthetics of 2020

In no particular order, some of my favorite books and series of 2020, in aesthetic form of course ;)

Till We Have Faces

by C.S. Lewis

marble halls | philosophical thoughts | Greek gods | misty mountains | unrequited love | sheer fabric | myths | sword fights | weeping willows | sisterly love

The Artemis Fowl Series

by Eoin Colfer

stolen paintings | fairies | the rolling hills of Ireland | SNARK | fancy techy stuff | dastardly plots | child genius | unlikely friendships | bodyguards | black suits | acorns | old legends | blue sparks 

Sense and Sensibility

By Jane Austen

pale pink | sheet music | dry wit | ball rooms | quiet admiration | Shakespeare sonnets | small cottages | passion | wildflowers | long walks | exotic lands | short letters

Persuasion

by Jane Austen

cobblestone streets | patience | cloudy skies | ocean waves | silence | blue uniforms | green fields | assembly rooms | secret looks | tangled past

Romanov

by Nadine Brandes

boarded-up windows | red | ancient spells | black eyes | old journals | bullets | train whistles | royal blood | soldiers | family ties 

Cranford and Dr. Harrison's Confession

by Elizabeth Gaskell

quiet streets | gossip | etiquette | long lasting friendships | dried flowers | neighborly support | old lace | garden parties | sea green | tea cakes | ticking clocks  

The Ascendance Series

by Jennifer Neilson

long lost royalty | duels | ocean waves | gold coins | empty throne | courage | scars | rolling landscapes | whispers | band of thieves | old parchment | knotted ropes | head held high | enemies to friends and back again | pirates | schemes | sass | a sense of belonging 

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Orczy

dark nights | alter egos | gold ballgowns | candlelight | reign of terror | chivalry | horse hooves on cobblestones | dastardly plots | theatres | black mail | lost love | large mirrors | adoration | cliff sides | lace handkerchiefs | loyalty  

And that's all for now! Have you all read any of these books and what did you think of them? I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! 

Yours Truly, 

Miss Woodhouse

Twelve Delights of Christmas Tag!

Merry Christmas frens!! 

I'm so excited that we're finally back around to that time of year! (except it's coming up wayyyy to fast! I still have so much Christmassy stuff I want to do!)

I've been wanting to do a Christmas themed post, but I had zero ideas, until what lovely person should happen to tag me, but Miss March! Thank you so much for the tag dear! 

 1.  A favorite Christmas tradition?

I don't know if this exactly counts as a tradition, but every year after we set up the tree, my family sits around the tree in the evening sewing, reading, drinking tea, and just hanging out doing cozy things, and it's lovely :)

2.  Say it snowed at your domicile, would you prefer to go out or stay curled up inside?

It really depends on the day. Some days I love nothing better than a good aggressive snowball fight and sledding day, while other days I'm just not in the mood to be cold and wet, so I opt for staying inside with a book!

3.  Tea or hot chocolate?

I drink tea year round, so hot chocolate for the Christmas season!

4.  Favorite Christmas colors (i.e. white, blue, silver, gold, red and green etc)?

I love them all really, but I think my favorites are green, red and gold.

5.  Favorite kind of Christmas cookie?

Wedding cakes! They're basically really sweet dough with walnuts, and rolled in powdered sugar and they are PERFECTION.

6.  How soon before Christmas do you decorate (more specifically, when does your tree go up)?

Much to  my chagrin, my family tends to be late Christmas bloomers. Our house decorations (lights, wreaths, candles) went up near the start of December and we are hopefully getting our Christmas tree tomorrow!! *fingers crossed*

We also jumped on the dried orange garland train this year, and I LOVE THEM. They're so pretty!!

7.  Three favorite traditional Christmas carols?

O Holy Night, Mary, Did you Know, and The First Noel.

8.  A favorite Christmas song (i.e. something you might hear on the radio)?

Hmmm I can't choose just one, so three it is ;)

Cold December Night by Michael Bublé, White Christmas by Bing Crosby (I mean, obviously), and Like it's Christmas by The Jonas Brothers. (generic I know, but I'M SORRY, THEY'RE GOOD)

9.  A favorite Christmas movie?

White Christmas!!!

Any excuse to gush about this movie, I'll take it!! The music, the costumes, the absolutely fabulous 50's vibes, the DANCING!! Absolute Christmas Perfection!

10.  Have you ever gone caroling?

I haven't, but I would love to one day!

11.  Ice skating, sledding, skiing, or snow boarding?

Ice skating and sledding!! I've never been snow boarding or skiing, and though I would like to try it, sledding and ice skating are both just such a blast!

12.  Favorite Christmas feast dish?

It might not count as a feast dish, but every year for breakfast on Christmas Day we have a blueberry strata!

I Tag...

Olivia 

Movie Critic

Thunderbird Queen

That's it friends!! Hope you are all having a lovely Christmas time!! 

Yours Truly,

Miss Woodhouse