Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .

How do you do, fellow kids? I've been in a period drama frame of mind recently, and I started reminiscing about a couple of my own personal Defining Moments™ when it comes to said genre, and this post snowballed into being from there.  The title is pretty self-explanatory; I'll be sharing some scenes or fragments of scenes from various historical dramas that live rent-free in my mind.  These are the moments I tend to rewind an ungodly number of times whenever I'm watching whichever show in which they appear. Brace yourselves for a lot of caps lock and emoji usage up ahead; I didn't even try to mask my inner teenage fangirl in this post.  (In fact, you might say I deliberately pulled her out of storage.  Dusted her off and flaunted her, you might say.)  Also, 'ware spoilers .  Only a couple of the following moments are spoiler-y, but there are one or two.   Most of these moments come from stories I first experienced as a very wee tot, but there are...

Hello, all, and happy January!  I hope your 2023 is off to a good start. Today, I thought it would be fun to share a little bit about my favorite TV series, since I don't write about television all that often even though I've taken to re-watching a decent amount of it in recent years.  The goal of this post is to be very low-key and fun, just giving you a feel for each of the shows and sharing some personal stats about them.  Due to time and space constraints, I decided to limit this post to the smaller, nuclear group of my very, very favorites.  These are the shows that are — at least at this point in time — personal to me in a way that the other shows I like aren't.  As such, you can probably predict which ones I've included, but you never know. 😉 I'm not giving detailed content caveats for each of these shows, but, as always, please reach out to me if you're curious and I'll do my best to thoroughly answer any questions.  I'm also including fan video...

HERE I AM, FINALLY.  You would not believe how long it has taken me to finalize this list. *collapses*  And even now, I'm none too sure of these choices, or their rankings.  Still!  We are here now, and we must proceed.   This post is brought to you by Cordy's Lovely Blog Party and Heidi's Valentine's Day Period Drama Party .  And it may surprise you. *wiggles eyebrows* ⸻ #10. Mary & Frank Doctor Thorne These two are just very wholesome, with an adorable history as childhood friends.  They also have to work through many obstacles in order to be together as adults.  They are very pure, sweet, earnest beans, and they earn their happily-ever-after. 💛 #9. Danielle & Henry Ever After I love my fiercely good political powerhouse and my lovesick himbo.  They listen to each other.  They forgive each other their moral ignorance and their personal deceit.  They make each other better.  #8. Mary & Joseph The Nativity St...