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Virginia Lewis is the heroine and one of 'The Four Who Saved The Nine Kingdoms' of the [[Hallmark Entertainment]]'s, and [[NBC]]'s2000 Mini-series [[The 10th Kingdom]] by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601881/ Simon Moore]. |
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==Official Bio== |
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Virginia Lewis grew up in a well-to-do neighbourhood on the edge of The 10th Kingdom’s [[Central Park]]. She is the daughter of Tony and Christine Lewis. Virginia’s mother disappeared when Virginia was seven years old. |
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Virginia excelled in [[school]] but opted out of [[college]] for unknown reasons. She is an excellent [[skier]] and is currently employed as a [[waitress]] at New York’s popular Grill on the Park/Green [[restaurant]] where she has won numerous “Employee of the Month” Awards. |
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Virginia currently still lives with her father. She keeps to herself for the most part, socializing only occasionally with her friend and fellow waitress Candice 'Candy' Fitzsimmons. She visits her grandmother’s [[Gramercy Park]] [[apartment]] from time to time. |
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==History== |
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'''[[Miss]]. Virginia Lewis''' ([[Kimberly Williams]]) was born in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], and grew up in a well-to-do neighbourhood on the edge of [[Central Park]]. Virginia is the only daughter of '''[[Mr]]. [[Tony Lewis (The 10th Kingdom)|Tony]]''' and '''[[Mrs]]. [[The Evil Queen/Christine Slevil-Lewis-White (The 10th Kingdom)|Christine]] Lewis'''. |
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Details about Virginia's relationship with her mother are few, Christine had wanted an [[abortion]] when she found out she was [[pregnant]], but Tony wore her down on her decision. (As Tony was rich at the time, it is safe to say that Virginia was likely to have been in the care of a [[nanny]] during her [[baby|infantcy]].) |
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Virginia was very young (too young to remember), when her father, Tony, put all his money into an investment of bouncy castle, which he was very taken with, but then lost both his fortune and later his business, and was left needing to take a job as a [[janitor]] to provide a home (a free [[apartment]]) for his family. |
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Still a little girl, Virginia had gotten the impression that her mother, Christine, didn't want her - and for a little girl that is a horrible thing to realise. Virginia recalls that, although her mother was cold towards her most of the time, she still recalls some, few, happy memories of her mother, which she treasures. |
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Virginia’s mother Christine disappeared when Virginia was seven-years-old, leaving Virginia on her own to be raised by her father, Tony. Virginia's father Tony, and her vain and stuck-up grandmother (her mother's mother) are her only known immediate family, and Virginia was left unable to recall the night her mother walked out, never to return. |
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Over the years, Virginia has been unable to deal with her feelings towards her mother walking out on her: any attempts on Virginia's part to talk to her father about her mother were unsuccessful - Tony remained very tight-lipped about Christine, and will not talk about her (Tony told her that her mother now lives in [[Miami]]); and whenever Virginia talks about her mother with her Grandmother - Old Mrs. Slevil, however talks non-stop about [[Society]], and about Christine's [[debuet]], and about her own debuet, and attempts to talk Virginia into entering high society like Christine before her, but Virginia isn't like her mother and grandmother, and so she is uninterested in marrying someone just for wealth. |
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All that Virginia knows about her mother is what she remembers from her early childhood until Christine left (except the night she left), and what her grandmother has told her (repeatedly). As a result of fourteen years of this - Virginia feelings about her mother have been left unresolved, and feeling haunted by her mother's abandonment caused Virginia to grow up with trouble, trusting people on a simple level, and has only a few friends, Virginia has since been one to keep to herself and tries not get involved out of fear of getting hurt. |
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Known details about her life point out that despite the fact that she's not like her mother and grandmother - she still wants to know about her mother, and she frequently visits her grandmother’s Gramercy Park apartment from time to time, even though she knows her grandmother will try to persuade Virginia to be like her and her mother Christine. While Virginia excelled academically in school, but she opted out of college for unknown reasons. In her [[Bio]], it mentions that Virginia is an excellent [[Ski|skier]]. |
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Fourteen years later after her mother walked out on her: |
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* Virginia is now twenty-one, a beautiful but [[withdrawn]] young woman. She is still living with her father and looking after him (which she admits this is "''a bit sad''", but she's all he really has left); she has to do all the shopping, cooking (when she goes to work she has to leave Tony something out or he will not eat at all) and the cleaning (Tony never cleans up after himself), and has to listen to him go on endlessly about how he hates his job and how the world is out to get him. |
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* Virginia is employed as a [[waitress]] at a New York restaurant (in the series the restaurant is called the 'Grill on the Park', in the novel adaption its the 'Grill on the Green') as it gets her out of her father's apartment, and where she has won numerous “Employee of the Month” Awards. One friend that Virginia is known to have is Candice 'Candy' Fitzsimmons - her ditsy co-worker waitress at the 'Grill on the Park' (how long they've been friends is unestablished/unmentioned.) |
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* Virginia dreams of meeting the 'right guy' whoever he is, and has a practical plan to establishing a restaurant business once she finds a good man - a business partner, preferring [[management]] to [[waitress|waitressing]]. However Virginia has never been in love, she has never been in a serious relationship (because of her unresolved issues from childhood), Virginia has no experience with relationships and dating, and she is very [[inhibitive]] and even [[repress|repressive]] with her own feelings: "''I just never want to jump unless I'm sure someone's gonna catch me.''" (as an average man today is a jerk) and so Virginia is [[prerequisite]] about relationships (she would never marry a man for money despite her grandmother's wishes) and despite her tough-girl exterior Virginia wants [[commitment]] and [[romantic love|romance]] - a love-life); so she's "''permanently between boyfriends at the moment''", so she does not have anyone to move in with. |
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* Virginia, stuck in a dead-end job, and still sharing an apartment with father, Tony. She tries to 'accept' that her life will not change: ''I guess you get to a certain age, and you realize that nothing exciting is ever going to happen to you. But maybe that just how somethings are, maybe some people have quiet lives. '' |
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Deep down and truthfully, Virginia is a warm, caring and compassionate person, but she was disillusioned early in life at 7-years, when her mother walked out on her and her father, so Virginia hardly got to enjoy her childhood, and she has had to be the responsible one in the wake of her father's collapse into his own well of self-pity, and Virginia has had a lifetimes worth of trying to find herself and where she is in life. |
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Virginia masks her emotions behind a [[Cynicism|cynical]] and [[Sarcasim|sarcastic]] front, in an effort to protect herself from her own feelings, to mask her own insecurities from the world to the point that she becomes somewhat [[depression (mood)|depressed]], has she has no-one who she can really talk to, when its her father and grandmother who do all the talking about their opinions and Virginia just goes through all the motions of humouring them because she can hardly get her word in, no more than she can blame than for holding onto their fantasies as she daydreams herself. |
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Virginia is even [[Supress|suppressive]] of her own feelings, [[passions]] and [[affections]]; Virginia also tries not to get attached to anyone because she's scared of getting hurt, which also makes her very [[pratical]] and [[common sense|sensible]] and has even tried to 'armour' herself for life in the real world. |
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Virginia is a typical product of the late 20th/early 21st century – full of expectations about what the world has to offer, yet too insecure and fearful to do anything about it, but with only her bickering father and grandmother as role-models, who could blame her for being [[reluctant]] from try taking any action of her own and being all that she could potentially be. |
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During the scene where the trio are on their way to the Kissing Town by hitching a ride on a horse-drawn wagon, Virginia was reading: '''Curing why I'm so Miserable''' "''...ask yourself these fol owing questions: Do you [[frequently]] [[hide|conceal]] your emotions? Do you feel like you do everything for other people and then [[Resentment|resent]] it?''" - seems to sum up some of her feelings accurately. |
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==Story== |
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"''My name is Virginia, and I live on the edge of the forest... well kinda. You see, my Dad's a janitor, that's how we got to have an apartment on the edge of [[Central Park]]. And you might think that the fact that I still live with my Dad is a bit sad, and you might be right. But I don't know... I'm all he's got really, and I'm sort of 'between boyfriends' at the moment, so, you know. I'm just a waitress at the "Grill on the Park"; but one day I'm going to find a partner, and open a restaurant of my own. All I need is a good man - who's interested in food.''" |
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The story begins with Virginia's narration as she takes in the view of Central Park, day-dreaming away her free time, before finishing her chores and heading out for her shift as a waitress at the "Grill on the Park", going through the motions that she does everyday when her father, [[Tony Lewis (The 10th Kingdom)|Tony]], as he moans on about his woes and troubles, Virginia manages to insert: "''Your [[Barbecue]] ribs are on top of the [[Microwave Oven|Microwave]]''", before she watches as her father suck up to the building owner, Mr. Murray, as Tony is holding on to his job by a fine line. |
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Virginia is on her way to work, cycling through Central Park, when her path (and her bike) collides with a crash into a [[dog]], and they lay for [[unconscious]] for a short while, until they both come to and Virginia, with the dog in tow, head through the park, Virginia discovers that she has lost her wallet, but is unwilling to linger any longer as she's now already late for work. Greated by her co-worker/waitress, Candy' Fitzsimmons - who has a fetish for dogs, names him '[[Prince/King Wendell Winston Walter White (The 10th Kingdom)|Prince]]'. Shortly later, 'Prince' forces Virginia to leave by writing '''''DANGER''''' in spilt flour, after [[Wolf (The 10th Kingdom)|Wolf]] arrives. |
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==Notes on Virginia== |
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In her heart, Virginia is a dreamer, often daydreaming of the view of Central Park, from her and her father's apartment, as a fairytale forest, like the fairytale read to her by her father Tony when she was little. Virginia's life and adventure throughout the story is indeed remenisent of elements in the stories of 'The Five Woman Who Changed History' in the world of the Nine Kingdoms: |
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* [[Cinderella]]: Cinderella, as good natured as she was in her early years, was made to cook and clean for her wicked step-mother and step-sisters. Virginia, after her mother walked out on them has had to do all the cooking and cleaning for her father, [[Tony Lewis (The 10th Kingdom)|Tony]], since the age of seven and over, though this is emphasised in the novel more than it is on screen. On another note, Virginia's encounter with the old woman carrying sticks in the '''Disenchanted Forest''' does resemble some versions of Cinderella's story, where as Cinderella encounters her [[fairy godmother]] in the woods, who is disguised as an old lady collecting twigs; as in others her fairy godmother comes to her. In the novel adaption, Snow White says that she was the old lady collecting twigs, helping Virginia on her journey. |
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* [[Little Red Riding Hood]]: Virginia can be compared to Little Red Riding Hood, when [[Wolf (The 10th Kingdom)|Wolf]] (who is speculated to be the half-human grandson of the wolf who tried to eat Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother) plans to cram Virginia's grandmother into the oven, then hides in the bed putting on an elderly voice, wielding a meat cleaver, (until he sees Virginia "''in the flesh.''") |
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* [[Snow White]]: Virginia's adventure in the Nine Kingdoms most closely parallels Snow White's. Snow White was 7 years old when her step-mother first ordered her death... a similar scenario happens in Virginia's life when her mother tries to drown her at the same age. Virginia, Wolf and Tony along with a frozen-gold Prince Wendell discover and take shelter in the cottage of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in the '''Disenchanted Forest'''. Virginia lay in a glass coffin, just like Snow White. Snow White also choked on an apple, just like Virginia did during her nightmare whilst sleeping in the '''Deadly Swamp'''. Snow White had four sinificant attempts made on her life: her step-mother the queen ordered her huntsman to kill Snow White; her step-mother tried to kill her with a corset to crush Snow White's ribs; then the step-mother tried to kill her with a poisoned comb; and lastly the evil step-mother tried to kill Snow White with a poisoned apple. Virginia also had four significant attempts made on her life: her mother [[The Evil Queen/Christine Slevil-Lewis-White (The 10th Kingdom)|Christine]] tried to drown Virginia in a bathtub at the age of 7; during her adventure throughout the Nine Kingdoms, Virginia's mother (now the Evil Queen and Prince Wendell's (Snow White's grandson) wicked step-mother) sends her [[The Huntsman (the 10th Kingdom)|Huntsman]] after Prince Wendell, trapped in the form of a dog, and his companions, captures Virginia and threatens to kill her if she doesn't tell him what he wants to know about Prince Wendell; Virginia's mother tries to strangle her while at the same time tries to receive Virginia with her Magic-Mirrors; and lastly tries again to strangle Virginia during the Coronation Ball, after all the guests had fallen to the ground seemingly poisoned, this time Virginia is forced to strike down her mother in self-defence. |
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* [[Rapunzel]]: When they are travelling through the '''Disenchanted Forest''', Virginia's hair starts to grow rapidly under the influence of a gypsy curse, with which Wolf later has to climb up it to rescue her from the Huntsman's Magic-Tree. It is emphasised not on screen, but in the novel how Virginia imagines the horrors of having someone climb up your hair, and later because of the gypsy curse, experiences this first hand when her hair grows as long as Rapunzel's. |
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* [[Hansel and Gretel|Gretal]]: Virginia's connections with Gretel are not as evident, though while in the tunnels of the [[Dwarves]] Ninth Kingdom, Virginia leaves a trail of breadcrumbs when she was searching for an exit because her father Tony had fallen down a hole in a tunnel and could not move his back. Snow White tells Virginia "''you are still lost in the forest''". In the '''Deadly Swamp''', Acorn pretends to be the Swamp Witch, threatening to put her in a cooking pot. |
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Virginia's life and adventure bare resemblences to other stories - modern and ancient. Her name: "'''''Virginia'''''" - named after "''[[Verginia]]''" (''Virginial''), a young woman from [[Roman mythology]] - who was killed by a parent, (as Virginia Lewis was nearly killed three times by her own mother). Her father '''''Virginius''''' (a Roman [[Centurion]]), heartbroken, stabbed her through the [[heart]] to free her of the supposed bondage of slavery claimed by a corrupt official, Appius Claudius, who lusted after her and used the law to take her by force by claiming she was his slave. Virginius was unable to overturn the law and expose the truth in time to stop soldiers, led by Appius Claudius, to come and claim her as a crowd gathered to watch; at the last second Virginius unsheathed his blade and stabbed his [[daughter]] Virginia through the heart; recognised by the public as a centurion, he declared that his daughter's death was easier to bear than her dishonour by Appius Claudius. The Roman army and the poorer citizens then rose to support him, and resulted with checks being placed on the official power of [[magistrates]] in the Roman Empire. ''Virginia's death, along with the [[rape]] of [[Lucretia]] (a Roman Matrion), helped cause major [[constitutional]] changes in the Roman Empire and [[Republic]] power. |
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Virginia's story throughout her journey in the world of the Nine Kingdoms is also reminiscent of [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]] from the Wizard of Oz - travelling along the "''Yellow Brick Road''" - of life; as well as reminiscent of [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]] from [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] - tumbling down the rabbit hole. |
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Virginia's life and adventure throughout the story does indeed bares elements often found in a Greek Tragedy, where men, in trying to prevent their deaths (that were predicted by an oracle) by getting rid of the infants (often their own sons, nephews, and grandsons), but end up being killed by them or because of them anyway, in other words they end up starting the chain of events they tried to prevent. As well an element seen in Homer's The Odyssey: |
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'''The story of Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa''': [[Perseus]]'s grandfather [[Acrisius]], King of Argos learned, from the Oracle of Delphi, that a son born of his only daughter [[Danae]], would one day kill him; so Acrisius incarserated his daughter to prevent her from any contact with men and thus would never bare any children. However, Danae's imprisonment did not stop [[Zeus]] - King of the Gods from spying her beauty from within her prison and visiting her one night, the result of this was that Danae became pregnant and gave birth to Perseus. Acrisius, desperate to save his own skin has Danae and the infant Perseus sealed in a box and set adrift in the sea. The chest was watched over by Zeus and drifted to island of Seriphos, ruled by [[Polydectes]], Danae and Perseus's chest was found in the fishing net of [[Dictys]], the brother of King Polydectes, who took them both in. When Perseus was a man he set out on a quest to obtain the head of the Medusa, one of the Gorgons; aided in his quest by Hermes and Athena; after events of his quest, Perseus ends up attending a celebratory games in Larissa where his grandfather Acrisius, King of Argos was also in attendance. Perseus, invited to join in, throws a discus, which ends up striking King Acrisius dead. |
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'''The story of Oedipus and the Theban Sphinx''': [[Oedipus]], like Perseus, was revealed by an oracle to kill a king, in this case the King was his father, [[Laius]] of Thebes. Learning that a son of his and his queen [[Jocasta]] would one day kill him, Laius had his new born son pierced through the foot and abandoned on a hillside, the baby boy was found by a shepherd and was named Oedipus, which means 'Swollen Foot'. Years later the events predicted by the oracle came to pass, Oedipus kills Laius, King of Thebes, who unbeknownst to Oedipus, was his real father. |
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Like Perseus and Oedipus who were nearly killed by their father or grandfather, Virginia was nearly drown by her own mother at the age of seven, and years later to meet her again and ended up killing her; for Perseus it was an accident, for Oedipus it was in a fit of rage, but for Virginia it was self-defence. |
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In Homer's classic The [[Odyssey]], when [[Odysseus]] was imprisoned by [[Polyphemus]] - the flesh-eating cycloptic son of [[Poseidon]], imprisoned in a cave along with Polyphemus's sheep, who planned to Odysseus and his men; Polyphemus asked Odysseus who he was and Odysseus replied "I'm Nobody", later when Odysseus and his men poked out Polyphemus's eye, Polyphemus's fellow cyclopses asked who did it, Polyphemus could only answer "It was Nobody." When the Huntsman had captured Virginia in the Disenchanted Forest and dragged her to his Magic-Tree to interogate her, demanded her name and she answered "''I'm Nobody. I swear I'm nobody.''" |
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Virginia's life and adventure throughout the story also shares elements found in the more modern epic of [[Star Wars]], [[Luke Skywalker]]: Both Luke and Virginia grew-up in positions that are low in life, Luke was stuck on a farm on a planet, still living with relatives and feeling low in the hopes that he may finally be able to leave the farm and make something of himself; Virginia was stuck sharing an apartment - and still living with her dad, stuck in a dead-end job, and the chances of change were, to her, remort. Both Luke and Virginia's lives were changed when their paths cross with those whose paths lead to their past; Luke ends up on a journey of self-discovery, where he discovers his talents with the force and becomes ardent in becoming a [[Jedi]]; Virginia ends up on a journey of self-discovery, where she begins to learn to overcome her issues with trust, and falls in love for the first time. Both Luke and Virginia's paths on their journeys lead them to a powerful element of their pasts - the villains they both must confront are their missing parents, Luke's father - [[Darth Vader]], and Virginia's mother - [[The Evil Queen/Christine Slevil-Lewis-White (The 10th Kingdom)|the Evil Queen]]. Both Luke and Virginia, at the end, give their long-lost parent, in their final moments, redemption. |
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==Facts and Trivia on Virginia Lewis== |
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'''The facts detailed here, are either observed from [[The 10th Kingdom]] mini-series and/or from [[The 10th Kingdom]] Novel Addaptation.''' |
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* Virginia's address in the mini-series is: "''Apartment 2006, No. 2, East-81st Street''", but in the novel adaption its: "''Apartment 17a, No. 2, East-81st Street''". |
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* In the Novel Addaptation of the story, it is hinted that Virginia has a [[Sensitive]] [[Scalp]] - the book comments that Virginia doesn't like other people doing her [[Hair]] because they pull to hard. |
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* In the [[Novel]] [[Adapt|Addaptation]] of the story, it mentions that Virginia has a mild [[allergy]] - she is mildly allergic to [[mold]], this is explained and emphisised a bit more in the Novel Addaptation - during the scenes in the '''Disenchanted/Thousand Mile Forest'''. But in the Mini-Series, Virginia is observed making sniffling noises like she has a head cold. Her allergy is the reason why she could not stop herself from [[Sneeze|sneezing]] while they were hiding from the Huntsman in the '''Disenchanted/Thousand Mile Forest'''. |
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* Virginia is [[Left|left]]-[[Hand|handed]]. In a number of scenes throughout 'The 10th Kingdom' mini-series (for [[example]], when Virginia put her name down for the "''Beautiful Sheep and Shepardess [[Competition]]''", she signed her name with her left hand). But whenever Virginia is right or left-handed is never mentioned in the Novel Addaptation of the mini-series. Virginia being left-handed may well be because [[Kimberly Williams]], the [[actress]] who portrayed Virginia Lewis, is [[Left-handed|left-handed]]. |
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* Virginia can ride a [[Bike]]: In both the ''The 10th Kingdom'' mini-series and ''The 10th Kingdom'' Novel Addaptation, Virginia had a bike - until she crashes into a fleeing [[Prince/King Wendell Winston Walter White (The 10th Kingdom)|Prince Wendell]], 'Spellbound' as a dog. According to the Novel Adaptation, the bike is a used model, that is a size too big for Virgina, and it was given to her by her father [[Tony Lewis (The 10th Kingdom)|Tony]], and although she does knows that he had bought it at a [[Pawnbroker|Pawnshop]], though he told her that he had bought from one of the "''bicycle places in a the Upper West Side''", but she never confronted him on it or corrected him: "''She let him have his [[fiction]]. It made him feel better. She'd been in some of the bike shops. They wanted to see the rider so that they'd sell a bike that fit her frame. She was petite, and the bike he'd bought was a little too big. She was used to it now, but another of her small dreams was to ride a bike that fit.''" Before Virginia crashed her bike into 'Prince', she kept her bike in her bedroom, away from her father's work space, because he never bothers much to tidy up after himself and his workspace holds the occasional escaped [[Nail (engineering)|Nail]]. |
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* In the scene, when Virginia see's that the three [[Trolls (The 10th Kingdom)|Trolls]] have [[tattoo]]ed her; in the Novel Addaptation of 'The 10th Kingdom', it comments that Virginia had given some thought about getting a tattoo - but the 'Troll Toy' brand wasn't the [[red]] [[rose]] or delicate [[butterfly]] she was thinking of. |
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* The Novel Addaptation of 'The 10th Kingdom' mentions that Virginia has been to [[California]]. In the scene where Virginia and Wolf have entered the '''Giant Beanstalk Forest''' to elude the Troll forces, Virginia compares the height of the Beanstalks to the [[Giant Sequoia|Red Wood Trees of California]]. The novel mentions that Virginia went on a trip to California during her youth (holiday or school trip?), and thought that the forest of Beanstalks towered over the Red Wood forests. |
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* In the Mini-series version, Virginia was wearing a [[white]] [[tanktop]], a [[blue]] [[sweatshirt]], [[tights]] (before the "''Beautiful Sheep and Shepardess Competition''" in the '''Little Lamb Village''', and at the very end of the series), a dark blue flower-patterned [[skirt]] and dark [[shoes]]. In the Novel Addaptation, Virginia was described as wearing [[jeans]] and a sweatshirt. |
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* In the Kissing Town restaurant scene, with Wolf, Virginia admits she's still a [[Virgin]]. After seeing that Wolf was devisated having heard her admit that she had dated loads of guys, Virginia explains: "''Oh nothing serious. I have a hard time, trusting people. I just never want to jump unless I'm sure someone's going to catch me.''" Virginia, having never had a steady relationship with any guy she dated, never went all the way into a relationship with any of them. |
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* Throughout most of the story, Virginia handles the groups money - the Novel Addaptation mentions that her father was glad that Virginia could keep track of all the different [[Denomination (currency)|denominations]] of all the "''Play Money''" (Gold Wendells - the currency of the 4th Kingdom). |
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* Virginia can [[sew]]. In the Little Lamb Village, Virginia needed a shepardess dress to enter the ''Beautiful Sheep and Shepardess Competition'', for a chance to win back the Great Magic Travelling Miror, had to sew one together herself. Its possible that in the fourteen years that she's had to look after her father, she's had to learn to sew, and if so, then she learned well. |
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* In the Little Lamb Village, when Virginia had to enter the ''Beautiful Sheep and Shepardess Competition'' to win the Magic-Mirror, part of the competition required the contestants to sing "''their favorite sheep songs''" (which were all [[Nursery rhyme]]s). As rival competitors Mary Ramley sang [[Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (nursery rhyme)|Bar, Bar, Black Sheep]] and Sally Peep sang [[Little Bo Peep]], Tony told Virginia: "''Sing any song, just put sheep words to it''". In the mini-series, Virginia sang ''[[We Will Rock You]]'' by '''''[[Queen (band)|Queen]]''''' - but with sheep words : |
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"''Buddy you're a lamb'' |
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''Make a big bleat playing in the field'' |
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''Gonna be a big ram some day'' |
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''You got wool on your face - a big disgrace'' |
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''Waving your fleece all over the place'' |
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''Singing we will, we will shear you'' |
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''We will, we will shear you'' |
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''Buddy you're a young ewe'' |
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''Look at you playing in the field'' |
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''Gonna be a big ram some day'' |
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''You got wool on your face - a big disgrace'' |
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''Waving your fleece all over the place'' |
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''Singing we will. we will shear you'' |
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''We will, we will shear you ''" |
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In the Novel Addaptation, Virignia sings ''[[Mary Had a Little Lamb]]'' to the tune of the [[Rod Stewart]] song ''Sailing'', but with sheep words: |
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"''Mary had a ... little lamb and ... '' |
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''It was whi-te, white as snow, '' |
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''Everywhere-ere that, '' |
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''Mary went that '' |
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''Little la-amb was sure to go ... '' |
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''We are lambing, we are lambing, '' |
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''Home again, cross the fields, '' |
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''We are lambing ... stormy pastures, '' |
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''To be near you, to be free ... ''" |
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* Whenever Virginia has been stressed, angered or fustraited etc, she will utter a [[Profanity]], like: "''[[God]]''" and/or "''[[Hell]]''". |
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==Speculation on Virginia Lewis== |
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* Virginia did subjects like [[Maths]] and [[Business]] [[Studies]] at [[School]]. During their [[trek]] through the '''Disenchanted Forest/Thousand Mile Forest''', the Novel Addaptation mentions that [[maths]] is easy for Virginia, when she was figuring out how long it would take them to walk one thousand miles when she thought that they were going the full length of the forest. (In the beginning of the story: In the mini-series, Virginia says that she aspires to find a partner and open a restaurant of her own - at the time she aready worked as a waitress. The Novel Addaptation mentions that Virginia acknowledges that with an [[profession|occupation]] as a waitress she has no hope of advancement, and that her best chances are to find a partner and opening a restaurant of her own - but she's not holding her breath.) Virginia's official bio says that Virginia "''excelled in school''" - so the above evidence suggests that [[Maths]] and [[Business]] [[Studies]] were two subjects that she excelled in at school. |
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* Virginia's [[Birthday]] is possibley in June. At one time, [[engagement ring]]s were mounted sets of stones, and one [[sentiment]]al [[tradition]] had the girl's [[Birthstone]] on the engagement ring, and the world of the Nine Kingdoms, while strange and magical, is very traditional. The engagement ring (a ''Magic Singing Engagement Ring'') that Wolf got for Virginia has one large [[Pearl]] in it - and if so, that would indicate that Virginia was born in June, and is either a [[Gemini]], or a [[Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]] - which ironically is a [[lunar]] ([[Moon]]) sign. |
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* Despite that her mother tried to drown her as a child, Virginia does not fear water. Although this could be because: |
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# she cannot remember the night her mother disappeared |
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# because [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601881/ Simon Moore] never put any [[Aquaphobia|Aqua-Phobic]] ([[Fear]]/[[Phobia]] of [[Water]]) traits into Virginia's Character. |
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==Descriptions of Virginia Lewis== |
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Description of Virginia's character: [[Loving]], [[Sweet]], [[Emotional]], [[Vulnerable]], [[Sensitive]], [[Temperamental]], [[Moody]], [[Loyalty|Loyal]], [[Prerequisite]], a [[dreamer]], she wants romance - but she is uselly repressive of her own feelings - which are hidden behind cynisim and sarcasm, she's depressed and userally puts praticality over her own sentimentality. |
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Virginia likes animals: she was upset when she hit '[[Prince/King Wendell Winston Walter White (The 10th Kingdom)|Prince]]' because she was scared that she had killed him - and despite the threats of the [[Trolls (The 10th Kingdom)|Three Trolls']], she still saved him - and wouldn't leave him behind (except near the end when they were chained up in the Trolls waggon); in the '''Disenchanted Forest/Thousand Mile Forest''', she released all of the Magic-Talking-Birds from the [[Roma people|Gypsy]] camp - after she learned from [[Wolf (The 10th Kingdom)|Wolf]] that the gypsies were going to break their wings and sell them to rich people to eat; and when it came to a choice of going home and leaving Wolf to be burned at the stake by the locals of the '''Little Lamb Village''', or staying behind to try and defend him - she chose to try and defend him - even though she lost her chance to go home then and had to pursue the mirror again. |
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Description of Virginia's appearance: Virginia has a [[Tiny|petite]] [[frame]] and a [[Skinny|Slender]], [[Slim|Lean]] [[figure]], she's [[Beautiful]], [[Adorable]], [[Attractive]], [[Sexy]], [[Blue]]-[[eye|eyed]] [[Brunette]]; in [[Wolf (The 10th Kingdom)|Wolf]]'s own words: "''She’s (Virginia) succulent. What a dreamy, creamy girl''". "''Dynamic''". "''Querky''". |
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==Virginia Lewis's Quotes== |
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Quotes taken from the screen and novel adaptions: |
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* ''My name is Virginia, and I live on the edge of the forest... well kinda. You see, my Dad's a janitor, thats how we got to have an apartment on the edge of Central Park. And you might think that the fact that I still live with my Dad is a bit sad, and you might be right. But I don't know... I'm all he's got really, and I'm sort of 'between boyfriends' at the moment, so, you know. I'm just a waitress at the 'Grill on the Park'; but one day I'm going to find a partner, and open a restaurant of my own. All I need is a good man - whos interested in food. '' |
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* ''Other People Are Trouble. Stick with yourself and you won’t get Hurt. '' |
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* ''I guess you get to a certin age, and you realize that nothing, exciting, is ever going to happen to you. But maybe that just how somethings are, maybe some people have quiet lives. '' |
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* ''I'm just a waitress, so no prizes so far. '' |
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* ''They just split up, all right? God. Doesn't that ever happen where you come from? '' |
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* ''Justice is Universal! '' |
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* ''Dream on! '' |
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* ''Maybe there is destiny. '' |
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* ''I have a hard time, trusting people. I just never want to jump unless I'm sure someone's going to catch me. '' |
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* ''Tell me what this has to do with me. '' |
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* ''I really do like you. I like you a lot. And, I never want to hurt you. I think I love you. '' |
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[[Category:The 10th Kingdom|Lewis, Virginia]] |
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