Tuesday 25 February 2020

25/2/20 - Happy Tuesday! University Inspired Writing Prompt

Today, 25/2/20, is the next instalment of University Inspired Writing Prompts. Since my first year at university, I have been compiling a collection of writing prompts inspired by my time studying in Derby. I hope that these prompts help you create your own works!

All of these prompts are dialogue based, and are inspired by real conversations I have been part of whilst at university.

PROMPT #44:

" I wasn’t ID’ed at the grocery store for all this alcohol because I was dressed up as a character from a 90’s cartoon and the cashier said if I was old enough to know who she was I was definitely old enough to be buying vodka… I’m 19, I just have siblings, dammit!"

The above is a quote from one of my friends, who had joined me on our way to a costume party. In order to be prepared for the events that would be coming during the night, we decided it would be best to buy some alcohol at the local Co-Op. We ended up leaving the shop at different times, me leaving first while she made a decision about whether she wanted to buy vodka and mixers or gin. 

Who needs the No ID No Sale rule when you're dressed like a cartoon from the 1990's? 

I hope that this prompt inspired something, even if it was just a smile! Feel free to check out my previous prompts by looking through the hashtags below! 

Thank you so much for reading! 

And remember! 

Per Ardua Ad Astra!

- Imogen. L. Smiley

Friday 21 February 2020

21/2/20 - Favourite Character Praise Friday - Misa Amane


 Hello and welcome back to Favourite Character Praise Friday! This is one of my absolute favourite posts to write and I hope you enjoy my picking apart of my favourite characters enough to stick around while I examine my next victim, I mean, character. Don’t worry, I do not rank these characters in a particular order, it just so happens that some characters are better worth sharing praise for at a different point in time to others! Remember, every fifth instalment is Least Favourite Character Praise Friday, so keep an eye out for me probing at characters I can’t stand and raving about how well they were written in order to evoke such a reaction.

So, who is the subject of my next Favourite Character Praise Friday?

Misa Amane from Death Note!



Warning: The following will contain spoilers!

For those who don’t know, or haven’t had a chance to check out my analysis of why I dislike Light Turner from Netflix’s adaptation of Death Note, I’ll give you guys a quick info-dump about why I absolutely adore this show.

I have watched Death Note seven times in the last seven years, since I was introduced to it. Every single time I’ve revisited the show I have come across something new and interesting, and a completely new level of storytelling. I absolutely adore all of the characters, regardless of where they stand on the scale of “Kira is Justice” and “Kira is an over-glorified serial killer that needs to be stopped”. My absolute favourite of all the characters, however, is Misa Amane, aka The Second Kira.
She is a character that I immediately gravitated toward. Fifteen-year-old Imogen loved her just as much as I do now. She always struck me as a clever and sharp girl who was utterly devoted to the cause she served. She is one of those characters that I have never found myself disliking, even when the general consensus was that she was annoying.

I have many reasons for adoring her, including her character design and aesthetic, the way she is portrayed exceptionally well by every voice actor that has taken on the role, which I have seen, at least, to even how well she fits into the series.

But these are, arguably superficial means to like a character to the extent that I do. So, like with all of my other favourites thus far, I have dissected the reasons and I am presenting them to you now, for your reading pleasure.

She is actually immensely intelligent. The reason that she decides to follow Light is because she agrees with him and believes that he is right, and thus became subservient in order to assist him. She was his greatest ally. This was demonstrated by the fact that when Light lay dying in the warehouse, he called for her, begging for her to help him, even though she was nowhere near him. She showed off her intellect by orchestrating a rouse where she was able to take out several police officers indiscriminately and make a very strong statement to attract Kira’s attention. She was always aware of the consequences of her actions and was willing to go to any lengths to prove that she had no intention to harm Light. This was a very good method of showing compliance, whether motivated by emotion or methodical planning. By immediately saying that she would let him hold onto her note, she showed him a fierce level of trust, whilst also showing she was willing to help him. This was further exemplified by the fact she was willing to use her friend, who acted as a pasty, preparing the tapes she would end up recording Kira videos on, to her demise without hesitation demonstrated a cool and relentless resolve. Like Light, she was willing to use people that could be classed as disposable as pawns to do her bidding while she pulled the strings.

She is very selfless. It is demonstrated throughout the series, that when motivated to do so, Misa will not hesitate to do anything for a person if she feels strongly enough about them. When she was without her memories of her time as The Second Kira, she went out of her way to assist L and Light in catching Higuchi, the man working under the name of Kira. She took advantage of her status in the idol and acting industry, and the shortcomings of Touta Matsuda ((whom I will praise respectively at a later date!)) in order to manipulate him into confessing. She takes advantage of being allowed her memories to return briefly and retaining as much knowledge as she could from Rem, the Shinigami who first assisted her as The Second Kira, to help the investigation and subsequently return Light’s memories to him. Whenever she was acting as Kira, she was quick to do what she could for Light, solicited or not. She, aware that she had been blessed by Gelus, the Shinigami that died saving her, with an extended lifespan, was happy to half it to assist Light in killing criminals and becoming the God of the new world. She knew that she could have died that day and lived her life, grateful; to Gelus, to Rem, and to Light.

Her exuberance makes her an endearing character. Watching her interact with the stoic Light and the awkward L is entertaining as a viewer. There is a fascinating aspect of seeing the trio, two without their memories of being Kira, bounce off one another. L, despite his suspicions of her, grows fond of Misa, as do several other members of the Japanese Task Force, Matsuda and Mogi to name a few, both after spending extended periods of time in her company. She is a character that knows that people will love her, and doesn’t hesitate to flaunt that trait to the benefit of Light. Her likeable cheerful persona makes her a quick hit with both Sachiko and Sayu Yagami, and eventually, Light’s father warms up to her too. This is demonstrated by the fact that they are all so comfortable together post-timeskip, when in the Yagami household. Misa was always respectable, despite Light making out that his, once fictional, girlfriend had slept with him several times before Misa made herself known to him. Regardless of their inevitable first impressions that the pretty goth at their door was the girl who had slept with Light, they couldn’t help but find her politeness and cheeriness. It also made her a character that was easy to underestimate, whether or not she had her memories at the time. When Mello and Matt are observing her as she was once believed to be The Second Kira, Mello remarks that she is just a stupid woman, demonstrated by her dedication to Light, to whom she would soon become engaged.

Misa is a character that both fans and characters alike, underestimate immensely throughout the series - Light included. She is one of my favourites due to the fact that, despite being so devoted to Light she had the power to make immense change. It was after the rise of The Second Kira that more and more people started to fall in-line with Light’s ideals. She was able to manipulate Higuchi into confessing as she knew he was attracted to her, and wanted to pursue a romantic relationship with her. She is quick and adaptable, and had she not been a Kira supporter, could have been a better adversary than L because of her refusal to take prisoners. She makes that clear from the moment she proposes she pretend to be his girlfriend at the start of the show, she will kill anyone that she sees associating with him romantically.

Please, if you have opinions on Misa Amane, feel free to share them with me! Don’t forget you can check out my previous Character Praise by looking through the hashtags below.

And remember!

Per Aruda Ad Astra

Tuesday 18 February 2020

18/2/20 - Happy Tuesday! University Inspired Writing Prompt

Today, 18/2/20 is the next instalment of University Inspired Writing Prompts. Since my first year at university, I have been compiling a collection of writing prompts inspired by my time studying in Derby. I hope that these prompts help you create your own works!

All of these prompts are dialogue based, and are inspired by real conversations I have been part of whilst at university.

PROMPT #43:

"Our table isn’t big enough for all of this alcohol. Hold my cider, I’ll grab the ironing board."
      "Oh my god the boy’s a genius!" 

The above was something which happened to take place at a friend's birthday party. Due to us deciding to hold a party for almost twenty people in a space only designed for four people, we ended up very much over capacity. Therefore, we had to improvise when attempting to make enough space for all of us to have our alcohol out, as it was getting spilt by us all holding it. My friend, Matt, managed to come up with the clever idea of producing an ironing board from behind the sofa and setting it up so we could use that to hold all of the bottles of vodka our party had accumulated. 

I hope that this prompt inspired something, even if it was just a smile! Feel free to check out my previous prompts by looking through the hashtags below! 

Thank you so much for reading! 

And remember! 

Per Ardua Ad Astra!

- Imogen. L. Smiley

Tuesday 11 February 2020

11/2/20 - Happy Tuesday! University Inspired Writing Prompts!

Today, 11/2/20, is the next instalment of University Inspired Writing Prompts. Since my first year at university, I have been compiling a collection of writing prompts inspired by my time studying in Derby. I hope that these prompts help you create your own works!

All of these prompts are dialogue based, and are inspired by real conversations I have been part of whilst at university.

PROMPT #42:

"Guess who used OTP fanart as a bookmark for a library book and returned it to university yesterday!"

The above is a genuine plight that I had. When I was in my final year at university, I had been struggling to multitask doing all of the required reading for my dissertation. I ended up having a frantic day, after maxing out the amount of time I could renew a library loan online, where I was skim reading as much reading as I could in one go, using anything I could as a bookmark. This included receipts, scrap paper, a notebook, a sheet of stickers, an old envelope which had had a parcel in it, and surprisingly, a piece of fanart of my OTP that I had purchased at comic con. 

Due to feeling poorly, I was unable to return the books to uni directly, and instead, tasked my housemate, and friend to do so for me. She noticed a protruding receipt from one book, but not the lilac background of the art, and I ended up realising that the drawing was missing and had to rush to university the next day and retrieve the book from the shelf, art in tow, and smuggle the drawing out of the library without anyone noticing. 

To say my friends and I were amused by my predicament would have been an understatement!

I hope that this prompt inspired something, even if it was just a smile! Feel free to check out my previous prompts by looking through the hashtags below! 

Thank you so much for reading! 

And remember! 

Per Ardua Ad Astra!

- Imogen. L. Smiley

Friday 7 February 2020

7/2/20 - Favourite Character Praise Friday WITH A TWIST: Ross Geller


Hello everyone! As today is the tenth instalment of Favourite Character Praise Friday since the conclusion of my hiatus, today is the next of many LEAST Favourite Character Praise Fridays. For those that are unfamiliar with me and my content, every ten weeks / five instalments of Favourite Character Praise Friday, I will diverge from my standard practice, where I pick apart my favourite characters and the ones I adore more than anything, so I can challenge myself and explore why the characters I loathe are also brilliant. You can always learn a lot from the characters you hate because they tend to be hated for a reason, and just because you don’t like them doesn’t mean that they’re not somebody else’s favourite character too. Despite finding it much harder to see the good in characters I hate, it is a lot of fun to pick a character apart.


So, who am I picking apart today?

A rather controversial character to dislike – Ross Geller from Friends, The TV Show!



Warning, the following will contains spoilers from all ten seasons of Friends!

Now, a disclaimer before I begin. Friends is a show that has been a part of my life since I was quite young. I remember watching it when I was like nine because it was on TV. I always really enjoyed watching it, and it was something I could just unwind and relax, watching, and let all of time just slip past me.

When I was fifteen, I was gifted with all ten seasons on DVD and I remember, when we moved house, the following week, we spent every waking moment of the day, watching friends on the TV. We burned through ten seasons in three weeks and were left, unsure of what to do with our lives in hindsight.

I have been watching it on-off, sometimes because it is the only thing on the TV that I’ll happily have on in the background. When compared to most other daytime TV shows, knowing there’s always the welcome comfort of Friends on hand was reassuring.

Even now, it occasionally goes on in the background, to provide a soundtrack to my day. It’s a familiar comfort when you live with anxiety, knowing that there’ll be a welcome distraction available if you just change the channel.

I’ll be the first to admit that, with all of this in mind, I probably do sound like slightly more than a casual fan. But I am the first to say that my interest in it has slowly fizzled out, just because I know what’s going to happen in every other episode, thanks to my childhood and early-teen years being fixated with these people and their amazing lives, and seeing how it all unfolds relatively easily for each of the characters.

So, before I start laying into Ross, in particular, I would like to acknowledge something. Because I have had similar discussions at university and it always seems to be brought up as a counter-argument:

Something that is really important is that character development is done subtly. This means that a casual viewer, that is watching the show our of order would still be able to recognise the character from its core traits. With Friends, considering how long the series has run, it would be impossible to completely stagnate the way the characters behave and interact, otherwise there is no way that the show would have been as successful and have run for so long, still being loved for twenty five years after its initial debut.

Character development in Friends was done through looking at parts of the characters and their relationships that would make sense to be stretched out. For example, the Ross and Rachel back and forth which took place consistently throughout the seasons, as well as how Monica and Chandler ended up in a relationship. The way that Chandler felt about Monica was discussed at as early as season three, where he began to make declarations that he would be her boyfriend if nobody else would. However, there were hints that they were quite close friends from the start of the show considering the way they interacted. Most of their banter toward the start consisted of jabs and jibes about their former relationships, particularly when they were single. There is always a small glimpser that there was a bit of romantic tension between them, and thus, at the end of season four, when Chandler and Monica sleep together, and any subsequent episode, you can see that their dynamic hasn’t changed too much, even though they are now in a romantic relationship. They still make comments about people they find attractive, even in the other’s company.

In short, sitcoms can’t have dramatic character development for the reason that they don’t want to detract the casual viewer from coming back to the show when they can, because the characters are so different.

This does, influence my perception of Ross’ character. It’s easy enough to criticise the way he is due to his lack of a capacity to change his behaviour, but if he was able to change that drastically, then it could impair the viewership. Changes with Ross, or any of the characters, were usually short-lived and took place within the space of one episode. Like when Ross made a New Year’s Resolution to do a new thing every day, and ended up changing up his image by buying a pair of leather pants. The same way that Chandler and Ross make a fifty-dollar-bet that he can’t go a without insulting his friends.

But, let’s get to the analysis.

Let’s start with why I dislike Ross. There are reasons why he’s in this segment instead of its partner.
I feel like Ross was one of those characters that could have been fantastic. You can see from the way he is quick to jump into new relationships that he struggles to validate himself, and, in a sense, does need someone there to reassure him that he’s on the right track, or doing the right thing. This is demonstrated from the get go in the immediate response to his marital breakdown with Carol. He expresses in Season One, that he felt that everything was okay, and that finding out that she didn’t agree and she couldn’t stay married to him was devastating. He couldn’t necessarily fault her in the sense of not wanting to try and make things work, which probably made things worse for him; after all she was cheating on him, and was in love with “the other woman”, Susan. After that point, he is struggles to pick himself back up. This is understandable, but for the sake of plot progression he quickly ends up fixating on the romantic feelings he once had for Rachel, who suddenly came back into his life. He let those emotions take over and when he eventually ended up with Rachel, he seemed a lot more stable in himself. Had the “we were on a break” thing not happened, I reckon that they would have stayed together for much longer. After all, Ross and Rachel’s relationship was incredibly strong at the start – with their arguments being real and easy to access as a consumer. However, TV drama and tension requires exaggerated reactions every once in a while, and thus the Ross and Rachel saga begins, from Season Three up until the Series Finale in Season Ten, they are constantly in a back and forth, trying to best each other, whilst not coping with their issues. The trait that is basically to his detriment is that desperation for validation that lead him to cheat on Rachel with the girl from the Copy Shop.

Another reason I dislike him is due to his character being presented as a serial monogamist, instead of his issues being handled properly. His divorce lawyer even makes quips about Ross being so quick to marry. It is shown in several instances that he has issues with commitment. He enjoys being married, he enjoyed the comfort and security of that relationship and has since ended up trapped in a cycle of it always being too soon, in one way, shape or form. When he married Emily, he hadn’t sorted out his issues with Rachel and ended up saying the wrong name at the altar. He ruins the opportunity to go onward and enjoy a happy life with her, because of this mistake and it is repeated several times for dramatic and comedic effects. Ross was still hung up on his breakup with Rachel when he got in a relationship with Emily and in his whirlwind romance, didn’t think of the consequences until Rachel was right there at his wedding, all of a sudden. Then, the second time he got married in the show, it was under even more dramatic circumstances. He and Rachel, his on-off romantic interest for several seasons got drunk in Las Vegas and ended up getting married. Ross is shown in many relationships between these marriages, never really taking time to enjoy life as a bachelor. Instead, he fixates on this blissful life he once had, that he once enjoyed and constantly strives to achieve it again. His fatal flaw is being so quick to commit to relationships and immediately wanting to spend his life with people, instead of giving himself the opportunity to adjust to the breakdown of one relationship. This wouldn’t be a problem, so to say, if his character wasn’t as fixated on commitment as he is. In short, instead of the sitcom focusing on the deeper problems, that could have still been poked fun at, Ross is just made out to be obsessed with marriage.

The last reason that makes me dislike Ross as a character is the way that he refuses to acknowledge his own hypocrisy. During Season Eight, when, after a one-night-stand, Rachel falls pregnant with Ross’ child. During her pregnancy, Ross resents Rachel for still having a romantic life, going to the lengths of hiding messages he took for her. Even though they didn’t discuss re-establishing their romantic relationship. However, during that period, Ross feels perfectly comfortable to start dating Mona for an extended period, during which, he neglects her own boundaries and constantly leaves her waiting for him when he won’t show up. Yet she is never shown to do the same thing back. Worst of all, in that period, he allowed Rachel to move in with him without telling her. Dishonesty, is a common trait of Ross’ character, where he will lie in order to deflect the severity of the situation he has found himself in. The fact that he never actively takes responsibility for the things he does is a negative character trait which is hard to find endearing as a viewer.

Of course, Ross, like all of the other characters, has reasons to be liked: he is diligent in the pursuit of his career, passionate enough about palaeontology to end up as a tenured professor at NYU, a distinguished position, despite his shortcoming in his role, like dating a student and not failing students because they claimed to be in love with him, he clearly did a good job and was very knowledgeable.

There are many things that I would love to discuss here about Ross, particularly with his issues. If I do end up making follow up posts, do expect to see them linked at the foot of this post!

Please, if you have opinions on Ross Geller, feel free to share them with me! Don’t forget you can check out my previous Character Praise by looking through the hashtags below.

And remember!

Per Aruda Ad Astra!

Thursday 6 February 2020

6/2/20 - Imogen's A Nerd: Death Note Oneshot Review


Today I will be discussing the new instalment of Death Note, produced as a oneshot set after the canon story of Kira and L. It is available to read online via Viz Media’s website!

Warning. This will contain SPOILERS for both Death Note and the new Death Note Oneshot.



There is a lot to unpack in such a short space of time, but to get started, I would like to talk a bit about some of the characters. The first would have to be our new protagonist – Minoru Tanaka. He is shown to be an intelligent High-School aged boy, that is reserved and does not have many friends. He is presented with the Death Note, a notebook used by Light Yagami to act as Kira, God of The New World.

He refuses the notebook from Ryuk and instead bargains that he should come back in two years, which Ryuk obliges. When Minoru receives the Death Note, he is confident he has conjured up the perfect plan to utilise it.

The majority of the story from that point onwards focusses on how the young man executed his plan, auctioning off the Death Note without being detected by the Japanese Police, which appeared to be headed by Aizawa, a character from the original story, with Matsuda a loyal underling. – I intend to discuss their roles in the story later!

One of the criticisms that I have seen online was how Minoru did not compare to Light. And that was clear from the get-go. This story was a oneshot, and would only exist for the equivalent of one volume. Light’s story extended for a significantly longer period. He consequently had an drastically different series of opportunities to develop as a character.

It was clear from the get-go that the two boys would not be the same – Ryuk believed that Minoru would be a substantial candidate due to him having the highest scores, however, he misunderstood an IQ test not being synonymous with the academic performance league tables. This meant that Light was a boy who knew of his smarts, applied himself and honed his skills, while Minoru had the intelligence, but was struggling in school. With that in mind, most of his character development occurred between the lines during the two-year period between his first and second meeting with Ryuk.

I believe that Minoru was a very bright and smart protagonist, he took on a completely different perspective to how to handle the power that had once belonged to Light. Which could have easily been a nod to consumerism and the popularity of the manga and the show’s merchandising, including Death Notes with the names of characters that were murdered in them. It was a refreshing take and I really enjoyed seeing him handle the obstacles that fell into his way.

The next thing I would like to discuss was the minor roles of Aizawa and Matsuda, two of the six original members of the Japanese Police Force that worked with L and Watari to catch Kira. Considering that two of the original policemen died during the original story, seeing two of the remaining characters still participating in active-duty roles after the conclusion of the story provided plenty of insight.

Aizawa was older than his underling, Matsuda, and the fact that he is yet to retire serves to act as a dating feature of the story. The two men also provided an aspect of insight about what the immediate responses were to Minoru’s attempt to sell the Death Note.

They also helped to enhance the story, as they were two of the few remaining humans alive that would have been able to recognise the face of Ryuk when he appeared on television. Their presence would have made fans of the original happy, especially as Matsuda can act as comic relief, but also furthered the plot tenfold.

Then there was Near, who was now going under the initial L, having replaced Light acting in his rightful role as the detective’s named successor. He was present for several reasons, to give a clearer picture of how much time had passed, and to add that element of chase back to the story.

Near was initially depicted to be approximately thirteen in the original story. He is significantly older, thus demonstrated by the growth of his hair, and his increased height, although he still latches onto the element of his character that made him so endearing originally – toys. His childlike quality to outlook on things was refreshing when compared to the harsh and blunt perspective that his predecessor, L had had.

It also added the opportunity to provide nods to the original story in the form of the rubber Kira figurine that had been used in the final confrontation between Near and Light.

The chase, however, left many readers on social media frustrated, something I would like to dig into: Near is aware of Ryuk’s presence as he was able to see him. He immediately realised there could be a means to track down Minoru Tanaka and began looking into creating a Shinigami Facial Recognition Device, which would have been immensely effective due to how Ryuk needs to remain relatively close to his Death Note at all times.

However, Minoru seems to have thought about the heightened surveillance which would have derived from the fall of Kira. He consequently manages to do what Light could never do, outsmart L. This is because Light got caught up in his own tragic flaw, his narcissism and God-Complex. Minoru, however, had nothing to lose, and thus was able to think clearly about what he could do to benefit from the Death Note.

The next thing I would like to touch on is how much character development we got from Ryuk. It might not have seemed like a lot had changed about him, but he had clearly changed since having met Light. There was a level of immense fondness that the Shinigami had for his previous companion, demonstrated by the fact that he asked after his legacy when Minoru mentioned Kira. Ryuk was quick to engage that topic of conversation, intrigued to know what had become of the world his companion had forged. He appeared somewhat saddened by the development that children were taught about the efforts of Kira in a negative vein, as Light had intended to be feared and revered.

This was further validated at the end of the story, where Ryuk writes Minoru’s name in his Death Note, revealing it was on the same page as Light’s when years had passed since Kira’s fall. He had obviously killed numerous humans after Light’s death, but had kept his page blank. This was likely out of fondness or respect.

Now, the next thing I would like to discuss is the commentary provided by the writers and artists. The most prevalent being the auctioning of the Death Note. Minoru sells the Death Note online, using Ryuk and his invisibility to his advantage. In doing so the trend starts with people on social media and it eventually results in world leaders publicly calling press-conferences to make sure this new person with Kira’s power knew of the money they were willing to spend.

The President of the United States ends up winning this auction, but due to a new rule, imposed by the Shinigami King, he is made aware that if he accepted the note, he would die, just as the person who instigated the transaction upon receipt of their funds. This meant that the President, who bears a striking resemblance to the current president, implying that this story is set in 2020 if not later, had the option to refuse the notebook, or take it, only to die. He declared he would not accept the Death Note, in fear of his life. Minoru, however, had been none the wiser and died, despite his efforts to distribute America’s wealth to the Japanese public, boost their economy and help the masses.
It seemed ironic that the Kira that would have the greater influence was one who did not use the Death Note to kill. An irony, which was beautifully apt for the context and content.

I loved this oneshot and believe that anyone, whether they have engaged in the original material or not, should give the story a chance, it gives a really interesting outlook on the way that morals work. I will happily purchase a physical copy of this volume, should it be released. I loved every moment of reading it!


Tuesday 4 February 2020

4/2/20 - Happy Tuesday! University Inspired Writing Prompt

Today, 4/2/20, is the next instalment of University Inspired Writing Prompts. Since my first year at university, I have been compiling a collection of writing prompts inspired by my time studying in Derby. I hope that these prompts help you create your own works!

All of these prompts are dialogue based, and are inspired by real conversations I have been part of whilst at university.

PROMPT #41:

"Let’s get drunk and watch Scooby Doo 2"
      "Is that the bodyswap one?"
"I don’t know, is that the first or the second?"
"I have absolutely no idea!"
"Shit, you guys, looks like we’re getting drunk and watching BOTH live action Scooby Doo movies!"

The above is a conversation that took place at my friend's 25th birthday party. For that event, myself and about fifteen other friends of his had crammed into a hotel-apartment that was only supposed to house four people, to celebrate our friend's birthday. Due to us arriving quite early in the afternoon, because of miserable weather, we had settled down, sat on the floor and the sofas alike, and began to channel surf. In the end we found a film channel, one which had the second Scooby Doo film on, and a Plus One channel which was still playing the first. 


I hope that this prompt inspired something, even if it was just a smile! Feel free to check out my previous prompts by looking through the hashtags below! 

Thank you so much for reading! 

And remember! 

Per Ardua Ad Astra!

- Imogen. L. Smiley