And the winner is...

Otogu was quite demanding up there in the Great White North, otherwise known of as Minnesota, keeping Bruce occupied all of last week and this weekend. It's a good thing there are two judges on this site, otherwise it might be Monday night or later before this week's winner was announced! And now, on to the entries:

The Bandit - Despite her wide travels, Sinead struck me as a homebody. Overstocking potatoes and covering her house in doilies match that impression quite well. I can't resist adding my own "little thing" about doilies to yours, I'll bet Sinead found some really nice doilies and made a point of showing them off to guests. The guests decided she was a doily fanatic and started giving her doilies as gifts. Sinead is too polite to say she has more than enough of the things now and even displays every last one she's been given (thus adding to the impression that she's a doily fanatic). Sinead's fascination with computer games helps explain why she's a good liaison with the big'uns. She's fascinated with their creations but has a will strong enough to resist the temptations they offer. Very good!

Watkinson - Interesting timing for your entry, as the Boy asked to watch the original Star Wars Friday night. So I paid close attention to TK-421's brief scene and listened to his tragic end in the hold of Millennium Falcon. Each of your "little things" works well for a deployed Stormtrooper. Gambling, competition shooting and gathering mementos to send home to his daughters are all fine background ideas, but I doubt they are going to be unique to TK-421 nor do they give us much more insight into who he is. All are good ideas, I'd just have mixed in at least one thing that would seem truly unique to TK-421. Good entry and a really neat character selection!

Miko - I think you're simply incapable of writing an entry for the Friday Challenge that doesn't have some sort of story to it! Great background stuff on an old favorite cartoon character of mine (her cameo in Roger Rabbit was a high point of the movie for me). While the "used to be a dog" bit came totally out of left field, I think the Victrola, record selection and reflections on how people respond to her Boop-Oop-a-Doop are dead on target. Nice stuff!

Arisia - You provide an excellent justification for why Snape went into potions and for his nickname. Selling it to us muggles as Nyquil is just icing on the cake. (I do wish he'd managed to make the vile stuff taste better before released it to the market, though.) The enchanted photo at his bedside rings of authenticity, as well. Everyone has to have a favorite food -- almond butter and honey sounds pretty good, too -- and I can see his developing from some experiment that involved mixing those two ingredients. Great entry!

As of this writing, the vote is pretty evenly split, with everyone except Miko having received a vote so far. I liked all of the entries but, in the end, feel as Arisia really hit Snape dead-on. She's this week's winner.

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