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Joker Out between dreams and reality (Val 202: Music 202) - Part 2: Kris

Part 1 with Bojan and Jan can be found here.

Today, 7.08.2023, Slovenian national radio station Val 202 broadcasted a recent interview with Joker Out member Kris Guštin. Below is the translation of the interview, which you can listen in the audio file above, or on this direct link.

Intro: This is my music.

Female Host: Kris, welcome to 'This is my music'. How are you?

Kris: Hi, thanks for inviting me. Quite good.

Thank you for taking the time, I know you have some extremely busy days. We are outside your rehearsal space. How much time do you spend here, is this basically your second home?

Kris: I'll say this, the road is our second home at the moment, but otherwise, yes. When we have a few days off, we're sure to be here, even if not to create, but to hang out with our team. But most of all this was our second home when we were making the second album, when we were constantly here, from the beginning of 2022 until July, August.

Well, we'll come back to Joker Out, but now we're going back to your childhood. Were you a diligent student, did you like going to school, or were you rebellious?

Kris: I was quite rebellious in the first couple of years of primary school (T./N.: age 6-15), but I honestly can't tell you why. It was very much a 'rebel without a cause' situation and then later on, in the later years of primary school and especially the beginning of secondary school (T./N.: age 15-18/19), I kind of got on my feet and I went from lower grades to the highest grades, and suddenly I became a straight A's student. The key thing that happened in between was that I started playing guitar and I started making music.That kind of got me on my feet.

I read that your father brought you a guitar and you didn't look at it for a while, and then one day you came home and you told him to show you the chords. Do you remember what changed then?

Kris: My dad brought me a guitar for the first time when I was about 12, I think, and I assured him that I wanted to play and all that, that I was really going to try. And then I played it for three days and then just left it, like you said. And then in the ninth grade of primary school, when I was 14, this thing happened where I met the band Apokalipsa, which had Bojan as the singer, Martin Jurkovič as the bass player, and Matic Kovačič as the drummer, and I kind of got through a project for the school, where my dad wrote the school anthem, which they were going to perform, and I ended up there at the rehearsals and I became friends with them and I became very impressed with the music and especially because they were already performing as a band at that time, the attention they were getting, especially from the women, when they were performing, or because they were in a band, and because of that I was also very motivated to pick up the guitar again and this time I stuck with it.

At the expense of recognition of your father's music, did you feel some pressure that you had to use this advantage, that you grew up in this world, that it was closer to you?

Kris: No, actually, until I met the boys from Apokalipsa, I didn't really understand what my father is, what he means to other people, not only that he is my father to me. I didn't realise that he had such a cultural influence, or that he was basically a legend of the Slovenian music scene and that he was worthy of all respect. But then I discovered music through someone else, so I could discover my father's music and so I could develop respect for what he did.

What are the pros and cons of your father being such a legend, besides the obvious ones like comparison, jealousy...?

Kris: The advantages are that not only my dad, but also my mum has been involved in the music industry for her whole life, but from a more business side, and I got an insight into what it really means to be a music artist. In a business sense and not just in a musical sense. On the other hand, the only thing where I really really see a negative is that when we have some successes that we really worked hard and earned it ourselves, then it's always attributed to the fact that my dad was the one pulling the strings behind it all. But really we can just laugh about it, so it doesn't affect us.

Yes, he once said, "I wish I was a songwriter, but I'm not."

Kris: Yes, definitely.

Let's go straight to the first song you've chosen.

Kris: So, Led s severa (Ice from the North) is the first track I chose, if I'm not mistaken. This song has more meanings. It's a song that my father wrote. It's a legendary Slovenian song, I don't even need to explain that. Fun fact: it was written, among other things, for my mother, which itself gives me a certain emotional attachment to it. On the other hand, it is also the song through which I first met the band Apokalipsa and also Bojan, because they, I think I was in the eighth grade of primary school, they were performing at an event and they were playing Led s severa. I heard it when they were on the soundcheck and I ran inside to the gym where they were having a soundcheck for the concert. And I came in and because I was the son of the guy who wrote that song I felt entitled to give my opinion on their cover of that song. And the first thing I ever said to Bojan in my life was "This song is not played with distortion." And that's how we met and that's what makes this song special to me. And half of the time when I started playing guitar, when we started the first band, that song and other songs from Big Foot and Siddharta were the first songs we played and that's definitely the starting point of our music journey.

Are you still studying?

Kris: Look, I'm officially a chemical engineering graduate, then last year, so in September 2022, I signed up for a master's degree in international relations at FDV (Faculty of Social Sciences). I completed the first semester and then, Eurovision happened. So I'm officially still a student, but I haven't been to university for half a year.

What was your way of thinking? Did you decide to become a musician, or how succesful did you want to become that you decided on it?

Kris: I have to say, I never really expected to be a musician, it was kind of an impossible dream to me, at least I thought so. But it all happened so fast. I was studying chemical engineering at univerity because I was interested in chemistry and science, but mainly because I expected to get a stable job soon after graduating, which is true. But when I was almost done with my studies I had already realized that I don't really care about them. Music was the one guiding me. That's why I enrolled in a different programme at a different university. I knew I wasn't going to pursue a career from it, I still wanted to make music, but I was still interested in the academic world. Anyway, it happened all of a sudden that I was able to move away from my parents on my own financial initiative, and I could live exclusively from music. So I didn't plan it, but it happened.

Kris Guštin, what makes a person draw your attention? You have met a lot of people in the last year. Who is perhaps the most memorable for you and why?

Kris: I'll say this. My circle of friends, or rather new people I meet, are getting more and more limited to the music industry because it's all I do all day and night. And it's really hard to find sincere people in music or showbusiness at all. As cliché as it sounds, it's hard to find a person who you immediately feel that you can trust without it ending up somewhere online, or them using it against you in any way. So I have to say that this past year I was the most surprised when I accepted people who seemed genuine to me, but they were who they were and didn't hang out with us or me because of what we are.

I have to ask though. You have met Lewis Capaldi. What was your experience?

Kris: It was actually quite incredible, since he is of course one of the main pop artists at the moment. We also appreciate his music and him as a person, I think he is also a great entertainer in addition to being a very good musician. I don't have much to say about him, he was nice. After the concert in London, he was the first person we saw backstage and he toasted with us with a bottle of champagne and told us that he thought we were really good. He said: "You fucking smashed it, boys". Then, I don't know, we hung out for a bit, that's all. He's really nice, I hope we'll be able to get to know eachother better another time.

How do you perceive famous and recognizable people, and at the same time, how does your perception change with you becoming more and more recognized?

Kris: Yes, this is actually quite an interesting question because Lewis Capaldi was an example where we kind of had a hunch that he might come to London. We kind of prepared ourselves incase he came. Once we heard that he was there, we were very excited, but it kind of just felt normal to us. And there is no explanation for it at all, it's not like we feel equal to him or anything. But things happen and change so fast, that even an incredible thing like Lewis Capaldi appearing at your concert seems everyday to you, even though it really isn't. But still, when I see someone like that, say Marco Mengoni, I still get excited. I've been a pretty big fan of him even before I knew he was going to be at the Eurovision. I first met him there and when he congratulated me after the final in the green room, I hugged him, I was really excited. So we definitely still have our idols.

Okay. Honestly, has there ever been a moment when you were a bit too arrogant and had to stand back because of your fame?

Kris: It's hard at times. But let's say right now, as we're sitting next to our sponsored cars, I'll tell you that sometimes, when someone got on my nerves while on the road, I liked to show it by honking or something like that, Thtat's arrogant, let's say, but I can't afford to do it anymore because Joker Out is written in big letters on our car now.

Okay. Second song?

Kris: Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent. If Big Foot Mama and Slovenian rock were the first point of my musical development, this, for example, was probably the second or the third. Arctic Monkeys were namely the first band that opened up the English music scene to me, through which I got to know and in which I definitely find myself most now. Around 80% of our sound comes from it. Mine and Bojan's taste is also very close here. I've also got to know all the bands that are now my biggest idols, say the Beatles, Oasis and things like that through the Arctic Monkeys. And Fluorescent Adolescent was the first such piece.

Intro: This is my music!

I had the opportunity to be a part of your Eurovision journey with you. I have repeatedly stressed how seriously you have taken your task. You were all cheerful, sociable... Us Slovenian journalists also got more interviews thanks to you, because the performers knew about you, so thank you for that. It's been a while now, how do you look back on this experience?

Kris: Yes, I can tell you with confidence that none of us regret it. We took a bit of a risk when we decided to go to Eurovision. We put a bit of hope into something that we weren't sure would happen. Of course we believe in ourselves and our music, but you never know what will stick at Eurovision and what won't. But now that about 3 months have passed since then, we can see that the decision was definitely the right one. I would even dare to say that it was the best decision that could have been taken at that moment. The door to Europe has opened, we are doing gigs everywhere and we are enjoying it a lot. Just now we had a UK tour, which lasted only 4 days, we had a tour bus, there was another band that was with us. It really was a dream rock experience. Truly stereotypical. So life is very good and I'm glad we decided to do it.

You have countless interviews behind you. I should ask you which questions get on your nerves the most, but I know the answers. However, I would be more interested to know what is the one topic that you could talk about endlessly?

Kris: The most standard questions are the ones that get on our nerves the most. For example, 'How does it feel' is always a difficult question. It's very ungrateful because most people who are involved in something like let's say entertainment, concerts, gigs, whatever - when big things like that happen in their life, they can't immediately describe what it is they're feeling, and then you get some empty superficial answers like 'okay', 'we're getting ready...'. So. That's why I really don't like that question, also maybe I'm only now at the right point to really be able to judge how I felt during Eurovision. Now, as for what could I go on and on about...? That's a really good question. Certainly about the British music scene, let's say, and I'd love to talk endlessly about the Slovenian music scene too. Or maybe about the music and entertainment industry in general.

Given the busy schedules, I imagine it's not the easiest on the body. But still. Which healthy habit have you either kept or conquered that you are proud of?

Kris: Yeah, I had a pretty unhealthy life before Eurovision. I really didn't eat much fruit. I did eat vegetables, but I really couldn't help it, so when it came to Eurovision time and the constant flying, travelling, performing and interviewing, I kind of forced myself in between to eat some fruit in the morning before breakfast, essentially to prevent just living on supplements, I'll put it that way. And actually now it has paid off, because now I am eating fruit by myself at home and I feel better.

What is a counterweight to this busy life of a musician constantly on the road?

Kris: People who understand your situation, who are always ready to talk to you. These can be parents, partners, friends... Someone who somehow represents a stable point in your life when everything turns upside down for you.

Yes, and now maybe we can get to the other members of the band. How has your relationship developed over the years, what has been your biggest contribution, and maybe can you think of a moment when the guys were really supportive?

Kris: Our friendship now, over... over the last two years has really been growing and intensifying, or whatever you want to call it. This is especially evident with Jure and Nace. Because Jure has only been a member of the band for two years now, two and a half years. And Nace almost one year. But still I feel like I've known both of them for my whole life. Because also so many things have happened in between that maybe a whole lifetime has passed. I don't know what my contribution was, I'm usually always characterised as calm, serious and organised, so I kind of keep it all together. I'm sure I've contributed creatively as well, I've written some songs. But it seems to me that when the others like to go a bit off the rails, I'm always there to guide them and keep them grounded. And the others are always there for me. Right now a specific situation doesn't occur to me, because every day someone has something to deal with. And we all stand by him. But really, in the last years the worst situations were only when somebody was burnt out, or somebody got sick, and then we understood to postpone rehearsals, to postpone the concert, and things like that.

Is there something you want to do but haven't had the courage to do it yet?

Kris: It is not that I have not had the courage to do it yet... Well, maybe I have not had the courage to do it yet. But I am telling to myself that I have not yet had the time to do it. But, modelling. A lot of people have already told me that I have the right attitude and look for it, and I'm genuinely interested to see what it would be like.

And now, the question about what you're most proud of, and then the third song, related to Eurovision, which we have also talked about.

Kris: I'm most proud of the fact that - it may be a bit early to say, but all the signs are pointing to the fact that we will be one of the first few Slovenian acts that might be able to break abroad. This is of course a big plus for us. But beyond that, I really hope that we will at least partly contribute to making Slovenian culture more visible to the European public in general. I hope that by doing this we open the door to some more performers, and maybe other European countries, European audiences, will now start to look at Slovenia a little more seriously in the cultural field, not just in the sports field. So if in, I don't know, five years' time, we're performing somewhere abroad, and if there's some other Slovenian bands there, I'll be very proud of that.

Third song?

Kris: The third track is 'Running Scared', which is very different from the previous two. But it's definitely important in my musical development because it's the Eurovision winning song from 2011, and it really stuck in my mind, in my heart, and in my ears. I've kind of followed Eurovision before, I don't know, Lordi, Ruslana, I've heard all that - Lena from 2010 - but this song is the first one that really sucked me into Eurovision. From then on, I followed it quite passionately. And then, it's basically the song that's kind of responsible for me wanting to go to Eurovision. So definitely very relevant for this year. But what's an added bonus is that Ell, who is the singer and co-writer of this song, was a member of the Azerbaijani delegation this year, and I got to meet him and had a bit of a fanboy moment with him. And what was the biggest honour for me was that he told me that he knows us and that he's excited about what we're doing.

Kris, thank you very much!

Kris: Thank you!

Translation cr: @kurooscoffee, @beeoftheanxieties, twt kotsrce, IG carmen.grovez.

#joker out #kris gustin #kris guštin #bojan cvjeticanin #jure macek #nace jordan #jan isn't mentioned here :'')

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Milgram Timelines, trial 2

Table of timeline conversations since 2022 (includes a few before the start of T2). Description below the cut.

Edit: Just realized that the entire count is off by one because the formula was counting the headers, so pardon me as I edit the entire post

Also note that Haruka has two extra timelines about "Please forgive Muu", but he's otherwise on par with most of the other prisoners.

Hmm, what if someone made a web of this?

2022

Jan 17 - Yuno, Mahiru

Trial 1 end report

Apr 19 - Fuuta, Amane Jun 22 - Haruka, Muu

Trial 2 start

Jun 27 - Shidou, Kazui Jul 5 - Yuno, Muu Aug 5 - Kazui, Kotoko Sep 2 - Yuno, Mahiru Oct 6 - Haruka, Mikoto Oct 24 - Shidou, Amane Dec 15 - Mikoto, Kotoko

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Jan 17 - Mahiru, Amane Feb 19 - Haruka Apr 7 - Haruka Apr 19 - Fuuta, Amane Jun 22 - Haruka, Muu Jun 27 - Yuno, Amane Jul 5 - Fuuta, Muu Aug 5 - Shidou, Kazui Sep 2 - Yuno, Kazui Oct 6 - Mikoto Oct 24 - Shidou, Mahiru Dec 15 - Haruka, Kotoko

2024

Jan 17 - Fuuta, Mahiru Apr 19 - Haruka, Fuuta

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Haruka: 7 (6 excluding pre-T2, 4 excluding "please forgive Muu") Yuno: 5 (4 excluding pre-T2) Fuuta: 5 (4 excluding pre-T2) Muu: 4 (3 excluding pre-T2) Shidou: 4 Mahiru: 5 (4 excluding pre-T2) Kazui: 4 Amane: 5 (4 excluding pre-T2) Mikoto: 3 Kotoko: 3

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matan4il · 9 months

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Last post of good-natured silliness regarding Mile and Apo's trips! (the first can be found here and the second here)

Jul 28, Mile posted a pic from the car in Paris in the rain set to Jazz (his and Apo's fave music genre). Then he started posting from flying back to and landing in Bangkok. He was wearing the same cap with a big 'A' on it that he wore during departure on Jul 19, even though weather wise, that cap didn't make sense then and even less so now.

When he left:

And as he returned:

This is kinda similar to Apo, who wore his trinket necklace both when he departed Bangkok on Jul 19 and when he came back on Jul 25. It has two silver circle rings, joined by a heart pendant.

Apo when leaving:

And upon returning:

Back on Jul 6, when they went to Song Wat together, I noticed these joined rings and that, because most of the time the heart holds the two together, it makes them look a lot like Mile's double circle silver ring, which he has had for years, way before KPTS.

While Mile's ring is obviously not connected to Apo, I did wonder when Apo started wearing his trinket necklace which includes this pair of joined rings, and whether they might intentionally have been chosen for their similarity to Mile's (once locked together with a heart). I can't actually answer any of these questions, other than to tell you that Apo doesn't seem to have worn these rings before he re-met Mile in Oct 2020. At least I couldn't find any evidence that he did, not on his fingers and not on his necklace (though he did wear other necklaces). The first time I could find him wearing the joined rings on the trinket necklace is a pic Apo shared on Sep 13, 2021:

He's also wearing it in a pic he shared Sep 16, 2021, you can see it a bit better there (especially since on Jan 10, 2022 he posted another pic from the same occasion where the necklace with the rings and heart is even clearer). Also, as far as I can tell, Apo changes the trinkets he wears with the paired rings, but he always wears those. Make of all this what you will...

Mile posted a vid on Facebook from the plane as it approached Bangkok, captioned it with text about saving money to construct, buy and decorate a house, and added this post to his "Happiness during the day" album:

He also pasted the same text about saving money for a house onto a vid of an apartment with a view of NYC, which he shared on his personal IG, and we all know who loves that city and even lived there for 7 months...

After landing, Mile posted on IG pics and vids from the Eiffel Tower in the rain on Jul 27, and he captioned them with "Something is more romantic with rain... #LikeYou ^^". Within 13 minutes, Apo liked the post and commented, "Very romantic."

Mind you, the entire 10 days they've been apart, neither one of them used the word "romantic" in any of their captions. While Mile WAS ACTUALLY IN Paris, at the Eiffel Tower, in the rain, he didn't use the word "romantic," but he did right away after he returned to Thailand.

Apo posted on IG 15 minutes after Mile did, sharing pics from Jul 21 in China, and he captioned them "Sleep no more." Except unlike me, Apo capitalized every first letter of each word, which is what Mile always does with his own captions in English. Mile commented not long after with "Cool."

Another thing to note is the day before, Jul 28, as Mile was flying back to Thailand, Apo posted a pic from China, from Jul 23, where he's doing a half heart, and he captioned it, "Miss you."

Just as a bonus... On the same day, while Mile was flying back to Bangkok, his mom posted multiple pics and vids of herself in a green shirt (Mile's color) and yellow pants (Apo's color).

Wait, bonus #2! Mile also mentioned returning very soon. Pond replied to a photographer that he'll see him in September. The Paris Fashion Week 2023 starts on Sep 25, so we might get some more Mileapo in Paris then.

Did I miss anything? Probably, there's been a lot. But I hope this series of posts made you smile! You can find more of my Kinnporsche/Mileapo stuff under this tag. xoxox

#mileapo #mkp #mile phakphum #mile phakphum romsaithong #phakphum romsaithong #apo nattawin #apo nattawin wattanagitiphat #nattawin wattanagitiphat #man suang #man suang cast #kinnporsche #kinnporsche cast #kinnporsche the cast #kpts cast #kpts the cast #the dots i've connected them

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After @seokoilua posted about the My Life, My Music interview (a while ago, this post is partially from my drafts!) I went to relisten to it. And in general it is a very fun interview with a lot of insightful moments about their creation process (Ne Bi Smel in particular) and the mixing process for example. Their voices in general are very soft (in tone, not volume) especially when talking to each other and the vibe is 🥰 I wanted to highlights some of my favourite moments because I want more people to know about them:

2:35 - They talk a bit about doing many concerts in a row and Kris says: "At one point in the summer we had four consecutive days of concerts and the fourth day was already the wors-" (gets cut of by Bojan). Knowing they have now done 7 concerts in 6 days during the nordic tour this is a little funny and a little sad to hear :(

3:59 - Not necessarily a moment but the first song (chosen by Bojan) is Ni Panike by Masayah and I think more people should go listen to Masayah so I'm including it >:)

14:30 - Ne Bi Smel was first called "burning room" and, quoting Bojan, "it couldn't have been more of an Ed Sheeran song." It sounds like the rest was not initially impressed: "and when I brought it to the rehearsal room the boys were like, yeah, hm, yeah no. and I think Jure just started banging on the drums and the guys took on the guitars and started playing some riff."

15:35 - The host asks a question about something they said somewhere else and Bojan and Kris argue a bit about who said that in the first place. It's very cute and my favourite moment is Bojan whispering at the end "I don't think so" because of course he needs to get last word in

21:34 - Hater!Kris returns because apparently he sends "not to appealing" songs to the groupchat?

Kris (about Jet Black Diamonds): The first time that we heard them it was their first single Retro Anorak, and I remember sending over the video to the guys in the group chat and I was like "oh, this is interesting," because usually I send some really… not too- Host: Obscure Kris: No no. Not too appealing Slovenian songs, because- Bojan: Yeah, Kris does that Kris: to be honest there's loads of them and I keep kinda getting them recommended somehow on Facebook or I dunno, it's like a positive feedback loop

Honestly the most surprising thing to me about this is that in the year of our lord 2022 Kris still used Facebook actively enough to stumble across things like that

23:56 - Kris talks about forming Buržoazija and how his guitar instructor recommended Jan: "Jan at that point was really like- I didn't really understand what he was about, he was like an introverted guy, really, also listening to a lot of metal and I was like "okaaay? I guess we'll try?" and then we started to practice and really got along."

25:45 - Luka (Apokalipsa's guitar player) and Martin already knew how to play and Bojan didn't and that's how they decided that he should sing. Also their first performance (also up on youtube, baby Bojči is very cute) was two (2!!) weeks after they started practising together

28:49 - About creating outside of Slovenia

Host: Is there something specific that you haven't yet done that you are desperately keen to do, or is this gonna gently evolve? Bojan: I dunno about the desperately want to do, I guess one thing we "truly desperately want to do" is go out of Slovenia to create. To try a new space. So go to a studio somewhere outside of our borders and see if the mindflow is different there. That is the only thing I can think of right now. Maybe Kris has- Kris: In addition to that, I really wanna see us tour anywhere, anywhere outside of Slovenia" Host: You are beginning to get to the audience already a little bit, […], you can find opportunities Kris: Yes, yes, we are, don't worry about it. We just don't want to talk to much about it yet Bojan: Let's say we're gonna have another interview next year and we're gonna have so much to talk about

This was before Hamburg where they created Carpe Diem and before London and honestly I'm glad they're getting to experience that Erasmus+/semester abroad experience because it's something they really wanted to do and they seem to be enjoying it a lot

#joker out #bojan cvjetićanin #kris guštin #bojan #kris #hater kris is my favourite kris 🥰#hope you don't mind me tagging you seokoilua!

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The Amateur's Guide to Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

In this video, I return to the world of Moominvalley to analyze the hotly anticipated game Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley and its relationship with the original Moomin stories, Tove Jansson, and the philosophies it connects with.

Special Thanks to Kiki from Transparency for looking at the script. You can follow her Moomin Stuff at @marsmombestmom

Disclosure: My copy of the game was provided to me by Hyper Games and Raw Fury. While I think objectivity is overrated, the opinions in this video have not been influenced by the developers and are a reflection of my own thoughts on this game and the Moomins.

Work Cited Page

Bletchly, Rachael. “How Moomin Author Built a Brand Worth £700m and Why Brits Still Love Them.” The Mirror, Reach PLC, 4 Jan. 2021, www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/how-moomin-creator-built-brand-23260983. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

Dymel-Trzebiatowska, Hanna. “Moomins Take the Floor. Finnish Trolls in Contemporary Mass Social (Media) Events.” Children’s Literature in Education, Aug. 2022, pp. 1–16. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-022-09497-6 Link

Ellis, Rowan. “Why Is Cottagecore so Gay?” Rowan Ellis, YouTube, 30 July 2020, youtu.be/5odKiL7jRW0.

Kramer, Ash. “Philosophical Materialism: Vital Materialism.” Philosophical Materialism: A Study of Early Modern Literature and Contemporary Theory, The Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, scalar.usc.edu/works/material_philosophy/vital-materialism#:~:text=Frequently gendered female, vital materialism. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

Meereboer, Arwen Dagmar. "Moomins and Complicity with Matter: Tove Jansson’s Moominpappa at Sea as an Intervention in Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things by Jane Bennett." SATS 23.1 (2022): 17-32. https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/180011/meereboer_arwen.pdf?sequence=2

O’Connell, Joe. “The Melancholy Promise of Heidi, Girl of the Alps.” Beyond Ghibli, YouTube, 20 Sept. 2018, youtu.be/_DFPoZN-FoI. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

O’Luanaigh, Robin. “Co-Opting Cottagecore: Pastoral Aesthetics in Reactionary and Extremist Movements.” Global Network on Extremism and Technology, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, 19 May 2023, gnet-research.org/2023/05/19/co-opting-cottagecore-pastoral-aesthetics-in-reactionary-and-extremist-movements/.

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#video #video essay #youtube #moomin #moominvalley #snufkin #snufkin melody of moominvalley #tove jansson #snufmim #snufmumriken #snufmin #melody of moominvalley #Youtube

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As anticipated, here are my extensive red string notes from the pilot:

God knows how relevant any of this will turn out to be, but I'm nothing if not a collector of trivial information

Very long text beneath the cut:

Page 1

The Magnus Protocol Pilot 10/25/23

Characters (in order of appearance)

Alice Dyer -O.I.A.R. employee -Dated Sam in uni -Jokester -Training Sam -Gets along with Colin

Teddy Vaughn -Retiring from the O.I.A.R. after 4 (?) years -Going into insurance field

Colin Becher -O.I.A.R. IT Manager -Vegetarian 🥬 -On the hook of "his nibs" (boss, male) -Sensitive about FR3-d1 app development, communicates w/politicians, trying for 2 years -Only gets along w/Alice -Knows computers are listening -Jokes about being killed

Lena Kelley -O.I.A.R. Team/Department Manager -Authoritative, follows protocol -Doesn't think Gwen is qualified for management

Gwendolyn Bouchard -O.I.A.R. employee -Backlog of casework -Dislikes Lena, wants her job -Dedicated to detail -Accused of nepotism by Alice -Thinks current job is beneath her -"Not like most people." *static*

Samama Khalid (Sam) -New O.I.A.R. employee -Dated Alice in uni -Wanting to 'get back on his feet' -Familiar with TMI -Didn't know what the Incidents were before hire!!

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Pilot notes con. 10/25/23

Listening Tech - Turns on by itself 💡

Dated computers (O.I.A.R.)

"Manager's speakerphone" (Lena's)

CCTV (O.I.A.R. breakroom?)

Cell phone (Alice's)

*O.I.A.R. formed in 70s? Accor. to Alice*

*Response Department no longer exists*

Still in onboarding paperwork, "Response 121"

Sam ticked this box

Tech Specs

O.S. = Windows NT 4.0 (modified) -Extended support for this O.S. was ended Dec. 31, 2004 IRL -Runs on workstations connected by LAN -Similar GUI to 95; comes w/Internet Explorer

FR3-d1 -Custom research software circa mid-90s -Flags Incidents and creates a database -Can search private/protected sources (email) -Alice claims no one has understood its workings for 15 years -Written in German source code

*1 Year = Average Employee Stay*

Page 3

Pilot notes con. 10/25/23

Classification System

Used in FR3-d1's database

Structure: CATXRXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX

CATXRX -> From reference table (CAT = Category?) First four digits -> Main subject of Incident DPHW (?) Next eight digits -> Date of Incident Last eight digits -> Current date

Example: CAT2RC1157-12052022-13012024* -First one we hear they file. "1157" is the "DPHW" for "dolls, watching."

*Jan. 13, 2024 is the date of Sam's onboarding/training (after Teddy's going-away party)

*as listed in transcript; in-show, it's quoted as 22102023, or Oct. 22, 2023

Page 4

Pilot notes (con.) 10/25/23

FR3-d1's Voice to Text/Text to Speech

Voices (named by Alice, which Gwen dislikes):

Neil = Alex

Chester = Jonny

(those two most common)

Augustus = ?

Neil's Incident

Occurs in "Cyberspace" via the transcript

"I'm so sorry. I should have listened. I just couldn't face the thought of the rest of my life never hearing him again, I had to try." First lines 😢

Email from Harriet Winstead to Darla Winstead, May 12, 2022

Recitations *can* be paused by pressing "space"!

Chester's Incident

Also occurs in "Cyberspace"

Topic: Magnus Institute Ruins.

On forum, user RedCanary, begins April 10, 2022. Explored 4/19-20/22.

Third floor gone. No old papers.

Suspicious, occult (?) graffiti, stains (!)

Took box with strange symbols (same as ones on walls/floors)

4/30/22 Posted image of gore/eyes, possibly of themself. Banned + did not return.

Page 5

Pilot notes con. 10/25/23

Early release video Case #: CAT1RA1353-03102023-22102024(listed as 202"3" on Patreon)

Video was posted 10/22/23.

Listed as "Incident" on Patreon.

According to transcript, the O.I.A.R. offices are located in Royal Mint Court.

Johson (sic) Smirke Building

Main building.

5 storeys, Grade 2 listed.

Entrance lodge also built by Smirke, in front of building.

Page 6

Pilot - Public Release -TMAGP#001

Changes:

Sam's first incident number - today's date

CAT2RC1157-12052022-13012024 -> CAT2RC1157-12052022-09012024

Voice (first incident)

Neil -> *Norris*

Minor word/date changes in incidents.

Minor line read differences.

Descriptions of Incidents in new transcript:

Norris': CAT1RBC5257-12052022-09012024 Reanimation (Partial) -/- Regret [Email]

Chester's: CAT23RAB2155-10042022-09012024 Transformation (Eyes) -/- Trespass [chat log]

#will add alt text shortly #also keep in mind a lot of this was written back in October - see the last page for recent changes #tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp spoilers #im super stoked to have figured out the royal mint court thing

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