#if you didn’t connect with it…I dunno maybe you’re not the target audience???

[milo-the-professional-yapper]

“That was the worst depiction of SA I’ve ever seen!”

…have you only watched a handful of shows/movies in your lifetime???

[mxliv-oftheendless]

The Bridge of the Demonic Goatman (Part 1)

I thought of this a while back (specifically in the form of a hilarious mental image), and decided, “What the hell? I’m gonna write this.” It’s basically me combining two things I’m currently trash for (KISS and Buzzfeed Unsolved) into an AU, where my target audience is... well, me. On a side note, if you haven’t watched Buzzfeed Unsolved, I would definitely recommend it! It’s a great show, and they do episodes on true crime as well as supernatural cases. Here’s the link to the original episode if you want to watch it. Hope you enjoy!

Due to the sheer length of this story (it’s twenty fucking pages in the Word document), I’m going to have to post this in two parts. This is Part 1. Part 2 will go up tomorrow because it’s 11:30 PM rn and I’m too fucking tired to deal with this crap anymore.

Basic AU summary: It’s Buzzfeed Unsolved, but hosted by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, and Vinnie Vincent. Gene is the believer of the supernatural, Paul is the skeptic, and Vinnie is the neutral third party (although he does like to join Paul in messing with Gene when they’re on a ghost hunt). 

Commentary text: 

Paul

Gene

Vinnie (apparently Tumblr doesn’t offer yellow as a color)

Something said in unison (who says it will also be in parentheses)

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[cold open: camera is in the backseat of a car between the driver and passenger seats, looking through the windshield at the twilight sky. GENE is driving while PAUL is in the passenger seat. Soft haunting piano music plays over the footage]

PAUL: Almost there, Gene… you nervous?

GENE: I’ll probably be more nervous when we get there. How about you?

PAUL: [gestures out at the sunset] How can I be nervous with a sunset like that?

VINNIE: Ah, but remember, Paul. [camera cuts to VINNIE, who is sitting in the backseat] Eventually, the sun will be gone from the sky, leaving us in the foreboding dark of night. Then you’ll be nervous.

PAUL: [turns to look at Vinnie] How poetic.

VINNIE: Thank you.

PAUL: What about you, are you nervous?

VINNIE: Uh… [shrugs] kinda. I mean, we’re potentially going to see a demon.

PAUL: Potentially.

GENE: Don’t worry, Vin. I’ll protect ya.

VINNIE: You say that now, and yet if we actually see it, you’ll probably be cowering behind me and reciting the Lord’s Prayer.

GENE: How can I do that when you’re such a midget?

[Paul laughs. Vinnie leans forward and smacks Gene’s arm.]

[Smash cut: it is now nighttime. Gene, Paul, and Vinnie are now walking through a forest, the only light being from the flashlights coming from the night-vision cameras they are holding. Camera focuses on an old-looking wooden bridge with newer-looking red metal ledges. Gene shines his flashlight on a nearby sign that has text and the Texas state government symbol. The title reads OLD ALTON BRIDGE.]

GENE: Well, here it is. The bridge.

[Cut: Gene, Paul, and Vinnie are now standing at the foot of the bridge.]

GENE: Ready?

PAUL: Yep.

VINNIE: Yep.

GENE: … Paul, you go first.

PAUL: [scoffs at Gene and steps up onto the bridge] Okay.

VINNIE: [steps up onto the bridge and turns to Gene expectantly] C’mon, Gene.

GENE: [sighs then mumbles] God dammit… [slowly steps up onto the bridge]

VINNIE: [grinning at him] See, that wasn’t so hard.

GENE: Shut up, Vinnie.

[camera follows the three as they walk across the bridge, swinging their camera flashlights around. It is so dark that the only parts we can see of the bridge are what shows up in the beams of the flashlights; the rest can only be vaguely made out. Haunting music continues]

PAUL: I’ll be honest, I was kind of expecting something more… I dunno, intimidating, I guess? But no, this seems like a pretty standard bridge. [jumps up and down on it] Sturdy, too.

VINNIE: It’s a little scary, I guess. Though, the fact that we’re here when it’s nighttime probably has a factor in that. In the day time, this probably wouldn’t be scary at all.

[they reach the middle of the bridge]

GENE: Well, now that we’re on the bridge, I guess I should tell you why this bridge is so notorious.

[Vinnie nods]

PAUL: Okay. Enlighten us, Gene.

[haunting music stops. Gene stares at Paul, who looks calmly back at him]

GENE: Can you even look a little bit worried? Or just… you know what, never mind.

[Intro sequence, then title card]

[Gene, Paul, and Vinnie are now sitting on the foot of the bridge. From left to right: Gene, Vinnie, Paul]

VINNIE: This week on Buzzfeed Unsolved, we investigate Old Alton Bridge, aka the Goatman’s Bridge, as part of our ongoing investigation into the question, “Are ghosts real?”

GENE: [nods at the camera]

PAUL: [shakes his head at the camera]

VINNIE: [shrugs at the camera] Well, we may find out tonight. Gene?

GENE: Although that is our overall question, this bridge and the woods surrounding it are said to harbor something much more sinister than ghosts.

PAUL: [sounding maybe too light given the context] Demons!

GENE: [rolls his eyes but nods] Yeah, demons. As we’ve stated before, I will only consent to one demon episode per season, and this is that episode.

PAUL: You look pretty nervous. [looks to the camera and points at Gene] I dunno if you guys can tell, but Gene is looking pretty nervous right now. He’s just good enough of an actor that only Vinnie and I can tell.

VINNIE: I think we’re all a little nervous, to be fair. Just sitting on the foot of the bridge is making me feel slightly nervous. [pause in which he looks over at Gene and laughs] You’ve got kind of a glazed look, Genie.

GENE: I just—okay, I am getting kind of nervous. Let’s just get this over with.

PAUL: All right. Let’s get to the background stuff so we can dive right into the summoning part and see if any of us get possessed and/or murdered.

[Gene and Vinnie stare at him]

GENE: … Please don’t put it like that, Paul.

[Paul laughs]

[screen cuts away from the three to a black background with the shape of the state of Texas in white. Text and images appear on screen as Gene’s voice narrates]

GENE [voiceover]: In 1884, Old Alton Bridge was built in Denton, Texas, to connect the town of Alton to Denton. Alton was an extremely small town that consisted of only one person when it was established in 1848.

Wait, there was only one person in the entire town?

Yep.

Seriously? One person? And that was enough for it to be a town?

Yeah. One person.

*wheeze* Ha ha, that’s great.

Also, isn’t Denton the town from Rocky Horror Picture Show? The one Brad and Janet are from?

Oh yeah, it is! Oh my God, what if we did the Time Warp on the bridge?

Oh hell yeah, let’s do that!

*sigh* Dammit.

(Paul and Vinnie) Janet!

It was chosen as the legal center of Denton County. After the county seat was moved to Denton, residents of Alton moved to other towns, and Alton eventually disappeared. Today, the bridge is no longer permitted for vehicle use. But lucky for us, the bridge is available for pedestrian crossing.

*snorts* “Lucky for us”… the sarcasm.

You’re a master of sarcasm, Genie. 

--

[Paul, Gene, and Vinnie are standing by the parked car. The trunk is open, and Gene is rummaging through the contents of the trunk while Paul and Vinnie watch]

PAUL: I swear I’m not trying to scare you, Gene, but… I genuinely am getting a bad feeling about this place.

GENE: I am not listening to you, Paul.

PAUL: No, I’m actually serious this time! Vinnie, you can tell I’m serious, right?

VINNIE: I mean, I am getting kind of a bad feeling as well…

GENE: Don’t worry, guys. [straightens up] I came prepared tonight. [starts to unbuckle his belt]

VINNIE: I’m flattered, Genie, but I thought we were hunting down a demon. Plus, Paulie’s with us. And what would Shannon think?

GENE: [stops and stares at him in confusion] What would she think about… [he slowly realizes what Vinnie means] No! Not like that, Vinnie!

[Paul laughs. Vinnie smirks at Gene]  

GENE: Both of you shut up, that’s not what I meant at all! I mean I brought protection!

VINNIE: [grinning] Oh, well at least we won’t have to worry about that. I still think the setting is rather inappropriate, though.

[Paul continues to laugh]

GENE: I mean—I didn’t—shut the fuck up! This is what I’m talking about!

[Gene holds up a leather holster. In the holster is a squirt gun made of blue plastic]

PAUL: [stares at it, then bursts out laughing again] What the hell, Gene?

VINNIE: [trying not to laugh] Gene… why do you have a squirt gun?

GENE: [talking as he attaches the holster to his belt] It’s filled with holy water. I thought of it yesterday. It started out as a joke, but then I thought about it, and it’s actually a pretty good idea.

PAUL: [still laughing] You’re going to protect yourself against a dangerous demon… with a squirt gun filled with holy water?

GENE: Laugh all you want, Paul, but at least I’ll be safe from any demon that tries to sneak up on us. Just think, our backs will be turned, the demon’s sneaking up on us… [acts out this scene] I’ll just go, “Hey, guys, look at these bushes—[whirls around and whips out his squirt gun] freeze, demon!”

VINNIE: Smart.

GENE: I know, right?

--

GENE [voiceover]: Obviously, we didn’t travel all the way down to Texas to observe just a plain old bridge. What brings us to Old Alton Bridge is the meaning of its nickname, “the Goatman’s Bridge.” There are many legends of bridges acting as gateways to another realm, and perhaps this bridge is one of those gateways. Old Alton Bridge and the surrounding woods are said to harbor a dark entity: a demon, that is half-goat and half-man. The Goatman is said to have, quote, “glowing empty eyes” and goat-like horns. The reason for this entity’s existence is unknown, but has many iterations. One common story is that Satanists have carried out rituals on the bridge, that opened the door for this demon and perhaps many others.

There are actually records of people practicing rituals in the forest and on the bridge.

Really?

Yeah.

Oh, so your kind of people.

My kind of—how am I a Satanist?

Because you believe in all the crap they believe in.

Yeah but—I don’t go around performing rituals to summon demons. I respect it, and stay away from it. That’s completely different.

Okay, you’re right about that. That’s fair.

You also go to the synagogue.

*snorts* Yeah, I also go to the synagogue.

GENE [voiceover]: Another popular story is that a successful African American goat farmer was lynched and hanged on the bridge by Klansmen, returning from the dead as the Goatman.

Fuckin’ assholes…

Do we know why they lynched him?

Yeah, because he was African American and he was doing better than them. That’s it. That’s why.

… Okay, fair enough.

Yeah, that’s fair.

GENE [voiceover]: If this story is true, then it would explain why the Goatman looks as it does, since once again, the African American was a goat farmer. However, there are no records of an African American goat farmer living or even existing in that area anywhere in the 1930s or in prior decades. Furthermore, if this story is true, then the Goatman would simply be the ghost of the goat farmer, instead of a demon like the Goatman has been claimed to be. Additionally, demons are preternatural beings, and therefore not human.

So you don’t think the Goatman’s the goat farmer.

Uh, no, I don’t. See, the thing is, if it was just the ghost of the goat farmer, then the Goatman would be just…

A man.

Yeah, just a man. There really wouldn’t be any reason for him to become some version of a Minotaur.

Yeah, that makes sense.

However, the fact that it’s half man and half goat makes it more likely that it’s a demon.

Plus, aren’t there medieval drawings showing Satan with goat legs?

Yeah, that too.

I just have to object to one thing you said. You said it was some version of a Minotaur.

And?

And that is a false statement. A Minotaur is half-man-half-BULL.

Oh—Oh, well excuse me—

Then it would be the BULLman.

—Mr. Greek Mythology Expert.

Paul, you don’t even think the GOATman is real, why are you so stuck on details?

I’m just trying to make sure everything that’s said is accurate.

You wouldn’t think it was real even if it WAS the Bullman.

That’s true. I wouldn’t think it’s the Bullman. I’d think it’s BullSHIT.

*laughter*

GENE [voiceover]: But tonight, our goal is not to find out why this demon exists. Tonight, our goal is to make contact and try to catch footage of this elusive and dangerous demon, as proof that it is real. We can only hope that this evidence does not come at a great cost…

--

[cut to Paul, Vinnie, and Gene walking on the bridge]

PAUL: Are there any demons here with us? Perhaps a demon formerly known as the Goatman?

VINNIE: Prince reference?

PAUL: Yeah, thanks for noticing.

GENE: Let your presence be known… say something… make a noise…

PAUL: Throw us off the bridge…

GENE: Shut up, Paul. [speaks aloud] Why are you on this bridge?

[silence]

GENE: One of you ask it something.

PAUL: Why are you on this bridge?

[Gene rolls his eyes at Paul while Vinnie snickers]

PAUL: [in a dramatic voice] Goatman! [still silence] Nothing’s happening.

VINNIE: Well, obviously.

PAUL: What if we try yelling at it?

GENE: What?

PAUL: I mean, what if we try and agitate it? To try and bring it out?

VINNIE: Like, egg it into showing itself?

PAUL: Yeah!

VINNIE: Yeah, that could work! Can I do it with you?

PAUL: Yeah, let’s do it. Gene—

GENE: I’m just gonna… gonna let you guys do it. I don’t wanna be part of what you guys are doing.

PAUL: Okay.

VINNIE: Yeah, you stay out of it, that way if anything happens to us you can call our families.

PAUL: You want to go first?

VINNIE: No, you go first.

PAUL: Okay… [a few beats of pause] Fuck you, Goatman!

GENE: Oh my God—

VINNIE: Oh, we’re just gonna go all-out? Okay, let me try. [shouts] Hey! Hey, Goatman! You’re no good, Goatman!

PAUL: You’ll never be shit!

VINNIE: You’re just like your father!

GENE: Oh for fuck’s sake—

PAUL: Goatman! [starts dancing in place] See that? I’m dancing on your bridge!

GENE: Paul!

VINNIE: [also starts dancing] We’re dancing on your bridge because we don’t believe in you! Fuck you, Goatman!

PAUL: This is our bridge now! We claim this bridge for ourselves!

GENE: Jesus Christ, we’re gonna die—

VINNIE: You want us off this bridge? You’re gonna have to kill us! Whatcha gonna do, throw us off the bridge?

GENE: He did throw someone off the bridge once.

PAUL: Nah, he’s not gonna throw us off the bridge, y’know why? [shouts] ‘Cause he’s a CHICKEN! [starts clucking like a chicken]

GENE: I swear to God, both of you…

VINNIE: Paulie, c’mere. [they start doing a tango] See that, Goatman? We’re dancing on your bridge!

PAUL: We disrespect your bridge, Goatman!

GENE: Oh, for Christ’s sake—he’s taking names right now, you two.

PAUL: You ain’t shit, Goatman! We own your bridge now!

VINNIE: You hear that, Goatman?

PAUL: Me, Vinnie Vincent, and Gene Simmons own your bridge!

GENE: Paul, don’t you dare loop me into your shit. Stop it.

PAUL: Well, tell him you’re not part of it!

GENE: [speaks aloud] I’m not part of this! Okay? They’re just being assholes.

PAUL: You’re talking to Goatman now. [Paul and Vinnie grin at him]

GENE: … You son of a bitch—

VINNIE: Goatman entrapment, Genie, you’ve been caught. [high-fives Paul] Goatman!

GENE: Guys, stop it.

PAUL: This is our bridge now, Goatman! [Paul and Vinnie continue dancing and jumping up and down on the bridge]

GENE: I swear to God, you two—

VINNIE: They’re gonna write OUR names in graffiti!

GENE: If something appears and kills you, I’m not giving your eulogies.

PAUL: People will come here and tell tales of US!

PAUL and VINNIE: What do ya say to that, Goatman?

[silence]

GENE: I hate you both.

--

GENE [voiceover]: People have reported a growling voice telling them to “get off the bridge.” One person said that after he and his friend heard the voice, he ran off the bridge while his friend stayed. He then watched as his friend was seemingly dragged off the bridge and thrown into the river below. People have also heard hooves following them across the bridge, as if they were being chased off. It’s often said that the Goatman can be conjured by knocking three times on the bridge.

--

[on the bridge, Gene goes up to one side of the bridge and hesitantly raises a fist]

GENE: All right. I’m gonna… knock three times on the bridge… and we’ll see what happens.

PAUL: What if the Goatman bites your hand off?

GENE: Paul—

PAUL: And then he stuffs it in your mouth and makes you eat it?

[Gene and Vinnie stare at him]

VINNIE: … What the fuck, Paul?

PAUL: What? He might do that. He’s a demon.

GENE: Fuck you, Paul. You’re making this worse.

PAUL: Fine, sorry.

GENE: [turns back to the side of the bridge] Okay… here we go…

[Gene knocks on the side of the bridge three times. They all stand back]

GENE: Now it’s said that when you do that, you can see his glowing eyes. [glances around]

PAUL: [laughing] What a load of horseshit…

VINNIE: Quiet, Paul.

[silence. Nothing happens]

GENE: Well, I’m not doing it again. Either of you want to?

VINNIE: [shrugs] I’ll do it. [goes up to the side and knocks three times. Steps back.]

[silence again. Nothing happens]

VINNIE: All right, Paul, now you do it.

[Paul goes up to the side and raises his fist. Then he stops and looks around in a theatrical way]

GENE: For fuck’s sake, Paul, just do it!

PAUL: [shrugs] Hey, Goatman! [knocks three times]

[silence again. All three look around. The camera passes over parts of the bridge]

PAUL: You know, if you want me off this bridge, you’re gonna have to throw me off.

[still silence. Nothing happens. There is a long stretch in which none of them move or speak]

GENE: Okay, we’re done with that. Let’s go into the woods.

VINNIE: We’re going into the woods?

GENE: Yep. Let’s go.

[they all turn and start to walk off the bridge. Paul turns around and looks out into the darkness]

PAUL: We’ll be back, Goatman. After all, this is our bridge now.

VINNIE: Yeah, remember that, Goatman.

GENE: Would you both shut up?

PAUL: That’s how you get them to come out, Gene.

GENE: That’s not how you get them to come out, that’s how you get them to kill you.

PAUL: Assuming you don’t kill me first, right?

GENE: Exactly.

To be continued in Part 2!

[jamesnelsonart]

Guardians of Ga'Hoole Movie Review

So I didn't have any sketch for last week because I was super busy. But you know what? I have something even better instead: A review of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole movie. Don't complain, I know you all really wanted this.

So full disclosure-- I have not read the Ga'Hoole books the movie is based on. I just watched the movie, so I'm just gonna review it as a film and nothing more. For any Ga'Hooligans reading this, please forgive me for being a fake geek.

Okay here's my review: Guardians of Ga'Hoole was bad. The owl film was boring and strange. Okay, you can stop reading this since you  now have my opinion. There's really no reason to go on but I'm gonna go more in-depth and then talk about why I reviewed this old-ass owl movie so if that interests you then keep reading.

So the Owl movie (The title takes too long to type so I'm gonna call it that) starts off with an owl family whose two kids get kidnapped by bigger evil owls to serve an evil owl empire run by Owl Sauron... I mean Metalbeak. Owl Sauron is a real nazi asshole who talks about being the pure race and his wife trains owl soldiers. The two kidnapped owls are of the pure race apparently but the good one doesn't wanna be a nazi (what a cuck am I right fellas?) so he gets sent to be an owl slave. His brother, who has a face full of scars, turns evil and sides with Owl Sauron because his wife flattered him. Hey... Ya get more flies with honey I guess, but then again the scars were a dead giveaway that he was secretly pure evil.  

So the cuck owl manages to escape slavery with the help of some forgettable birds and then goes to an owl village which is very high-end (think an elf village in LOTR) to train because I guess he has to. It was foretold or something. Someone foretold that the Cuck Owl would slay Sauron Owl? I forget. This section of the film is very forgettable so forgive me for skimming. The whole movie is forgettable actually. It's a generic mashup of fantasy tropes with no clear tone or target audience. In other words, it's a classic Zack Snyder film. But I'll talk about him later... I have... words to say on that matter...

So Cuck Owl begins his training. He has 5 or 6 partners to go with him but they're not important at all. He has to learn to use the force. I'm not joking! This Obi-Wan Owl is like "close your eyes... trust your gizzard and fly." Yeah instead of the force they call it the gizzard. Just trust your gizzard kids and everything will be fine. What's a gizzard? I heard it was the thing owls use to make pellets. I dunno if this is true but by thinking about the film I'm already working harder than Zack Snyder so cut me some slack bro.

Okay so at the end the Cuck Owl kills his evil bro by dropping him in an inferno straight to hell and then impales Owl Sauron with a flaming stick but no one bleeds sweet owl blood which is a bit of a let-down. Since this is a Snyder film there is a ton of slo-mo owl fighting when they sword fight. Yeah you read that right. Sword fighting owls. These terrible birds are realistically rendered so they can't hold swords in their wings or anything, they gotta hold them in their talons. You'd think the fact that flying birds fly head-first with talons behind them would deter Snyder from this idea, but he's not one to let bird anatomy get in the way of his visual direction. So these sword fights look pretty dumb. Everything looks dumb. You'll see these tall torches in the background and wonder how owls put them there... it has to be impossible, right? I mean they can't fly sideways in place to firmly plant a staff in the ground. Sorry for going off-topic, but if the owls aren't going to be even slightly anthropomorphic then it makes me wonder how these owl societies even happened. I demand solid worldbuilding in my owl film, Zack!

Okay but the very end is the best part, after Sauron dies. Then shit gets good. So Cuck Owl's parents find him and reunite with him at last after being separated the whole movie and then THEY DON'T EVEN ASK WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS BROTHER LMAO. They had no clue he turned full nazi since he had been kidnapped as well, so it looks like they just straight-up don't give a shit about their other kid. Amazing. And then Zack Snyder, in his completely unshakeable overconfidence, puts a sequel hook in, implying that the nazi brother is still alive along with Sauron's wife. Are you kidding me? ZACK?! I long for this man's ability to believe in himself. That is some truly astounding optimism about your owl film's future franchise potential. Maybe I'm being too hard on Zack here though, I'm kind of surprised he didn't do a sequel since he just seems to keep making money on his films so why the hell not?

Now some people will say that the animation was good. I mean the feather effects were nice sure but they made the owls so realistic is is pretty hard to tell some of them apart. There's no cartooning here, no exaggeration or unique silhouettes. They're owls that talk. That's it folks. If you're a hardcore Ga'Hooligan, maybe you'd like this film but I can't guarantee that at all.

Something that confused me... In the credits they play an Owl City song for some reason. I'm not sure what the connection is, seems like a weird choice. Oh wait, the movie's about owls! And the band is Owl City! Clever, Zack. Clever.

[tepapaexp]

“TARGET AUDIENCE”

Interviews Anna, 18

How do you like to learn about national knowledge? Um, probably like newspaper articles or documentaries. What do you like about the platform? Documentaries are nice because you don’t actually have to do that much work. It’s just like given to you and its good to look, like visuals as well. I feel newspapers articles are handy like not necessarily on the newspaper but on my phone if I am on the go and I can read it. I feel like i’m more likely to read an article about New Zealand history if I was on the way to uni and didn’t have much to do. Like in my own time. How do you learn? Visual and doing. What source of information do you find the most trustworthy? Why is that? I dunno, I am a pretty trusting person. Probably certain news agencies like, not really the Herald and Stuff, more like Al Jezeera and like yeah, probably more like those types of things. I don’t know, I kinda like form my opinion about things. I don’t find one place to be particularly trustworthy, like I find certain things they say trustworthy but like not everything. Like I don’t like the Herald or Stuff on Facebook because I find them so untrustworthy. I unliked them because I was like I can’t do this. Would you rather learn online? Or in a physical place? A physical place. How do you find the knowledge gained through a conversation helps you? I like personally am a listener. Like I love listening to things, especially when it’s not lecture based. It’s like If I am in a conversation with someone. I find conversational learning super beneficial, that is like my preferred style of learning. I think that a lot of the time with conversation you don’t realise you are learning things and that’s kinda what makes it good. You and other peoples, like small things other people say are more likely to trigger thoughts, whereas when you are reading stuff online or just reading things theres not a space for it be triggered. Because in conversation you like have to say stuff so you’re like more triggered to say things. Whereas if you are reading something or like watching something you don’t have to reply, you’re not trying to respond. When was the last time you had a really good conversation about something you had just learnt or wanted to learn about? Probably last week with my mum. I think we were just talking about feminist stuff. We were talking about World War and feminism and all, just like historical stuff. I was interested in it. Whats an ideal day in Wellington like for you? Drinking coffee, because Wellington has good coffee. Probably like shopping, looking around. Just like people watching, like I love people watching in Wellington. I mean because I’m not here all the time, I normally come to Te Papa when I come to Wellington, I know as cringe as that is. But that contributes to my ideal Wellington weekend. How do you know about upcoming exhibitions/events in Wellington? Mostly on Facebook or on Instagram. They should make an Urban list for Wellington, and like just certain blogs, like music blogs and yeah probably mainly Facebook I would say. If everything entertainment wise in Wellington CBD was free, what would you do/where would you go? I would probably go like bowling or something. Something like you could do, like a group activity, like an actual physical activity I would say. I dunno like, I dunno if I would go because suddenly its free and its now overwhelming. I don’t know. What endorsements does an event need to have to create credibility in your mind/incentivise you to go/talk about it? Im like skeptical of those types of things, like was it paid or? Its like advertising. If my friends go, I would probably trust their endorsements but I don’t think like any big celebrity ones would. I dunno maybe people like I follow on IG or youtube, if they went to something and they really like enjoyed it I would go but I guess that’s more like, not friendship, but that’s more like a personal thing not like a brand. Like its an endorsement but it’s a personal endorsement. What incentivises you to visit a place more than once? I have a really good food memory, so if somewhere has like really good food then I am probably more likely to go back or music. Food, music and just an overall vibe to a place is more important to me. I want to re get that feeling, like ven just furniture, overall aesthetic of a place as well. Whats aspects of being apart of the creation of a project/exhibition/event would make it more appealing/interesting to you? Yeah I think so. Because I dunno you kinda want to see if your input was used. I think so. And also like its kinda interesting to see how something grows and like adapts with feedback I guess. I guess what you sort of envisioned it to be isn't the same as what other people may have. I think if you’ve seen something and it’s been changed and adapted, especially if you connected with it, it would be interesting to go back and see what has changed. Have you been to Te Papa recently? Why did you go? How did you feel? I came 2 years ago to see the Gallipoli thing and also because like I used to come here all the time as a child. So like its nostalgic. With the Gallipoli exhibition it was quite emotional and like quite overwhelming actually. Like as you were saying before you feel kinda like exhausted, its like not exhausting but just like emotionally and mentally drained. Other than that I felt like not quite excited but like kinda a mix between happy and excited. Its familiar like its like going to your old primary school or, you know its like you have a lot of good memories there. I guess quite nostalgic.