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MALIQ | PINTEREST

FULL NAME maliq nasir sai BDAY febuary 01 AGE 28 GENDER cis male SEXUALITY heterosexual (experimenting) PRONOUNS he/him FACECLAIM kofi siriboe

APPEARANCE

HEIGHT 6'3"  BODY TYPE muscular PIERCINGS both ears TATTOOS a couple on his arms, nothing crazy

tba

PERSONALITY

MOR. ALIGNMENT neutral good MBTI infj  ZODIAC aquarius

quiet and reserved, maliq tends to keep to himself and his few close friends and family members. he doesn’t like anyone in his business, making him alluring and mysterious to the lot of his fans most of the time. with those who know him, he’s generous, warm, compassionate, and very silly.

he prefers to be in relationships, but he's taking advantage of the lifestyle being young and famous provides.

in terms of fame and musical style, he's like a brent faiyaz + frank ocean lovechild.

BACKSTORY

PLACE OF BIRTH houston, tx ETHNICITY ghanaian + african american

maliq discovered his love for poetry and started writing it when he was in middle school.  he only thought to turn those poems into songs in high school and found he had a real talent and passion for music.

his parents divorced when he was 14 when his mother moved back to her hometown of new orleans. he and his older sister stayed in texas with their father, a political aide.

he moved to new york city to get serious about his music when he was 19. he’d do open mic nights all around the city and post videos on his social media, garnering himself some attention.

he has some writing and production credits on a few r&b hits out there, getting his foot in the door of the music industry. he’s currently working on his third album.

[lamyaasfaraini]

Is there any Free gigs nowadays?

Beberapa hari lalu liat ada beberapa event musik diadakan secara gratis, yg di saparua dan di stadion siliwangi serangkaian acaranya jabar. Headliners nya jg ngga ecek2 tp kebayang kan penuhnya. Tiba2 jadi inget jaman masih abg sampe umur 20an, lagi suka2nya dan seneng2nya menikmati musik secara live. Dari mulai SMP sih kayanya, event musik 17an ngundang band besar pada jamannya areanya di taman pendawa, gede kan yah. Di sekolah ya Band2 sekolah. Lama2 pengen nonton ke area dari luar jangkauan ku, bukan area rumah dan sekolah.

Diajakin temennya temen wkt SMP kelas 3, nonton gigs gratis di saparua, ada Peterpan katanya! Wuih ya mau dong mana gratis.. Deg2an jg izin ortu, kayanya aku msh dianggap terlalu kecil jg, tp karena siang2 ya diizinin. Aku lupa event apa yg pst bnyk band lain dan panggungnya lebih dari 1. Udah abg, udah penasaran ini itu yekan. Balik2 abis magrib ya di marahin jg sama bapak, katanya kemaleman huft. Tp ttp ngga bikin aku kapok nonton gigs!

Beranjak SMA makin banyak lg gigs gratisan, berbayar jg ada kek pensi2 yakan. Pensi sekolah sendiri gratis dong ya, dulu nonton The Milo, Cherybombchell, Pas band, acaranya di Gor pajajaran indoor. Kelas 2 SMA ke pensi SMA 2 bdg berbayar inimah tp kan ya msh ramah kantong pelajar, nonton Club 80's, Netral, Kerispatih, Tompi trus siapa lg ya lupaaa. Yg gratisan lagi acara Radio Oz kalogasalah di rooftop BTC wah ini acara gratis yg keren bgt, wkt itu kelas 3 SMA nonton The Sigit, Homogenic. Pernah jg ke saparua liat Nidji jaman belom tenar msh band indiean dan bawain lagu2 The killers kaya Mr. Brightside, somebody told me.

Dulu nyari infonya ya di radio, medsos jg msh jrg, mungkin fb atau twitter tp kurang update yakan. Walaupun lama2 update info pergigsan ya dari medsos terutama twitter. Jaman kuliah makin beragam lagi, band indie makin bermunculan. Tiap fakultas ada aja bikin event, wkt itu ke event anak kedokteran gigi, aku lg suka bgt The tress n the wild.. Duo remedy dan iga massardi yg cuco saat itu. Speaking of Ttatw.. Aku capture in igs nya ex jurnalis majalah rolingstone yg aku follow di ig dan twitternya haha

Yak begitulah, beneran no hope gaksiiii wkwk yaudahlah people change, let it be.. Huft. Yg kanan foto wkt nonton Ttatw ngga ada foto band nya terlalu gelap di fotoin tydac proper padahal visual remedy dan iga teaaa gusti nu agung deh haha. Oiya itu aku pake kaos Suede kebanggan yg beli di officiall merchnya sehabis nonton konsernya di Jiexpo kemayoran. Skrg bajunya kemanaaa? Buluqqq ah euy sad.. Banyaknya baju2 band Koil lungsuran suamiku ada brp sih 4 apa 5? Haha @sagarmatha13

Setelah lulus kuliah, partner gigs ku untung masih ada haha. Gigs hunter kesana kesini, masih nyari yg gratis dong wlpn udah pada kerja wkwk.

Pernah nonton ERK venue nya di sblh sutei sumatra duh namanya apa ya dulu, disitu ERK bawain 20 lagu, banyak lagu side B yg jrg dibawain keren gaktuhh saking lamanya belom kelar w dah plg krn dah malem atut dimarahin bapak. Di ciwalk pernah jg ERK gratisan, yg ini singkat tp happy dong!

Pure Saturday, gratisan di PVJ sampe foto bareng kang iyo saking gigsnya humble dan warm bgt, anggota bandnya bawa istri dan anak2. Pernah di balkot siang2 ngabelentrang, sepi bgt tp cuek aja singalong dapet merch totebag PS dilemparin dr panggung yippie~ dan smpe skrg msh ada.. Ini dia

Gigs PS 2012. Totebag PS 2012, di thn 2022

Foto dibawah ini terakhir nonton PS dan gratis thn 2016 diajak pacar ikut reunian sama kawan2 eiger course. Ini capture an di ig video PS sambil ada suara emas w singalong wkwkwk

Dulu di taman musik wkt walkot dulu lg gencar2nya bikin taman ini itu, ada gigs di taman musik sebelah SMA 5 bdg itu loh. Gratis ofc! Lupa ada siapa aja, PS dan the sigit gt ya?

Sekelas Maliq n D'essentials aja nonton gratisan di PVJ, keren bgt performnya haaaa.. Thn brp ya? 2012 gt, trus nonton lg Maliq di sabuga inimah berbayar eeh sama kerennya dari gigs gratisan haha.

Nonton gratis Mocca, Payung Teduh, Juicy Luicy thn 2012/2013 gt ya di per4an dago cikapayang dibikin panggung, lupa event apa ini. Kerennn ngga rusuh pdhl terbuka bgt. Payung teduh malah nyuruh kita duduk menikmati aksi panggung mereka hahaha.

Inimah Payung Teduh di kickfest, gasibu. Gratis.. Kalo ini gara2 dpt free pass temen kerja di event nya hahaha rejekiii. Persis sama dpt freepass dr sodaranya temen masuk ke event hijab fest di sabuga, thn 2013. Foto bareng Tulus yg msh belom bnyk yg tau.. Ada ordal jd bisa seseleket ke backstage pdhl gasuka2 bgt sama Tulus ya gpp mayan aja taunya skrg jd penyanyi besar haha.

Sarasvati! Beuh.. Nonton showcase nya di cafe celebrate, gratis dan sedeket itu pulaaa. Lupa ini thn 2012/2013 kayanya. All out aja gt teteh risa nya huhu keren.

Barasuara~ yaampun tydac menyangka memang iga massardi membentuk band baru pasca keluar dr Ttatw, surprisingly saat itu aku suka musiknya, meriaaaah! 4-5 lagu fav aku bgtt. Tahun 2014 ke acara anak kampus, baru lulus kuliah 2-3thnan berasa udah paling tua wkt itu diantara dedek2 gemez. Venue nya di baksil cuy malem2, tiris berasa di lembang. Lightingnya ijo biru jd dramatis gaksie. Outfit iga seperti biasa udah pake batik yaa saat itupun.

Yg aku inget segitu gigs gratisan totalitas dan memuaskan. Kalo skrg mana mungkin yakan jarang bgt, orientasinya udah duid dan duid, ya memang itu hak mreka sih. Gpp jg, cuma ku sudah kenyang merasakan kepuasan nonton band gratis wkt masih usum2nya ngga kaya skrg haha. Memang si paling gratis deh~

Begitulah kesenangan itu sudah berhenti di usiaku yg ke 25 thn, mau bayar mau gratis udah gapernah dtg ke acara musik. Kawan2 udah sibuk kerja, cari uang, pacaran, nikah, beranak. Konsennya udah lain, prioritas udah bukan ngegigs, uang ada tp waktu ngga ada buat hiburan kaya gt. Sama halnya kaya aku, sibuk cari uang, membina hubungan sama calon suami eey, persiapan nikah. Apalagi ada anak makin susah lagi. Temenku ada yg hobi nonton gigs aja udah ngga minat skrg, berubah bgt ya.. Begitulah fase yg kita jalani, gaakan bisa terulang jg. Untuk aku pribadi msh minat sih karena anak dirasa udah besar, ada uang gow, uang buat SPP anak ya gpp itumah dah wajib wkwk. Se easy itu skrg sih ngga menggebu gebu lg. Konsen sudah lain..

[franksteire]

VI. Prologue

I go by the name Gabriel Vincent, but you may address me with anything you want as long as it pertains to my identity. I use masculine pronouns and stated that this account is SFW (Safe for Work) based and strictly unlabeled. It would be necessary for me if you followed my account with my permission first. However, I am currently in the mood to show the introverted side of mine.

SOME THINGS BETTER TO TELL.

I don’t have such an interest in something that isn’t visually appealing to my eyes. Yet, my ears are very sensitive and easily recognise harmonious music, as I love to listen to my favorites all over again. Just as much.

I put my interest well on ENHYPEN, Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Wave to Earth, Sufjan Stevens, iDKHOW, Keshi, NIKI, Yuuri, YOASOBI, Centimilimental, LANY, grentperez, Hivi!, Payung Teduh, Dewa 19, Maliq & D’essentials, and many more that caught my attention.

Aside from the things mentioned above, I also enjoy watching anime, such as Ghibli movies, Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, Hunter x Hunter, Haikyuu, Blue Lock, Tsurune, Fruits Basket, and so on.

Sometimes, this account contains random tweets where I might babble about whatever’s on my mind and life update. I mainly tweet in English, but I also use Bahasa Indonesia since I’m bilingual.

Once we become mutual, I hope that we can be long-term friends. You can reach me through direct message anytime. I wish that we could bond well.

AND SOME THINGS TO FACE.

This is an open letter to anyone. As far as you can tell, I don’t tolerate people who: spread negativity or hatred on the timeline. Who is LGBTphobic, Zionist, racist, loves to throw hate at some communities, UNDER 17, and someone who doesn’t respect my privacy or others.

[altadcna]

[chaquismaliqmusic]

Resilience Eludes Death : The Making Documentary Now Streaming

It’s important to document your life and your work for so many reasons.

But The EccentroSoul 1WomanBand took it a step further by taking pride in exploring multiple artistic mediums to present a self-made film for listeners and supporters. The 20-minute visual explores the making of ‘Resililience Eludes Death’ musical project, which was released November 23, 2016; followed by a tour that included a featured, hand-selected performance with NPR Tiny Desk Contest on the Road Tour, and special premieres of the documentary in the DMV and Charleston, SC. But Maliq didn’t stop there. The independent film made it’s way to Amazon Prime and other digital video streaming platforms for a limited time. Now you can stream Resilience Eludes Death : The Making via Youtube and support Chaquis Maliq by purchasing your own copy on Bandcamp. 

[isolctions]

▌real name: zephyr warren brigham — a middle name that she actually despises after learning her mother was going to name her ‘warren’ if she was a boy. so fuck her. ▌single or taken: subject to change depending on the vibes, but permanently she’s engaged to @blackplanct​‘s maliq azad. ▌abilities or powers: this bitch can’t do shit. ▌eye color: dark brown. ▌hair color: she wears as assortment of wigs with an array of colors, but naturally her hair is a very light brown. ▌family members: whew, okay. her family’s kinda fucked up. paigon (pay-zee-ohn, in case anyone was looking at her name like what the fuck is that ghetto ass shit) reed is allegedly her mother, if mothers are allowed to be literal pieces of shit (antonique smith). dion brigham is her formerly estranged father (khalil cain). tristan brigham is her aunt, and her guardian since the age of fifteen (tia mowry). tinnia brigham-mayfield is her other aunt, tristan’s twin sister, and Not the fun aunt (tamera mowry). eamonn brigham is her uncle who is surprisingly only three years older than her (tahj mowry). a shit ton of cousins on her father’s side that she either doesn’t remember or doesn’t care to know, two aunts and some family members on her mother’s side that she definitely doesn’t want to know. unknown to her, she has an eight year old half-sister named lisa reed-perez. ▌pets: claims her aunt’s cat named alex. shares two cats named munch & baby with maliq. ▌something they don’t like: her mother. but, she also doesn’t like people that overshare. she’s very turned off by sudden contact, and doesn’t warm up to people immediately unless they’re really interesting, so people talking zephyr’s ear off and treating her like family that she’s just met like five minutes ago really bothers her. she also doesn’t like being emotional, and abandonment is a pretty traumatic topic for her. ▌hobbies/activities: online shopping, eating hot wings, and being a bitch. but artistically, she’s really good at making and producing beats and her own songs — zephyr actually taught herself how to make beats as a coping mechanism after suffering a miscarriage at nineteen, and eventually taught herself to rap and eventually sing. however, getting her to be committed to this hobby and release material? i think the fuck not. she prefers vibing. ▌ever hurt anyone before: emotionally and physically, yes. zephyr has been in multiple fights before with multiple people and multiple genders, and she’s very aggressive and tends to win majority of her fights. but, as mentioned earlier, she’s also a bitch and has hurt feelings before, intentionally or otherwise. ▌ever killed anyone before: no! she’s a bitch, not a monster. ▌animal that represents them: a bodega cat. just chilling, unbothered, surrounded by food. ▌worst habits: she’s very emotionally closed off. so getting her to open up, specifically about her family or her life while living in chicago, is basically an uphill battle and she’s not very nice about it. she’s also very self deprecating, and is prone to suicidal ideation when her depression is on high. but in general, she’s very aggressive so if she feels trapped by something, she can resort to foul language and violence. and really, she holds grudges like her life depends on it, so forgiving her father probably took up all free chances of her getting over things. she holds onto the things that hurt her, even if it’s detrimental to her health. ▌role models: honestly...none. but her aunt tristan really seems to have her shit together, so that was really her only positive familial role model during her teen years. it hits her harder much later in life, after realizing that a woman only ten years older than she was had been made to raise her depressed brother’s out of control daughter while struggling to keep and maintain a business during a recession in brooklyn and love her as if she were her own. ▌sexual orientation: demisexual. ▌thoughts on marriage/kids: at first, zephyr was really shifty about having kids, especially since her upbringing wasn’t the greatest. her father worked nonstop to support her and her mother after barely finishing senior year due to her birth, while her mother was an addict who very openly cheated on her father and treated zephyr like shit (see: calling her own daughter a whore, wishing she’d never been born, blowing smoke in her face, etc.). after being abandoned by paigon, her father fell into such a deep depression that he kinda stopped noticing zeph — and self aware of her own shit, she never wanted to put a child through that. it only worsened after miscarrying during her first accidental pregnancy and her then boyfriend leaving her. she had her objections on marriage as well, because she’s not the marrying type and while her mother was terrible, her words had an affect on her. she wasn’t worthy of a man loving her. of course, now? she’s the mother of two daughters, and engaged to be married to a man that adores and supports the fuck outta her, and loved her when she needed it the most. so, that’s that. ▌fears: abandonment, above all. also, heights are pretty terrifying. and spiders. and being broke.  ▌style preferences: visually, it’s very much on par with that of her faceclaims. she doesn’t follow any particular trend, and couldn’t give a shit about what people think of her outfit choices. she enjoys bright colors, faux furs, and very gaudy clothing, and really kinda adjusts her clothing based on either her mood for the day or what wig she chooses to wear. her choice in clothing is also considered eccentric, but falls into the category of urban streetwear or even a sort of afro-futuristic or punk vibe. basically, she wears whatever makes her comfortable and makes her feel pretty, and given her curvy stature, she has to get a lot of things custom made or adjusted by tailor cause babes got thicc thighs and hips and tummy pouches and rolls. ▌someone they love: first and foremost, her aunts tristan and tinnia — without then, she essentially would either end up killed in a fight or in jail...due to a fight. she also loves her fiance maliq unconditionally (but she will deny every word of that and there are indeed conditions), otherwise they wouldn’t be such an iconic couple. she loves her best friends, which are only a handful, but she prioritizes time spent with @armsdealing​‘s jerome kendricks & marcelo reyes, as well as @saturnrang​‘s jasmine higgins because they essentially egg on her chaotic energy. it was a long time coming, but she loves her father very much. and lastly, she loves her daughters sola & sinead azad, because they’re truly the best things to ever come out of her. ▌approach to friendships: very hard to say. it really depends on the circumstances behind meeting a person — she doesn’t make friends at work because that’s just weird. if she meets someone during an outing with mutual friends or otherwise, and if food and alcohol are involved, she’s a little warmed up to conversation after indulging in either. she’s not exactly awkward as a person, but instead pretty stand-offish, and can come off as either intimidating or simply uninterested unless they happen to share some personality traits. and in friendships, she’s not responsible whatsoever. it doesn’t matter if she’s the oldest, she’s immature and whiny. and a bitch. and a little messy. but when she does make friends, she’s the sweetest and most reliable there is — and in return, you get to be apart of her little family! hers is pretty messed up, so any friendship she has is considered a found family in her book. ▌thoughts on pie: sweet potato or blueberry. ▌favorite drink: she likes teas and cold pressed juices, and will sometimes indulge in a fancy cappuccino or frappe. will only drink water if it’s fruit infused because she’s a child. very big fan of milkshakes and smoothies. keep her away from hennessy, d’uesse, tequila...basically anything with alcohol unless you want her to act a goddamn fool. ▌favorite place to spend time at: her aunt’s flower shop. somehow, flower arranging brought a lot of control in her life as well, so she essentially spends all of her time there due to work and being around tris. she likes being anywhere with maliq, until he does something weird. other than that, she’s comfortable anywhere where there’s food. ▌swim in the lake or in the ocean: zephyr doesn’t swim — she’s the kinda girl who puts on a cute bikini just to sit and take pictures by the water. she may even get her feet a little wet here and there, but she actually doesn’t know how to swim. ▌their type: i gotta say, it’s pretty difficult to describe considering she’s up her fiance’s ass so much that i can’t imagine what it is — mainly because maliq is not her type. at all. she’s into articulate, well-spoken, fresh smelling, hood ass dope dealers essentially. but she also likes people who are creative and enjoys being in their element, people with drive and ambition and actual goals, people who are open minded and vocal about things that they want, and although she’s pretty shitty at it herself, someone who’s first instinct is to communicate when things go wrong instead of reacting in anger. also anyone who’s sexually open to exploring things and can make her cum multiple times.

tagged by: @armsdealing​ tagging: myself. steal + tag me in it!

[loopy777]

What do you think of "North and South" trilogy overall? Regarding story-telling, Kataang, Sokka & Katara's arcs. Do any character get development or still follow episodic narrative? [Your opinion will be appreciated :) ]

Sorry for the delay on this, but before answering I wanted a chance to do a one-sitting reread of the whole trilogy.

As can be expected, I have Thoughts, and I’ll break them down through the specific topics you listed (Storytelling, Katara, Kataang, and Sokka), but this can be considered a review of the whole thing. I didn’t leave any Thoughts out, although I reserve the right to have more Thoughts at later dates.

Storytelling

Like ‘The Rift,’ ‘North & South’ comes so close to working that it winds up feeling very frustrating. It wasn’t until my recent re-read that I realized why this is. Essentially, it’s a story about Katara’s personal journey to accepting Change, but most of the story’s events and elements are concerned with an ideological battle between preserving the past and embracing the future. Similar to ‘The Rift,’ the ideological battle gets muddied up with the character journey, but while ‘The Rift’ mixes these until they dilute each other, ‘North & South’ fails to integrate them at all.

This can be seen most clearly in the new characters created for the story. Gilak and Thod are the antagonists concerned with preserving the Past, but no time is spent exploring their characters, motivations, or psychology at all. Gilak is introduced as someone who once fought beside Hakoda, but nothing is done with this; we don’t see anything of his past, we get no insight into when he started to split with Hakoda, we have no idea what his life in the South Pole once looked like before he sailed off to war, etc. Gilak is an extremist, but his presentation is simplified to the point where he is nothing but a stand-in for an idea. Thod, the old Qi-blocking storyteller, is similar, with nothing to his character beyond his fighting skills, his job as a storyteller, and his devotion to the Past cause.

The other antagonist is Maliq, the Northerner who thinks all Southerners are dumb barbarians who need to be brought kicking and screaming into the present, but even then they won’t be smart enough to manage their own resources and so need the North to take their oil reserves from them. Before all that is revealed, though, he’s just Guy Who Wants to Improve Things. Like Gilak, we get no insight into Maliq. We do get a little history, that he and his sister studied at Ba Sing Se University, so we can infer that he got a degree in Hoity Toity while he was learning about engineering, but there’s no insight into how his prejudices were formed. Was he brought up thinking of the South Pole as Hickville? Did the condescending treatment by the Ba Sing Se natives give him an inferiority complex? Did a penguin poop on his boots when he arrived at the South Pole? We don’t know. He’s just there to be another extreme, another singular idea presented as a character.

Malina is a little better, having changed from thinking like Maliq to coming to respect and love the Southern Water Tribe. However, we again have no insight into what makes her different. Is is just because she’s sleeping with Hakoda? Did she not suffer like Maliq in Ba Sing Se to the same degree? Did her treatment as a female Waterbender in the more sexist North Pole leave her less fanatical of its superiority? Maybe in Ba Sing Se she saw some female Earthbenders serving as soldiers and was so thrilled she became more open to the good points of other societies! We don’t know. She’s just a contrast to her brother, always perfect. Oh, and she’s sleeping with Katara’s dad.

And here’s where the story starts to feel weird. There’s no objective problem with a story meant to visualize a philosophical debate, with characters representing ideas, but the main POV character in all this is Katara, and for her this matter isn’t philosophical. The story is explicit that her strong feelings in support of the Past come from a subconscious need to return to a nostalgic time when her mother was still alive. That’s it. Once she comes to accept Malina as worthy of her father, she is able to go to her mother’s grave and get over what is presented as an attitude problem. She even says she’s still not in favor of the oil drilling that the Northerners were trying to get going, but that’s treated as an aside, not something that needs to be worked out.

In fact, once Katara reaches peace with moving on from her mother’s death, the story ends. Yes, Gilak is killed, but there are still lots of Southerners who are still protesting foreign involvement. Hakoda has not said he’s going to compromise in any way. The Northern Tribe as a whole isn’t addressed, so it’s hard to tell if Maliq will return, or if there are more Maliqs ready to come storming down.

The backbone of the story is Katara’s emotional journey, but so much of the story itself was about a debate she was never really interested in having.

That’s why ‘North & South’ failed to engage, I think. All of the comic trilogies (except ‘The Search’) tried to tie global politics to character journeys, but while all the others simply twisted the characters into a form that would tie the emotion and philosophy together, ‘North & South’ leaves Katara as herself, and as a result most of the events feel superfluous. This could have been a one-shot comic, with most of the drama removed, and I think it would have been a really strong story as a result. Expanded to an Important Story That Foreshadows Korra, it’s weaker and patchwork.

I think Gene Yang was getting burned out by this one. Aside from being the odd one out among the other trilogies in terms of story-character integration, it’s also pretty sloppy. A trio of mini-bosses (the construction Benders) are introduced in Part 1, fight the gAang and Part 2, and then don’t appear again. Meanwhile, Part 3 rests on another trio of mini-bosses who are essentially a single character (Thod and his students). The way Thod’s Qi-blocking is defeated is that the gAang wore armor under their clothes, and somehow Thod and Students didn’t realize they were punching metal instead of flesh. And Toph is introduced when Maliq mentions that he’s working with her father, and then she walks on stage at that moment saying she just coincidentally arrived and for some reason didn’t tell Katara and Sokka that she was coming to steal oil from their people. And Gilak’s escape from jail is exactly the same as Long Feng’s, almost to the point of homage in a couple of the visuals. And where was Appa during the whole story, since he could have solved the whole falling-to-death problem at the end? Oh, and somehow Katara and Sokka didn’t know that Pakku and Kanna got married (!) even though Pakku told them in the cartoon’s finale (!) and no one points this out (!) and Pakku and Kanna honeymooned at the Misty Palms Oasis (?!?!?) because apparently there’s only one disappointing getaway destination in the entire world?

I better cut it off there, because there’s just so much dumb stuff that feels like Gene went with the first idea that popped into his head and then got back to scripting an award winning Superman comic.

Katara

However, for all that this story felt like Gene Yang threw a bunch of stuff in a bucket and didn’t stir until mixed, Katara’s arc was actually okay, and advance her personal story. Her mother issues didn’t really have a climax in the cartoon; the closest thing was ‘The Southern Raiders,’ but that was mostly about forgiving herself and stepping back from the self-destructive anger she felt as a result. It didn’t really address the full repercussions of that loss in her life. ‘North & South’ takes that extra step, with her starting as still yearning for the days when her mother was alive, and ending with a decision to focus on how to make it into a positive force in her life by creating a new Waterbending legacy.

The story even manages a bit of nuance with that quick mention of her still being against drilling for oil, so we know that it’s not a situation like in ‘The Rift’ where all of her opinions were just about her lashing out from her trauma. Katara really does feel, understandably, that not all advancement is good and that something could really be lost by the Southern Water Tribe in the rush to embrace the Future!

However, one part of the character arc - the whole subplot with the little girls who don’t want to Waterbend until they find out that Katara’s mom died to bring about this future - just didn’t work. None of the characters seem interested in why these girls are being so stubborn until the end, when Katara magically has the insight to deliver a quick speech that instantly gets the girls showing off their Waterbending hardcore. It’s stupid that the girls’ mother packed them off to study under Pakku without ever talking to them about whether it’s safe to reveal their Waterbending. And, really, it doesn’t add anything to Katara’s journey aside from giving her someone to deliver a speech to at the end, despite AtLA in general being big on characters summarizing out loud the lessons they learn.

As for Katara’s reaction to her dad’s new wife, I think that was understandable and well-presented. It was a little odd that she’d be so antagonistic to Malina in Part 3, given that Malina had expressed remorse and support for Hakoda, but the cartoon had shown Katara as irrational when it came to issues with her father (’The Awakening’) and I can see that continuing in major issues with his new love life.

Kataang

I thought that this, too, was okay. As far as I noticed, the “sweetie” drops were all in places where normal human beings might actually say such a thing (that is to say: not while literally dodging a flying axe). And the Kataang even had story relevance, with Katara looking at her own relationship with Aang in order to make a fair judgement of her dad’s relationship with Malina. My only complaint was that, like Toph’s arrival, Aang’s arrival was suspiciously set up by the dialogue immediately before he just stepped onto the stage after a supposedly long journey.

I like to imagine that both Toph and Aang arrived ahead of Katara and Sokka, and were following them around the whole time, waiting for someone to mention them, just so that they could make a proper entrance.

Sokka

Ah, here’s something to complain about. Sokka was a little better here, compared to his depictions in the other comic trilogies. He does well in the fights, contributing and even getting a few ‘cool’ moments. His support of Future is in line with his opinions and attitudes in episodes like ‘The Northern Air Temple.’ However, he’s still kind of shortchanged in that he’s just another one-note voice in the big philosophical debate, rather than getting an emotional arc like Katara. The story is about their Tribe, and their mother’s death plays a large part in Katara’s journey, but Sokka is definitely a second-class sibling here, not treated as worthy of any real examination. Sokka does not get to grow, does not get to learn, does not get to doubt, does not get to mourn, does not get to examine himself, does not get to show the depth of his caring. He’s just the tagalong, doing his Sokka Routine and then cashing his check.

Conclusion

So, overall, I hold to my opinion that ‘North & South’ is okay. It is definitely flawed, but none of the characters are perverted to tell the story. The disconnect between the main emotional arc and the plot is very odd, to the point where the plot just decides to call it a day after the death of the villain despite all kinds of lingering issues. However, the villain does die and Katara does get her head on straight, so the end result is forgettable little story that feels functional in the moment.

Now, can we get an ongoing monthly AtLA comic (with a possibility for a spin-off or two) with a fresh writer/artist team? Please? :P

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Ultah ke-17, Maliq & D’Essentials Siapkan Kado Untuk Penggemar

Ultah ke-17, Maliq & D’Essentials Siapkan Kado Untuk Penggemar

Dailymail.co.id, Jakarta Tahun ini, grup band Maliq & D’ Essentialsgenap berusia 17 tahun. Merayakan ulang tahun ke-17, Maliq & D’ Essentials menyiapkan kejutan untuk penggemar. Salah satu vokalis Maliq & D’ Essentials, Rivani Indriya Suwendi, menjelaskan, ia dan teman-teman tengah menyiapkan DVD audio visual berisi kumpulan hit dari album perdana sampai terakhir termasuk lagu anyar “Senja Teduh…

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tobasatu.com, Medan | Road to Soundrealine yang digelar di Lapangan Lanud Polonia, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Sabtu (12/8/2017), berhasil menghadirkan kemeriahan festival musik ala Soundrenaline.

Festival dimeriahkan oleh Danilla, Maliq & D’Essentials, Shaggy Dog, Basejam, dan Endank Soekamti yang mengusung semangat persatuan, sejalan dengan tema besar Soundrenaline 2017 #UnitedWeLoud.

Dalam kesempatan itu, Maliq & D’Essentials dalam aksi panggungnya sukses membuat penonton bergoyang. Duo vokal Angga dan Indah juga sempat turun menyapa penonton untuk sing along sembari membagikan  CD album.

Kemeriahan Road To Soundrenaline Medan mulai memuncak ketika Danilla membuka setlist-nya dengan syahdu seketika “My Favorite Things” dimainkan. Penonton dibuai dengan 8 lagu andalan yang ditutup dengan lantunan keyboard khas dari single kedua debut Telisik “Ada Di Sana”.

Penampilan Group Band Shaggydog sukses membuat penonton bergoyang. (tobasatu.com).

Tak ketinggalan pula aksi panggung band reggae asal Jogja, Shaggydog, mengobati rasa rindu penonton akan penampilan mereka yang dibuka dengan hits “Kembali Berdansa” dan ditutup dengan “Sayidan”.

Gelaran Road To Soundrenaline ditutup dengan aksi ciamik Endank Soekamti yang terus mengajak para ‘Kamtis’ (sebutan penggemar Endank Soekamti) berdansa dengan lagu-lagu andalan, diantaranya, ‘Luar Biasa’, ‘Soekamti Day’, ‘Aku Gak Pulang’, dan lagu perpisahan ‘Terima Kasih’.

Panggung Road To Soundrenaline Medan juga turut dimeriahkan oleh Stand Up Please sebagai grup musik yang telah menyisihkan 52 musisi lainnya dalam Soundrenaline Band Competition.

Stand Up Please yang tampil membawakan lagu andalan berjudul Kawan Lawan dan Binatang nantinya akan berkompetisi melawan enam grup musik dari berbagai kota lainnya untuk mendapatkan kesempatan berkolaborasi bersama Alexa di panggung akbar Soundrenaline 2017.

Arena Road To Soundrenaline dihiasi oleh karya 4 finalis Mural Competition yang akan memperebutkan kesempatan berkolaborasi dengan Bujangan Urban dan seniman lainnya di Soundrenaline 2017, September nanti. (tobasatu.com).

Selain penampilan dari nama-nama terkemuka di kancah musik, arena Road To Soundrenaline juga turut dihiasi berbagai karya dari para seniman visual yang terpilih dalam Soundrenaline Mural Competition. Ahmad Husein Zega, Pino, Tengku Muhammad Jozarky, dan Lukman Hakim melakukan aksi live mural di arena Road To Soundrenaline Medan.

Road To Soundrenaline merupakan bagian dari rangkaian Soundrenaline 2017 yang hadir di 50 titik yang tersebar di berbagai kota di Indonesia. Gelaran ini diharapkan dapat membawa berbagai kemeriahan festival musik ala Soundrenaline ke lebih banyak penikmat musik.

Dalam penyelenggaraanya, terdapat 7 kota yang dibuat lebih spesial, salah satunya adalah Medan. Soundrenaline 2017 sendiri akan digelar pada 9 dan 10 September di Garuda Wisnu Kencana, Bali dengan mengusung tema #UnitedWeLoud. (ts-02)

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Tidak dipungut biaya. Kurang lebih, satu jam bersama di Jum'at depan. . @ivaa_id - Musrary #4 Bersama KOTA & INGATAN @kotadaningatan Jumat, 16 Juni 2017 di Indonesian Visual Art Archive 18.30 WIB (datang awal ada takjil) Musrary: Program rintisan tahun 2017 untuk mewadahi pertemuan pengiat musisi. Setiap event akan menampilkan satu musisi baik group atau solois untuk menampilkan komposisinya selama satu jam. Acara ini menempati ruang perpustakaan dan ambitheater IVAA dan mendorong untuk merespon ruangan beserta isinya. Dalam penutupan acara akan ada bincang dan tanya jawab untuk mengetahui banyak hal tentang musisi yang terlibat. . Kota & ingatan adalah Indradi Yogatama (Gitar), Maliq Adam (Gitar), Addie Setyawan (Bass), Alfin Satriani (Drum), Aditya Prasanda (Teks). Mereka membentuknya pada tahun 2016, setelah berteman selama 7 Tahun dan saling support untuk berbagai project saat mereka berstatus sebagai mahasiswa Pertunjukan. Diawali Addi Setyawan dan Maliq Adam pernah terlibat di project musik yang sama, di saat yang bersamaan Addi Setyawan dan Indradi Yogatama juga pernah membantu project musik Aditya Prasanda, pun sebaliknya dan kemudian Alfin Satriani melengkapinya sebagai drummer mereka. . Nama Kota & Ingatan hadir dalam proses pengerjaan aransemen tiga teks, sampai ada judul lagu “Alur” dan nama kolektif ini diambil dari lirik dalam lagu tersebut. Musik sendiri bagi mereka adalah bagian dari banyak hal yang mereka rangkum, seperti pertemuan dengan banyak komunitas dan menciptakan komunitas sendiri, memberikan rambu-rambu atas fenomena sosial yang sedang terjadi, mereka juga menggiatkan sebuah Blog dan banyak sosial media sekaligus digunakan untuk mendistribusikan ide-ide kreatif mereka. Link: https://kotadaningatan.wordpress.com/ Info lengkap program MUSRARY program@ivaa-online.org Dwi Rahmanto 081904151776 Support @ruang.gulma @thunderstones @weldgoodmagz @provokemagazine @beritajogjaid @pamityangyangan @musikjogja @blurgproject @serunaico @mavemagz @gigsjogja @ronascent @berisik.id @magicinkmagz @kanaltigapuluh @weneedmorestage @warningmagz

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your faves are back again: THE IT COUPLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

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maliq gets nominated for two grammy awards.