#RIP mali

[these-summer-nights-in-december]

RIP Toumani Diabaté.

[chroniclesofnadia111]

Rest in Peace to the wonderful Malian legend Toumani Diabaté, the king of kora 🇲🇱👑🖤

You will be so missed.

[ausrache]

ok, i gotta mention one last tidbit about mali before going to bed and that is: if you think this woman does not know social media & the slang that comes with it? wrong. mali studied that shit because she thought it would make her more approachable. instead, it just melted her brain into a damn soundboard & now she can't stop saying that stuff!

[inthemoodforportnawak]

Toumani Diabaté (1965-2024).

[kingrosalani]

On Thursday I got my mama’s finger print tatted as the shell of a sea turtle.

My mother ADORED sea turtles so so much. We have little sea turtle things all around the house because every Christmas I made sure to gift her something with a sea turtle involved.

My mom loved honu for many reasons.

It reminded her of the beach, of her home Maui, but it also reminded her of her late brother, my uncle Robert, who passed in 2009. He had this huge honu tattooed on his back. It was a beautiful tattoo. They would talk on the phone all the time, late at night over here for our Iowa time, for hours. Losing a sibling is hard and I know that personally.

The honu represents so much in Hawaiian culture to luck, guardian, protection and wisdom.

My mother was my comfort and my guide through life. My plus one. My number one. She will always be my guide and it doesn’t feel like she’s truly gone.

There are moments where I just know what she’d say or do. It’s really bittersweet.

Thank you so so much Amberly and Warrior Tattoo for giving me this tattoo. I love it more and more everyday and it’s so special. Can’t wait for warmer weather so I can show it off more.

[blorbosexterminator]

Shared this with my fandom friends earlier but it's too funny to me, I have to share it here too. Had a dream last night that Berlin (the show) updated its synopsis and it was this:

"Bruce and Cameron are expert Vespa riders who have been entrusted to deliver a message to Berlin from Mali, a drunken mystery figure, but when they reach him, they find there is more than meets the eye"

[nightside101]

I had a dream that KI added a new cheating side boss to the game. Sun school, 13k health, 50 universal resist, 40 pierce, 160% outgoing damage boost.

Cheats were as follows:

“…YOU!!”

Every first round, an ally position would be chosen at random, and the boss would cast a spell to instantly defeat all wizards not in that spot. Every second round, the boss would cast a version of sprite swarm to revive all wizards not in that spot for 2k health.

“Ah, ah, ah!”

All traps cast on the boss would be instantly removed.

So the fight was not meant to be solo’d. since the boss would choose a position rather than a wizard to keep alive, you’d need 4 people to ensure that one person was alive at all times. Also, because people were only alive for on average a couple rounds at a time, and only one at a time, it meant you couldn’t really blade up or accumulate pips, because constant dying. The strategy was to just bring a team of 4 and spam single blades and 4-pip hits if you happened to be chosen to live for a round. It wasn’t complicated but it sure was miserable

[nonenglishsongs]

Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate - Tunkaranke

[bananaactivity]

PROGRESSSS on maleficent and hades the punk gothic duo 😝🙏

I didn’t change Hades much because he matches D3 Hades really well but for Mali I gave her the iconic thin brow look 😻

I unwrapped her horns because like there’s no way a boss queen like that would cover up something that strikes fear into people.

She’s wearing a short form fitting leather dress with a flowing sheer top part thing and you can bet a million dollars she has on ripped tights and big chunky boots.

I feel like now she looks more like Mal from the trilogy… but I want Mal to be in less purples. INKNOW I KNOW THE PURPLE IS ICONIC. I don’t care that much tho fr…

She is holding Hades ember in her hand, not for any real reason other then it looks cool. I don’t have a story planed for them yet but I know that it’s one about there relationship woes and triumphs. Hades also doesn’t completely abandoned Mal.

I actually wanna give Mali her pet raven she has in every property except in Descendants. Again these aren’t done yet 😔🙏 but it’s much more cool to work on them the other things I didn’t finish ☝️🫠

[hazel-of-sodor]

What's Lost is Found

Ch.15 Disappear

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The morning mist swirled around Screech as she watched the volunteers try to wrangle the team of horses. The animals were spooked by her mere presence and were pulling away from her. Enid was snickering at the handler's predicament.

Screech was considering allowing herself to doze off when one of the members of Team One returned.

"We found her." She said grimly, "But it does us no good."

"What do you mean?" Freda demanded.

"She on her side by the line. The rails gave way from under her and the whole train slid into the ditch." She said wiping her brow. "It's after the pass, so we have no way to get equipment up there to right her. We're repairing the rails so we can come back once we find a crane that runs on the tracks."

Screech shifted with a groaning growl.

"Where is she?"

The worker glanced over to her, “Just beyond the pass, but before the viaduct. There's room for equipment up there, but no way to get it up there except by the narrow gauge line.”

"Mali is there?"

"Yes. She was cleaning the poor engine last I saw." 

"Freda, Gwyn in my cab. Everyone else off."

The workers scrambled off the flatbeds and Enid backed away from Screech.

"Close your eyes and hang on tight until I tell you it's safe," Screech warned. "This is not meant for the living to see."

Once they had done as she said, Screech rolled forward. For a second nothing happened, then her front disappeared as if she was entering an invisible tunnel. The workers cried out in alarm and shock as the air rippled around her as she passed through, their very breath feeling like static in their lungs. Soon her tender had passed through, the flatbeds following behind. In what felt like an hour, but was in reality less than a minute, the train disappeared from view, vanishing into thin air.

***

Mali was comforting the small engine, reassuring the 2-4-2 that she would not be left alone again, that Screech would not allow it, when the world ripped.

The work crew stared in shock as the air rippled outwards like a stone had dropped into a clear pond. Steam billowed out from the opening, and twin twisted rails slithered out as if the twin ribbons of steel were shadowy serpents.

Screech's distinctive whistle howled through the opening, her buffers soon following through, the great engine's form seeming to materialize from thin air as she pulled her train through.

"See I told you she wouldn't leave you behind."

The little engine nodded with wide eyes as Screech pulled the last flatbed through. 

"We are through." Screech rumbled smugly.

Freda glanced back to the quivering flatbeds. "And just how long have you been able to do this?"

Screech gave a shrug, her tendrils waving with the motion, "Since I rewoke. It's how I reached the sheds without anyone noticing the first night."

"And you never thought to mention that you can cross the entire railway in seconds," Freda said in dry amusement.

Screech shrugged carelessly, "I can, but you cannot. It takes great focus to keep others intact through the trip. It is simpler, if not outright easier, to travel by rail when I am not alone."

"Fair enough," Gwyn said amicably.

Screech turned her attention the the narrow gauge engine. She lay on her side in the ditch next to the line. Her coaches derailed behind her.

"Hello, little one." Her tendrils reached out, lifting the engine and her tender back onto a flatbed. "How did you end up here?"

The engine winced at the memory, " the rails gave way. I came around the corner and it was too late to stop."

Forewoman Owen nodded grimly, "It may not have been an accident." She said. "We can't find any of the spikes for this section of rail."

"You think someone sabotaged the line."

"There's no reason for metal spikes to all disappear when the wooden sleepers all survived."

Mali looked at the rails in askance, "Why would they sabotage the rails? The quarry would close without the railway."

"Indeed." Freda said, "Which is why they did it. It allowed them to close the quarry without spending so much as a pence removing equipment or any warning to their employee."

"Would I be correct in assuming they have since left the area?"

Gwyn snorted as climbed into the flatbed to secure the engine, "They were the first out and haven't returned since."

"How fortune for them."

"You can daydream about hunting them later," Freda said amused, "after we've recovered the coaches."

Screech hummed in agreement and began lifting the coaches onto the flatbeds one by one.

"What are you called little one?" She asked the engine.

"My builders called me Seren," she said quietly.

"A pleasure to meet you, Seren," Gwyn called as he began securing the first coach. "Do you know if any other engines are hidden on the line?"  

Mali had climbed up onto Seren's flatbed and was working to clean the side she had fallen onto. Seren winced as she scrubbed at a dent. "No. By the end, everyone else had been sold away besides 590. There might be some wagons or coaches at the top station, but that would be it."Screech nodded at that, lowering the last coach onto a flatbed. "Then we are free to return to Argol as soon as you're secured."

[quietbluejay]

Lukas the Trickster 4

oooo confrontation between Malys and Lukas malys: oh no he's hot actually wait it's more like

though i might be reading too much into it

Grimblood: ugh Lukas is so annoying I always see his death in the flames and then it never happens Grimblood: he's ruining my mystique

ah, malys she's got an explosive attached to her lukas is playing dead

ooo meeting Myrta lukas reveals he's not dead and the explosive myrta's in the blast range malys: hey do you want to stay sliscus' slave forever myrta: i honestly have no clue what to do with my life malys: come work for me! i'm a better boss

hehe this fits and now time for lukas and sliscus finally to meet

time for lukas to be a badass again lmao get rekt jhynkar he sets up a trap but the wulfen he was experimenting on go after him instead lmaooo rip jhynkar died as he lived some fun banter between sliscus and lukas (not screenshotted)

he did the thing oh hair pulling now wow that fight was something okay HOW is lukas going to survive this sliscus literally cut out his second heart

LETS HEAR IT FOR THE ACID SPIT and then lukas falls off the ship

owo

I am saddened that nowhere in the lore does Lukas make a joke about how his heart was stolen

leaning on the fourth wall a bit here huh and epilogue time in the final post

[ausrache]

some suggestive & explicit things for this sunday . . .

judging from how mali wants to always stay in control when it comes to every day activities & her whole work-life balance . . . i don't think it comes as quite as a surprise that she prefers to lose said control when it comes to things within the bedroom. she's a true switch & does enjoy dominating her partner, however, there's this certain catharsis & edge to just simply leaving yourself at the mercy of your partner when it comes to your own or combined pleasure. through toys. movements. denying an orgasm or even overstimulating her with multiple ones. it's truly one of her favorite dynamics when it comes to intimacy.

adding onto that, though, mali is absolutely not a selfish lover. she's always eager to please her partner in any ways that she can; her favorite is to give oral. kneeling in front of them. between their legs. worshipping every part of their skin with kisses & licks until they're trembling from anticipation. making them moan her name while they tug at her hair. taking her sweet, sweet time until she touches them in the places where it really matters. mali giving also means that she'll mostly likely be teasing you.

[inthemoodforportnawak]

Toumani Diabaté Jarabi live 1989

RIP Toumani Diabaté (1965-2024).

[stele3]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-calls-israel-end-support-settler-attacks-west-bank-2024-04-16/

[smoln]

nakakapagod makipagusap sa taong hindi ka naiintindihan. yung tipong nilapag mo na lahat sa harap niya, binaliktad mo pa yung sitwasyon para mas maintindihan niya, kaso wala pa rin talaga. paulit ulit lang yung mga tanong, paulit ulit na lang din yung mga sagot. hanggang ipaparamdam pa sayo na parang mali ka sa nararamdaman mo. eh kung saksakin mo na lang kaya ako gosh why are people so shgskwiwj rip to the amount of peace you sacrifice to give the people you love chances that they don’t seem to deserve. if i could only care less, i’d just cut you out of my life