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        scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 
: scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 

        

            
            

                
                
                    scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 
: scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 

                    
                
            

            
                
                
scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred ope...

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 
: scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 

        

            
            

                
                
                    scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 
: scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 

                    
                
            

            
                
                
scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred ope...

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 
: scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 

        

            
            

                
                
                    scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 
: scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred openings. The corridors and walls had a 
pristine quality, even more so than the rest of the planet. White coated
 the floors and the walls, and it looked as if no boot or hand had ever 
touched them. 
The Queen even made her prisons look beautiful. 
How fitting.
Sora
 Trok, a modest spacer, aspires for the simple life of delivering goods 
in the Nebula, a galaxy ruled by a powerful monarch. But when he finds a
 group of teenage orphans on the run from the same monarch after a 
government shake-up, Sora finds that life in the Nebula is far more complicated. 
Suddenly
 caught in the middle of a conspiracy, Sora and his crew have to choose 
who to fight, who to trust, who to love, and who to hate.
Even among each other. 
As
 each crew member goes on their own journey, enduring an action-packed 
war for their lives, they discover dark secrets that go far deeper than 
anything they could have ever imagined. 

                    
                
            

            
                
                
scifiseries:
Survival, Dark Times: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - book on Amazon 
She glanced down as they 
passed several small, barred ope...

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        phantomemes:
starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .
‘  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyes  ’
‘  how i soften when you pull me against you  ’
‘  you are teaching me to love  ’
‘  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyes  ’
‘  you perhaps will become my swan song  ’
‘  it is a very human thing to love  ’
‘  you are my good days  ’
‘  i have been loved dearly  ’
‘  i promise you will not always be this war  ’
‘  thank god for the stubbornness of organs  ’
‘  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with you  ’
‘  there will always be another day  ’
‘  there will always be another mercy  ’
‘  perhaps i will take up dancing again  ’
‘  what a pretty little disaster you will be  ’
‘  i am terrified for you  ’
‘  i will fold inside of myself  ’
‘  today i am thankful  ’
‘  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wake  ’
‘  come and get me  ’
‘  i tell myself i do not need you  ’
‘  i think i broke again last night  ’
‘  i’m just trying to connect with you  ’
‘  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashing  ’
‘  burn the house down in search of yourself  ’
‘  don’t you dare ever stop looking  ’
‘  i struggle not to feel guilty  ’
‘  you are a wild  ,  unkempt thing  ’
‘  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longing  ’
‘  find that you are made of russian nesting dolls  ’
‘  the trees are always kindest with spring comes  ’
‘  teach yourself the hymns again  ’
‘  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lips  ’
‘  this life is an altar  ’
‘  i am sorry i do not have more time  ’
‘  there is a mountain in me  ’
‘  by the morning i am a triumph  ’
‘  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throat  ’
‘  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come across  ’
‘  there are many things that will fit beneath your skin  ’
‘  forgiveness does not take up much room  ’
‘  some days you will breathe and it will be enough  ’
‘  you do not have to hold it quite so tightly  ’
‘  there is a prayer in me  ,  still  ’
‘  you scare me a little  ’
‘  you can be a good thing and not a whole thing  ’
‘  there are flowers in my chest again  ’
‘  the rain comes and sounds like you  ’
‘  i cannot tell you why i still trust god  ’
‘  find peace and build a home out of it  ’

‘  there is never an end  ’
: phantomemes:
starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .
‘  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyes  ’
‘  how i soften when you pull me against you  ’
‘  you are teaching me to love  ’
‘  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyes  ’
‘  you perhaps will become my swan song  ’
‘  it is a very human thing to love  ’
‘  you are my good days  ’
‘  i have been loved dearly  ’
‘  i promise you will not always be this war  ’
‘  thank god for the stubbornness of organs  ’
‘  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with you  ’
‘  there will always be another day  ’
‘  there will always be another mercy  ’
‘  perhaps i will take up dancing again  ’
‘  what a pretty little disaster you will be  ’
‘  i am terrified for you  ’
‘  i will fold inside of myself  ’
‘  today i am thankful  ’
‘  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wake  ’
‘  come and get me  ’
‘  i tell myself i do not need you  ’
‘  i think i broke again last night  ’
‘  i’m just trying to connect with you  ’
‘  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashing  ’
‘  burn the house down in search of yourself  ’
‘  don’t you dare ever stop looking  ’
‘  i struggle not to feel guilty  ’
‘  you are a wild  ,  unkempt thing  ’
‘  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longing  ’
‘  find that you are made of russian nesting dolls  ’
‘  the trees are always kindest with spring comes  ’
‘  teach yourself the hymns again  ’
‘  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lips  ’
‘  this life is an altar  ’
‘  i am sorry i do not have more time  ’
‘  there is a mountain in me  ’
‘  by the morning i am a triumph  ’
‘  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throat  ’
‘  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come across  ’
‘  there are many things that will fit beneath your skin  ’
‘  forgiveness does not take up much room  ’
‘  some days you will breathe and it will be enough  ’
‘  you do not have to hold it quite so tightly  ’
‘  there is a prayer in me  ,  still  ’
‘  you scare me a little  ’
‘  you can be a good thing and not a whole thing  ’
‘  there are flowers in my chest again  ’
‘  the rain comes and sounds like you  ’
‘  i cannot tell you why i still trust god  ’
‘  find peace and build a home out of it  ’

‘  there is never an end  ’

        

            
            

                
                
                    phantomemes:
starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .
‘  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyes  ’
‘  how i soften when you pull me against you  ’
‘  you are teaching me to love  ’
‘  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyes  ’
‘  you perhaps will become my swan song  ’
‘  it is a very human thing to love  ’
‘  you are my good days  ’
‘  i have been loved dearly  ’
‘  i promise you will not always be this war  ’
‘  thank god for the stubbornness of organs  ’
‘  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with you  ’
‘  there will always be another day  ’
‘  there will always be another mercy  ’
‘  perhaps i will take up dancing again  ’
‘  what a pretty little disaster you will be  ’
‘  i am terrified for you  ’
‘  i will fold inside of myself  ’
‘  today i am thankful  ’
‘  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wake  ’
‘  come and get me  ’
‘  i tell myself i do not need you  ’
‘  i think i broke again last night  ’
‘  i’m just trying to connect with you  ’
‘  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashing  ’
‘  burn the house down in search of yourself  ’
‘  don’t you dare ever stop looking  ’
‘  i struggle not to feel guilty  ’
‘  you are a wild  ,  unkempt thing  ’
‘  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longing  ’
‘  find that you are made of russian nesting dolls  ’
‘  the trees are always kindest with spring comes  ’
‘  teach yourself the hymns again  ’
‘  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lips  ’
‘  this life is an altar  ’
‘  i am sorry i do not have more time  ’
‘  there is a mountain in me  ’
‘  by the morning i am a triumph  ’
‘  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throat  ’
‘  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come across  ’
‘  there are many things that will fit beneath your skin  ’
‘  forgiveness does not take up much room  ’
‘  some days you will breathe and it will be enough  ’
‘  you do not have to hold it quite so tightly  ’
‘  there is a prayer in me  ,  still  ’
‘  you scare me a little  ’
‘  you can be a good thing and not a whole thing  ’
‘  there are flowers in my chest again  ’
‘  the rain comes and sounds like you  ’
‘  i cannot tell you why i still trust god  ’
‘  find peace and build a home out of it  ’

‘  there is never an end  ’
: phantomemes:
starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses as necessary .
‘  the problem is you keep trying to use your eyes  ’
‘  how i soften when you pull me against you  ’
‘  you are teaching me to love  ’
‘  i will pretend that i have not already heard the question in your eyes  ’
‘  you perhaps will become my swan song  ’
‘  it is a very human thing to love  ’
‘  you are my good days  ’
‘  i have been loved dearly  ’
‘  i promise you will not always be this war  ’
‘  thank god for the stubbornness of organs  ’
‘  it takes me seven days to stop being in love with you  ’
‘  there will always be another day  ’
‘  there will always be another mercy  ’
‘  perhaps i will take up dancing again  ’
‘  what a pretty little disaster you will be  ’
‘  i am terrified for you  ’
‘  i will fold inside of myself  ’
‘  today i am thankful  ’
‘  i didn’t want to sleep because i didn’t want to wake  ’
‘  come and get me  ’
‘  i tell myself i do not need you  ’
‘  i think i broke again last night  ’
‘  i’m just trying to connect with you  ’
‘  you are an ocean that will perhaps never stop crashing  ’
‘  burn the house down in search of yourself  ’
‘  don’t you dare ever stop looking  ’
‘  i struggle not to feel guilty  ’
‘  you are a wild  ,  unkempt thing  ’
‘  sometimes it is a very sad thing to be human and longing  ’
‘  find that you are made of russian nesting dolls  ’
‘  the trees are always kindest with spring comes  ’
‘  teach yourself the hymns again  ’
‘  he is every amen i have ever laid down on lips  ’
‘  this life is an altar  ’
‘  i am sorry i do not have more time  ’
‘  there is a mountain in me  ’
‘  by the morning i am a triumph  ’
‘  there are words playing hooky in the back of your throat  ’
‘  today is by far the most beautiful creature i have ever come across  ’
‘  there are many things that will fit beneath your skin  ’
‘  forgiveness does not take up much room  ’
‘  some days you will breathe and it will be enough  ’
‘  you do not have to hold it quite so tightly  ’
‘  there is a prayer in me  ,  still  ’
‘  you scare me a little  ’
‘  you can be a good thing and not a whole thing  ’
‘  there are flowers in my chest again  ’
‘  the rain comes and sounds like you  ’
‘  i cannot tell you why i still trust god  ’
‘  find peace and build a home out of it  ’

‘  there is never an end  ’

                    
                
            

            
                
                
phantomemes:
starters  /  prompts taken from f. d. soul’s work ,  between you and these bones .  feel free to change pronouns  /  tenses...

                
            
            
        

    

    

        
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        admiralyurii:
acquaintedwithrask:

stoneandbloodandwater:

forthegothicheroine:

youkoofthelovespot:

jali-jali:

charmory:

this is the most romantic thing i’ve seen all day

No shit. That tom cat was like:
“This thorn invested wall means nothing.”
“I will gladly walk on it a thousand times over, if that means I could be with you, my lady.”
and the lady cat was all:
“My brave darling.”
OOOPS MY HAND SLIPPED!!

Suddenly my muse insisted me to draw the personification version of the last pic, and who am I to reject inspiration when it comes so willingly to me? At least this will help with the artblock issue I currently have to deal with.
Russian imperial era inspired because hot damn.
Note: I tried google reverse image (and other reverse image search engines) those photos and came up with nothing. I wish I knew the original photographer because I want to love hug him/her so hard for capturing such inspiring moments.

OMG that’s the cutest thing ever and the best courtly love ah so brilliant.

Few romantic heroes could do better.

I don’t post cats often but that illustration.

that ILLUSTRATION



OMG 
: admiralyurii:
acquaintedwithrask:

stoneandbloodandwater:

forthegothicheroine:

youkoofthelovespot:

jali-jali:

charmory:

this is the most romantic thing i’ve seen all day

No shit. That tom cat was like:
“This thorn invested wall means nothing.”
“I will gladly walk on it a thousand times over, if that means I could be with you, my lady.”
and the lady cat was all:
“My brave darling.”
OOOPS MY HAND SLIPPED!!

Suddenly my muse insisted me to draw the personification version of the last pic, and who am I to reject inspiration when it comes so willingly to me? At least this will help with the artblock issue I currently have to deal with.
Russian imperial era inspired because hot damn.
Note: I tried google reverse image (and other reverse image search engines) those photos and came up with nothing. I wish I knew the original photographer because I want to love hug him/her so hard for capturing such inspiring moments.

OMG that’s the cutest thing ever and the best courtly love ah so brilliant.

Few romantic heroes could do better.

I don’t post cats often but that illustration.

that ILLUSTRATION



OMG 

        

            
            

                
                
                    admiralyurii:
acquaintedwithrask:

stoneandbloodandwater:

forthegothicheroine:

youkoofthelovespot:

jali-jali:

charmory:

this is the most romantic thing i’ve seen all day

No shit. That tom cat was like:
“This thorn invested wall means nothing.”
“I will gladly walk on it a thousand times over, if that means I could be with you, my lady.”
and the lady cat was all:
“My brave darling.”
OOOPS MY HAND SLIPPED!!

Suddenly my muse insisted me to draw the personification version of the last pic, and who am I to reject inspiration when it comes so willingly to me? At least this will help with the artblock issue I currently have to deal with.
Russian imperial era inspired because hot damn.
Note: I tried google reverse image (and other reverse image search engines) those photos and came up with nothing. I wish I knew the original photographer because I want to love hug him/her so hard for capturing such inspiring moments.

OMG that’s the cutest thing ever and the best courtly love ah so brilliant.

Few romantic heroes could do better.

I don’t post cats often but that illustration.

that ILLUSTRATION



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forthegothicheroine:

youkoofthelovespot:

jali-jali:

charmory:

this is the most romantic thing i’ve seen all day

No shit. That tom cat was like:
“This thorn invested wall means nothing.”
“I will gladly walk on it a thousand times over, if that means I could be with you, my lady.”
and the lady cat was all:
“My brave darling.”
OOOPS MY HAND SLIPPED!!

Suddenly my muse insisted me to draw the personification version of the last pic, and who am I to reject inspiration when it comes so willingly to me? At least this will help with the artblock issue I currently have to deal with.
Russian imperial era inspired because hot damn.
Note: I tried google reverse image (and other reverse image search engines) those photos and came up with nothing. I wish I knew the original photographer because I want to love hug him/her so hard for capturing such inspiring moments.

OMG that’s the cutest thing ever and the best courtly love ah so brilliant.

Few romantic heroes could do better.

I don’t post cats often but that illustration.

that ILLUSTRATION



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        kiittsune:

Apparently I’m shippos reincarnation what are you?



Yay i’m Sango ^-^: The
 A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
 AGNOS
 ESULT
 WHOSE
 REINCARNATION
 ARE YOU?
 you ge
 lests yo
 u should
 A FORTUNE-TELLING GAME FOR ALL INUYASHA FANS!
 Just answer the questions and you'll find out who you
 were in a previous life during the Warring
 1. You feel something round in your stomach.
 YES Diagnosis A
 2. You like dogs.
 past and we
 tes era
 NO > Go to 2
 YES → Go to 4
 NO → Go to 3
 3. When angry, you never show it on your face.
 YES> Go to 5
 NO → Go to 6
 4. You hit first and ask questions later.
 YES Go to 6
 NO → Go to 7
 5. You care about your clothes.
 Diagn
 YES> Go to 8
 NO → Go to 9
 INGA
 OFS
 6. You cannot be honest about the opposite sex.
 YES
 Go to 11
 NO → Go to 9
 7. You are overlooked when people are passing out snacks.
 YES Diagnosis E
 8. You like people who have mature personalities.
 YES Go to 11
 NO → Go to 8
 YOU CAN
 NO → Go to 10
 SOLVE YOUR
 dand
 9. You are told that you look older than your
 YES Diagnosis D
 LOVE WORRIES
 WITH THIS?!
 actual
 NO → Diagnosis F
 age.
 10. Your hair is like soft seaweed.
 wind
 and at
 YES Diagnosis H
 NO → Diagnosis G
 11. It is okay to love two people at the same time.
 YES Diagnosis B
 NO → Diagnosis C
 TRACKED
 INSURED

 ENOSIS
 SULTS
 Diagnosis A
 Diagnosis B
 REINCARNATION
 OF INUYASHA
 KAGOME
 HERSELF
 r did you get? Your
 refects your current
 Au should learn
 axt and work daily to
 What are you
 Just like
 Inuyasha you
 get involved
 in trouble
 easily.
 However, if
 you try hard you will find your
 true path. Your personality
 suits a leadership position.
 doing?! Hurry
 through the
 Bone Eater's
 AAH
 Well! You
 have enough
 spiritual power to survive
 whatever happens. There is
 nothing to worry about!
 Diagnosis D
 Diagnosis E
 ה

 hoked
 in trouble
 dve enough
 power to survive
 whatever happens. There is
 spiritual
 easily
 However i
 you try hand you will find your
 true path. Your personality
 suits a leadership position.
 nothing to worry about!
 Diagnosis D
 REINCARNATION
 OF MIROKU
 Diagnosis C
 Diagnosis E
 REINCARNATION
 OF SHIPPO
 EINGARNATION
 OF SANGO
 Whatever
 world you
 live in, you
 You are
 You are unre-
 earnest. If you
 are a girl, you
 will be a wife
 markable
 now but you
 have the
 are easy-
 power to
 attract others.
 going. Your
 luck in love is
 who takes
 care of your
 husband well. If you are a boy,
 jou will be a good husband. If
 you find something you are
 good at, it will help you in life.
 Many love you, but maybe not
 the one you love.
 good. You would make a good
 teacher or counselor-jobs
 which require communication
 skills.
 Diagnosis H
 REINCARNATION
 OF NARAKU
 Your deep
 Diagnosis G
 Diagnosis F
 REINCARNATION
 REINCARNATION
 OF SESSHOMARU
 INUYASHA QUIZ

 luck in love is
 care of your
 shand well. If you are a boy,
 l be a good husband. If
 good. You would make a good
 teacher or counselor-jobs
 which require communication
 skills.
 power to
 attract others.
 Many love you, but maybe not
 OUR
 RIES
 find something you are
 d at, it will help you in life.
 the one you love.
 Diagnosis G
 REINCARNATION
 OF SESSHOMARU
 Diagnosis F
 Diagnosis H
 REINCARNATION
 OF NARAKU
 LEINCARNATION
 OF KOGA
 You should
 look both
 you use
 your talents,
 you will never
 have a prob-
 lem eating.
 Friends
 If
 Your deep
 feelings are
 powerful
 enough to
 smash rocks,
 but you
 should not hold grudges
 ways before
 you get on
 an iron vehi-
 cle or before
 Mass
 you are few, but
 form deep bonds with them.
 You should treat them with
 around
 you
 Vou cross roads. Your person-
 ality is suited to globetrotting
 jobs.
 should
 against people and
 you
 not fear failure. You should be
 honest with people you like.
 care.
 ROAD
 SAFETY
 PRAYER
 FOR A GOOD
 MATCH
 ACADEMIC
 ACHIEVEMENT
kiittsune:

Apparently I’m shippos reincarnation what are you?



Yay i’m Sango ^-^
        

            
            

                
                
                    kiittsune:

Apparently I’m shippos reincarnation what are you?



Yay i’m Sango ^-^: The
 A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
 AGNOS
 ESULT
 WHOSE
 REINCARNATION
 ARE YOU?
 you ge
 lests yo
 u should
 A FORTUNE-TELLING GAME FOR ALL INUYASHA FANS!
 Just answer the questions and you'll find out who you
 were in a previous life during the Warring
 1. You feel something round in your stomach.
 YES Diagnosis A
 2. You like dogs.
 past and we
 tes era
 NO > Go to 2
 YES → Go to 4
 NO → Go to 3
 3. When angry, you never show it on your face.
 YES> Go to 5
 NO → Go to 6
 4. You hit first and ask questions later.
 YES Go to 6
 NO → Go to 7
 5. You care about your clothes.
 Diagn
 YES> Go to 8
 NO → Go to 9
 INGA
 OFS
 6. You cannot be honest about the opposite sex.
 YES
 Go to 11
 NO → Go to 9
 7. You are overlooked when people are passing out snacks.
 YES Diagnosis E
 8. You like people who have mature personalities.
 YES Go to 11
 NO → Go to 8
 YOU CAN
 NO → Go to 10
 SOLVE YOUR
 dand
 9. You are told that you look older than your
 YES Diagnosis D
 LOVE WORRIES
 WITH THIS?!
 actual
 NO → Diagnosis F
 age.
 10. Your hair is like soft seaweed.
 wind
 and at
 YES Diagnosis H
 NO → Diagnosis G
 11. It is okay to love two people at the same time.
 YES Diagnosis B
 NO → Diagnosis C
 TRACKED
 INSURED

 ENOSIS
 SULTS
 Diagnosis A
 Diagnosis B
 REINCARNATION
 OF INUYASHA
 KAGOME
 HERSELF
 r did you get? Your
 refects your current
 Au should learn
 axt and work daily to
 What are you
 Just like
 Inuyasha you
 get involved
 in trouble
 easily.
 However, if
 you try hard you will find your
 true path. Your personality
 suits a leadership position.
 doing?! Hurry
 through the
 Bone Eater's
 AAH
 Well! You
 have enough
 spiritual power to survive
 whatever happens. There is
 nothing to worry about!
 Diagnosis D
 Diagnosis E
 ה

 hoked
 in trouble
 dve enough
 power to survive
 whatever happens. There is
 spiritual
 easily
 However i
 you try hand you will find your
 true path. Your personality
 suits a leadership position.
 nothing to worry about!
 Diagnosis D
 REINCARNATION
 OF MIROKU
 Diagnosis C
 Diagnosis E
 REINCARNATION
 OF SHIPPO
 EINGARNATION
 OF SANGO
 Whatever
 world you
 live in, you
 You are
 You are unre-
 earnest. If you
 are a girl, you
 will be a wife
 markable
 now but you
 have the
 are easy-
 power to
 attract others.
 going. Your
 luck in love is
 who takes
 care of your
 husband well. If you are a boy,
 jou will be a good husband. If
 you find something you are
 good at, it will help you in life.
 Many love you, but maybe not
 the one you love.
 good. You would make a good
 teacher or counselor-jobs
 which require communication
 skills.
 Diagnosis H
 REINCARNATION
 OF NARAKU
 Your deep
 Diagnosis G
 Diagnosis F
 REINCARNATION
 REINCARNATION
 OF SESSHOMARU
 INUYASHA QUIZ

 luck in love is
 care of your
 shand well. If you are a boy,
 l be a good husband. If
 good. You would make a good
 teacher or counselor-jobs
 which require communication
 skills.
 power to
 attract others.
 Many love you, but maybe not
 OUR
 RIES
 find something you are
 d at, it will help you in life.
 the one you love.
 Diagnosis G
 REINCARNATION
 OF SESSHOMARU
 Diagnosis F
 Diagnosis H
 REINCARNATION
 OF NARAKU
 LEINCARNATION
 OF KOGA
 You should
 look both
 you use
 your talents,
 you will never
 have a prob-
 lem eating.
 Friends
 If
 Your deep
 feelings are
 powerful
 enough to
 smash rocks,
 but you
 should not hold grudges
 ways before
 you get on
 an iron vehi-
 cle or before
 Mass
 you are few, but
 form deep bonds with them.
 You should treat them with
 around
 you
 Vou cross roads. Your person-
 ality is suited to globetrotting
 jobs.
 should
 against people and
 you
 not fear failure. You should be
 honest with people you like.
 care.
 ROAD
 SAFETY
 PRAYER
 FOR A GOOD
 MATCH
 ACADEMIC
 ACHIEVEMENT
kiittsune:

Apparently I’m shippos reincarnation what are you?



Yay i’m Sango ^-^
                    
                
            

            
                
                
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8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist, a friend of the late martial arts star, believes the filmmaker was sloppy, somewhat racist and shirked his responsibility to basic truth in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’Remember that time Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. kidney-punched a waiter for serving soggy croutons in his tomato soup? How about the time the Dalai Lama got wasted and spray-painted “Karma Is a Beach” on the Tibetan ambassador’s limo? Probably not, since they never happened. But they could happen if a filmmaker decides to write those scenes into his or her movie. And, even though we know the movie is fiction, those scenes will live on in our shared cultural conscience as impressions of those real people, thereby corrupting our memory of them built on their real-life actions.That’s why filmmakers have a responsibility when playing with people’s perceptions of admired historic people to maintain a basic truth about the content of their character. Quentin Tarantino’s portrayal of Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood does not live up to this standard. Of course, Tarantino has the artistic right to portray Bruce any way he wants. But to do so in such a sloppy and somewhat racist way is a failure both as an artist and as a human being.This controversy has left me torn. Tarantino is one of my favorite filmmakers because he is so bold, uncompromising and unpredictable. There’s a giddy energy in his movies of someone who loves movies and wants you to love them, too. I attend each Tarantino film as if it were an event, knowing that his distillation of the ’60s and ’70s action movies will be much more entertaining than a simple homage. That’s what makes the Bruce Lee scenes so disappointing, not so much on a factual basis, but as a lapse of cultural awareness.Bruce Lee was my friend and teacher. That doesn’t give him a free pass for how he’s portrayed in movies. But it does give me some insight into the man. I first met Bruce when I was a student at UCLA looking to continue my martial arts studies, which I started in New York City. We quickly developed a friendship as well as a student-teacher relationship. He taught me the discipline and spirituality of martial arts, which was greatly responsible for me being able to play competitively in the NBA for 20 years with very few injuries.During our years of friendship, he spoke passionately about how frustrated he was with the stereotypical representation of Asians in film and TV. The only roles were for inscrutable villains or bowing servants. In Have Gun - Will Travel, Paladin’s faithful Chinese servant goes by the insulting name of “Hey Boy” (Kam Tong). He was replaced in season four by a female character referred to as “Hey Girl” (Lisa Lu). Asian men were portrayed as sexless accessories to a scene, while the women were subservient. This was how African-American men and women were generally portrayed until the advent of Sidney Poitier and blaxploitation films. Bruce was dedicated to changing the dismissive image of Asians through his acting, writing and promotion of Jeet Kune Do, his interpretation of martial arts.That’s why it disturbs me that Tarantino chose to portray Bruce in such a one-dimensional way. The John Wayne machismo attitude of Cliff (Brad Pitt), an aging stuntman who defeats the arrogant, uppity Chinese guy harks back to the very stereotypes Bruce was trying to dismantle. Of course the blond, white beefcake American can beat your fancy Asian chopsocky dude because that foreign crap doesn’t fly here.I might even go along with the skewered version of Bruce if that wasn’t the only significant scene with him, if we’d also seen a glimpse of his other traits, of his struggle to be taken seriously in Hollywood. Alas, he was just another Hey Boy prop to the scene. The scene is complicated by being presented as a flashback, but in a way that could suggest the stuntman’s memory is cartoonishly biased in his favor. Equally disturbing is the unresolved shadow that Cliff may have killed his wife with a spear gun because she nagged him. Classic Cliff. Is Cliff more heroic because he also doesn’t put up with outspoken women?I was in public with Bruce several times when some random jerk would loudly challenge Bruce to a fight. He always politely declined and moved on. First rule of Bruce’s fight club was don’t fight — unless there is no other option. He felt no need to prove himself. He knew who he was and that the real fight wasn’t on the mat, it was on the screen in creating opportunities for Asians to be seen as more than grinning stereotypes. Unfortunately, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood prefers the good old ways.: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Bruce
 Lee Was My Friend, and
 Tarantino's Movie Disrespects
 Him
 8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 Alamy Stock Photo
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bruce Lee during the filming of 1978's 'Game of Death.'
solacekames:

8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist, a friend of the late martial arts star, believes the filmmaker was sloppy, somewhat racist and shirked his responsibility to basic truth in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’Remember that time Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. kidney-punched a waiter for serving soggy croutons in his tomato soup? How about the time the Dalai Lama got wasted and spray-painted “Karma Is a Beach” on the Tibetan ambassador’s limo? Probably not, since they never happened. But they could happen if a filmmaker decides to write those scenes into his or her movie. And, even though we know the movie is fiction, those scenes will live on in our shared cultural conscience as impressions of those real people, thereby corrupting our memory of them built on their real-life actions.That’s why filmmakers have a responsibility when playing with people’s perceptions of admired historic people to maintain a basic truth about the content of their character. Quentin Tarantino’s portrayal of Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood does not live up to this standard. Of course, Tarantino has the artistic right to portray Bruce any way he wants. But to do so in such a sloppy and somewhat racist way is a failure both as an artist and as a human being.This controversy has left me torn. Tarantino is one of my favorite filmmakers because he is so bold, uncompromising and unpredictable. There’s a giddy energy in his movies of someone who loves movies and wants you to love them, too. I attend each Tarantino film as if it were an event, knowing that his distillation of the ’60s and ’70s action movies will be much more entertaining than a simple homage. That’s what makes the Bruce Lee scenes so disappointing, not so much on a factual basis, but as a lapse of cultural awareness.Bruce Lee was my friend and teacher. That doesn’t give him a free pass for how he’s portrayed in movies. But it does give me some insight into the man. I first met Bruce when I was a student at UCLA looking to continue my martial arts studies, which I started in New York City. We quickly developed a friendship as well as a student-teacher relationship. He taught me the discipline and spirituality of martial arts, which was greatly responsible for me being able to play competitively in the NBA for 20 years with very few injuries.During our years of friendship, he spoke passionately about how frustrated he was with the stereotypical representation of Asians in film and TV. The only roles were for inscrutable villains or bowing servants. In Have Gun - Will Travel, Paladin’s faithful Chinese servant goes by the insulting name of “Hey Boy” (Kam Tong). He was replaced in season four by a female character referred to as “Hey Girl” (Lisa Lu). Asian men were portrayed as sexless accessories to a scene, while the women were subservient. This was how African-American men and women were generally portrayed until the advent of Sidney Poitier and blaxploitation films. Bruce was dedicated to changing the dismissive image of Asians through his acting, writing and promotion of Jeet Kune Do, his interpretation of martial arts.That’s why it disturbs me that Tarantino chose to portray Bruce in such a one-dimensional way. The John Wayne machismo attitude of Cliff (Brad Pitt), an aging stuntman who defeats the arrogant, uppity Chinese guy harks back to the very stereotypes Bruce was trying to dismantle. Of course the blond, white beefcake American can beat your fancy Asian chopsocky dude because that foreign crap doesn’t fly here.I might even go along with the skewered version of Bruce if that wasn’t the only significant scene with him, if we’d also seen a glimpse of his other traits, of his struggle to be taken seriously in Hollywood. Alas, he was just another Hey Boy prop to the scene. The scene is complicated by being presented as a flashback, but in a way that could suggest the stuntman’s memory is cartoonishly biased in his favor. Equally disturbing is the unresolved shadow that Cliff may have killed his wife with a spear gun because she nagged him. Classic Cliff. Is Cliff more heroic because he also doesn’t put up with outspoken women?I was in public with Bruce several times when some random jerk would loudly challenge Bruce to a fight. He always politely declined and moved on. First rule of Bruce’s fight club was don’t fight — unless there is no other option. He felt no need to prove himself. He knew who he was and that the real fight wasn’t on the mat, it was on the screen in creating opportunities for Asians to be seen as more than grinning stereotypes. Unfortunately, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood prefers the good old ways.
        

            
            

                
                
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8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist, a friend of the late martial arts star, believes the filmmaker was sloppy, somewhat racist and shirked his responsibility to basic truth in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’Remember that time Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. kidney-punched a waiter for serving soggy croutons in his tomato soup? How about the time the Dalai Lama got wasted and spray-painted “Karma Is a Beach” on the Tibetan ambassador’s limo? Probably not, since they never happened. But they could happen if a filmmaker decides to write those scenes into his or her movie. And, even though we know the movie is fiction, those scenes will live on in our shared cultural conscience as impressions of those real people, thereby corrupting our memory of them built on their real-life actions.That’s why filmmakers have a responsibility when playing with people’s perceptions of admired historic people to maintain a basic truth about the content of their character. Quentin Tarantino’s portrayal of Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood does not live up to this standard. Of course, Tarantino has the artistic right to portray Bruce any way he wants. But to do so in such a sloppy and somewhat racist way is a failure both as an artist and as a human being.This controversy has left me torn. Tarantino is one of my favorite filmmakers because he is so bold, uncompromising and unpredictable. There’s a giddy energy in his movies of someone who loves movies and wants you to love them, too. I attend each Tarantino film as if it were an event, knowing that his distillation of the ’60s and ’70s action movies will be much more entertaining than a simple homage. That’s what makes the Bruce Lee scenes so disappointing, not so much on a factual basis, but as a lapse of cultural awareness.Bruce Lee was my friend and teacher. That doesn’t give him a free pass for how he’s portrayed in movies. But it does give me some insight into the man. I first met Bruce when I was a student at UCLA looking to continue my martial arts studies, which I started in New York City. We quickly developed a friendship as well as a student-teacher relationship. He taught me the discipline and spirituality of martial arts, which was greatly responsible for me being able to play competitively in the NBA for 20 years with very few injuries.During our years of friendship, he spoke passionately about how frustrated he was with the stereotypical representation of Asians in film and TV. The only roles were for inscrutable villains or bowing servants. In Have Gun - Will Travel, Paladin’s faithful Chinese servant goes by the insulting name of “Hey Boy” (Kam Tong). He was replaced in season four by a female character referred to as “Hey Girl” (Lisa Lu). Asian men were portrayed as sexless accessories to a scene, while the women were subservient. This was how African-American men and women were generally portrayed until the advent of Sidney Poitier and blaxploitation films. Bruce was dedicated to changing the dismissive image of Asians through his acting, writing and promotion of Jeet Kune Do, his interpretation of martial arts.That’s why it disturbs me that Tarantino chose to portray Bruce in such a one-dimensional way. The John Wayne machismo attitude of Cliff (Brad Pitt), an aging stuntman who defeats the arrogant, uppity Chinese guy harks back to the very stereotypes Bruce was trying to dismantle. Of course the blond, white beefcake American can beat your fancy Asian chopsocky dude because that foreign crap doesn’t fly here.I might even go along with the skewered version of Bruce if that wasn’t the only significant scene with him, if we’d also seen a glimpse of his other traits, of his struggle to be taken seriously in Hollywood. Alas, he was just another Hey Boy prop to the scene. The scene is complicated by being presented as a flashback, but in a way that could suggest the stuntman’s memory is cartoonishly biased in his favor. Equally disturbing is the unresolved shadow that Cliff may have killed his wife with a spear gun because she nagged him. Classic Cliff. Is Cliff more heroic because he also doesn’t put up with outspoken women?I was in public with Bruce several times when some random jerk would loudly challenge Bruce to a fight. He always politely declined and moved on. First rule of Bruce’s fight club was don’t fight — unless there is no other option. He felt no need to prove himself. He knew who he was and that the real fight wasn’t on the mat, it was on the screen in creating opportunities for Asians to be seen as more than grinning stereotypes. Unfortunately, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood prefers the good old ways.: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Bruce
 Lee Was My Friend, and
 Tarantino's Movie Disrespects
 Him
 8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 Alamy Stock Photo
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bruce Lee during the filming of 1978's 'Game of Death.'
solacekames:

8:08 AM PDT 8/16/2019 by Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist, a friend of the late martial arts star, believes the filmmaker was sloppy, somewhat racist and shirked his responsibility to basic truth in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’Remember that time Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. kidney-punched a waiter for serving soggy croutons in his tomato soup? How about the time the Dalai Lama got wasted and spray-painted “Karma Is a Beach” on the Tibetan ambassador’s limo? Probably not, since they never happened. But they could happen if a filmmaker decides to write those scenes into his or her movie. And, even though we know the movie is fiction, those scenes will live on in our shared cultural conscience as impressions of those real people, thereby corrupting our memory of them built on their real-life actions.That’s why filmmakers have a responsibility when playing with people’s perceptions of admired historic people to maintain a basic truth about the content of their character. Quentin Tarantino’s portrayal of Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood does not live up to this standard. Of course, Tarantino has the artistic right to portray Bruce any way he wants. But to do so in such a sloppy and somewhat racist way is a failure both as an artist and as a human being.This controversy has left me torn. Tarantino is one of my favorite filmmakers because he is so bold, uncompromising and unpredictable. There’s a giddy energy in his movies of someone who loves movies and wants you to love them, too. I attend each Tarantino film as if it were an event, knowing that his distillation of the ’60s and ’70s action movies will be much more entertaining than a simple homage. That’s what makes the Bruce Lee scenes so disappointing, not so much on a factual basis, but as a lapse of cultural awareness.Bruce Lee was my friend and teacher. That doesn’t give him a free pass for how he’s portrayed in movies. But it does give me some insight into the man. I first met Bruce when I was a student at UCLA looking to continue my martial arts studies, which I started in New York City. We quickly developed a friendship as well as a student-teacher relationship. He taught me the discipline and spirituality of martial arts, which was greatly responsible for me being able to play competitively in the NBA for 20 years with very few injuries.During our years of friendship, he spoke passionately about how frustrated he was with the stereotypical representation of Asians in film and TV. The only roles were for inscrutable villains or bowing servants. In Have Gun - Will Travel, Paladin’s faithful Chinese servant goes by the insulting name of “Hey Boy” (Kam Tong). He was replaced in season four by a female character referred to as “Hey Girl” (Lisa Lu). Asian men were portrayed as sexless accessories to a scene, while the women were subservient. This was how African-American men and women were generally portrayed until the advent of Sidney Poitier and blaxploitation films. Bruce was dedicated to changing the dismissive image of Asians through his acting, writing and promotion of Jeet Kune Do, his interpretation of martial arts.That’s why it disturbs me that Tarantino chose to portray Bruce in such a one-dimensional way. The John Wayne machismo attitude of Cliff (Brad Pitt), an aging stuntman who defeats the arrogant, uppity Chinese guy harks back to the very stereotypes Bruce was trying to dismantle. Of course the blond, white beefcake American can beat your fancy Asian chopsocky dude because that foreign crap doesn’t fly here.I might even go along with the skewered version of Bruce if that wasn’t the only significant scene with him, if we’d also seen a glimpse of his other traits, of his struggle to be taken seriously in Hollywood. Alas, he was just another Hey Boy prop to the scene. The scene is complicated by being presented as a flashback, but in a way that could suggest the stuntman’s memory is cartoonishly biased in his favor. Equally disturbing is the unresolved shadow that Cliff may have killed his wife with a spear gun because she nagged him. Classic Cliff. Is Cliff more heroic because he also doesn’t put up with outspoken women?I was in public with Bruce several times when some random jerk would loudly challenge Bruce to a fight. He always politely declined and moved on. First rule of Bruce’s fight club was don’t fight — unless there is no other option. He felt no need to prove himself. He knew who he was and that the real fight wasn’t on the mat, it was on the screen in creating opportunities for Asians to be seen as more than grinning stereotypes. Unfortunately, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood prefers the good old ways.
                    
                
            

            
                
                
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