August 26, 2010

• The truth behind the fantasy.

  These are too awesome not to share.  What if Disney was run by manga boys?

  

  

  

  To see more at the original source, go here.  (The best part is the gnarly cricket on Mulan's shoulder.)

  But these are closer to reality than the Disney versions, no?  The truth behind many of our hallowed stories and heroes is often murkier than we would like to believe or remember.  Many of our country's forefathers unapologetically owned slaves.  Martin Luther King, Jr. cheated on his wife.  So did John F. Kennedy.  His recently deceased brother Ted was involved in an accident that killed a young woman and he walked away without trying to get help for her.  King David had a man killed so he could sleep with his wife.  But yet all men, despite those acts of evil, did contribute greatly to society in their own way. 

  There is no such thing as saints or sinners in this world.  We are all saints and sinners.

  Growing up, we are regaled with fantastical stories from Disney and various bedtime novels about meeting a prince or princess, living at peace with the world, finding true and everlasting love, and walking through life with nary a physical or emotional scratch.  The truth?  Your journey through life will render you bruised and battered as you navigate a world hell bent on bringing you down.  And soon, like these alt-world Disney princesses depicted in these cartoons, doe-eyed innocence is replaced by a fiery intensity...to survive.

  We are all saints and sinners trying to survive, but it is my hope that when all is said and done, I will be remembered more for the former, rather than the latter.

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