July Doodle Day - (NSFW) Desert Heat

I FREAKIN LOVE THE LAWRENCE OF ARABIA MOVIE AND I SHIPPED ALI AND LAWRENCE SO MUCH! I HAVE SEARCHED AND HIGH AND LOW FOR FANFICS AND ART OF THE COUPLE AND FOUND VERY LITTLE. AND NOW INE OF MY FAVORITE ARTIST ONE THE PLANET HAS DRAWN A PIC OF THEM?? Bless you and this prompt 🙏🏻

Kathleen Gatliff

A good book to start with is "Lawrence of Arabia: the Life, the Legend," by Malcolm Brown. It's a coffee table book, with lots of great photos and illustrations, that is comprehensive but not too bogged down in detail. If you enjoy that and still want to read more, John E. Mack wrote a Pulitzer-winning biography called "A Prince of Our Disorder," which is one of the better descriptions of his life and analyses of his psyche.

Dang it! I got work to dooooo - yo!

Sharon Barela

Wu Ming 4 (it's a pseudonym of the author's): "Star of the Morning"

irene_bert

i've only ever seen the film and knew nothing of the history of the actual man, can someone suggest what i should read about him?

Laura Stewart

I sincerely doubt that, I would think most people on Tumblr don't think about or really understand the complexities of TE Lawrence. I'm confident you'll be fine 👍 Edit: but uh...Tumblr has surprised me before... :/

Yeah, I had a real moment of doubt, but I was also conflicted because like, a lot of people write asexual fic with sex in it, so I'm not entirely sure where the line is in this kind of stuff? So I figured I'll just pin it on the historically incorrect movie version and also the fact that I shipped them real hard when I watched it in college when I had no knowledge of the actual history haha. ...Tumblr is going to rip me apart, aren't they orz

Reapersun

After the war, he paid a fellow soldier to beat him but there was never any sex. In letters he wrote to friends, he admitted he found sex repulsive and he didn't even like to shake hands with people. In the film they don't really make this clear (various reasons, time period, etc) and Ali is a composite character, he didn't exist in real life. Can certainly interpret the film any way one wishes as it's not 100% accurate, and I don't ship these two, but I can certainly appreciate great piece :)

I appreciate your hesitation. In his memoirs and various interviews, it's mainly interpreted he was a homoromantic sex-repulsed asexual masochist. In his memoirs, he wrote that he was caught behind enemy lines and tortured for being a spy. While being whipped he admitted to becoming sexually aroused.