According to Mishima, he got a hard on looking at the pic of Sebastian impaled by arrows (I don't know the exact reason, I read Sebastian is a gay icon,why?S&M imagery?) and Mishima had posed Sebastian style for photos. Now Chris Hedges,the 'progessive' activist tried to compare Manning to Sebastian.   https://www.truthdig.com/articles/chelsea-manning-and-the-silencing-of-the-press/