When we woke up this morning, we thought it had been a mere dream. It wasn't...it wasn't. Sean Combs' latest spread in L'Uomo Vogue with his daughters D'Lila Star Combs and Jessie James Combs was a reality. But after thinking this photo through, we've come to an unexpected conclusion. It's all part of Diddy's master plan.I admit I carry a soft spot for the one born Sean John Combs. With Diddy the good always seemed to outweigh the bad. Despite the amount of acrimony he's absorbed in his short time on this planet, Sean Combs will be one of those figures we look back on fondly. Even if you're just pretending to have a social conscience, hell, even if you're just pretending that you have lots of friends at your big party, it's tough to feel anything but a little bit sad for all the guy has gone through.

In the L'Uomo Vogue photo spread Diddy transcends mere fashion photography, offering a topless photo of his young daughters that echoes Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll's considerable body of work in child photography (left). Of course, that was a time in which folks would put nude pictures of their children on Christmas cards, but Diddy's probably brilliant echoing of the Victorian era should not be lost on those who slam him for being a megalomaniac. Like Carroll, the first wave of Diddy interpreters will judge wrongly, seeing a flawed artist who always wanted to be hard like his friends and spent the rest of his life compensating. But in the end Combs made some decent choices, amassing considerable millions and getting laid by a lot of different women. Diddy: Lewis Carroll would be proud. [The Superficial]