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The other Wukongs asked the true Gameboy master for help in beating a boss🙏 (1996 is absolutely crushing it)
#pls pls pls notice the Baozha reference#LOOK AT IT PERCEIVE IT#everyone gathered around to watch 96 pull sick combo moves to beat the boss in 20 seconds#why yes he is showing off- he has a flair for drama#99 Wukong#96 Wukong#09 Wukong#64 Wukong#AND MY WUKONG#mei hou wang#journey to the west#JTTW#crossover#my art#JTTW Crossover#this was for a server event!!!#sun Wukong
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I like the human actors a lot too! (I say as if the actors weren’t initially human)
#this is kinda the sketchy vibe I was going for in my dsb wukong study#damn I wish I just kept it initial sketch like this o(-(#journey to the west 1986#journey to the west 1996#journey to the west#jttw sun wukong#sun wukong#digital art#my art#I do think the human actors are very handsome#it’s just that when they take the fursuit off they go from like a 10 to an 8 for me 😭#tf is 86’s lips so glossy for okay lip plumper king 👄✨#tbh everything in that show was so SPARKLY I loved it#I’ll never forget the entire set of the underwater palace just being COVERED by glitter#every inch just COATED in the stuff it was marvelous#also the costume designs were gorgeous you can say the rest of the show is dated but the fits will NEVER FAIL#ugh I’m gushing#96 wukong? cmon that’s dicky cheung who doesn’t wanna kiss him#dude actors fuck me up sometimes cuz I thought that the human version of 86 swk was played by a different person cuz when he’s in disguise#the actor uses a different tone of voice for him???#but it’s like he’s trying to imitate the voice for when he’s just monkey swk do you know what I mean????#so I thought it was just another actor trying his best to match the wukong actors voice 😭😭😭#so I just kept going no I don’t think that’s the same guy… but the facial expressions match! oh but the voice…. oh but-!#i feel like I’d be an easy target for doppelgängers
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#jttw sun wukong#jttw#sun wukong#西游记#西游记96#孙悟空#art#illustration#journey to the west#journey to the west 1996
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Every day I weep over the loss of the JTTW 1996 English dub because I liked the voices so much. I still enjoy the sub but it still sucks that the 1996 episodes were pulled from YouTube from that one playlist.
#jttw#jttw 1996#jttw 96#journey to the west#journey to the west 1996#wukongs voice was so calming and charming to me tbh#and wujings was sweet#i still like the subs obvs but i was also attached to the dub when it was around
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Screencap redraws of that one scene in 96!JTTW with both my designs and the original designs cuz I was indecisive.
Screencap under the cut.
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#journey to the west#jttw#xiyouji#sun wukong#monkey king#zhu bajie#1996 journey to the west#dicky cheung#wayne lai#96 wukong- probably not even a full day after indirectly being the cause of cui lan's death: so how bad's your love life#fyi my screencap's happening in nowhere near the same context fhdsdj#tryna keep the blog alive but uh fyi the vid's in the same style as the screencap and that's why its taking so damn long#zhuhou#猪猴#addition#redraw#readmore +
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LMK Incorrect quotes#96 Dishes
Wukong & Macaque: I WOULD DESTROY THE WORLD FOR YOU!
Y/n: Okay, can you do the dishes?
Wukong & Macaque: No!-
-Five Minutes later-
Sun Wukong The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal, The MONKEY KING, and The Six Eared Macaque The Warrior...are wearing lunch lady hairnets with latex gloves on their hands and feet washing the dishes...while Mk and Bai he look at them with giggles
Bai He:...Simps
Wukong & Macaque:...
part 4 of:
#lego monkie kid#lego monkie kid x reader#lego monkie kid x y/n#lmk#lmk x y/n#lmk x reader#lmk fluff#lmk macaque#lmk sun wukong#lmk mk#lmk bai he#sun wukong x reader#wukong x reader#monkey king x reader#six eared macaque#wukong x macaque#lmk incorrect quotes#incorrect quotes
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Shop will be reopening tomorrow, Friday between 5 PM - 6 PM CST! There will be a restock and also new items including:
-7 new art prints
-Diamond cutter stickers (Sonic)
-Peachbuds stickers
-JTTW 96 Wukong sticker!
#ninjahaku21#my art#fan art#lego monkie kid#sun wukong#journey to the west#Sonic IDW#Diamond cutters
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My favorite Wukongs!! I spent way too much time on this HAJDHA (click for better quality)
Tho that being said- OSP and Havoc were NOT fun to draw… very sad but I will be loving them from a distance now, I will NOT draw them
09 and 96 were my baby girls😌 I had so much fun drawing them, they get gold stars! Very Neutral about Nezha reborn and Death Battle- didn’t give me too much trouble🤷♀️ Lmk + 17 are some of my fav designs in general, so they also gold stars!
Honorable mentions under cut:
The design is so FUCKING COOL, but I also don’t hate myself enough to draw all those details
Rip forgot he existed BUT HES SO CUTE
#sun wukong#jttw#my art#Jesus do I want to tag all of them…?#uhhhh#lmk sun Wukong#havoc in heaven wukong#OSP Wukong#UH#09 Sun Wukong#2017 sun wukong#96 sun Wukong#UHHH#nezha reborn Wukong#death battle Wukong#I have no other words#so many tags AGH
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Everyday and every way I draw Wukong cuntier and cuntier
Here me out sparring match between DSB Wukong and '96 Wukong, btw they dressed like Sukuna and Gojo here
Also some LMK best girls
#jttw#17jttw#sun wukong#journey to the west demons strike back#journey to the west#journey to the west fanart#17jttw fanart#journey to the west 1996#dicky cheung#monkey king 1996#lmk#lego monkie kid#lego monkie kid fanart#lady bone demon#scorpion queen
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REBORN MY BABYYYYY— lov you, wukongs
“A thousand generations serve to praise…”
#and after all - isn’t that true immortality?#<- wukong's seventh immortality#96 op is my fav song btw. it's hurt me/pos#sun wukong
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Models Goal for 2024
Huh 160 (71 Left), not small but not nearly as big as I figured... Neat. Also these models aren't in any particular order.
I think I should be able to clear them fairly fast actually, we'll guess we'll see.
1. Coco Adel (RWBY)
2. Lisa Lavender (RWBY)
3. Gwen Darcy (RWBY)
4. Nebula Violette (RWBY)
5. Dew Gayl (RWBY)
6. Octavia Ember (RWBY)
7. Ariel Vasilias/ Neptune's Lawyer Mom (RWBY)
8. Star Sanzang/ Sun's Cousin (RWBY)
9. Comet Sanzang/ Sun's Cousin (RWBY) (Scrapped Character)
10. Iris Marilla/ Beacon 2nd Year (RWBY)
11. Tortuga/ Ace-Ops Dead Member (RWBY)
12. Rowena Sunnybrook/ Shade's Weapon Teacher (RWBY)
13. Humanoid Crocea Mors (RWBY)
14. Bianca Prisma (RWBY)
15. Roane Ashwood/ Flynt's (RWBY)
16. Ivy Thickety/ Sun's (RWBY)
17. Ruda Tilleroot (RWBY)
18. Atlas Milfs/ Jaune's Fan Club (RWBY)
19. Arslan Atlan/ Sun's (RWBY)
20. Oliver Harper/ Flynt's (RWBY)
21. Trifa/ White Fang Girl/ Mercury's (RWBY)
22. Sun Wukong (RWBY)
23. Mercury Black (RWBY)
24. Flynt Coal (RWBY)
25. Iona Rockshow (RWBY)
26. Sunset Shimmer (My Little Pony)
27. Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony)
28. Celestia (My Little Pony)
29. Luna (My Little Pony)
30. Maud Pie (My Little Pony)
31. Apple Bloom (My Little Pony)
32. Sweetie Belle (My Little Pony)
33. Scootaloo (My Little Pony)
34. Trixie (My Little Pony)
35. Ember (My Little Pony)
36. Gabby (My Little Pony)
37. Lancer Artoria (Fate Stay Series)
38. Assassin Artoria (Fate Stay Series)
39. Saber Lily (Fate Stay Series) (Commissioned)
40. Mordred (Fate Stay Series) (Commissioned)
41. Jeanne D'Arc (Fate Stay Series)
42. Jeanne D'Arc Alter (Fate Stay Series)
43. Barghest (Fate Stay Series)
44. Suzu Hagimura (Seitokai Yakuindomo) (Commissioned)
45. Mona Megistus (Genshin Impact)
46. Amber (Genshin Impact)
47. Fubuki (One Punch Man)
48. Tatsumaki (One Punch Man)
50. Leone (Akame Ga Kill)
51. Rangiku Matsumoto (Bleach)
52. Yoruichi Shihouin (Bleach)
53. Tier Harribel (Bleach)
54. Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck (Bleach)
55. Sio-Feng/ Soifon (Bleach)
56. Riruka Dokugamine (Bleach)
57. Haineko (Bleach)
58. Kirche von Zerbst (Familar of Zero)
59. Henrietta de Tristain (Familar of Zero)
60. Tabitha/ Charlotte de Gallia (Familar of Zero)
61. Tiffania Westwood (Familar of Zero)
62. Siesta (Familar of Zero)
63. Guiche de Gramont (Familar of Zero) (It's okay to cuck cheaters in my book)
64. Hideri Kanzaki (Blend S)
65. Tristana (League of Legends) (Blame @palaceofpassion for making me lowkey love this character I know nothing about)
66. Poppy (League of Legends) (Same as the one above)
67. Lulu (League of Legends)
68. Vex (League of Legends)
69. Aloe (Interspecies Reviewers)
70. Crimvael (Interspecies Reviewers)
71. Chika Fujiwara (Kaguya-Sama, Love is War)
72. Toyomi Fujiwara (Kaguya-Sama, Love is War)
73. Moeha Fujiwara (Kaguya-Sama, Love is War)
74. Maki Shijo (Kaguya-Sama, Love is War)
75. Ai Hayasaka (Kaguya-Sama, Love is War)
76. Kei Shirogane (Kaguya-Sama, Love is War)
77. Sakura (Don't Toy With Me Nagatoro)
78. Yoshi (Don't Toy With Me Nagatoro)
79. Maki Gamou (Don't Toy With Me Nagatoro)
80. Sana Sunomiya/ President (Don't Toy With Me Nagatoro)
81. Hana Sunomiya (Don't Toy With Me Nagatoro)
82. Samus Aran (Metroid)
83. Princess Peach (Mario)
84. Princess Daisy (Mario)
85. Princess Rosalina (Mario)
86. Koopa Queen Bowsette (Mario)
87. Morrigan Aensland (Dark Stalker)
88. Lilith Aensland (Dark Stalker)
89. Felicia (Dark Stalker)
90. Amy Rose (Sonic)
91. Rouge the Bat (Sonic)
92. Blaze the Cat (Sonic)
93. Sally Acorn (Sonic)
94. Lanolin the Sheep (Sonic)
95. Sticks the Badger (Sonic)
96. Surge the Tenrec (Sonic)
97. Cream the Rabbit (Sonic)
98. Vanilla the Rabbit (Sonic)
99. Honey the Cat (Sonic)
100. Rosy the Rascal (Sonic)
101. Fiona the Fox (Sonic)
102. Zooey the Fox (Sonic)
103. Zeena (Sonic)
104. Tikal the Echidna (Sonic)
105. Trip the Sungazer (Sonic)
106. Rumi Usagiyama/ Mirko (My Hero Academia)
107. Melissa Shield (My Hero Academia)
108. Mei Hatsume (My Hero Academia)
109. Shino Sosaki/ Mandalay (My Hero Academia)
110. Ryuko Tsuchikawa/ Pixie-Bob (My Hero Academia)
111. Tomoko Shiretoko/ Ragdoll (My Hero Academia)
112. Momo Yaoyorozu (My Hero Academia)
113. Lucoa (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon)
114. Diana Prince/ Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
115. Raven (DC Comics)
116. Starfire (DC Comics)
117. Blackfire (DC Comics)
118. Jinx (DC Comics)
119. Argent (DC Comics)
120. Dee Dee Sisters (DC Comics)
121. Harley Quinn (DC Comics)
122. Darci Mason (DC Comics)
123. Izumo Kamiki (Blue Exorcist)
124. Maria Yoshida (Blue Exorcist)
125. Misato Katsuragi
126. Mana Kirishima
127. Asuka Langley Soryu
128. Rei Ayanami
129. Yui Ikari (Shinji's Mom) (Divorcee)
130. Ritsuko Akagi
131. Maya Ibuki
132. Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu (Divorcee)
133. Chel (The Road to El Dorado)
134. Dexter's Mom
135. Dexter's Mom's Rival
136. Minnie Mouse
137. Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
138. Holli Would (Cool World)
139. Ty Lee (Avatar)
140. Toph Beifong
141. Hestia (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
142. Wendy O. Koopa (Mario)
143. Tiny Kong (Donkey Kong)
144. Candy Kong (Donkey Kong)
145. Coco Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
146. Tana Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
147. Krystal (Star Fox)
148. Carmelita Montoya Fox (Sly Cooper)
149. Berri (Conker's Bad Fur Day)
150. Lola Bunny (Looney Tunes)
151. Minerva Mink (Animaniacs)
152. Millie (Helluva Boss)
153. Moxxie (Helluva Boss)
154. Sallie May (Helluva Boss)
155. Loona (Helluva Boss)
156. Lisa (Goofy Movie)
157. Stacey (Goofy Movie)
158. Roxanne (Goofy Movie)
159. Peg Pete (Goofy Movie)
160. Meloetta (Pokémon)
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Bajie (2022) 八戒
Director: Qiu Liwei Starring: Xu Guanghan / Liu Guanting / Harlem Yu / Shao Yuwei / Tuo Zonghua / Zhong Xinling / Wei Ruxuan / Xu Zhanrong / Xu Zhanrui Genre: Comedy / Animation / Adventure Country/Region of Production: Taiwan, China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 2022-09-25 (Taiwan, China) / 2023-11-18 (Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival) Duration: 96 minutes Also known as: Pigsy: Battle for the Future / Pigsy / 八戒:决战未来 IMDb: tt27851949 Type: Reimagining
Summary:
In the future world, technology and data dominate everything. When the old city becomes old and crowded, the new world built with the latest technology becomes a place that everyone yearns for. However, only the elites with the highest contribution value are eligible to move in. Bajie (voiced by Xu Guanghan) is lazy and selfish, so he is of course disqualified. However, in order to let his grandmother (voiced by Zhong Xinling) live a good life, he decides to go against his conscience and make a private deal with the president of the construction company, Niu Mowang (voiced by Tuo Zonghua)... The film moves "Journey to the West" to a science fiction scene. Bajie transforms into a cyber fat man, and together with the science and engineering man Sanzang (voiced by Liu Guanting), the hot guard Wukong (voiced by Harlem Yu), and the female robot Xiaojing (voiced by Shao Yuwei), they shuttle through the mixed old and new city scenes and explore the true meaning of happiness.
Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/36588177/
Link: N/A
#Bajie#八戒#jttw media#Pigsy: Battle for the Future#Pigsy#八戒:决战未来#jttw movie#movie#animation#cgi#lost media#reimaging#reimagining#alternative universe#sun wukong#zhu bajie#tang sanzang#sha wujing#demon bull king#spider sisters
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Journey tober day 12! Underworld!
This is sorta a screenshot redraw of the 96 version (though with my own Wukong design). If you haven’t watched that version yet you definitely should because it’s my favorite version of Wukong!
#vorpal doodles#my art#inktober#journey to the west#jttw#monkey king#sun wukong#drawtober#journeytober#journey tober#jttw 1996
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dicky cheung brought back '96 sun wukong for his Macau concert. I was GEEKING because 1. the lightsaber 金箍棒 was such a cool design, 2. SIDE PART BANGS FOR WUKONG?? 3. I literally saw this in a dream so I think I manifested it
鬥戰勝佛 looking like a rockstar has this hint of irony and suitability that is also TOO good. It's extra special to me to be able to hear this 1996 theme song again
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Hello there! I hope your month has been kind to you. This is the blog that deal with LMK, right? There's a theory floating around that MK is gonna shatter Wukong's staff in the middle of their predicted fight or at the start of it in the canon show. How do you feel about that?
On an unrelated note, what are your thoughts on the staff that Wukong uses? I'd say it's name but fear incorrectly saying it Have you watched the Netflix Monkey King movie? In that movie the staff is shown to be very obviously sentient with its own thoughts and options, and isn't shy about vibrating, humming about them. Do you consider this with your thoughts on Wukong and his staff too?
Have a good month, do not skip your meals and enjoy them, drink plenty of water and sleep early regularly.
this is the blog indeed! :3
hmmmm I'm not sure how I feel about that, exactly. I'm not much a fan of destroying such an iconic (and basically indestructible) weapon for the sake of shock value, since I don't really see any other reason for such a narrative decision. same about FFM being destroyed; its literally glazed over and, I kind of hate that /gen
you gotta keep in mind that yes this is just an inspired story but, FFM is a sacred mountain. in jttw its described in a way that it could easily be Mt Sumeru, the axis that sits on the center of the world and holds up the Heavenly realms. its, A Big Fucking Deal. same for the Ruyi Jingu Bang, it's the rod of celestial iron that held down the oceans by the Great Yu, it prevented floods during a time where those almost ruined the middle kingdom (China).
destroying them brings nothing to the story imo besides maybe Lego gaining the window to showcase another locations so they can sell more toy models. which, yes is the entire reason the show exists, to sell toys, but also..... eugh. in my ideal scenario, we gets to see FFM being restored and fixed up, thanks to everybody's efforts.
as for the second question, yes I've watched it though i gotta say, i am very much not the target audience x.x besides the first few minutes in Huaguoshan and the 2D sequence, i didnt like much about it. That said, im a sucker for sentient weapons hwbdhshbsbe
in the 1996 liveaction series of Journey to the West, Jingu Bang is also sentient and despite the dated graphics, it's some fun sequences when the staff gets to to its antics! plus 96 Xiyouji is just, such an emotional and genuinely good time of a series, I def recommend it to folks even if it changes A Lot about the canon and narrative. that's one adaptation that i think did the whole changes to the book source INCREDIBLY right.
while the staff is not much given sentience in the book, it does seem to Know that Wukong is its fated wielder and responds to him exclusively, which does give some credence to sentient weapons interpretations. that said, i do view the staff as an extension of Wukong rather than i suppose you could call a partner in arms. it's his signature weapon, what defines him as Him in iconography and depictions. same goes for Nezha with his artillery sash, fire-wind wheels, and fire-tipped spear!
thank you for the ask, and a good month to you too!!
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Hi could you do zhuhou 58 + 96?
AUGH this made for some sadtimes on the journey to the west, but I hope you enjoy what I wrote anon! So here's some version of zhuhou (Zhu Bajie x Sun Wukong) with a combination of "Scars" and "Accidental Eavesdropping" (also warning for monkey torture and the consequences thereof).
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It was no secret that every pilgrim received a fair share of scars on their journey to the west, but it was another thing to see them being made.
In his heavenly life, Marshal Tianpeng had scars aplenty. It came with the territory of being one of heaven's most high-ranking marshals, and he had worn them all with pride, pleased at the way each scar spoke of a battle that helped him climb the ranks.
After he was forced into the body of a yaoguai pig, Zhu Bajie had gained each new scar with a sense of disgust, feeling that this earthly, ugly flesh was something that he simply had to endure, even though he was unsure if his punishment was something that would ever end.
In his most secret thoughts, he felt certain he would never be forgiven. He knew all about what punishment had been inflicted on Sun Wukong's entire mountain range for his audacity in ruining one banquet. He had seen the mess of scars all over Sha Wujing's back, each one speaking to a stab he received for breaking a glass. Their punishments, and the scars they received from them, were in many senses far worse than his. Yet they both marched forward tirelessly, leaving Zhu Bajie to be the lazy loser of their group, always sleepy, always complaining, always...always voicing the discomforts of necessity that all earthly life must suffer to sustain itself and which Zhu Bajie was convinced neither one of his fellow tudi ever would, no matter how hungry or exhausted they actually were.
Zhu Bajie might be the idiot of the group, but even he could recognize that Tang Sanzang favored him to the point of often listening only to his words. Zhu Bajie could never understand why, but he suspected that it had to do with whatever had first brought out that look of fear and rage that the monk so frequently wore when dealing with the Monkey King, why he so often flinched away in terror and then confusion whenever Sha Wujing moved near him. It didn't seem to even matter how many times Zhu Bajie was wrong about a situation or gave the monk "advice" out of spite. He could be wrong again and again, Sun Wukong could be proven honest a thousand times over, and still Tang Sanzang treated the monkey with hateful suspicion while regarding the pig almost fondly.
It was a dynamic that Zhu Bajie had at first thoroughly enjoyed, using it to take a few (okay, fine, a lot) more rest beaks than perhaps strictly necessary, and getting back at Sun Wukong whenever the monkey teased him. And how delightful it had been to watch the so-called Great Sage, the same bimawen that had destroyed Zhu Bajie's marriage and forced him into a life of cold and hunger on the road, leap about screeching in agony while Tang Sanzang recited the headband tightening spell! But as time grew on, as the camaraderie between the pilgrims grew, as Zhu Bajie found himself warming up to Sun Wukong and then becoming his genuine friend...as the lively Monkey King grew more quiet and more emaciated, Zhu Bajie's guilt over his role of stoking the fires of Tang Sanzang's hatred began to grow.
It was perhaps for that reason that Zhu Bajie found himself paralyzed with horror when the monk responded to Sun Wukong begging for forgiveness for taking the lives of murderous bandits by reciting the headband-tightening spell so many times that it had sunk deep into the monkey's head.
It had to be Sha Wujing to break Zhu Bajie out of his wide-eyed immobility. The blue giant dropped the luggage he had been toting and crouched almost protectively over the small, prostrate monkey, offering his hands up beseechingly, begging their shifu to be merciful. But Tang Sanzang's anger only grew and he recited the spell all the faster, Sun Wukong frothing at the mouth and convulsing erratically with each spoken word. Zhu Bajie pulled himself together and finally raced over, cursing himself for his slowness, before he dared to grab onto Tang Sanzang's shoulders so that he could gently shake the monk and remind him of his vows not to kill, no matter how much he may want to.
That seemed to get through to Tang Sanzang. He stopped the recital, but still regarded Sun Wukong with fury and contempt as the simian got up, first with Sha Wujing's assistance, and then on his own volition. The monkey stood there swaying, dark blood running down his face from where the headband had cut into his head, his expression so confused that Zhu Bajie feared that the headband had reached the monkey's brain.
But Sun Wukong's powers of healing were just as strong if not stronger than Tang Sanzang's conviction of his righteousness in all things. It wasn't long before that confused expression was replaced not with more tears, but with a terrible resigned stoicism. Sun Wukong stood their silent as Tang Sanzang further berated him as a creature so evil he had upturned the very concept of peace, then left without a word after the monk screamed at him to get out of his holy sight.
It hadn't then seemed surprising to Zhu Bajie than the next encounter with "Sun Wukong" ended with Tang Sanzang being beaten black and blue into unconsciousness, or the Monkey King stealing their possessions so that he could embark on his own journey to the west. As "Sun Wukong" proudly, sneeringly proclaimed, this way only the one true hero of the group would get the love and fame the journey would bring, and he would be able to achieve it all without having to suffer the constant pain and humiliation that came with being Tang Sanzang's senior disciple. It was only later that Zhu Bajie, following two Sun Wukongs through heaven, earth, and hell, realized that the monkey which had done those things hadn't been Sun Wukong at all. He tried not to feel so guilty for assuming the worst about the Monkey King. As it was, the other simian had so thoroughly thrown away his original identity to be "Sun Wukong" that even in his true form there were barely any differences. The only way to tell one monkey from the other was that one had three ears on each side of his head instead of one. Or at least Zhu Bajie assumed so, given that when he finally caught up to the conclusion of the two monkeys' battle to the death, the six-eared simian was clearly dead, one glassy eye staring upward, the other side of his skull smashed into a bloody smear.
Sun Wukong stood over the corpse, once again looking more resigned than triumphant. He didn't give Zhu Bajie a chance to speak.
"It doesn't matter. He wasn't a human. Just a bad monkey."
A short time after, Tang Sanzang, his face still horribly bruised, grudgingly accepted Sun Wukong back as his senior disciple on the order of the goddess of mercy Guanyin. He gave no indication he had missed the monkey. Sun Wukong silently took his usual place at the front of their line, and they set off again.
That night, Zhu Bajie awoke with a start and realized that Sun Wukong was nowhere around the ashes of their campfire. Sha Wujing had first watch that night, and he was happy to point out the Monkey King's trail, the gleam in his fishy eyes speaking of a hope that Zhu Bajie might be able to offer some words of comfort to their fellow tudi. Zhu Bajie gave a careless shrug, but he set off to find Sun Wukong anyway. He hoped beyond hope, given his track record, that he wouldn't make the situation worse.
Yet that night Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie would never talk. For when he spotted the Monkey King, the pig felt himself paralyzed once again, but this time by the sight of Sun Wukong's muscled chest as he bathed in a stream.
Zhu Bajie blushed and cursed himself as a pervert, but before he could announce his presence the simian suddenly pulled back the fur around his head that had been hiding a substantial scar, a good portion of it still hidden underneath the headband.
Sun Wukong spent a few minutes carefully tracing the scar. And then he slowly lowered his head into his hands, and proceeded to sob his eyes out.
Zhu Bajie never told the monkey that he knew of his inner pain. Sun Wukong never gave any indication that he knew his cries had been heard, nor that he had even an inkling of what the pig had come to feel for him. Millennia later they had even less reason to speak. Sun Wukong was now a genuine buddha and protector of children, while a humbled and proactive Zhu Bajie spent his days on Earth doing what he could to protect the ladies of the night, who many another god would not even recognize. He had traveled with, laughed with, and had even come to truly love the monkey. But Zhu Bajie knew that Sun Wukong was even now unable to forgive him completely for his role in goading Tang Sanzang's fury. It was fitting for the pig to never give voice to his affections. As it was, if this was the worst romantic tragedy that Zhu Bajie had to suffer in this life, he considered himself very lucky indeed.
A sudden gust of wind at his side and a familiar, laughing, chattering voice let Zhu Bajie know that even if complete forgiveness and any sort of romance was off the table, Sun Wukong liked him enough to have sought his company again. Zhu Bajie greeted the monkey with his usual exaggerated snort of surprise before he pulled the simian into what would be a crushing hug, but which only prompted another laugh out of Sun Wukong. As was becoming their usual pattern, Sun Wukong hopped up on Zhu Bajie's shoulders and imperiously ordered Zhu Bajie to make due course to their favorite restaurant, as he had much to complain about and wanted to do so in the company of a champion whiner. Zhu Bajie gave his body a few shakes in a playful effort to throw Sun Wukong off before charging off on all fours, causing the monkey to shriek in delight as he held on fast.
Compared to all that Sun Wukong had suffered and given up for the sake of others, it wasn't much for Zhu Bajie to offer the simian some friendship. But low as he now was in heaven's regard, the former Marshal Tianpeng could at least give the monkey that.
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