#Aolai Kingdom

[tushanfoxspirit]

The Story Of The Four Monkeys - Part Four

The funny thing about the matter is that this Plight Tree, which the Third Monkey destroyed more than once, is the biological mother of the Three Tushan Sisters (Honghong, Yaya, and Rongrong), which she gave birth to them later. The Three Tushan Sisters were born from the Plight Tree as fox spirits with folded ears, unlike the rest of the fox spirits with regular ears. The first sister, Tushan Honghong, has tremendous physical strength and hands that nullify all magical and extraordinary powers and abilities. The second sister, Tushan Yaya, the nine-tailed sky fox, has the ability of ice that can reach the highest stages of freezing. The third sister, Tushan Rongrong, has the mentality of extraordinary intelligence, wisdom, and strategic planning. She is the master of disguise and deception and the one with the palms of forgetfulness that makes everyone who receives them forget their own memories….

[ryin-silverfish]

Stray thought: something I found the "SWK is manipulated into the Havoc!" take often obscures is his fear of death. Y'know, the very reason he begins his quest for immortality in the first place, and I'm glad the LMK show at least paid some homage to.

Death is but one of the many sufferings that accompanies existence and samsara itself. So is his fear of death and the desire to avoid it. The problem is? The way desires and attachments work, getting what you want doesn't solve the deeper issues.

First, he sets out to avoid death for himself. Then he did that, and also made death null for as many of his fellow monkeys as he could find. But it isn't enough, no.

His own immortality will not grant the safety of all of his subjects, his friends, and all the good stuff he has ever gained that rightfully belong to him, mind you, and he is responsible for. So he just needs to find a way to hold onto them, forever and ever and ever.

Since he has an abundance of creativity and intellect, but not the wisdom to match, his solution is to find the "Hows" rather than asking the "Whys".

Keep stacking up the powers, the immortalities, the allies, the weapons, the victory counts——which eventually became its own rewards, the thrills, the satisfaction of getting away with yet another daring heist, the feeling of invulnerability.

But let's go on a tangent and talk about book!SWK. When he came back after getting banished, he found his monkeys bullied by the Monstrous King of Havoc, wrecked the guy, and rescued his subjects. Immediately afterwards, he emptied the armory of Aolai Kingdom to arm his monkeys and robbed the dragon kings blind to arm himself.

Yeah, seeing a bit of a connection here. He is pulling off these heists to protect against perceived threats to him and his people. Then, moving on to the First Havoc, when he came back to his monkeys, he was surprised at just how much time had passed since he departed for the Celestial Realm——10+ years in the Lower Realm!

Yet, after the First Havoc is resolved, he happily stayed in the Celestial Realm for half a year, without remembering that meanwhile, at least a century had passed for his monkeys and demon allies. In a sense, he had become detached from his subjects, despite his first instinct still being "bring my buddies all the divine wine" after he got sober and returned to them.

I don't know you, but I feel like he probably expects everything to stay the same while he was gone. He isn't yet selfish, but certainly self-absorbed, in that he doesn't seem to realize that his actions can have consequences for people other than himself.

Like, if he is in his old "Monkey King" mindset, he may have comprehended that the Celestial Realm will treat him and his monkeys as a single entity that will be collectively punished for his misdeeds. But by becoming the Great Sage, he has drifted away from his duties as a king, which sets the stage for his behaviors during the Second Havoc.

After the 72 caves of demon kings have all been captured during the first wave of attack, his reaction is basically "lol, at least they didn't get any of my monkeys". This, I think, is the point where he is showing true selfishness instead of just being self-absorbed. Like, if I were one of his non-monkey allies and I heard that, I'd be pretty pissed.

The thing with the unrestrained freedom of the Havoc is, by cutting himself loose from all the rules and norms and disregarding every potential consequences, he is also unknowingly severing his tethers to others and alienating himself from his people.

Which is how I interpret SWK becoming so disheartened when his epic battle with Erlang terrified his own subjects into a rout, he just turned and fled——he realized that they, too, were seeing a monster.

He is no longer fighting for his people's safety, but an idea of them, who will always look up to him and do okay without him and never perceive him as a threat, and when that idea is shattered, so does his will to fight on.

I feel like the same could be said for his pursuit of immortality and power: it started off as a way to rid himself of existential fear and defend against concrete threats, but the list of "things I must do to secure my happy eternity and what is rightfully mine" just keeps growing longer and longer, until he's only focused on that sweet, sweet feeling of reward whenever he ticks off a checkbox and tunes out everything else.

After all, the more you have, the more you can potentially lose. A never ending cycle, exacerbated by his desire to never lose, until it all comes crashing down, figuratively and literally.

Back to LMK: People always point out that Azure worships this idea of SWK, and never quite sees SWK as his true, flawed self. Which I agree, but also: SWK does this too. He, too, loses sight of the actual people he's fighting for.

"I did it for US!"

The thing with a claim such as this is, multiple people can all try to do everything for the idea of "us", instead of something that may actually help each other, then feel wronged when their efforts essentially amount to nothing.

"We were all on a path of self-destruction."

For this statement to land, the self-destruction has to genuinely be each character's own doing. The fallout can, and is indeed magnified by what the others did or didn't do, but ultimately, the causes of their consequences come from within themselves: their own obsessions and attachments.

And making SWK the exception, the innocent figurehead and scapegoat, removes the complexity from the character while outright ignoring the few implications of the show that actually have some basis in book canon and are kinda interesting.

I rest my case.

[the-monkey-ruler]

Journey to the West (2010) 西遊記

Director: Cheng Lidong Screenwriter: Wu Chengen / Zhang Pingxi Starring: Fei Zhenxiang / Simon Chen / Xie Ning / Mou Fengbin / Yin Xiaotian / Han Xue / Liu Zi / Yu Na / Wang Shuai / Chen Derong / Wu Ma / Han Dong Genre: Drama / Action / Fantasy / Adventure Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 2010-02-14 (Mainland China) Number of episodes: 52 Single episode length: 42 minutes Also known as: New Edition of Journey to the West / Journey to the West 2010 / Zhejiang Edition of Journey to the West / 西游记 / 新版西游记 / 西游记2010 / 浙版西游记 IMDb: tt1599268 Type: Retelling

Summary:

On the Huaguo Mountain in the Aolai Kingdom of Dongsheng Shenzhou, there is a spiritual stone that has been exposed to the essence of the sun and the moon, and finally transformed into a clever monkey (played by Fei Zhenxiang). He occupies the mountain as the king, claims to be the Monkey King, visits the Immortal Mountain, makes friends with monsters, is named Wukong, and acquires a unique skill. Then he broke into the Dragon Palace, entered the underworld, and staged a great show of causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

Wukong was trapped under the Five Fingers Mountain by Tathagata Buddha. After five hundred years of ups and downs, he finally regained his freedom with the help of Tang Sanzang (Sihan Chen), an eminent monk who sought scriptures from the West. Under the orders of Guanyin Bodhisattva (played by Chen Chong), Wukong honors Monk Tang as his teacher and later conquered Xiao Bailong (played by Wang Shuai), Zhu Bajie (played by Xie Ning), and Monk Sha (played by Mou Fengbin). The master and disciples worked tirelessly and encountered numerous monsters, monsters, and difficulties and obstacles along the way... This film is adapted from "Journey to the West", one of the four classic Chinese classics.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West_(2010_TV_series)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO4IefEMb0U&list=PLLRYHxCh-wkrLwacpDU62UCMB8tCRlLch&ab_channel=%E7%89%B9%E5%B7%A5%E7%9A%87%E5%A6%83%E6%A5%9A%E4%B9%94%E4%BC%A0PrincessAgents

[themissdnl]

Familial Bond

This is the "Brotherhood" in this au of JTTWC. The group was founded, like in the original text, after Wukong displayed his power in fit of excited after showing his Golden Cudgel's power to his people. The goal of the group was to unify the demon/spirit-animal population. This was by taking out wild and unruly bands and keep peace between each other. Similar how ruling humans do.

Listed in order of membership,

Sun Wukong: Considered the founding and core member of the group, due to his display of power drawing them all together. However, aside from his friends, he had little interest in what happened outside of Flower Fruit Mountain. Of which was often used as the central get-together point for the group and he had the final say in who joined or didn't due to being the strongest, wanting to keep those worth having in his bonded group.

Six-Eared Macaque: The only member of the table (those seated at meetings) who wasn't a Demon Lord himself, instead he was his top general-tactician, advisor, and elder brother. His seat at the table was, openly, due to his connection to Sun Wukong.

DBK: The first demon lord to recognize Sun Wukong’s immense power, seeing it as a good opportunity to further his family’s influence he sought to create an alliance with the Monkey King. While flattered, greatly, and pleased to be recognized outside his kingdom Wukong wanted to see if this potential ally was worthy of him. Understanding, and ready to prove himself, outside of gifts, the two spared. Impressed, on both sides, the alliance was struck. The two getting along well they soon called each other brothers. DBK was the one to plant the idea of forming more alliances, on the basis of creating a firm foundation and quelling fighting between the demonic kings. The idea backed by Macaque, they decided to create a bond of worthy allies.

Garuda Demon: This demon was one of the one’s nearby on a tall mountain in Aolai. He was young but renowned for his swiftness in flight and swiftly rose to the top in his island home (separate from Flower Fruit Mountain). In truth though, Garuda was rather cowardly when it came to taking chances. Always wary of someone much stronger showing up and falling because of it- worried of making himself a fool or dying. On his home turf though, he often acted more self-assured, knowing he was the strongest there.

When Sun Wukong displayed his might, Garuda panicked. Worried a challenge was at his doorstep. However, when an offer was given to him, by said monkey, he felt elated! This powerful being saw potential in him, or at least worthy enough to keep at his side. His people urged him to accept and he did.

Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin: A demon queen centered on the smallest island in the Aolai chain. She is known for her size, being the smallest member of the alliance once joining. She was well aware of the fact that she needed allies to protect her people from humans that hunted them, finding them an easier target than those on Flower Fruit Mountain. Population and resources weren’t as easy to come by compared to the main island or at least not a plentiful. She finds Wukong too loud and boisterous not to mention arrogant, but, this was for her people so she endured it. His power was respectable and she could see why he was well liked but his loudness was a draw back that couldn’t be ignored. The pluses of the alliance being made though, out weighed the cons. Readily all her people’s needs were met and life became comfortable.

Black-Water Dragoness: Taking the place of the river demon related to one of the Dragon Kings. She is estranged to her family due to not wanting to be married off, wanting instead a domain of her own to rule over nor wanting to live the stuffy rule-ridden society that they lived under, being extensively workers of the Celestial Realm. So, one day she up and left, taking a handful of those loyal to her. She took over the Black-Water River being that the deity wasn’t high on the totem-pole. Basically, telling him to mind his own business and they’d leave him well-enough alone. They lived there contently for much of the time their family not knowing where they went off to. Though, the lack of search wasn’t very heartening but not expected. She had plenty of sisters so it wasn’t a loss for the family, marriage wise.

She came to learn of Sun Wukong after his stunt with his Golden Cudgel. Finding it amusing that her oh so proud family was made to kowtow to a monkey. Curious they entertained meeting him, which by then Wukong had already begun to gather up allies. Show casing skill in magic, as well as gifts, they managed to secure a spot- noting they had no water-based allies at the time helped.

Lynx Demon:  Another demon that was relatively close to Flower Fruit Mountain, instead of being stationed in Aolai, this demon king lived in Pūrvavideha, along the coast across from the island chain. Known for being elegant and beautiful, yet vicious in protecting their territory against other demons and humans alike. Yet, yearned for making alliances but couldn’t find anyone worthy of their time- outside of DBK. The two had long been friends but the distance between the two of them left little in the way of aid, aside from each other who could both fly. They both wanted to unite the demons, but were choosey about whom they’d do so with. When Sun Wukong demonstrated his power to the world at large, they both knew they’d found what they were looking for. Still, after being invited by DBK in the alliance, they wanted to test the monkey’s power for themselves. The swift defeat that followed, instead of angering them, won their respect and they formally joined the alliance.

Ape Demon: Another demon from the Pūrvavideha continent, his home was made in a dense mountain range and was scouted by DBK and Wukong to join their alliance. Seeing no reason not to turn away such a big break he joined up. A jovial burly member, he got along readily with everyone and would often smooth over disagreements in the group. He took the family aspect of the alliance rather seriously and wanted it to last as long as possible. Due to this he found it difficult and refused to take sides between members. This left him rather stuck as he watched the Monkey King’s and his brother’s relationship deteriorate over time. The revelation that Macaque wouldn’t be able to use magic stuck a cord in him and he tried to console him…but it only pissed him off further so he left it be, much as he wanted to comfort him he didn’t know how.

Iron-Fan: Born to a family without sons, Iron-Fan took any measure to build alliances to prolong her family lineage. Her dedication to magic made her a powerful demoness in wind magic that was only bolstered further with the Palm-Leaf Fan, sending any interlopers and would-be overthrowers of the Iron-Fan territory packing and splattered wherever they landed. Even so, she sought connections to secure the family future. While she like many others’ witnessed Sun Wukong’s staff reach the heavens, she wanted to first learn something about just whom the weapon belonged to. Not wanting to walk right into a situation whilst knowing nothing about whom she’d be dealing with. Upon hearing it was a rowdy monkey-spirit, she was left…uncertain about perusing a partnership with a wild animal, in clothes. While she mulled it over, she received an invitation, at the behest of DBK, to join an alliance with he and the Monkey King: Sun Wukong. While reluctant she was intrigued that another demon king had already allied with him. Out of curiosity she agreed to a meeting.

After displaying her wind magic, she was then added to the bond. Though she tended to stick with the other female demons, or DBK. Who the two well-began to have a rather obvious courtship. Sun Wukong, while, mostly, matching what she expected impressed her with his overall battle prowess and tactical thinking- albeit he was too on the fly for her, but nonetheless, she was satisfied with the alliance. The parties were something to enjoy and the together they readily had the demonic world under their grip and the humans kept in check.

Lady Bone Demon: Expelled.

She came to learn of Sun Wukong after his stunt with his Golden Cudgel. Finding it amusing that her oh so proud family was made to kowtow to a monkey. Curious they entertained meeting him, which by then Wukong had already begun to gather up allies. Show casing skill in magic, as well as gifts, they managed to secure a spot- noting they had no water-based allies at the time helped.

[quitealotofsodapop]

Absolutely.

I have a good idea as well; Mac's doing what Wukong was doing in S2 - trying to get information and why and how LBD is back + what she is planning + what can they do to stop her. Macaque didn't want his pregnant mate dragged into danger and left him with a short explanation about a "vacation".

But its been a few months now, and Wukong and their (many) cubs, and their kingdom's subjects as a whole are worried...

MK is the Prince of Flower Fruit Mountain and Aolai, and has been super sheltered by his parents since a young age. He wants to have an active role in uncovering his disappeared Baba, but Wukong is a big worrier and won't let him. And the Monkey King can't really chase leads when he has a whole kingdom and cubs to take care of so...

MK pretends to get a job on the mainland to gain experienvce in the human world, while actually researching what could have happened to his dear Baba.

The Demon Bull Family and FFM fam have been in a rough spot since DBK had to be imprisioned, and they fail to recognise MK in his human glamour during the events of the pilot. MK tries his best to hide his true connection to the Monkey King from his friends/work collegues less they see him as someone else.

Episodes like "Duplicatnation" becomes more about MK having the clones take over his civilian life so he can research what happened to his dad. While he also matures and learns from his time working at Pigsys, and living among mortals.

Wukong finally gets an idea whats happened to his husband during New Years when LBD struts in with a new host. DBK nearly blows a gasket when he learns that his brother-in-law is missing + he missed the arrival of atleast two godcalves.

The Noodle Shop gang + the Demon Bull fam finally realise who MK is to the Monkey King when the boy, relieved at releasing his captured parent from the spider mech, openly calls Wukong "mom!". Tang is screaming with fanboy overload.

S2 quickly becomes Wukong getting to know the noodle shop gang + introducing him to his and Mac's many kids. Meanwhile the immortal adults are tearing apart the Underworld looking for Mac. MK is punished for lying to his parent/mentors by having to babysit his little siblings.

S3 has Mac finally return to the family... really really hurt and clutching the Map to the Rings of Samadhi. Wukong is furious at his husband disappearing for so long - but can't help but be relieved that he's ok.

"Amnesia Rules" has both the shadowpeach pair get woken up mid-meditation (Mac to heal, Wukong to calm down the baby) and they awaken thinking that they're soon-to-be-parents still on the Journey, and that the baby Wukong is having is their dear Egg [MK]. The gang get a good look at how unbelievably sappy the couple are together.

LBD still has many tricks up her sleeve.

But so does the family of demigods she's angered.

Im really loving this idea lads

Ok now I'm imagining a sorta sad divergent au to jttw stone egg au where Wukong is left as a single parent raising all his children (MK, Yuebei, Savage and Rumble, etc) alone and before he meets the Noodle Gang. MK is still a teen while his little sibling are ranging from toddler to no older than eight. Wukong... he's struggling, BUT MK is more than happy to try to help out knowing his baba is trying his best.

Where's Macaque? That's what MK is trying to answer. Poor Xiaotian's Baba had disappeared a few months back with the only clue being his old Lantern and a stale magical signature in the mortal city. Cue MK's new part time job as a noddle delivery boy while using a glamour o appear human!

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Ooo thats a cool idea.

Demi-god child having to pretend to be human so he can find a lead on his missing parent.

He knows Pigsy and Tang from his Babas' frequent visits to the mortal city to keep an eye on the Pilgrims' families. And knows that Pigsy is looking for a new delivery boy...

A really cool post-canon idea for the stone egg au where Mac is ok!

Ty for sending this in!

[tushanfoxspirit]

San Shaoye (The Third Young Master) 〜 🐵☀️

[tushanfoxspirit]

The Story Of The Four Monkeys - Current Contents:

*Summarizing The Past Events Of The Four Monkeys Of Aolai Nation From The Latest Chapters Of The Manhua*

*Bonus:

[tushanfoxspirit]

The Story Of The Four Monkeys - Part Six

To protect Tushan and the world; both Dongfang Yuechu and Tushan Honghong (YueHong) cooperated with the Third Young Master (San Shaoye). The details of that cooperation and their plans have not been revealed yet. Thanks to YueHong's sacrifice, peace came between the Humans and the Yaoguai after a long conflict extending over many centuries of past time and they finally began to coexist peacefully together to the present time. But despite that, YueHong still has not returned yet, knowing that this peace was just temporary because of the real enemy that threatened this peace, which was that rift, so they sacrificed themselves to reunite with each other again and through “reincarnation” they made a plan to confront this threat together, which the details of it have not yet been revealed.…

[tushanfoxspirit]

The Story Of The Four Monkeys - Part Five

The Shinning Monkey conducted several experiments to find “helpers” and a solution to the problem of that rift, so he created the Dragon Spirits Clan and the Dongfang Clan of Pure Yang Flame, but in the end they were nothing but failed experiments in his eyes. So he destroyed the Dragon Spirits Clan by himself where as the Dongfang Clan, because of their greed and conflict between their own members, they fell down by themselves and became nothing except for two people from this mortal clan who were able to attract the attention of the Third Young Master of the Aolai Nation (The Third Shinning Monkey), namely Dongfang Yuechu and his cousin Wangquen Fugui, who were among his “helpers”, as well as Tushan Honghong. She was able to be among his “helpers” after she got rid of her own negative feelings (hatred and self-loathing) from which she derived her own enormous powers from as she is a Tushan Fox Spirit (because the Tushan Fox Spirits derive their powers from their own feelings and emotions) and became much more stronger than ever after she began to derive her own enormous powers from the feelings of love that she had felt deeply after meeting her beloved Dongfang Yuechu, who in turn freed her from the complexity of her self-loathing and finally opened her heart that she had closed for several centuries….

[tushanfoxspirit]

The Story Of The Four Monkeys - Part Three

The Third Monkey created a circular barrier separating the kingdoms of Humans and Yaoguai from the beings outside this circle, which they later became known as the “Outside-Circular Creatures” after the annihilation that happened to them with his own hands. However, after he created this barrier, he was directly injured with a serious wound, and at the present time he is still recovering from that wound. When he was looking for a way to close that rift, he found the Plight Tree, which was supposed to be outside this circle because she was an “Outside-Circular Creature.” However, despite her being an outsider, she did not harm Humans nor the Yaoguai, unlike what the other outside-circular creatures do. On the contrary it was completely the opposite; the Plight Tree was the mediator that connected Humans with the Yaoguai through the phenomenon of “Reincarnation” that occurs between a Human and a Yaoguai when they have a mutual love relationship (a Female Human with a Male Yaoguai or a Male Human with a Female Yaogai). At first the Third Monkey destroyed the Plight Tree, but despite that, the Plight Tree was able to be reborn again and again, and no matter how much he tried to destroy the Plight Tree and the environment around her, she came back as if nothing had happened!! So in the end he decided to study and observe the Plight Tree….

[tushanfoxspirit]

The Story Of The Four Monkeys - Part Two

After a while, the third monkey was reborn again through Nirvana (a Buddhist belief) and became more powerful than ever!! Where he annihilated those external creatures as if they were nothing!! He destroyed them and everything around them!! Then after that he helped his sister, the second monkey, to be also reborn again through Nirvana (a Buddhist belief), and thus they became part of the second generation, while the fourth monkey (the only one who did not die back then) became considered one of the first generation. But despite all that, that rift did not close and remains open to the present time....

[tushanfoxspirit]

The Story Of The Four Monkeys - Part One

Once upon a time, there were four monkeys that came to this world to get to know it; the first monkey (still unidentified), the second monkey (the one with six ears), the third monkey (the shinning monkey), and the fourth monkey (the one who took on the role of the protagonist’s father). Because of the strength of the first monkey, by mistake, a huge rift opened from another dimension, from which dangerous, strange beings and creatures outside this world emerged. This incident led to the death of the first monkey, and a long battle took place between the remaining three monkeys and those intruding creatures. This battle led to the death of the second monkey and the third monkey, while the fourth monkey survived. He is known for his excellent escape skills, which played an important role in his survival.

[tushanfoxspirit]

The Chinese Drama (Fake) Version DOES NOT EQUAL The Manhua & The Donghua (Original) Version !!!!

This is Fox Spirit Matchmaker !!!!

This is The Plight Tree !!!!

This is YueHong (Tushan Honghong x Dongfang Yuechu) !!!!

This is SanYa (Tushan Yaya x San Shaoye) !!!!

This is Tushan Rongrong !!!!

[tushanfoxspirit]

Some of the important information of the current events and the direction of Fox Spirit Matchmaker Manhua (Main Story) so far from the latest chapter:

-Looks like YueHong & BaiSu will be separated into two pairs and not one (Sadly for my theory and from what I have seen so far from the foreshadowing to the hints at them being one couple from the early chapters to now that even the author at some point in the early chapters of the manhua corrected a mistake at one of the early chapters and said that “Susu is the reduced version of Honghong and not her reincarnation” something like that) but yup now it seems that it will follow the route of Kagome and Kikyou from Inuyasha (Kagome was supposed to be the reincarnation of Kikyou and have exactly the “same soul” as her but ended up as Kagome being Independent from Kikyou even though they have/share exactly the “same soul”) but somehow not surprising though, since the author is a fan of Rumiko Takahashi (My point is that it does not make any sense to separate Honghong & Susu into completely two different independent individuals from each other since Tushan Susu is the amnesiac little Tushan Honghong who lost all her memories & her powers when she did the Pledge Of Love under the Plight Tree together with her beloved Dongfang Yuechu)

-Bai Qiuen turned out to be the fourth “undead” brother of the four monkeys of the Aolai Nation from the pervious generation “The only one who didn’t die”

-(An Assumption from Bai Yuechu from what he felt from the flame of a mysterious powerful one piece of strand of hair from the Aolai kingdom that at some point in time resonated with Dongfang Yuechu):

Dongfang Yuechu loves Tushan Honghong so deeply and they are connected together but doesn’t feel that connection/that kind of deep love toward Tushan Susu

YueHong didn’t continue their relationship for the reason of continuing their fate together but for a bigger purpose, it is their wish (the current peace between the Humans and the Yaoguai is only “temporary” if the huge threat (real enemy) that will affect this peace that they have created together will not be taken care of immediately)

Dongfang Yuechu has no intention of giving up on himself, he has the feeling of surging vitality & hope

The real enemy is not the Outside Circular Creatures but something else that has the Third Young Master (San Shaoye) doing experiments and looking for qualified helpers that will help him face off against the upcoming threat (the real enemy)

The Plight Tree “emotional power” is defective/flawed

*Numbers 1, 3 & 5 is what Bai Yuechu felt from that mysterious flame while number 2 & 4 is his own “assumption” taking what he felt from that mysterious flame into account

-The Chinese Fandom (YueHong So-Called Shippers) is still as toxic selective blind as ever (Like seriously when will they leave the fandom?? Why they continue to insult the author and keep “scanning” the Manhua chapters of a work written and drawn by someone they hate so much with the intention of insulting him and his work?? Like grow up people and move on with your empty life!!)

Bonus:

A very beautifully drawn art by the author Tuo Xiaoxin to celebrate the new year ♡♥︎

By the way, it looks like I am still not over them by how it just made me feel when I looked at this picture for the very first time, it affected my heart terribly…

[quitealotofsodapop]

Hour 3 of 7: btw Im watching WishingTikal on youtube's lets play.

Zhu Bajie gives Liuer a quick history lesson on why kingdoms fall despite their size. He also makes a reference to "a king who tried to become immortal by kidnapping tons of babies" - possibly a failed attempt by Hundun or a past villain, or perhaps a reference to the King of Biqui in JTTW who tried to become immortal by sacrificing 100 young boys.

Gao Kingdom Lore: Looks like it literally fell to a mass kidnapping ala Pied Piper of Hamlin. And shortly thereafter the city was overtaken by supernatural plant life. Ooo... Perhaps the ritual causes the universe to respond to such a high loss of life (the children) that it "pays it forward" with more life.

Silly Girl's vocalizations are the stock baby sounds used in Tarzan (1999) and Fallout 3.

Only after multiple instances of Liuer going in and out of underground tunnel/holes does Zhu Bajie explain that they're old-fashioned sewers. Liuer is appropriately grossed out.

Adorable cutscene between the guys and Liuer. Dasheng helps Liuer with his fighting stance, and Zhu Bajie teaches him a fun hand-slap/shake. Zhu Bajie also comments that he was once a sea captain (probably his first choice of employment after he was reincarnated from a Heavenly Marshal). Liuer is so happy while Dasheng looks like a tired dad. Uncle Pigsy reigns supreme.

Liuer: "It's my dream to fight at your side one day Dasheng!" Dasheng: "Maybe in a hundred years." Liuer: "But I'll be way too old then!"

Dasheng smiles fondly at Liuer making fun of his buddist lessons. He also probably forgot that humans outside Pūrvavideha (Aolai + Mount Huaguo's home continent) don't live as long. According to Buddhist mythos, people from that region grow to 12ft tall and live for 700 years.

People in Gao KIngdom knew about Sun Wukong's imprisonment, and made a shrine wall to his tale. The area is also close to Subodhi's school (called Tri-Star Shrine).

Now onto the next area!

Currently watching the "Monkey King: Hero is Back" PS4 game in a longplay.

Not sure how I feel about the british voice acting, but Pigsy being brummie just feels right.

The intro fairytale of the game makes no reference to the Bimawen stuff, nor if Dasheng faced the Furnace - so it is likely that these are details not known by humanity. After all, why would they know?

His prison is also described as being "a cold crystal", giving me LMK Bone Demon vibes.

Will comment more as I continue watching.

[tushanfoxspirit]

[Discussion Post] Part 1

This post is about discussing & theorizing about anything related to Huyao Xiao Hongniang's plot, characters, official couples, etc.

1. FSMM World Map:

Before

After

●Human → Ordinary Humans & Humans Taoists (Yiqidao League)

●Tushan → Fox Spirits

●West Western Realm → Sand Fox Spirits

●Southland → Poisons/Venom Spirits

●Northridge → A Yaoguai region ruled by Shi Kuan

●Aolai Kingdom → Monkey Spirits

●Dragon Bay → Unkown

●The Outside → Creatures Outside The Circle & Black Fox Spirits

◆The Four Demon Emperors:

♡Tushan Honghong

♢Fan Yunfei

♤Huandu Qingtian

♧Shi Kuan

▼Aolai Nation:

▽The Eldest Brother (Unknown)

▽Liuer Mihou (Six-Eared Macaque)

▽San Shaoye (The Third Master)

2. Plot:

□Reincarnation Love Reunion Between Humans & Yaoguai

□Black Fox Spirits

□The Outside

□Aolai Nation

□The Past & The Present

3. Magic Weapons / Special Powers: (Some)

◎Tears Of The Void

◎Insulating Claws

◎Pure Yang Flame

◎The Wangquen Sword

◎Divine Eye

◎Endless Gourd

◎Absolute Zero

◎True Fox Reading Technique

◎Demon Expelling Technique

◎Body Of Numerous Venoms

4. Characters:

Main:

Tushan Susu

Bai Yuechu

(Past Selves):

Tushan Honghong

Dongfang Yuechu

Main:

Qingtong

Wang Fugui

(Past Self):

Wangquen Fugui

Tushan:

Tushan Yaya

Tushan Rongrong

Others:

https://foxspiritmatchmaker.fandom.com/wiki/Characters

5. Official Couples:

Main:

Present: Bai Yuechu x Tushan Susu (BaiSu)

Past: Dongfang Yuechu x Tushan Honghong (YueHong)

Present: Wang Fugui x Qingtong (GuiTong)

Past: Wangquen Fugui x Qingtong (QuanTong)

Side:

Fan Yunfei x Li Xueyang

Shi Kuan x Yuyao Princess

Yan Ruyu x Lü Jianwen

Huandu Luolan x Pingqiu Yuechu (PingLan)

Dongfang Huaizhu x Wangquan Baye (ZhuYe)

Hu Weisheng x Yueti Xia

Yang Mie x Cuiyu Mingluan

Mu Mie x Cuiyu Mingluan

Yet to become a couple officially but are confirmed to be an official match:

Tushan Yaya x San Shaoye (SanYa)

https://m.weibo.cn/status/4538278943930380?

6. Donghua Story Arcs:

Xiasha Arc Fan Yunfei x Li Xueyang

Wangquan Arc Wangquan Fugui x Qingtong

HongYue Arc Tushan Honghong x Dongfang Yuechu

Beiguo Arc Shi Kuan x Yuyao Princess

Qianyan Arc Yan Ruyu x Lü Jianwen

Nanguo Arc Huandu Luolan x Pingqiu Yuechu

ZhuYe Arc Dongfang Huaizhu x Wangquan Baye

Weisheng Arc Hu Weisheng x Yueti Xia

Jin Chen Xi Arc Tushan Susu x Bai Yuechu

Mutiancheng Arc / Liang Shenghua Arc Mu Mie x Cuiyu Mingluan

7. Plight Tree:

A mysterious, powerful & a huge tree that reside in Tushan that have special & unique powers that can help the couples of Human x Yaogaui to be together for a lifetime through a reincarnation system

The Plight Tree has witnessed many love oaths between the Human x Yaoguai couples

The Reincarnation System:

♥︎Only happens between Human x Yaoguai who are a Couple

♥︎Must have mutual true love between them

♥︎The Couple must make the love oath under the Plight Tree with the human partner saying “I am willing” or “I will” at the end

♥︎The Yaoguai must sacrifice a certain percentage of their powers that ranges from 40% to 100% & part of their memories that are spent with their human lover when doing the vows

♥︎Needs to spilt a magic key that belongs to them into two halves, one half will go with the human together with the percentage power of the Yaoguai to the next life

♥︎Than their love story and anything related to them will be recorded into the Fox Spirits's Matchmaker Sealed Book that will help the Fox Spirits Matchmakers find the pledge lovers and reunite them together in the current life

♥︎Fox Spirits Matchmakers will help the couples of Human x Yaogaui to be reunited again in the next life using various matchmakers's tools like the memory hammers that can return the memories of the past life to them

♥︎The Plight Tree system is flawed and not perfect since it will only offer a chance and it is not guarantee that the couple will be reunited again and be together in the next life

♥︎The Yaoguai can give up reuniting with their human lover in the current life by signing the non-destined life document and wait agian for their next life

♥︎The same soul cannot make the love oath again until the last one is completed first

♥︎A law has been established that stated that the next life of the humans cannot be forced to recover their memories of their past life but only by their own free will

♥︎When the reunion between the Couple is successful, the lost percentage power of the Yaoguai will be returned to them from their human partner & the magic key that was used for the pledge of love between them will be combined & once again completed into one piece

(*Note: This post may be edited later.)