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[mintaikk]

The monkeys on ffm watching the most dramatic breakup in history

[quitealotofsodapop]

back at it again with Soft Boiled

[So he took the scarf. Wrapped it around himself when he felt cold. Maybe even used it to swaddle his new baby girl. Yuebei dragging it around the cave as her security blanket. It being carefully washed and repaired so many times that it's barely red any more.]

that is so cute!!

I love the idea him using it t swaddle Yuebei and then her using it as her baby/security blanket as she grew. I can imagine that she chews on it to stim like Macaque does.

Wukong would probably put a spell of some kind on the scarf to preserve Macaque's scent, but he probably had to be careful when doing it otherwise he ran the risk of also preserving the stench of blood and death.

[And once the reality sets in, Macaque is sobbing at the sight of Yuebei wearing her beloved scarf as he once did.]

I can easily picture him just going and giving Wukong one of the biggest hugs ever when he realizes what he did, and the actual reason why the scarf was gone when he came back.

[Once the woman calms down, she wraps Wukong into a near-crushing hug, thanking and begging him to never ever do something so stupid again.] + [Wukong makes sure to hug DBK when he sees him next, knowing that the Bull feels the same as his wife over the matter.]

as established in other AUs where Wukong is pregnant during the ritual, PIF ain't messing with that bs. she is eternally grateful for Wukong's aid, even more so knowing the risk he put himself at. but two things can be true at once, and she is equally as enraged by his carelessness.

I can just picture the 'waiting room', consisting of the pilgrims, DBK with a baby Red Son, Ne Zha, waiting for news. then Quanyin comes out to let them know that the check-up post Yuebei starting to cry went well and they'll both be alright. but before they can even say a single word, there's suddenly muffled, very loud, non-stop yelling coming from Wukong's room. and they all just, awkwardly sitting there, in the waiting room, patiently waiting for there turns to see Wukong and Yuebei as they can just hear PIF's near incoherent screaming faintly in the background.

Wukong makes a sound like squeaky toy and his eyes bulge out of his head from how hard she squeezes him in that hug. he's pretty sure something in his spine cracks.

DBK can claim all he wants to be stoic, but when it comes to his family? you can be damn sure that the moment he goes into to see Wukong he's holding back tears from how relieved he is that both Wukong and Yuebei are okay. Wukong tries to hug him as hard as PIF just did him in hopes of providing an adequate amount of comfort for his dage.

[at least she stops being afraid of ol' Uncle Bajie when she gets a little bigger.]

now I'm just picturing a little Yuebei, maybe around the beginning of a monkeys toddling age, seeing Bajie again and hiding behind Wukong's leg. more out of shyness/uncertainty at this point, but it's still a dagger to the heart.

[He's immortal, he's indestructable - but that means nothing to him if he can't protect his baby. He knows that mint and licorice, and anti-muscosal formulas help people with poor lungs, but the science back then wasn't 100% sure...] + [All he can really do is to have a fully-stocked pharmacy inside Water-Curtain Cave, and make sure Yuebei stays away from pollen-rich flowers.] + [Wukong cries with relief in the early 20th century when Ventolin, Antihistamines, and Epinephrine become common knowledge.]

Wukong has seen time and time again how little his own immortality means in the face of the mortality of others (esp if he loses Ao Lie at some point when Yuebei was young), it makes him fear for Yuebei's safety to an almost self-harmful degree, like giving himself headaches and stomach aches from worry about losing her.

he probably makes a habit of rather obsessively stocking up on and checking the stock levels of whatever he knows helps, or whatever he thinks might help as he puts that doctorate to good use. even if the king's knowledge is perhaps a little outdated, it def helps and makes a big difference in Yuebei's early life to have a dad who is trained in medicine.

Wukong watches carefully for changes in medicine for any sign of a better solution. Yuebei gets used to her baba coming home and asking her if they could try a new remedy he heard about. the first time he used Ventolin, Antihistamines, or Epinephrine was probably during a sever asthma attack, and Wukong def got very emotional when it actually works as well as it does. [Hard not to when the bodhisattva is so doting over the tiny girl. Yuebei finds a lot of her lessons and treatments boring, but at least for a long time she had Red to hang out with]

imagine if through sitting in on a few of Guanyin's lessons she accidentally/inadvertently begins to cultivate a bit of immortality/enlightenment like the bodhisattva's pet goldfish. that would be a bit of a surprise.

considering the (literal and figurative) fire-yness of both of their personalities, Red Son and Yuebei either got along like, well, a house on fire, or downright hated each other. always getting into squabbles, super competitive, elementary rivals kinda dynamic. Red Son, depending on how old he was when he started leaning into the holier-than-thou attitude, probably was at least a little insensitive if not outright mean about Yuebei's perceived "weakness". tho to be fair, it might also have come from a place of not wanting to get attached in the event Yuebei's health ever took a nosedive considering the time period and infant mortality rate, especially for already sickly children.

this does not stop Red Son from demanding any medical personal to bring her back alive and unharmed while crying himself in the event Yuebei had a sever medical episode while at Guanyin's.

[the Monkey King is hesistant to let anyone tend to his little girl for a long time.]

I can easily imagining that when she was a newborn he was very reluctant to let anyone to close or hold her. probably even had to fight with himself just to put her down at all! everywhere he went, she was in his arms. after all, how else would he know if something happened? she's so delicate, how could he trust anyone else to be gently enough? would they know what to do if she stopped breathing?

all around, it was just safer him to keep her close and handle it should the need arise.

his friends def all still do their best to make sure he's taking care of himself through this, even they can't really get him to open up entirely.

[She likes arcades but they get very loud for her at times. MK is quick to notice when the "Monkey Princess" (as he calls her) gets overstimulated, and suggests that they check out a quieter activity. Like a play.]

MK takes her to the arcade first, and for a while its great! the spend a lot of time playing on the machines, which Yuebei is surprisingly good at given she doesn't have much else to do but play games on FFM. they have a lot of fun, Yuebei's slightly sour mood quickly turning to one of genuine joyfulness, showing MK a side of her he hasn't really seen before. MK calls it a win!

until they try out the zero gravity dance floor.

it's fine, at least at first. but its very crowded, and Yuebei's used to crowds when it comes to other smaller monkeys, but not when almost everyone is bigger than her. all the bodies means it's very hot, too. it's very bright, with lots of strobe lights, and the music is cranked up high and almost everyone is yelling. she's used to heights thanks to her baba's cloud, but she's not used to having the little to no control of a zero gravity environment. that's not even mentioning the physical labor of the dancing.

MK notices her looking overwhelmed and pulls her out quick, but I wouldn't be surprised if they have to take a minute once outside or if Yuebei has a small asthma attack from it all. they go back to the noodle shop in hopes some good noodles will cheer them up from the less then stellar end to the bonding trip.

Tang's happy to see them, they just got some free tickets to a historical shadow play! Yuebei likes some forms of theater, that sounds like its far more speed. MK will have to bring her back to the city the day of the showing.

[the human girl now aching constantly from her body being forced to move like a puppet. The two jokingly compare how one briefly hosted Fire while the other Ice.]

Yuebei, knowing her baba's medical knowledge from first hand experience, reassures Bai He that she's in good hands once Macaque and Wukong start getting their shit together. Bai He probably looks up to Yuebei for being able to handle and somewhat safely expel a power like the Samadhi Fire while not even born yet, and for being fearless enough to take LBD's skull as a trophy. I see Bai He as being quiet and a little meek in contrast, so her and Yuebei probably balance each other out nicely, the ultimate sister duo.

def see Yuebei as being the embodiment of the "she asked for no pickle" meme when it comes to Bai he.

heaven quakes at what the two might the capable of if both truly angered.

[Amnesiac!Wukong, crying too: "I'm so happy to be able to hear that. I was so scared when you tried absorbing the Samadhi Fire...] + [Pigsy and Tang are so emotional over the amnesiac!father-daughter bonding, that they are completely off-guard when the older monkey rattles off some details about the Samadhi Fire that he neglected to let the others in on.]

oh no... this implies that Wukong, when he got amnesia-ed he was at least partially brought to a time seemingly in between the ritual and when Yuebei started crying post-natal. no wonder he initially panicked when he couldn't sense the egg in or around him, it was less about the egg and more so that he couldn't sense her at all. that would be terrifying, I can only imagine his relief when he first sees "her future projection", because its the only thing currently telling him he didn't lose her before even getting to meet her properly.

cute heartfelt moment completely undercut by the confusion of Wukong's terrible communication habits XD, complete record scratch moment, unfortunately he'd only said tiredly as both he and Yuebei were two seconds away from a power nap. Wukong was normal again after he woke up.

how evil would you call me if I said I think that the peice of the Samadhi Fire that Yuebei initially tried to consume was the same piece that ends up off shooting and hitting Ao Lie after she spits it back out at top speeds?

[Macaque, chuckling: "Well, that's progress from the nose busting."]

the whole thing about them coming to understanding was great, beautiful I must say and Wukong would be emotional over them bonding so I don't have much to add here, but little side tangent. how exactly does the shadow play incident fit into the current timeline given that its now supposedly a thing that Macaque goes out of his way to help Yuebei during a sever medical episode during new years? as stubborn as she is I feel like she'd be less inclined to bust his nose after that, but I love the shadow play thing so much and am really hoping it doesn't get "ret-conned".

[The only reason Azure gets as far as he does with the Memory Scroll is that Yuebei is either A: Not on FFM at the time, or B: Got Memory Scroll'd in the confusion.] + [Otherwise, she starts kicking and punching Azure the second she clocks who he is. MK and Mei are gonna have to drag her off of him.]

imagine if she did get scrolled at about the time that Wukong did. would they stay together or would they be separated? imagine Yuebei alone in the scroll looking through memories majorly made of her beloved baba's suffering. Yuebei's wouldn't be having a great time, I'd say.

if she got scrolled, I imagine she was let out with MK and the others, Wukong still left behind. she recognizes Azure almost immediately.

I feel like Wukong uses a lot of his won stories as cautionary tales for Yuebei growing up, especially ones from his early youth/brotherhood era. she knows Azure by name, and by his face, but not for the reasons he would have hoped. she knows him because he's the one her father warned her about when he said to keep wary of the intentions of those around her, to never lose sight of yourself and your own limits for the approval of another. which means, she also knows him as the one who hurt her baba. a lot.

Azure never stood a chance.

she goes for the throat, but MK and Mei pull her away as Azure tries to explain herself, the whole time she'd interrupting calling him a liar and demanding her baba back. MK agrees with her, but Azure still denies, leading to MK having his own freak out.

both MK and Yuebei scream when the scroll gets cut in half.

much to the horror of the MKrew, she lunges for Azure when he tries to flee, getting caught up in the brotherhood's teleportation. she escapes with Red Son from the Demon Bull castle, and goes with him to warn Heaven. despite many celestials having not ever seen her or possibly even known Wukong had a kid at all, the moment anyone lays eyes on her they just know, her anger towards the brotherhood rivaled only by her own father's post-Furnace rampage (bonus point if she unlocks lazer eyes at some point during the battle, Peng swears their entire back is singed). their too afraid to tell her she can't fight, but Ne Zha does try. when the MKrew show up and get Ne Zha out they manage to get her too, her and MK's combined had tagged teamed Azure, each taking one half of Wukong's scroll.

they scold her for her carelessness, but at the end of the day are just glad she came out of it all miraculously unscathed. she's forced to sit out the next big battle, tasked with keeping count of the mountain's monkey subjects and keeping them calm as a princess would in a crisis, effectively benching her to her own displeasure. but she's not so grumpy about it when Wukong relents and let's her join in on the pre-battle training montage.

Wukong and Macaque are torn between worry, rage, and pride when they inevitably hear. both are having war flashbacks to a younger Wukong. not matter how much the coo at her strength she is mega grounded. for til college.

Prev.

sorry if this took a bit. I get distracted easily.

[I love the idea him using it t swaddle Yuebei and then her using it as her baby/security blanket as she grew. I can imagine that she chews on it to stim like Macaque does.] + [I can easily picture him just going and giving Wukong one of the biggest hugs ever when he realizes what he did, and the actual reason why the scarf was gone when he came back.]

Macaque sees Yuebei with his old scarf and at first thinks "Huh. Weird. Eh. Maybe she just likes red." only to see her chew on it/stim with it like he did and is like "Whoops! So thats where it went!"

Macaque just rolls up purring to Wukong the next time they meet, gesturing to the scarf.

Wukong is a little embarrassed, but admits that "I wanted to keep something of yours for her. It was the only thing I had on hand when she was born so..." and that just leads to an even louder-purring shadow monkey.

And a Yuebei who tries phasing the scarf out of her outfit line-up out of disgust, but fails cus its' her fave item ever.

[as established in other AUs where Wukong is pregnant during the ritual, PIF ain't messing with that bs. she is eternally grateful for Wukong's aid, even more so knowing the risk he put himself at. but two things can be true at once, and she is equally as enraged by his carelessness.] + [they all just, awkwardly sitting there, in the waiting room, patiently waiting for there turns to see Wukong and Yuebei as they can just hear PIF's near incoherent screaming faintly in the background.]

There's Five Major elements in their world, and PIF's anger is the secret sixth one.

Wukong may have saved her baby from a terrible death from internal self-immolation and life-long chronic pain, but he is SO IN TROUBLE for putting himself and his unborn child on the line! PIF nor DBK would forgive themselves if Wukong and/or his baby had perished because of the ritual!

Meanwhile little Yuebei is fast asleep with her scarf-blanket covering her ears while all this is going down.

Also the imagery of PIF's rant being topped off with a hug strong enough to make Wukong squeak like a dog you is so adorable and hilarious. I love it <3 And Wukong doing the same to DBK, who's trying his best no to cry out of worry/relief.

[now I'm just picturing a little Yuebei, maybe around the beginning of a monkeys toddling age, seeing Bajie again and hiding behind Wukong's leg. more out of shyness/uncertainty at this point, but it's still a dagger to the heart.]

Aww, Bajie gets a little emotional when his littlest big brother's baby is scared of him. He's been trying not to be so scary since he's become a monk, but it looks like little kids still see a monster when they look at him. :(

One day though, little Yuebei comes running to "Uncle Piggy", scared of "monster!" chasing her (in reality a toad that startled her). The baby monkey clings to her uncle, clearly less afraid of him then what she saw.

Bajie puts on a big performance of "battling" the toad, brandishing his weapon and declaring the Monkey Princess under his protection. The toad hops away unimpressed. Bajie smiles when Yuebei looks up at him in wonder.

Bajie: "Don't worry Princess. Your Uncle Piggy is scarier than anything in this world. Nothing will ever hurt you when I'm around." Yuebei: (*shyly hugs her Uncle around the neck*) Bajie: (*trying not to cry from the sweetness*)

Bajie seriously considered asking his wife for kids after that interaction.

[Wukong watches carefully for changes in medicine for any sign of a better solution. Yuebei gets used to her baba coming home and asking her if they could try a new remedy he heard about. the first time he used Ventolin, Antihistamines, or Epinephrine was probably during a sever asthma attack, and Wukong def got very emotional when it actually works as well as it does.]

Wukong I feel also donates a fair amount of his wealth to medical research and development - cus while in case what's found can't help Yuebei, it can help others. At least a few hospitals throughout China were built by his generous (and anonymous) donations.

I can just imagine Yuebei overexerting herself one day and having a bad asthma attack. Wukong panics and tries an aerosol he learned might help and... Yuebei recovers in record time! Wukong is overjoyed!

Yuebei is excited too - the medicine is small and portable enough that she doesn't need her baba's pharmacy-sized supplies all the time to bounce back from an attack. And this new medicine can even stop them as they're happening! She def gets a lot more adventurous after Ventolin and whatnot are discovered - and Wukong is happy to let her explore (with supervision)!

[imagine if through sitting in on a few of Guanyin's lessons she accidentally/inadvertently begins to cultivate a bit of immortality/enlightenment like the bodhisattva's pet goldfish. that would be a bit of a surprise.]

Hah! Yuebei accidentally cultivates immortality/dao almost like her baba did when he became Subodhi's student!

Wukong wonders if his immortalities rub off onto his kids, and wonders seriously if Yuebei would like a semester with Subodhi to cultivate her dao.

But luckily dear Auntie Guanyin helps out with that part. A few centuries of meditating and learning from the bodhisattva helped Yuebei to gain exp in her own way.

[Red Son and Yuebei either got along like, well, a house on fire, or downright hated each other. always getting into squabbles, super competitive, elementary rivals kinda dynamic.]

Cousins behaviour XD

Red def started to get on Yuebei's nerves when his more pompous side started to develop. And Red didn't want the daughter of his dad's greatest enemy to get involved in his plan for world domination - so it was easier to Red to act a jerk and cut contact than dealing with the possibility of fighting his little cousin down the line.

[I can easily imagining that when she was a newborn he was very reluctant to let anyone to close or hold her. probably even had to fight with himself just to put her down at all!]

baby monkeys do be clinging to their mom almost 24/7, but after a while Wukong starts to wonder if he's wearing his baby by this point. He eventually gets so tired that the Stalwarts manage to guide him into his nest and set up Yuebei's own mini-nest next to him. He awoke only briefly panicked, as he immediately could hear and see his sleepy little moonlight beside him.

I feel like the first person to be allowed the privilege to hold the baby is Ao Lie, who's probably still recovering himself from the fire. He wanted to see the little princess up close, and Wukong feared that he may miss the chance if he hesistated.

Ao Lie adored Yuebei from the moment he met her. He never blamed her for what happened. She was worth it.

[Yuebei's slightly sour mood quickly turning to one of genuine joyfulness, showing MK a side of her he hasn't really seen before. MK calls it a win! until they try out the zero gravity dance floor.] + [MK notices her looking overwhelmed and pulls her out quick,]

MK is a good older-brother-figure. He really wants Yuebei to like him, and sometimes can't read the room that she doesn't want to. But even he can recognise someone who's overwhelmed.

Yuebei has a lot of fun with the game machines, and I can see her loving those racing games with the moving seats.

But the anti-gravity dancefloor was just a little too much.

I feel like MK brought Mei along with him too as "friend backup", and while she gets lost in the music, Mei is clued in that Yuebei isn't having fun anymore.

Emergency retreat!

Yuebei is frustrated and embarassed by her reaction, but MK and Mei assure her that they've experienced moments like that. Sometimes you get overstimulated and need to tap out, both mentally and physically. Yuebei feels only a little better at that...

Thanfully here comes dear Mr Tang, checking in on the kiddos on their day out (secretly a favor for a worried Wukong), in case they wanted to cap off the day with a snack or a slow-paceda activity.

And hey! Look at these free tickets to a traditional shadowplay he has! Maybe little Yuebeu might want to come see? :3 It'd be a lot more chilled out and slow paced than the arcades or night market.

[Tang's happy to see them, they just got some free tickets to a historical shadow play! Yuebei likes some forms of theater, that sounds like its far more speed. MK will have to bring her back to the city the day of the showing.] + [how exactly does the shadow play incident fit into the current timeline given that its now supposedly a thing that Macaque goes out of his way to help Yuebei during a sever medical episode during new years? as stubborn as she is I feel like she'd be less inclined to bust his nose after that, but I love the shadow play thing so much and am really hoping it doesn't get "ret-conned".]

Macaque still does the Shadow Play, mostly out of a need to "set the record straight" (in his mind) to Yuebei and MK about what happened between him and Wukong.

Yuebei calls BS once the story ends - pointing out that Macaque had abanonded her Baba at the mountain and left him all alone for centuries. Whether out of pride or cowardice, Macaque had been the one to cast "The Hero" into darkness.

The pair of monkeys gnash at eachother throughout the second half of the episode while MK is having a crisis over if people will come to abandon him if they don't like the Him that develops from his new responsibilities.

MK ultimately puts his foot down on Macaque's attempt at a "teaching moment" with the shadow play/lantern. All this tells him is that Macaque never got over Wukong after all that time, even after being the one to break things off.

Macaque is stunned enough that he wordlessly smashes the Lantern, releasing the captured gang, and is about to walk away into his own shadow when...

Yuebei: (*arm reaches in and grabs him*) "Oh no you don't! You are going to say sorry to MK and baba's friends for this! What sort of Warrior runs and hides at being proven wrong!?" Macaque: (*speechless as he sees the sparks of Wukong's righteousness in Yuebei's eyes. And the fact that the little girl is no-selling his shadow magic*) Macaque: "Ok... fine. But only because you asked me to."

A few awkward apologies are given out before Macaque is allowed leave.

MK realises something after the incident when the fam are all at Pigsy's eating dinner. Mei and Tang are relaying the gist of the shadowplay to Wukong (who's very much rolling his eyes at Macaque's choice of story).

MK: "Hey, why did you do that?" Yuebei: "Do what?" MK: "Make Macaque apologise to me. Why did you?" Yuebei, hiding face in scarf: "Cus he was being a jerk! He hid your family away to try and prove a point. A stupid point! He tried saying that you'd forgotten your friends when you were scared that they left you!" MK, proud smile: "Yeah, he did. But you showed him huh?" Yuebei, begruding: "Yeah, I did. And that look on his face when you said he never got over baba was funny too." MK and Yuebei: (*share a sibling-esque laugh and nudge eachother in the sides*)

Wukong smiles at seeing his student and daughter finally start to get along. Even if some of it was stoked by mutual annoyance at Macaque. XD

[def see Yuebei as being the embodiment of the "she asked for no pickle" meme when it comes to Bai he.]

The power of two little girls supporting each other makes Heaven and Hell quake with fear.

Bai He is certainly more of a "tea party and dolls"-kind of girl, while Yuebei is more athletic and tomboyish. They do humor their respective interests - Yuebei does like just being a little girl sometimes, and Bai He has found some yoga methods helpful for physio therapy. They know when the other likes to do something their own speed.

They're duo of fire and ice. Balanced and powerful!

[oh no... this implies that Wukong, when he got amnesia-ed he was at least partially brought to a time seemingly in between the ritual and when Yuebei started crying post-natal. no wonder he initially panicked when he couldn't sense the egg in or around him, it was less about the egg and more so that he couldn't sense her at all.]

Wukong is *panicking* when he can't feel or see his baby. I feel like he went into a minor medical coma after delivering Yuebei after the ritual, and he's convinced for a few solid hours that's the case.

He can't feel his baby, but he sees a "projection/time traveller" of her as a teenager. Thats stuff you see during a near-death experience.

Wukong is calm enough around his daughter's older form, but clearly wants to ask a million questions. He couldn't hear Yuebei crying before he passed out - so it's a major relief to him to see her alive in some form, even if he might not be soon.

He does manage to ask if she's in pain or hurting. Hosting a piece of the Samadhi fire like that has to hurt.

Yuebei lies a little and says she isn't, she's just a little sickly from being born early.

Amnesiac!Wukong sighes with relief, pulling her into another hug. He wants to know his baby's heartbeat before he wakes up from this.

[how evil would you call me if I said I think that the peice of the Samadhi Fire that Yuebei initially tried to consume was the same piece that ends up off shooting and hitting Ao Lie after she spits it back out at top speeds?]

Thats evil and I love it. It's canon now. >:3

that would be a huge regret Wukong would carry on hos own, refusing to let Yuebei know about it for her own mental well-being. Unless she happened to peak in at the memory of the ritual during Memory Scroll shenanigans? :3

[cute heartfelt moment completely undercut by the confusion of Wukong's terrible communication habits XD]

Yuebei just looks dumbfounded when Wukong mentions "the four Rings" offhandedly. She knew the lore, and that Uncle Ao Lie got hurt, but a secret Fourth ring?? Baba tf!?

As she silently panics, Wukong decides it's time for him to "wake up" and goes into another brief astral meditation that reboots him back to normal.

[imagine if she did get scrolled at about the time that Wukong did. would they stay together or would they be separated? imagine Yuebei alone in the scroll looking through memories majorly made of her beloved baba's suffering. Yuebei's wouldn't be having a great time, I'd say. if she got scrolled, I imagine she was let out with MK and the others, Wukong still left behind. she recognizes Azure almost immediately.] + [Azure never stood a chance.]

I feel like Yuebei in the Memory Scroll is herself when she was a lot younger/sicker, and had to stay on Fragrant Mountain for her health. Not much is required for her to go back to normal though, MK mentions "Cousin Red" being off the island and possibly in danger, and the sickly little girl is up like a firecracker ready to stab somebody!

After being released from the Scroll at Camel Ridge, Yuebei takes one look at Azure and declares: "Thats the bitch!" and rushes at him teeth bared.

In the chaos of both her and MK going for Azure's throat, Wukong's scroll is cut in half. Azure blames the kids as he does in canon.

[despite many celestials having not ever seen her or possibly even known Wukong had a kid at all, the moment anyone lays eyes on her they just know, her anger towards the brotherhood rivaled only by her own father's post-Furnace rampage]

Yuebei and her cousin Red flex their synconised fighting skills in Heaven. The celestials are having flashbacks to when Wukong and DBK used to storm and pacify Heaven in their wake.

Their very existances are likely secrets amonst the immortals, so the appearance of Sun Wukong's daughter, and the son of the Demon Bull King (+one of their princessess) coming to defend Heaven against assault?! It's nealry enough to make a grown solider faint.

[her and MK's combined had tagged teamed Azure, each taking one half of Wukong's scroll]

MONKEY KIDS TEAM UP!

About four seasons of trust-building leads to the biggest grift of their lives! Getting their mentor/dad back from the smelly lion! Yuebei manages to flex a little of shadow magic she learned from Macaque - making her shadow papa mega proud and the Brotherhood further convinced that she's a shadowpeach baby.

Yuebei and Macaque end up bonding a little when they travel through the Memory Scroll together with MK. Yuebei now truly sees how in-love her Baba and Macaque were, and why Wukong raised his baby to know his mate's songs and stories (something Macaque hadn't even known) and scent. Macaque also has the revelation that Wukong was geniunely hurting after their break-up, and vows to make it up to him once this is all resolved.

[they scold her for her carelessness, but at the end of the day are just glad she came out of it all miraculously unscathed. she's forced to sit out the next big battle, tasked with keeping count of the mountain's monkey subjects and keeping them calm as a princess would in a crisis, effectively benching her to her own displeasure. but she's not so grumpy about it when Wukong relents and let's her join in on the pre-battle training montage. Wukong and Macaque are torn between worry, rage, and pride when they inevitably hear. both are having war flashbacks to a younger Wukong. not matter how much the coo at her strength she is mega grounded. for til college.]

Baby girl gets to flex her fighiting and her governing abilities! Wukong appeals to Yuebei's jealousy of not being his fighting successor by pointing out something important about his job.

Wukong: "You may not be the one holding my Staff, moonlight. But our people need their future Queen. You are going to inherit our kingdom one day after all!" Yuebei, eyes glittering excitedly: "Queen?"

Cus while MK is Sun Wukong's succesor in fighitng style and heroism, Yuebei is his heir as Monkey King! And thats something she can gloat over!

She goes full Warrior Queen-mode gathering the subjects and bringing them to safety. Macaque and Wukong watch on fondly.

Once Azure is defeated and the Jade Emperor's power secured, Yuebei does get a little grounded for recklessness. But her two monkey dads are overwhemling proud of her for stepping up in the moment.

She's their little Moon Comet Star after all <3

[rowynri]

lmk!!!! (for the ask thingy)

forgive my terrible lego sketch attempts, but yeah this is probably what i’d look like/be like if i were an lmk character hahaha

I’d be that one character that started in megapolis and somehow ended up on flower fruit mountain with no idea how i got there,, pff

[yarmiko-art]

Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss. She finally has her own reference sheet now I feel like it's often gets glossed over how much trainwreck of a person Susie actually is. Let alone losing her dad in more than one way, but also having a huge part of her life, her adolescence, being ripped away and spending it in a very hostile AD Girl has zero social skills outside of work practise. You'll be kind to her and she will hardwire because she has no idea how to respond to it

Close ups under the cut

[crazysaru99]

"Didn't you know how to read?"

Monkey King can read... but Doesn't understand modern chinese.

[restinslices]

Hi! I have a couple of questions about your OC, I hope you don't mind and it's not necessary to answer all of them. So, was your OC planned? How was it for Sekhan when he arrived? Is she closer to Sektor or Bi-han? How was your childhood? I'm sorry, that's a lot of questions. Again, you can ignore the ones you don't want to answer, Thanks!

Hey pookie! Never apologize for asking questions about my ocs! I’ll go question by question.

1) Was she planned?

Not necessarily. I don’t have all her lore planned out, but in my head I don’t think it was a situation where Bi-Han and Sektor were actively trying to have a kid. Sektor became pregnant, Bi-Han needed an heir anyway, so they were like “yeah, this works”.

2) How was it for Sekhan when she arrived?

Yī Nuò came before the events of MK1. In my head she’s a toddler (or a young child. I haven’t decided yet) when Bi-Han betrays Earthrealm and all that other shit. So when she arrived, they still had their family around to help them. Becoming parents is always gonna be hard, and being warriors would make being parents harder, but they had assistance. I imagine Madam Bo tried to help them since she’s had multiple kids. I think Sektor’s dad is still alive, and we don’t know when Bi-Han’s parents died. Overall, I think it was probably easier than they expected because of the community they had around them.

3) Who is she closer to?

Oh she is a huge daddy’s girl. She definitely loves her mom and admires her, but she clicks with Bi-Han more. This would continue as she got older. You can also see by her wardrobe that she takes more after him.

4) How was her childhood?

Once again, I don’t have her entire story fleshed out, so I don’t have exact details. Also since we’re in the beginning of the new timeline, I can’t give her an exact timeline. What I do have is this; Yī Nuò honestly had a pretty alright childhood. I feel like people mischaracterize Bi-Han and may think he’d be this awful and abusive father. I completely disagree. He’s strict, but abusive? No. Plus, whether he wants to admit it or not, Yī Nuò is his little princess. I imagine that she had a good relationship with her grandparents and uncles aswell. She had love from everyone and also had help when it came to the little amounts of training she could do. The shift would happen when the Lin Kuei betray Earthrealm. Because of this, she’s no longer allowed to see her uncles and grandparents, and I think she’d start getting trained harder. She’d at least have to watch the others since she’s so young. We don’t know what becomes of Bi-Han after Khaos Reigns besides from him being taken to (I think) the Elemental Temple to be healed. I think Sektor would wanna make sure that something like this never happens to her daughter, so she would definitely be on her to become the best warrior she could be.

That’s all I have for now! Thanks for your interest in her!

[emelinstriker]

Wild question. If mink is in charge of the scroll of memory, does that mean he can look into the Readers past too? (Asked by someone who hasnt gotten to season 4 yet but has been spoiled a lot)

From what I'm imagining how it works- Mink can't look into someone's memory unless they've been sucked into the scroll, or someone who witnessed the Reader's past was sucked into the scroll. Kind of seems to be the case with how Mink doesn't bring up any of MK's memories until he was already within the scroll with the others.

Before that, the curse only displayed ink forms of celestial warriors and other celestial memories with Wukong around. Because the scroll doesn't have any memories of MK saved at that point.

So Mink most likely can't see the Reader's memories since he wouldn't suck them into the scroll unless really necessary for safety reasons.

[mids-stupid-shit]

How does Viktor feel about General Shao?

(I know they didn't talk with each other yet but i'm wondering)

I'd love to imagine that when they meet properly, Viktor would dislike Shao, but he would hate Viktor with his whole heart for no apparent reason other than he just finds him annoyingly and infuriatingly uninterested for him

[battfishe]

what fictional character would you kill immediately

fuck all yall (in order)

[imminent-danger-came]

Hi. I'm wondering about one thing.🤔

Are you remember I asked you if there was a possibility that the Lady bone demon was a pawn of our mysterious guest? And you said it might be a possibility. So...

So I think Mayor was created by this mystery guy. To keep an eye on the Lady bone demon. Bah! I think he even made sure she would dance to the rhythm of our mystery person's plan.

Because how is it that there were glaring differences between Mayor and Wukong when it came to body possession? Because look. Sun wukong kept fighting with lady bone demon because of course he wanted freedom. And the mayor what? Didn't he want to either? It may also be that the mayor fought at first, but eventually gave up. It might be like this. I'm not saying there's no such option.

ㄟ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ

Oooor it is that he was specifically created to be easily possessed. You never know when your supposedly loyal companion will suddenly stab you in the back because he was ordered to kill you because you would thwart his plan.

And those white eyes! Did no one notice that suddenly their general had eyes like that? Or maybe… maybe he had it like that from the very beginning? 😏

If it weren't like that. I don't know. (ヘ･_･)ヘ┳━┳

Why didn't he free his lady? Damn. He literally had the key to freeing her and instead he gave it to MK.

Why doesn't anyone mention him in season 4? Or why they didn't show what happened to him in season 3?

So, I think the Mayor was 100%, completely loyal to LBD!

I think he was someone who shared LBD's ideals, and that they grew close during LBD's time as an Ivory Lady. He came to see the flaws with the emperor he served, and chose to follow someone he thought had the world's best interest in mind, selecting her as "his lady". He wanted to help LBD and destiny create a world "no longer plagued by pain".

The difference between Wukong and the Mayor is that the Mayor was possessed willingly:

Emperor: "You! Sieze this traitor, now!" Lady Bone Demon: "You'll find your Chief of War takes his directive from me now." Emperor: "You- you've been planing this from the beginning haven't you! To work your way to the top, to overthrow me! And you *turning to the mayor*, you helped her! Traitors! Deceivers!" Lady Bone Demon: "I did not deceive you. When I came into your service, my intent was to aid in perfecting this world."

(3x13 Time to Be Warriors)

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My interpretation has always been that like LBD, the Mayor worked as the Chief of War to help make the world "more perfect", or "a better place". When that wasn't the case, he had the same revelation that Azure did working under the Jade Emperor, then deciding to follow a different person of high status, aka the Lady Bone Demon (like Azure then chose to follow the Monkey King).

So quite simply, the Mayor didn't need to be controlled because he was already willing to do whatever his Lady asked of him.

When it comes to "why didn't he free his Lady if he had the key", I think part of it was that he was helping to set plans into motion. LBD was a believer in patience, and that destiny would fulfill itself "soon enough" (though she becomes distinctly impatient by the end). He didn't need to take action immediately—the pieces had to come together first.

LBD needed to collect very powerful items to create her mech, one of which was from the celestial realm itself. LBD never worked directly, always using some pawn to do it for her. She used Spider Queen and her henchmen, she used DBK, she used MK, she used Macaque, she used SWK—it's a long list. So, it's not surprising that she didn't just have the Mayor come and free her (assuming the Mayor even knew where she was before DBK found her), and it's not surprising that she didn't just bust out of her prison guns a-blazing. She worked in far subtler ways.

I've also totally wondered what happened to the Mayor post EYD! The answer to that is either it's not important, or it's not important yet—who knows, maybe he's in prison with Yellowtusk!

But other than that, I think the Mayor was just a guy who was loyal to the end.

[imaginesbymk]

when i take requests again im still keeping the non-anonymous option off cos i wont tolerate any anon hate after being on hiatus for a year

[diverging-tides]

Ruby

Part 23- Final!

The spicynoodles is no longer implied everyone- this is not a drill!

Anyway, MK finds Jack to be EXTREMELY infuriating, having tried to talk him out of villainy before, only to get shot at, and constantly have his schedule interrupted for his efforts. He really didn’t think Hunter would have any luck trying to befriend him, so being informed that Hunter was both successful in befriending Jack (somewhat) and talking shit about him behind his back set him off

Red Son just finds MK’s indignant rage hilarious

Meanwhile, Hunter and Macaque fixed Jacks hair back up, gave him a little cut so it looks neat again, and Hunter took him out for boba.

Jack… doesn’t know what to do in regards to Hunters unconditioned kindness, so he just played nice all day

Anyway, that’s the end of Ruby! I’ll see everyone in Tigers Eye!

[janetcage]

I drew Syzoth today and the girl beside me said he looked like Ticci-Toby

[chilledtothekore]

( @earthrealms-chosen-1 )

Hello, Frost. A pleasure to see you.

Ah, greetings, Liu Kang!

[the-friendly-entity]

I enjoyed my request I love it!!! Can you also do headcanon male mk1 characters of: Kenshi, Raiden, Lui Kang, Kuai Liang, Tomas Vbrada, Bi Han, Reiko, Syzoth, Havik, Shang Tsung, and Baraka romancing with sweet loving yet the silent dangerous fem s/o who has the same powers of Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet Witch please?

[ ~"Silent but Deathly"~ ] - Mortal Kombat 1

Interesting! sadly i not very familiar with Marvel (or any other super hero) universe, so i hope this is good!

What contains? Scarlet Witch Powers Reader, Female Reader, Silent Reader, Sweet/Lovely Reader, Dangerous Reader

How is visualized as? Cople Relation Ship

Raiden

-Actions speak more from words and is something he understands from you, you do not need to talk to make yourself understand what you feel or what you want, that is the stronger communication and understanding

-You two are just lovely doves, please...is almost like you two are made for each other and how you two spend time being together, enjoy each other presence, Kung Lao is freaking jealous

-You never need the necessary to show your powers, or really be important to really tell, only one time Raiden was doing something in the house and almost a pot fell on his head, thankfully you acted fast and used your telekinesis to avoid him getting injured, making him surprised knowing you have powers

-He more relief to know you are not defenseless and you have the power to defend yourself, since that day, you two started to training, you two even lovely doves in the training <3, only could see that deadly side of you one time when the template was attacked, seeing Raiden hurt to make you trigger and really use your powers to kill without mercy

-He was surprised nonetheless, but he knew this could be a problem, he was not afraid of you, not at all, but he is very aware if you dont control/use your correctly your powers this can affect you badly, and he is your lover, he will help you with it

Smoke - Tomas

-Ditto but I think even 'worse', you two take any chance to be with each other, anything! anytime!, and you guys could just spend an entire day in silence, without saying a word, and yet understanding each other, you dont have an idea how Smoke his happy to be with you

-I not joking when I say he is very happy and thankful you exist in his life, your kindness and you are always there when he dont have a good day/bus day, is an escape from reality, almost a dream, he has no idea how thankful he is from you

-The time you showed your powers was when you were training with Smoke, Smoke worried about your safety so he asked you to train with him sometime to time so you can protect yourself if he can't be with you to protect you, something you accept, after all, is fun! in one of does time you use your powers to create a shield due you dint saw Smoke attacks, caught Smoke surprised to see you have powers

-He was happier and relief knowing you had powers to defend yourself, it made him calmer to know you were not defenseless being alone, yet he was worried when one-time Bi-Hand and his ninja came to attack, you were angry, how dare he show his face? and even hurt Smoke more, he was not in his right to say him he was a failure, if was not for Smoke himself, you would already killed Bi-Hand

-Even if Bi-Hand deserves to be punished, Smoke dont like you to take this responsibility because of him, and more he dont want you to kill someone, justice will be made but please...he dont want to see your hands full of blood

Scorpion

-He was not a very talked person either, he speaks when is necessary, so he does not mind if you are silent, he can understand what you want or what you feel, and that is all that he needs

-Even though he has a strong personality, he is sweet with the ones who are trustworthy, and you? even more, he sometimes thinks you dont need to be this kind to him, knowing he is always busy and you most alone...but that does not matter, you care about him and he cares about you as well, even when time is limited

-I feel your powers are shown off when once again, being attacked, use a variety of your powers, Telekinesis, Energy power, teletransportecion, he relief knowing you can defend yourself but there is no time for think from that

-Again, you will be not allowed to kill Bi-Hand, and you two have your first serious talk, is nothing that bad, but Scorpion is concerned about this power, is too much, and can be this a problem in the future if you can't use correctly, or be influenced by it, but dont worry, he will help you, he will there to help you to control your powers

Sub-Zero

-Ditto but worse, he is not a very talked person at all, only talks rarely and mostly not good, you being quiet he dont mind, but sometimes you two dont understand each other silence :( so can this result in some problems

-Even the coldest heart has a warm spot, after all, he loves you, and even he dont like to show this side because he dont want to look "weak", you are the only one who can warm his heart, does nice moment almost feel forever, and you can see in Bi-Hand eyes he dont want this to stop anytime sooner...

-Knowing he put you into the Lin-kuey army, surely will know very soon about your powers, and not hesitate to train you to be more powerful more stronger, to try to reach your limit and full potential

-He allowed you to kill, to spread blood all around, no one deserves to limit such power like yours have, and surely in no time your hand be full of blood for once was an obstacle from Bi-Hand's wishes

Kenshi Takahashi

-again, a quiet guy, who only talks when is necessary, or when he really feels very motivated he will talk more often, he dont mind your silence, but sadly his blind condition is the need of some words, physical communication can help too, but words are need it

-talking about physical touch, is very often your sweetness and love are shown that way, because he cant see, he can feel, holding hands, cuddling, gently touching his face or near his eyes, he loves it, is like you make him forgot about everything in the world for a moment, and you can feel his body feel less tense

-Multiple times Sento has seen you as not a good influence, normally Kenshi is awarded the ones who say it are the bad influence spirit who are in Sento, but they're a part of right in they hard words, having that a lot of powers is dangerous, and you show it one time when the yakuza or Shang Tsung tries to attack Kenshi

-After all, he will help you, the temptation of your power could be the same as hearing the voices of Sento, influence you to do bad stuff, he will teach you to have self-control and not let influenced by your own powers

Reiko

-Same, he just talks when he needs to, but when feels very motivated he will talk, A LOT, even if you do not talk much he is more than happy you are there to hear him, and even sometimes struggles to understand you he dont give up!

-He normally gets used to kindness and sweetness, so it takes him time to get used to it your behavior, is not like he dont appreciate your sweet behavior, he does, but from a man who grew up in a hard world is hard to get use to that kind of actions

-knowing you will be working for General Shao, it will be no time before your powers will show up, Reiko even fall hard for you more (lol), and even find the approval of General Shao! you could become someone important in General Shao's army

-he likes it when you do not hold yourself in battle, surely you two have a competition of how much kill/blood you two can cause, you guys are like lovely doves in the most bloody way possible

Baraka

-Again not a talker person becuse he does not have much to say, but he can understand your silence, and tbh, just being with him already thanks a lot, even though sometimes he thinks you deserve someone better and not him, he afraid you get infected from the Tarkat in this forbidden love

-but show him nothing but sweetness, even if you guys can't touch or there is not much communication, your actions always show him that sweet behavior of yours, and no let me state how annoying you are to Mileena to get ANY update about a tarkat cure

-Surely you show one of your powers when you defend yourself from one of the Tarkatans getting out of control and trying to eat you, Baraka will be surprised but the relief you can protect yourself, pretty well

-but one thing for sure, only defends, he dont want your hand to be full of blood, let him be the one to have his hands dirty, he dont want you to become a monster because of your powers

Shang Tsung

-You know him, he surely will try to force you to talk, but most of the time he just enjoys talking alone while you hear him, if he tries to get the best of you, you surely will show him off when dealing with

-knowing now you have powers he will even try to get on your nerves more, want to see how much you can do, and surely...try to see if he can get it, surely learning a horrible lesson for trying to get over your limits (TESTICULAR TORSION)

-You being so sweet but dangerous inside? That his type, you full of blood and seeing how you kill your enemies in a different way as possible, ah, you have no idea how he enjoys it

-there are times yall have sweet moments when he gets is ego aside and treats you as the love of his life, sometimes he blind to the power and the need to rule everything, but his heart has a place, and that place you belong in

Syzoth

-Not very talker, but sometimes he can talk a lot, the silence dont bother him and if he can enjoy time just being with you, is what all he needs, he can't understand you much but he tries his best to understand you as much he can to not force you to talk

-There have been moments you can see Syzoth is worried, maybe thinking about his past, a lot of what if 'I could save them?' 'if never take these decisions?' and much more, that is where you your sweet behavior and powers take action, talking in his mind and comforting him, that may catch him off guard, but it dont matter, does insecurities and possible scenarios he 'could' do something are gone now, thanks of your intervention

-Syzoth is happy to know you have powers, so you are not defenseless, and surprised the a lot of powers you have, sometimes wondering how you manage to control each one of them, it does something be too much for you?

-He will be surprised to see that dangerous side of you, surely when Shang Tsung appears planning something and you taking action on what he did with Syzoth in the past, even if Shang Tsung deserves to be punished or die, Syzoth dont want to be that your responsibility

Havik

-He dont mind, he is not very talked, plus, is your choice, he can't change that and he respects if the way you feel comfortable with, and to be honest, he understands you pretty well

-You two just like to cuddle each other, being with each other, forgetting how cruel it is for just a few minutes, is very common him 'kisses' you on your cheeks and front head, and you always giggle due to the feeling, something makes him happy

-Surely he will know about your powers very soon, and he always told you whatever people tell you about them, it does not matter, are YOUR POWERS, and you are the one in your right to decide what to do with them

-knowing how powerful they are, a lot of death, and a lot of chaos is will be made, for the freedom Havik seeks for the world, a freedom is get from chaos

Liu Kang

-He half and half, he can talk when is needed or talk normally, so is very unpredicted, but he respects your silence and he understands to communicate with you without saying a word

-If the few others are just lovely doves, you two are just lovely peacocks, you guys just do everything to show their kindness, is almost a competition becuse you two are just so sweet!!

-Possibly Geras is the one who warns Liu Kang about your powers, of what can result in different timeless if they are not controlled, Liu Kang is very aware of the consequences of having such power, of how Kronika falls to insanity and being irrational due how much power she have

-He will help you nonetheless, he feels taking it away will not be the right answer, and after all, he can see does power can serve a great future for the safety of everyone and anyone you love

[kiynania]

Edit: "8 fics" I lied it just became 11 + a small little wip book of ideas that could make good fics i just don't know what the plot would be