#Macaque doesn't know why he married him again

[doshi-sukiru]

Y'all... My wedding dress post seemed to catch everyone's attention...

So I'm giving you Macaque in a dress again but with his newlywed husband at his side-

Yes I know it says I made it 10 days ago I was busy with other things so I forgot to show it-

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[inevitabledonutspree]

LMK headcanons because I'm bored and have things to say:

Macaque

He's been living in Wukong's house since season 2 and has no plans on leaving now that he's back. He's still upset that Wukong doesn't keep any food there.

He regularly puts on shadow plays about his trauma because he refuses to ever talk to a therapist. Nobody really goes to them anyway.

Wukong

He can read, but he doesn't keep up with how the language changes over time, so he's always slightly confused.

He mostly eats takeout because he can't be bothered to cook.

He had no idea that Macaque was back until he attacked MK. He's just been trying to play it cool.

Pigsy and Tang

They're absolutely married. On paper? No. But they might as well be.

They don't live together, so instead of making Tang sleep on the couch when he's mad, he makes him pay his tab.

Tang has the money to pay, but he'd rather push his luck because he thinks it's funny. He pays him back eventually.

Sandy

He had no idea that Pigsy had a son, and he still doesn't know that he's adopted. He finds himself just thinking about it sometimes.

He didn't really have any friends before Pigsy reached out to him again, and that's why he loves nature so much. He literally started talking to animals out of loneliness.

Mei

She would try to pick a fight with a kid if they beat her high score on Monkey Mech.

I might post more later, but these are my personal favorites.

[violett-orwhatever]

I'm going insane. (LMK season 5 spoilers at the end)

Trying to put together a timeline for JTTW in LMK is fucking hard.

Like it starts with Sanzang getting the pilgrims together, that's the same as in the book. But after that it gets wacky.

LBD should be the first demon the group encounters so I'm gonna say that is what happens in LMK too. After that nothing major happens that involves LMK.

Not long after that they should encounter Kui Mulang (in JTTW without Wukong because he got banished for killing LBD but that didn't happen in LMK so...i guess he's still here. Probably. Maybe. Or he got banished for some other shit, but for the sake of my sanity we're gonna pretend like he's at Flower Fruit Mountain like he should be**) who captures Sanzang, prompting Bajie to bring Wukong back.

In season 4 we see Kui Mulang together with a captured Ao Lie. So maybe in LMK it was Ao Lie who got captured...which in my opinion would probably be a better reason for Wukong to come back, because LMK seems to imply that the two of them were friends and Wukong probably didn't really care for Sanzang at that moment. (Granted this was in the Memory Scroll so who know if that even actually happened)

But then again these two kidnappings could also have happened seperatly because in JTTW Kui Mulang is married to the maiden he lost in LMK...but we'll ignore that.

(** also i just noticed, if Wukong got banished in LMK too and went back to Flower Fruit Mountain...that would mean he still found it burnt down and was livid but I can't help but wonder if he questioned where Macaque was? Because LMK makes it seem like Macaque joined the Brotherhood at Camel Ridge after their argument under the Mountain so...you think Wukong thought about that? Because now I'm thinking about it)

Then we come to Red Son's arc...things start getting tricky here. In JTTW Red Boy uses the Samadhi Fire to hurt Wukong prompting him to get help from Guanyin.

Guanyin then brings an ocean's worth of water with her, which does happen in LMK.

Tang recalls this event during the episode "Dumpling Destruction" if i remembrer correctly. He also mentions that he doesn't remember which demon Wukong fought during that time, meaning in LMK's version it most likely wasn't because of Red Son.

(Also this could just be because Tang is telling the story, but in the first image you can see Wukong in his usual attire, not the one he wears during the journey. He also doesn't have the circlet on, which, even if this is Tang's interpretation, Wukong should still have that but we'll come back to that later.)

So let's say this event occured because of a different demon, that than begs the question: when was the sealing of the Samadhi Fire?

If it was, let's say, shortly after the Guanyin thing that would mean Wukong meets DBK (and consequently PIF) before he and the pilgrims reach the Burning Mountain which technically should put him in the Bull Family's good graces, I'd argue. But in JTTW neither PIF nor DBK trust him during that time so i don't know if that would make sense.

But the whole Burning Mountain arc itself sort of wouldn't make sense in LMK because PIF and DBK's relationship is actually functional here so...

And Wukong is - yet again - not wearing the circlet during the sealing of the fire.

"Amnesia Rules" also doesn't make this any easier because during his amnesiac state Wukong doesn't question why there's no torture crown on his head...but he also confuses a stick with his staff so he was probably just out of it in general.

Then there's the matter of Macaque's death and the impriosonment of the Brotherhood.

I'm gonna say that after Macaque split from the Brotherhood he died around the same time as in JTTW (so after the Kingdom of Women arc).

After that should be the Burning Mountains thing but...again wouldn't make a lot of sense if that was after the Samadhi Fire thing so...eh.

Some time after Macaque died the Brotherhood should have gotten sealed away.

Which - and this might be a long shot - but maybe that's why Wukong looks so...stoic when he had to fight the Brotherhood. Because his best friend just died and now he has to deal with his other former friends who are working on taking him out...

(I know this isn't technically a flashback but it is how Azure remembers Wukong being like during their fight. Stoic, kinda emotionless in general...just not exactly giving off cheeky-mischievious-Monkey-King Vibes like in...almost every other fight except LBD (looks a lot like posessed Wukong tho))

Just an emotional rollercoaster all around, I suppose.

But then again, when fighting the Brotherhood he wears the circlet, so that obviously happened during the journey.

Which can't be said about the other stuff because he isn't wearing the circlet this is driving me nuts!

But the Samadhi Fire can't have happened after the journey because during "Amnesia Rules" Wukong already knows about the four rings while thinking they're still going to the western heaven so obviously that must have happened during the journey.

BUT THEN WHY ISN'T HE WEARING THE CIRCLET THEN BUT HE'S WEARING IT DURING AN EVENT THAT HAPPENS YEARS LATER??

Don't even get me started on the Xiangliu thing. In season 5 he says that him and Wukong are old enemies and according to JTTW that's true because Wukong fights the Nine Headed Beast because Xiangliu and his father in law are conspiring or something so yeah. Wukong should know the guy.

That...doesn't explain why Xiangliu called him an old friend as well or why Wukong doesn't remember him. But honestly not important right now because all that does is fuck up the timeline even more.

That should have happened after the Brotherhood got sealed away. I'd theorize, because I have some far fetched theories, but this is exhausting to think about.

I just want answers...please

[the-monkey-ruler]

Another question, how many times was swk kicked off the journey and why?

Wukong was kicked out of the group first in the White Bone Demon Arc, I would say that this was about a year or so into their journey together, and at this point, they have had only three adventures. The burning of the Abbey, the Yellow Wind Demon, and the Ginseng Fruit Arc. To me, it's important to know which arc has led up to the telling arc so that we can have a better understanding of where people might be with trust.

Wukong can tell White Bone Spirit is a demon right away and while he was going to kill her Sanzang tried to give her the benefit of the doubt as she hasn't actually harmed them in any way. Wukong accused him of just wanting to sleep with her.

So already not off to a good start.

This leads to the three killings and both of them butting heads over who is right and wrong. Is it right for Wukong to kill someone that has yet to harm them only because he knows she is a demon but his journeymates cannot tell or is it right for them to have to wait for a wrong to be committed to retaliate in the first place?

Also, I think that since neither Wujing nor Bajie has seen the Fillet Tighening Spell at this point they were not aware of its effects since they were only away of what it could do in the Ginseng Fruit arc, and even then I don't think Bajie believed it until now, similar to how he didn't really believe Bailong was a dragon under his horse disguise until the Yellow Robe arc when he first spoke.

That isn't to excuse their actions but the main reason I believe that Bajie was trying to get back at Wukong for the perverse uncounted where he was strung up in a tree by Guanyin at the start of the Ginseng Fruit arc and other deities due to Wukong's pushing for him to get married. At least I believe he thought this was a sting-for-a-strong kind of revenge.

Bajie was the one to tell Sanzang that Wukong might be lying for the sake to kill humans which sadly at this point isn't too far out there due to his persistence to kill humans at the Burning of the Abbey. Wukong doesn't kill humans because he has to, he has shown that when he killed those seven bandits that attacked him and Sanzang at the start of the book as well. He kills humans because he believes they deserve to die and he is the one to do it. It is not out of need, he wants to kill them if they get in his way.

Again I think that because of these past actions have clouded Sanzang's judgment to believe Wukong because he is 100% in the right that she was a demon trying to kidnap him. But he has seen Wukong treat humans and demons the same way, and with no help of Bajie, is making choices out of anger rather than logic. Needless to say, there hasn't been a lot of good blood so far, I really think that Sanzang would believe him if Bajie didn't keep making excuses.

This all came to a head when Sanzang really thinks that Wukong isn't going to change his stance on killing people, whether it be his own lack of ability to teach or that Wukong finds human life of little value he sends Wukong away. He doesn't even bother with the spell on the third killing just for him to go.

After that is it the Yellow Robe arc where Wujing is captured, Sanzang gets turned into a tiger and almost hunted to death, Bailong is out of commission and only Bajie is left standing.

And he has to be the one to get Wukong back. Which he does leading to Sanzang being very grateful and they move on to the journey.

From there about seven years pass or so, and they are about 8 or 9 years into the journey when the Six-Eared Macaque Arc begins, so a little over halfway with about 6 or 5 years to go. I think he has used the spell only once when the Hundred-Eyed Demon was pretending to be Sanzang as well and Wukong told him to recite it so he knows which one to kill.

From there it is a little bit more direct why he got banished it's more to do with how he treated both the living and the dead.

I think what people again miss is that when it comes to humans, Wukong isn't facing other demons that can fight with him toe-to-toe in magic. Wukong has so many abilities to subdue that he has don't with other deities and demons, putting them to sleep, making them immovable, tying them up, he can stop humans and scare them off without killing the for the sake of protecting Sanzang. But he wants to kill them because he thinks they deserve to die anyway, which goes against their whole thing about showing mercy.

Instead, Wukong explains how it's actually Sanzang's fault that he has to kill so many humans. That if it wasn't for him and this mission that there would be so many people alive, and who cares about some petty thieves or scum bandits, they would have died anyway so he was just speeding up the process. This is ironic to me because Wukong who was also sent to be executed was giving mercy to have a second chance as well but he wavers in some cases when he thinks others deserve a chance at redemption as well.

From there it is a little bit more direct why he got banished it's more to do with how he treated both the living and the dead.

They were staying at a family's house and they claim that their son has done great evil as a bandit, a bandit that the pilgrims have already met and Wukong killed their leader. When the bandit came home and saw them he wanted to get revenge and kill them in their sleep. His family let the pilgrim get away so that no one would get hurt but they were still chased after.

Wukong makes the choice of killing the rest of the bandits and I think that maybe, perhaps he wouldn't have been banished this time if he didn't go to the trouble of cutting off the head of the family's son and presenting it as a trophy. But Sanzang let his anger get the best of him and sent him away without trying to talk it out.

He goes to Guanyin because he didn't want to face the shame of going home but she tells him to wait until Sanzang has cooled off his anger to see reasons again and rather asked him with his powers why he couldn't have shown mercy to the bandits (like a good teacher does).

I think that is why the Six-Eared Macaque arc shows the real turning point with how not only Wukong behaves but Sanzang as well. Wukong is fighting his inner demons over here but Sanzang has to learn not to let his anger and emotions not to get the best of him. He is too quick to judge and needs to find out more about the whys in how people act rather than taking it at face value.

These are defiantly the worst point for either character as it highlights their worst traits and I hate to think of them as the most common examples whenever people think of Journey to the West when there are nearly 15 other arcs showing how they both change and grow throughout their journey.

There is a lot more to be said with how Sanzang is seen in more of a Confucianism mindset in later interactions to give Wukong more good qualities in comparison as the story of Xuanzang changes more and more throughout time. But also Wukong's representation of both control and freedom and the balance of the two to make a cohesive narrative within the story.

There is so much more that can be said but I think I'll wrap it up here.

[sonicasura]

I felt like delving more into the ShadowKaiju ship i.e Kafka Hibino x Macaque. Why? For the hell of it honestly. This is a summary in how I would portray the relationship between both characters and will include influences from their respective franchise. Let's get started.

The two first meet when Kafka is around 22 years old. He's getting after a late night shift only to notice something off in the alleyway near his apartment. Kafka finds Macaque bleeding out with a fresh slice across his eye.

The man hesitates for a second as he doesn't know what the strange monkey creature is but decides to help him. Macaque later wakes up extremely confused since he's supposed to be dead, his wounds treated and he's in a very unfamiliar home of a mortal man. (Basically his death in JTTW drops him into KN8verse instead.)

This is their budding relationship in a nutshell: local working man is constantly stalked by curious mischief making shadow monkey. Macaque refuses to leave Kafka alone after his wounds are healed. The man's shadow now has a constant occupant that takes awhile for him to get used to.

Macaque thankfully doesn't interfere with his job as a Monster Sweeper. Sometimes the yaoguai even helps in secret. Hide that was difficulty to cut suddenly gives way in seconds, once empty disposal units are completely full and other discrepancies. Although Kafka didn't question if any surprise bite marks on the latest kaiju corpse were from Macaque.

He's confused why the shadow monkey chose to stick around but figures the bloke might be seeking companionship. Plus Macaque hasn't really crossed any lines yet. Yup, they were roommates if the extra futon Kafka bought was enough evidence.

The moment Macaque finds out his mortal companion wants to join the Defense Force is when another failed letter comes in the mail. He was confused at first until Kafka explains what the DF is and the promise he made to Mina. Macaque stays out of it for awhile.

The promise reminded too much about his former best friend/killer. It's only Kafka's determination to take the test again does Macaque decided to extend a hand. He offers to help train the man so he could attain his goal. (You can bet your ass it was brutal since this is Macaque.)

Despite the continuous failures of each exam, the monkey yaoguai didn't give up on Kafka. Rooted feelings had continue to blossom over the years until a 25 year old Kafka confesses. Those shared emotions were mutual much to his relief. Both began dating each other for another two years before marrying.

While Kafka works as a Monster Sweeper, Macaque runs a Shadow Play Theatre under a human disguise. Only the former's coworkers know what the latter really is. (Both had a discussion about it before bringing it up to them. The Monster Sweepers wholeheartedly support the two. Reno finds out after Kafka becomes a Kaiju.)

Macaque is quite a possessive lover of Kafka and isn't shy about proving his claim. Those who foolishly flirt or try to harass his mortal husband are met with terrifying shadows speaking in ancient Chinese until they retreat. Kafka smothers his partner with love and just spoils the latter whenever.

Macaque is extra protective of his lover after he becomes a kaiju. He nips any negative thoughts Kafka has about himself in the bud. Macaque isn't even human to begin with so why would he see his lover's new kaiju side as a problem? Teaching Kafka glamour magic would make hiding any flare ups or a potential permanent transformation easier to conceal.

Macaque may have a developed a habit of perching onto his lover's back whenever he is Kaiju No 8. The added height and horns make it easier to hold on(alongside do much more.😏) Kafka has a better understanding of his new kaiju half thanks to Macaque.

Changes that occurred during the Entrance exam due to his husband. Release Power: 2% and higher written test scores. Macaque was annoyed that Kafka didn't have a chance to fully use the suit.(He may have sent a letter to the Defense Force about an extra testing ground aka a Kikoru clause.)

New Defense Force officers notice the ring on the new cadet's finger while talking in the baths. Man had to throw off any accusation that he was married to/or trying to cheat with Mina. They were old friends and he will remain faithful to his husband. Kafka learns the boys are eager for any kind of gossip about the "old man's love life".

A disguised Macaque often shows up to deliver lunch to his lover or give him something, he gotten a visitor's pass just in case. Doesn't mean hitchhiking Kafka's shadows days are over. He can easily have a few shadow clones manage the theatre and their home in his place.

These two are chaotic lovers wherever than just whenever. Now if Macaque finds his theatre full of Kafka's Defense Coworkers then he won't be surprised. Only Reno has free tickets though as the Monster Sweepers took the remaining ones. (Macaque was definitely amused when Kafka troed to defend himself for 'favoritism' by the younger officers*mostly Iharu*.)

[hyperfixation-tangentopia]

Lego Monkie Kid Pride Headcanons!! Part 1, because there's probably more.

DISCLAIMER: I'm aware many of these will probably contradict, but so do mine and the rules are meaningless to me so! Live with the contradictions! I may also add multiple like, separate headcanons, in which I will indicate with a little |. Also if I'm typing super formal I'm on my laptop and I'm usually on mobile, so being on my laptop makes me type extra formal sometimes for. Reasons.

MK - Transgender woman, non-binary, guy, unlabeled gay bisexual, she/he/it. The type of guy to answer 'okay but what gender are you' with 'cookie'.

Mei - Genderqueer transgender woman, lesbian bisexual/unlabeled, she/they/her.

Sandy - Genderflux cis male genderqueer, aromantic demisexual, he/him.

Tang - Cis male, aromantic gay, he/him. Platonically married to Pigsy.

Pigsy - Cis male, biromantic heterosexual, he/him. Platonically married to Tang.

Wukong - Pangender genderfluid demiromantic pansexual, any pronouns (neos included), but most people just assume he/him and he really doesn't care. Used to be in a weird not-platonic not-qpr not-romantic thing with Macaque.

Macaque - Transgender man, demiromantic biromantic asexual, he/him. Used to be in a weird not-platonic not-qpr not-romantic thing with Wukong.

Yeah, I told you the rules were being thrown all the way out the window here. While I'm here, I may as well say that if you're aromantic, asexual, multigender, use contradictory labels, use neopronouns, aromantic allosexual and vice versa, or anything else along those lines my bad memory isn't letting me think of right now, you're awesome, you're great, you're loved (by me if no one else), and you're welcome here!

Rambling under the cut

(Too many tags so I'm basically just transferring them so that's why this might be formatted weirdly.)

I think MK's probably had about 20 gender crisis' by now that Pigsy and Sandy have just kinda made him tea/noodles through.

Mei just keeps trying stuff, and when she sees something works if she still thinks something's missing she goes HERE WE GO AGAIN! And nobody is surprised when she walks in going "I'm trying cat/cats" and everyone just kinda goes "cool" and adheres to that until halfway through the conversation she goes "nope, not feeling that one" and they all switch back.

Pigsy and Tang don't really understand the gender stuff but take the mentality of "I don't understand this and that's okay, y'know as long as you're happy", even though they trip up sometimes. They don't completely get it but they still love the way MK's face lights up when they call say "Hey, what's she doing?" or "Is it watching TV again?". Also my brain isn't working properly so I might change what Pigsy's label is because I messed it up twice.

I think Wukong didn't really know what gender was until MK asked and helped Wukong start looking through labels, and when Wukong was like "can I just have all of the genders?" MK went "yeah!" and now Wukong just kinda walks around with the label even though he doesn't really mention it.

I think Macaque just woke up when he was young(?) one day, went "fuck this", turned himself into a boy, walked outside, and never addressed it again, and Wukong is the only one that knows and also never addressed it.

Okay I'll stop rambling now sorry bye!

[chaosmyths]

Guess what, storytime.

Nao was born by a magic fountain that if two pieces if DNA were put in, it would create a child. But also, if you just put food or objects in the fountain, they'll just multiply. And this was over the Western Kingdom of Women. So, one time when Macaque and Wukong were fighting (they fought why) enough pieces of DNA was given to the fountain to create Nao. So, they leave before she can be formed. She was hatched from a stone egg. That's when she was found by a troop of demon monkeys and she is raised by troop. The thing is that the fountain was built on the edge of the kingdom so the troop also uses the fountain. There is a peace treaty between the town and the troop that is up held. The troop is a line of defense and offense in case a demon comes through the village and is nearly beaten and needs to be stopped and vise verca.

Anyway, something actually was born alone. She has a twin brother but he was fully grown. Things go south for Nao after she turns 2 months old. An old foe of Macaque's finds Nao and realizes that she is Macaque's daughter. So, after a small conversation, the demon tries and kills Nao with a poisoned knife. She tried to chirp for help by the demon wants a quiet moment and decides to traumatize Nao some more and says "Gods, you're yippy." And finishes the job by slitting her throat and leaving her for death. So, she does die for a but until her brother and adopted fathers come looking for her and find her dead. Her brother, Shí Hou, begs the gods, Buddha, anyone, to let him take her place. She was two months. She would never experience life. So, Guan Yin came and said that there was a way but he wouldn't be the same. He said he'd do even if he had to take her place in the realm of the dead. So, Guan Yin heals Nao by merging her and Shí Hou's body. So, now Nao is mentally grown up while she is still little. Sometimes. Sometimes she just a little kid. The other are her being an adult who is stuck in a child's body. Nao is also raised by a lesbian couple of immortal warriors. One is retired and the other is still a fighter. So, one day, a tsunami that was created by a young dragon prince (Ao Lie) on accident, causes Nao to get swept out to sea and all the way to Flower-Fruit mountain. There, she is found by some monkey guards and they take her to Wukong and he decides to raise her with the help of Macaque because you can't change my mind that Wukong doesn't know anything about babies. So, they decide to show the brotherhood and they think Wukong and Macaque finally got married and they congrats them. Wukong and Macaque say that they're not her bio parents but then Azure says that really are. He sailys that the two's scent is on Nao. So, they take that information and raise her. Because of the incident that happened a while ago, she has a stunt of age growth. So, the 500 years, she doesn't age at all. So, everything is normal for a bit until Wukong leaves again for the journey. Macaque goes into a state of depression and its soon after that the mountain is attacked by a group of demons because they heard that Wukong was back. Macaque tells everyone to moves to the other side and hide while he fights the enemy. Nao gets captured and watches as the demon general nearly kills Macaque. To which, Shí Hou, finds out that he can possess her. He is her shadow and he somehow takes control of her and kills the general. So, they take her away from Flower-Fruit Mountain and tortures her to give them some information. She doesn't give any so the just torture her because she killed their general. They have enough of her so they assign a demon guard to take her away to kill her. She is already gotten a lot of infections from most of her cuts. So, the guard just cuts her chest over her heart to end her. She does bleed but it doesn't kill her. So, the guard hits her unconcisous and leaves her to bleed or die of her infections. Then, a few minutes later, Tripitaka finds her. He takes her back to their campsite and the four (Tripitaka, Sandy, Pigsy, and Ao Lie) wrap up her injuries and tend to her infections. It took awhile but they had nearly fully healed. Later, Wukong comes back and finds her. He falls to his knees when he sees his daughter. She's wrapped in bandages and cuts and scars. He hurries over to as fast as he can at that moment and cradles her. Shí Hou talks to Nao in the spirit realm and tells her that dad still needs her.

(Wukong = Papa

Macaque = Daddy/Dad)

She cries and Wukong holds her as she does. She asks where her Dad is and Wukong asks what happen. After she tells him what happened, Wukong flies off to save Macaque and kill the demons. Nao gets close with her other uncles and calls Ao Lie her cousin. She also recongizes Ao Lie's powers as the same that caused the tsunami. She isn't mad though but she doesn't tell him. Wukkng comes back, covered in blood and with Macaque on his shoulders. Wukong begs Tripitaka to help his lover. Tripitaka is angry at Wukong for that but he can see the tears are coming down his face and agrees. So, Nao and Macaque join the group because Macaque is too injured to be left to just Nao's care and because Wukong ain't leaving his family again. He goes to Guan Yin to get the thumbs up. And she agress the second she hears Nao's name. She has been watching Nao and guiding her this entire time. So she said that she would ask Buddha and tell him from there. During this time, they give Macaque sometime to heal as they wait. Nao has the six ears of the siblings so he e hears when Guan Yin says that her and Macaque can join and continue as soon as he wakes up. Macaque wakes up two months later and then they go on the journey. After the journey though, Macaque and Nao spit away from Wukong and they travel. Then, once she is old enough, she decides to live with her troop again. This starts to kick off a nasty fight that happens between Macaque and Wukong which leads to Macaque's death. Wukong doesn't tell Nao and while she writes to him, he says that Macaque says hi. Then Macaque comes and tells her what happened and she said she knew. She heard after all. Then she isn't seen until the time between season 3 and 4. She is Rumble and Savage's favorite person in the world. MK and Mei love her mostly because she is so cool and she tells stories about the times where Wukong and Macaque's relation was like in the past.

She also is also dating Nezha. The two fell in love when they were younger so they started dating.

The end.

My OC for LEGO Monkie Kid, Nao Yuan. The daughter of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong and the Six-Earred Macaque, Liu Er Mihou. And a bunch of other people/demons because she’s been adopted before. I will tell her backstory later.

[wu-kongs]

Yeah shadow does have other forms. Like the giant smoke monster, it's in the 2nd ask we had. While they normally stay as macaque's shadow, their consciousness can go into any shadow macaque makes. It's limited though, if macaque makes 20 shadow clones, shadow can only get into and control one of them. They also can't actually feel anything, so no temperature, pain, textures, etc. Though maybe wukong can find a way to hurt them, if anyone can do it is him.

In the future macaque will suggest making a permanent shadow clone for shadow to be fully their own person but shadow actually prefers being macaque's literal shadow. Kind of frustrating for shadow that everyone want them to be their own person, but others don't understand theyre not a person, and they don't want to be a person.

Fun facts

The personhood topic from above is kind of complex. Shadow is right they're not a person like others are people. They were 'born' with the mission to be macaque's secret friend and make him happy and that is rooted into their soul, it's their purpose. No matter what, that won't change. But they're no longer just a unthinking force of nature, and while they were only semi sentient for the majority of their existence, by a few years of macaque constantly being around MK and wukong they will be fully sentient. What exactly does that mean for them? Shadow has no idea and it hurts their head just trying to think about it. Honestly they're happy being macaque's and thats all they need really

Shadow is he/they. They normally use they but doesn't care which one is used. What they do care about is being called she, that repulsed them to the very core (honestly this is fueled by my hc on trans macaque)

Ironically if wukong and macaque hadn't started becoming friends again shadow would have never been able to erase Mac memories. It's a combo of shadow only previously been passively looking before into a way to make macaque forget, and the fact wukong's aura/magic made them smarter. Shadowpeach increased hang outs gave shadow the motivation and the means

Post memory arc and post heightened sentience, Shadow get a small crush on Tang. It's truly small and wouldn't go anywhere since tang is married to pigsy. But bc of it they spend a significant amount of time trying to set macaque and tang (and by extension pigsy) up. It's 30% motivated by believing tang is perfect for them/Mac, and 70% wanting to demolish the romance they see reblossoming for shadowpeach. "macaque you can do so much better please"

They find cats extremely creepy, they're one of the few animals that just seem to know they're not a normal shadow. Since macaque is a cat magnet, this has caused shadow endless suffering. After they're known, macaque will threaten cat time if shadow is overstepping

When shadow is mentally talking to macaque he sounds like normal macaque, it's part of the reason macaque always thought shadow influencing him was his own ideas. But when they talk for real, they sound like a very raspy and chocked up macaque, the exact voice macaque had as he was dying and begging for his life. This adds to another reason why wukong don't get along with shadow

will shadow ever express that they have no interest in being their own person and are content as simply being what they already are? it'd be frustrating to me if everyone kept tryna push for me to do something i don't want to do.

also does it... not wig macaque out that he has this whole other part of him that he's not really able to control? that's been influencing his thoughts and actions and has the potential to completely change who he is? i don't know if you were imagining macaque having a full-on identity crisis about this or if it was just kinda something that was handwave-y for you. (not that it has to be anything but handwave-y, that's fine too)

when it comes to macaque rekindling his relationship with wukong, does he draw a firm line about that to shadow? them butting heads over who he should be with seems... troublesome.

[real-sun-wukong-fan01]

Hi there! So I'm new-ish? And I'm genuinely curious about what you think of the popular lmk ships? I don't know if you ever said anything so that's why I'm asking!

Anyway have a great day!

Hello! Welcome!

I did say something about ships, but it's just me generally talking about how I'm not interested in any of them because i hate romance.

But! I don't mind speaking about them and stating my opinion over them. (I'll talk about the ones i know, which are the most popular ones probably.)

so, first we have spicynoodles, Red son x MK.

This ship is..eh. It has potential, but both characters don't seem to have much interest in dating, that's why I don't see them having that much interest into a relationship, especially when both are simply friends, they don't know each other too well.

Then we have dragonfruit, Mei x Red son.

I already talked about this ship, which is one of the best in my opinion, even if i don't ship it.

I just see them being in a good relationship, that's it.

They fit together, and they surely bonded more than MK did with red son.

Then the threesome! the street light ship, MK, red son and Mei.

I don't see this because again the whole MK and Red son thing, yeah.

And because MK showed that he has no interest fully in dating Mei, he even threw up in an episode when "mei" confessed to him!

shadowpeach Is.. interesting.

Considering canon, this ship would turn out to be toxic on Macaque side, and plus these two hate each other.

It's a ship which i don't mind seeing, it's just not my favorite. I prefer them acting like feral cats whenever they see each other rather than lovers.

Then we have the ship between the mayor and spynx (or whatever you spell his name, i never notice him LMAO), which..is kind of a random ship? As far as I know they interacted once and it wasn't even a conversation.

so I'm neutral on it.

there's this ship between spider queen and Macaque too i think, which is honestly cute?

they would only get along because both fuckin despite sun wukong.

Pigsy and tang are probably the only one who i could agree on, they do act like a married couple. But they seem more like best friends as well, and they probably are. But i won't lie, they seem like those best friends who gave each other privileges. (I swear they won't stop acting like divorced people)

there's Pigsy and wukong! Which is..as cute as it might seem because we can provide wukong being this simp monkey and Pigsy acting like he doesn't like the monkey but always makes him breakfast, which is indeed a cute scenario, i just don't see it in canon.

I always take canon in consideration because that's how I match characters. In ships, friendships ect.

Pigsy dosen't hate the monkey, but dislikes him for sure. and wukong is stated to be aroace in LMK if I'm not mistaken so they wouldn't be exactly a good match (i know aroaces can date, is just because wukong is the type who doesn't.)

there's tang and wukong which is probably simply tang upgrading himself into being an absolute simp over wukong, while wukong dosen't even acknowledge his existence.

Which is a fun scenario, but also, not a good pair.

i don't wanna talk about DBK and PIF because in LMK they are together and they are one of the most healthy relationship i love them sm

But PIF is hot i wouldn't blame DBK.

Then the princess Scorpion and the spider queen who are honestly a ship with no fucking sense but it's also good? Only because in fanarts they are so sweet to each other i love seeing it.

There's Tripitaka and Wukong,,and you can already tell i don't like it.

I made an AU specifically to mock that ship too HAHAHAH.

Tang and macaque!

No. Just because poor tang and because macaque isn't mentally stable enough to be in a romantic relationship and make it healthy.

And..yes! These are all the ones i know!

I'm not a fan of ships and my opinions tend to be always negative because of that fact, so I'm sorry if I dissapointed you!

you can always ask about ships and opinions, but you gotta keep in mind that in here there won't be anything related to ship as it doesn't peak my interest! everyone is free to interact with anything you ship, i wouldn't care less, just vibe with me and my monkey man.

:]

[rip-a-dip-dip-you-potato-chip]

what have I created?

idk if yall like this, but they just exist not i guess :/

ok the the first one is Royalty AU

first things first, when I say Royalty AU, I don't mean the classic shit we've all become accustomed to. Im talking about the good old Chinese royalty! And I want to emphasize that these guys will/should be dressed in century appropriate attire. As someone thats read a handful of 'marinette, princess of china' fics from the ML Fandom, I've noticed a common trend. Marinette wouldn't be in the culturally appropriate clothes, always ballgowns. Not that there's something wrong with it, its just most of if not all these fic are set in China, so I'd expect Chinese royalty to dress as THERE dress code calls for. And since this AU takes place far in the past like, it won't make sense for any of the characters to be in royal clothing that wasn't from there region. I'm not trying to white knight/gatekeeping. Im Guyanese not Chinese. But since JTTW and Monkie Kid take place in China, it's only right. In my opinion that it. You don't have to outright agree with me.

With out of the way, it's time for that good old AU crack

- Wukong is the king of the Flower Fruit kingdom(or a different one if you'd like, again I'm only familiar with what western culture has taught me, but I'll try my hardest) 

- he’s single but rumor has it he used to/still is dating the Vigilante/thief The Six Eared Macaque

- *chants ShadowPeach violently* 

- no one know whether it true or not

- On of his wanders around the kingdom he finds an abandoned baby in a basket. 

- and no shit sherlock it's fucking baby Xiaotian 

- I think we all know where this is going because i'm a simp for Monkey Dad & Monkie Son shenanigans

- Xiaotian becomes prince

Shit, ill be referring to Xiaotian as Mk from now on, I mentioned this before in a fic I wrote for lmk that Mk's a nickname for Xiaotian for some reason- wait i don't have to explain my self to you people!

- Sun loves his son

- MK is treated differently by staff and others because he's not blood related to the king

- no one mistreats MK per say, because there King loved his adopted son, but words are said behind his back

- Sometimes MK hears what’s said, and he feels as if he won't live up to his dad’s legacy.

- He meets Mei during a festival

- Mei is from a noble family, that wouldn't mind if they got a connection into the royal family.

- but it becomes hella clear to Mei’s family very fast that the two are just friends, and will always will be. but hey there daughter is bffs with the prince so that's a plus.       

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- the Demon Bull Family is rules a kingdom as well, I dont/am not creative enough to think of a name I leave that to you.

- It's a common misconception that DBK is a tyrant, when he’s not. 

- most of the time...

- they have been at war with the Monkey King for some time now and settled for a peace agreement.

- that agreement being there sons to marry

- oooo original i know

- MK and Red Son are roughly the same age, Mk being 20 and RS 22

- RS is revolted/disgusted at the idea of being wed to the Monkey Kings child, even more so when he realizes MK is adopted,

- but, that all changes the second he meets MK while he meets him by accident when he gets kinda lost in the palace when he and his parents go to discuss the arrangements.

- the second he looks at MK, he's instantly in love. MK less so, he's nervous and honestly kinda bummed he's not marrying someone he loves but it's for the good of his ppl, and he'll do anything for them.

- RS isn't even aware that MK is Suns adopted son until MK walks him back to the meeting room.

"Oh There you are MK! I was about to have a servant go fetch you!" Sun Wukong says, gesturing for his boy to come sit with him.

"S-sorry for keeping you waiting I got caught up in my lessons with Mr. Tang" MK responds, sitting next to his father. Red Son looked gobsmacked. The beautiful young man he had bumped into, was the prince of this land? Damn, life truly blessed him. Or cursed him depending on how you looked at it.

- the two are left alone in a separate room for a while.

- And MK straight up tells RS why he's agreeing to this union.

"Look Red Son. I've dreamed about meeting my one true love for a while. And I would give almost anything for that dram to be real. But I wouldn't ever dare give up my people, for as there price they mean more to me. I'm doing this for them, no other reason" MK says, his back straight and hands folded neatly in his lap. The look in his eyes was a mix of sadness, but that was drowned out by loyalty and determination. It just made Red Son fall for him even harder. Clearing his throat Red spoke.

"I understand, for im doing this for the betterment of my people to. But I propose a wager"

"A wager?"

"Yes, if i can make you fall in love with me by years end, before our marriage, we can live together like in the fairy tales from far away. But if I fail, in a years time afterwards you will be permitted to find your own path in life" Red Son stated. MK took a moment to process what was happening.

"So, if you succeed in making me fall in love with you, before our marriage we can live happily ever after?" Red Son nodded in response, letting the younger continue.

"And if I shouldn't fall for you, in a years time after our union, im free to leave?" Red Son nodded once more.

"So, what do you say?"

...

"Deal"

In the end, your free to choose their fate, should Red Son win the hart of Mk? Will he fail? Or will he let him go, and let him travel the country, after all Mk's a free spirit and keeping him trapped in a big house is like keeping a cannery trapped in a cage only for its song, only for it to dul. Or will the unthinkable happen and will both boys find their freedom? together or appart? I don't know, because that's all up to you 😉

personally, I’m partial to where MK and Red Son both find freedom together. Like they straight up run away together to somewhere far away and just live out there lives together. 

this could also be genderbent thing as well. MK or Red as their respective counterparts. Again it doesn't have to be, but it’s whatever bro. im just spitting out the idea. 

Also, there is a main side plot that they fight the WBS throughout the year as well, along with other shenanigans you wanna throw in.

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The second is a My Hero Academia/BNH/MHA AU

truth be told i'm not a big fan of MHA i think it to over hyped(this is also coming from the same person that’s a Fairy Tail fan lol), and the fandom i don't even know how to describe that mess, but I will admit not the whole of its toxic since every fandom has some toxic members, some even more so. 

I just sometimes find myself enjoying MHA AUs like the Fullmetal Alchemist, Danny Phantom, Evil!Deuk AU and several others. 

to make it clear I don't see this AU taking place the same time as the main plot of the actual Anime/Manga. This could be either like 6-10 years before or after the plot idk bro. But i’ll do this after the main story plot of MHA, so keep that in mind ya? another thing, the gang is still in China, the top hero school in the world just so happens to be in Japan, and it’s only ever mentioned by Sun wukong and other pro heros. So MK never attended AU. in short it’s only ever mention/ reference.  

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- Mk was considered Quirkless as a kid. 

- he was just a late blumer, i swear  

- Mai’s Quirk is called Dragon. 

- it pretty much works the same way as it does in the show(duh)

- Tang’s got a knowledge Quirk, 

- my man can retain information and he’s basically an archive of information drawback being his personality lol 

- Piggsy is a Animal that gained a Quirk

- in cannon to my current knowledge, there are two other characters that can confirm animals can become sentient. the characters being Fumikage Tokoyami, & Nezu the principal at the school UA.  

- Sandy is just Conner Kent, aka he like superman but can't fly, or shoot lasers from his eyes. And blue.  

I have two scenarios for Macaque and Wukong  

*- The first one is that, Sun Wukong & Macaque are brothers. twins to be exact. 

- they where legit people, but have mutation quirks that made them too like monkeys. 

- the added powers were just a boues. 

- Sun and Mac are close growing up, like there brothers but also best friends.

- the draw back to there quirks could honestly be whatever you want bro idk, same with the others tbh. Personally I like to think Sun just has lack of motivation, and Macaque needs to draw on other people's energy.

- Sun is a hero, Monkey KIng and Mac is a villain Six Eared.

- Sun was always treated has the golden child in the family, Mac always resented that, but there shitty up bring didn’t stop the two from being good brothers to one another.

- soon tho the resentment became hatred when Sun was able to attend UA in Japan, while Mac didn't.

- Mac be angy 

- so he became a villain, and joined the Chinese branch of the LOV(league of villains)

- Sun doesn't know this till he finds out during the all out war during the main story. and by that time he’s a full on hero with is own agency(The Flower Fruit agency)    

- when the hero's ultimately win and Mac is arrested 

- This ultimately hurts Sun a lot, his brother was in jail now, arrested for his involvement and wrong doings, he knew nothing about this! this brother, his blood. A bad guy? why? he hadn't seen his brother since he left for UA, he hadn’t seen him when he came home, and started his agency. 

- this just puts Sun into a funk so he’s not as active as he used to be, and he starts thinking he might need a successor 

*- The second one is that they were two separate people that had similar quirks and both attended UA but Sun ended up in the hero corse. so 1A.

- Both Macaque and Sun have similar quirks, Sun’s is obviously more light based while Macaque’s is more shadow based(this applies to the first one as well)    

- Macaque was placed in class 1B, U.A.’s High's Heroics Department, I believe, you can correct me. 

- In cannon Class 1A and 1B both went to the training camp. I can see the teachers pinning Sun and Macaque against each other to hone their skills. 

- And because of that they become great friends    

- In fact when they graduate they both co-found there hero agency together in China and are a duo.

- But due to Monkey King’s popularity and Six Eared's association with shadows(people sometimes saying he has more of a villains quirk than a heros) the public see’s Macaque as Sun’s sidekick when thats far from the truth. 

- now it’s up to you whether you think that Wukong and Macaque would be in a relationship together, but knowing how cooked we all are, ShadowPeach is a thing here more than likely. 

- If you do or don’t support/ like the ShadowPeach aspect, the two would be living together regardless since its more cost efficient. 

- They my be heroes but living costs are expensive!   

- I would imagine there would have been a huge fight/argument between the two in privet of course, at there home.(or in there shared office if you want the extra angst of the other people they work with hearing them fight)   

- If the two are dating, then this would either lead to an out right breakup, or Macaque just up and leaving with Wukong thinking he’ll come back once he’s cooled off. But after a week, with no sign of his partner, or him answering texts or calls, not even coming into work. Wukong gets worried that something might have happened to him. so there wouldn't be a confirmation if they were still a thing or not. 

- But Wukong remains hopeful, despite the nagging at the back of his head, and gut telling him to go find Macaque, or atleast make a public statement, or even just tell another pro hero about it.   

- on the not so shippy side, Macaque and Wukong still have there argument, and much like the ShadowPeach esc side, Macaque up and leaves, and isn't seen for weeks. the only difference here is that when Wukong comes home one night to there flat, most if not all of Macaques stuff is gone. 

- where as if this was the ShadowPeach side, Macaque leaves all of his possession in the flat he and wukong share. for the simple reason being, he still loves him and wants to go back, but Macaque being Macaque can’t bring himself to do it, especially after seeing just how hurt Wukong looked when he yelled at him just before he left.  

- in other words, ANGST DIALED UP TO A 10 BABY  

- in either case, its a news report that confirms Wukong's suspicions that he desperately didn’t want to believe, and that is Macaque turning into a villain.

- much like if the two were brothers, Wukong just can’t take it and is no longer as active as he once was, and is thinking about, either A) Retirement  B) Saying, “Fuck Society, Be Gay Do Crime” and join Macaque as a villain himself, or C) find a successor, and a way to bring Macaque back to there side, but most importantly, back to him.    

- also extra points if you're after people's hearts and want to make them suffer;  - If there dating, Wukong curle’s up in the bed he and Macaque shared, holding/wearing something of great value to Macaque and just crying himself to sleep, where as Macaque is getting wasted on alcohol, as he stumbles out of the bar he’s in, he either see’s something that reminds him of Wukong or while he’s trying to put his wallet back into his pocket, a photo of them on their first date fall’s out. and Macaque just cries in a nearby alley way. And it’s there where he gets indoctrinated into the League.

       - If there just friends, macaque heads to the nearest forest and just levels it, where as Wukong just gets engrossed into his work, trying not to think about it. you could add you own spin on this, again i'm just spitballing.             

- NOW BACK TO MK! :D     

- Obviously MK is a huge Monkey King fan     

- at Twenty MK has come to terms he's quirkless (HE’S NOT)

-for ANGST reasons MKs fokes kicked him out at this realization at 13.

- he works at Piggsy's Noodle shop, and has been since he was 14.

- don't need a quirk to drive or cook!

- the boy lives a content life with his new family, till DBK happens :D

- DBK runs a Mafia(in conjunction with TLOV) and has been in jail for like 5 years thanks to Monkey King, PIF and RS brake him out one night when MK's out making a late night delivery since Piggsy had the bright idea to go 24/7 service!

- one thing leads to another and Mk somehow manifest what looks like the Monkey King's staff, but its not, it’s MKs powers, it just so happens to be the same power the Monkey King has. And it practically goes down the same way in the pilot. 

- but unlike the pilot Mk and Mei go straight to the FF Agency, after making a panicked call to Pigsy and Tang.

- one way or another Mk are lead into Wukongs office. Mei being forced to stay in the lobby.

- they have there convo, butterfly monkey squishing included.

- "And so, I want you do be my success-" BOOM 💥

- from there they rush downstairs and see that the lobby has been infiltrated by the DB fam, and you know fight.

- once the DB family seems like there down, PIF wisks them away. Much to Monkey King’s displeasure.

From there stuff kind plays out like cannon, the calabash ep is just a conjoint quirk the Demon bros have. As for EP9, ill have to script that one out myself lol. I'll get onto it as soon as my will to commit stabs me in the face. Till then have a dancing Kermit the frog.

Now if you'll excuse me, am about to Kermit a felony :D

(For legal reasons thats a joke)

Psst @writingamongther0ses its done