#Struggling Dad Monkey King

[lopsushi]

Wukong bought a toy for Yan Hao but they both got distracted 😭

Parenting skills A+

[wolfsonic]

I wanted to draw little Yan Hao with Chao-Xing, who is @lopsushi shadowpeach baby in their tired WuKong au (which Chao-Xing was also raised by WuKong alone so that's something they have in common XD)

Yan Hao wanted a piggyback ride, and Chao-Xing was happy to oblige!

[withered-owll]

An art collab with @lopsushi !

Yan Hao and Li Ling fell asleep together on the couch after one of their ‘silly little banters’ and their parents are dying from the cuteness overload 😭💕💕

Thank you again for the collab! It was so fun to draw them! 😭

Really hoping we can do more collabs in the future!!

[obstinaterixatrix]

what’s the structure… 我的心里面又怕又脆弱，像一只兔子. my delicate rabbit heart full of fear. 是爸爸给我

[lululocomo]

Does mk ever get so upset he loses control of his powers, we all know mk is a sweetheart but I mean, a new body plus all those harsh teenage emotions can not be a great combination for a newly reformed monkey kid who as we all know has a lot of past trauma and has just lost a good chunck of his support system. So if he had a problem that his dad and Baba just kept unintentionally or intentionally bringing up would it cause a mayhem level monkie kid tantrum or breakdown?

Also how would our two resident monkie dads calm him down,espically if the problem was related to mks previous cycle and is a issue he hasn't shared with them yet?

yep! controlling his energy will be challenging in the beginning.

MK was used to having only Monkey king power, but now he have both his and macaque power, making it very unstable. He manage to control it most of time, just struggling to control the output when he want to use them.

But sometime, when his emotions overwhelmed him, his powers will take control ,a bit like Mei with the Samadhi fire. (or like aang from atla when he get enraged )

when MK is like this, he's in full panic, not able to control his powers

Wukong or/and Macaque need to ground him and reassure him, since it's kinda like a panic attack but a bit more destructive-

This only happen when his grief of missing his family from the previous cycle is too much.

MK is the kind of person to bottle up his emotion until it explode, and in the literal way in this case.

But this will mostly happen the first few years, the time for him to get used to how things are now.

So huh yeah not so fun time for all of them 😔

[deadsetobsessions]

Cassandra Cain wandered. It has always been so, it will always be so. The moment she clutched the bloody remains of her own freedom in her hands, Cassandra flew and flitted between the cracks of the places she finds.

The only thing that ever made her stay was her dad and their family. The only place she ever settled in for more than a scant number of months was Gotham.

But they’re in a place- a universe- Cassandra could never return to, could not follow, because they had forbidden her to do so. Tim’s grip on her arm, two textures of bloodied skin and torn gloves, told her everything he wanted to say. Her little brother all but shoved her through the crack between planes and universes, and begged her to live with fearful eyes and the grim set of his shoulders.

She has never been good at denying Tim.

The first few weeks were… difficult. She ran- liberated a boat, from men with sabres and cruel hands- and learned to feel the desperate pull of freedom on her hands amongst the waves. She was lost, adrift, silent in her grief. She could be free. She has never been freer. But Cass had never wanted to be free from those she claimed as her own.

Cassandra was built and trained to survive. To walk into a fight and come out the victor, no matter the cost. So she adapts and overcomes and tries not to wallow in her grief.

This new world was different. Brighter, in many ways, than her home dimension. Not that it was hard, considering her home was a wasteland by now, with the moving corpses of what once was her family. The former vigilante knew better than to take it at face value. The brightest places tend to have the darkest shadows. And so, she travels, looking for a purpose. Looking for Hong Kong, because she’s well aware she’ll never find a Gotham again. She braves the sea, travels in between groups of pirates and struggles to understand the slips of sounds that did not make sense to her. It was like before Bruce found her all over again and Cassandra tried a little to learn like how he would have wanted her to. But it is hard, and spoken language was never important to her, never necessary. It was relevant only because her loved ones deemed it important.

Then, she finds a boy on an island, whose words were simple and who was always warm-welcoming-happy-free.

Predictably, Cassandra learns the word “meat” right after learning his name. He was like… the sun. Bright, bold, and unfettered in his will. More stubborn than her brothers and sisters, a feat Cass had not thought possible outside of Gotham, and more than Bruce, only because he could not be swayed by logic. He was Monkey D. Luffy and he wanted to be freer than anyone else.

“Join my crew!”

Cass could not kill. She could not be a pirate.

“Shishishi!” He throws his head back when he laughs, and Cass can tell that he means it. That he thinks her silly for-

“Then my first mate won’t need to kill! We’ll be strong enough to leave people alive! That’s your dream, right?”

Cassandra is breathless. She is still. And- maybe Luffy doesn’t have the training she does, but he understood. She could read it in the lines of his shoulders, the way his rubber limbs don’t snap. She couldn’t believe that she would find anyone that would understand her will to never kill, not after dad, who had wrapped her in shadows that whispered safety and understanding-

“You wanna be free and you want to help without killing! I’m gonna be the Pirate King, and the Pirate King’s crew’s gotta be the free-est! And we can help people if they pay us in meat!”

- but Luffy was a supernova and Cassandra believes.

“Okay.”

“YES!” Luffy roars with happiness, grin wide as the glow in her heart. “I GOT A FIRST MATE!”

——

Cass contorts herself into the barrel- not a difficult feat, since she was already small to begin with- and sighs. She pokes Luffy’s forehead before lightly tugging on his cheek, stretching the skin a bit, in a small scolding.

“Awe, nap time!”

Cass sighs, too familiar with the antics of a chaotic younger brother.

[itsabouttimex2]

Hi, I was wondering if you could do platonic yandere monkiefam and bull demonfam with a younger sibling/child that is blind but can sense vibrations, like toph from Atla

Monkiefam with a blind Y/N

Out of all three of them, MK struggles the most with your blindness. He means well, he really does! You didn’t grow up with the ability to sense vibrations and interpret them- you had to learn. And sometimes he thinks back to the days before you did, comforting you in his arms after a nasty spill brought on by a rearranged environment. He thinks back to getting into fistfights with bullies and pranksters, how he would see red each time someone would snatch things away from you or knock you over- and he remembers the feeling of teaching them to keep their hands off of you.

“I’m not trying to baby you,” MK loudly insists as you struggle in his grip. “But you need to take this with you if you’re going so far out!”

The two of you continue to struggle against one another as your older brother tries in vain to pin a tracking device to your backpack, notably holding back so he doesn’t hurt you. “C’mon, please?! Just let me put it on already!” MK lessens the force he’s exerting on you, deciding to try and barter instead. “You don’t even have to keep it on! Just for today, Y/N!”

Predictably, his attempts at diplomacy fail and you’re left to wrestle even more fervently in his grip, trying your absolute hardest to writhe free.

And then something slips under your shirt- a fluffy, prehensile tail that writhes against your ribs and leaves you in a giggling fit, MK free to stuff the tracker somewhere deep inside your bag. “Monkey King! Knock it off,” you wail out, fighting against his playful assault. “Stop!”

“Nope! Hate to be a joykill, bud- but I agree with MK. You’re taking the tracker if you wanna head out to that new cafe. Honestly, I don’t see why you wanna go at all when I could just whip something up with my-“

“I am not eating hair! Now get your tail off me!”

It’s incredibly frustrating, the way they treat you. It’s not quite to the point that you’d say they’re infantilizing you with their actions, but it can come very close.

MK’s babying is mostly tolerable, given that it comes from a lifetime of watching over you before you learned to sense vibrations and find your way around. He was there for you at your absolute lowest, and he’s not gonna forget all the people that messed with you because you looked like an easy target. Still, as you grow older his actions feel less ‘protective’ and more ‘stifling’.

Sun Wukong is far, far more irritating. You’re just too easy to scoop up! He can sneak up behind you on his cloud and sweep you into his arms and keep you there for hours on end as you struggle and kick, futilely trying to escape his furry grip. No vibrations can travel through the misty mounds of his nimbus mount, leaving you well and truly helpless in his arms.

The Great Sage’s intention isn’t to make you feel weak or vulnerable, but he certainly won’t raise a fuss as you squirm into his lap so you can at least feel the vibrations that race through his body with each breath he takes- it’s something, at least. Wukong twists around a little to accommodate your body, letting your head rest again this chest, listening to his thrumming heartbeat. The outline of his body flashes in your eyes, something to ground and settle you.

“Dad’s gotcha, bud/hun… I’ve gotcha…”

As for your other ‘dad’, Macaque mostly watches you from afar when you’re with Wukong and MK. He prefers to step in when he has the chance to have you all to himself, springing umbral portals underneath your feet, the shadowy pit dropping you from the ceiling and into his arms with a smug: “Hey kiddo-going somewhere?”

And before you can yell at him for springing this nonsense with you again, you pause, because… hey, why not use a chance when you’ve got it?

“Dad,” you start, forcing the awkward word off your tongue. Already, the sable simian perks up, his ego stroked at your acknowledgement of the role he wishes to take. “I’m heading to a café. You want me to bring you something back?”

Macaque traces a clawed finger across the bottom of your face, curving up in a semi-circle motion: cheek to chin to cheek. His way of telling you: ‘I’m smiling’. Softly, his palm comes to cup your cheek.

“I’ll take you there myself, kiddo.”

It’s not that he’s a better person than MK or Sun Wukong. In fact, he’s a lot worse. He was a vindictive, egotistical villain not too long ago. You think of the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, smashed to pieces, it’s residents displaced and it’s people injured. Men. Women. Children. Each of them, innocent. Mere collateral damage to the simian.

He’s displayed no remorse or regret for his actions. The only thing he’s felt shame for is his long-ago submissiveness to his sworn brothers.

He’s not a good person. Not in the slightest.

But he’ll try to be one. If only for your sake.

Bullfam with a blind Y/N

It’s easy to feel out of place here. Your parents and brother are demon warriors, powerful celestials, prideful members of their esteemed and feared clan. Your vibration technique is nothing short of impressive, if not outright groundbreaking, but it hardly holds to the level your kin can reach.

It doesn’t help that you are rarely given the opportunity to prove your worth, no matter how you strive and fight for those precious chances.

Instead, you’re often relegated to support and menial chores, your family finding worth in your services by putting you to task with (safe) time-consuming labor. And you… kind of enjoy it? Because instead of “Don’t touch the laundry machine, you don’t know what you’re doing”, it’s “Y/N, clear the table and bring us the grimoire we unearthed last month,” Princess Iron Fan says, brushing some hair behind your ears and clipping it into place.

You shouldn’t be so happy about such a mild thing, shouldn’t be happy to be commanded and directed. But it’s proof that they don’t see you as entirely helpless, and allow you to contribute in some way, even if it’s small.

There’s a degree of normalcy in it, something you crave. To be treated like a regular member of the family, responsibilities and all.

Unlike the Monkiefam, Y/N doesn’t have much freedom before they learn their vibration technique. The Bullfam keeps you on a much shorter leash, often locking you in your room during fights or training, refusing to let you potentially wander into harm’s way. MK would carry you across the street to keep you safe while still giving you a chance to explore the city with him, Red Son would lock you in your room and serve you exclusively blended meals to keep you from making a mess and spilling things on yourself.

Secretly, he misses making those drinks for you. It was a very strange and unwanted; if surprisingly heartfelt, way of caring for you.

After all, they got used to the ways they took care of you. Learning to utilize the vibration technique teaches you how to be independent, but also shakes up the dynamics you have with your family. No more being gently bundled around the fortress on the Demon Bull King’s hands, for example. He used to scoop you into his palms and let you sit there, safely nestled into plush purple fur. His steps grow more cautious now that you absolutely insist on walking on your own (and your father does want to make you happy, so he begrudgingly allows you to wander the walls alone) the taurine warlord doing his best to keep from crushing you underfoot.

Not that they’re suddenly going to stop being obsessed with your safety and welfare. You are still under strict orders and schedules, and they don’t go easy on you for breaking them.

And if you ever do step out of line?

Red Son has an incredibly devious method of punishment for you- snow boots.

Sounds like a joke, right? It sounds funny, almost. Your parents don’t seem to mind all too much, and Red certainly derives are least a little bit of amusement from the scenario.

It’s not funny to you, though.

The matter of getting punished for exerting basic control over your life aside- they’re taking away your crutch. Without a thought of how helpless and vulnerable you feel as result, how terrified you are to be plunged into darkness again, how bad it hurts to remember the days you spent crying as child, scared and alone when you got lost, no way to find the path home.

He’ll feel bad for doing this to you, eventually. He always does, no matter how many times he swears that this will be the time he’ll “Make you wear them for a full hour, and it will be raised to two if you complain, Y/N!”

You’re wrapped in a blanket and drinking tea with him by the time a half-hour has passed.

He loves you, after all. Even if he thinks of you as a blithering little idiot sometimes- you’re still his cherished little sibling.

[trash-raccoon-boy]

Ref sheets for Co-parent au (with some lore)

First our little baby, with his blank stare. He is 3 and is still rather mute besides the few words he knows+chirping.

(Bros like max from Max and Ruby, like he'll just say 1 word on repeat like a broken record sometimes)

Friends with Mei(she's like 4-5), can't hold a human form for long. Normally just in his monkey form, or in a simple disguise.

Loves art and his monkey plush(I did not have room to draw them)

Was woken up to early, by a unknown person.

The Monkey King himself.

So from years of self isolation and not interacting with the outside world besides some promotional stuff (movies, toys ect.), he's gain Hugh social anxiety, this is like stage fright but 10x.

He doesn't go outside, so is a stay at home dad for Mk. He does have a therapist that he does online therapy with to help with it(sometimes they do in person)

She's married to Macaque but not officially, you see they've courted(macaque courted) but by human/modern standers they're not married.

Despite going by baba, he is more of the classic mom. Basically overly worrying about Mk and stuff.(Especially when he was in the rock egg)

Her and macaque have matching earrings.

Him and Macaque used human disguises when Pigsy and Tang first moved in.

The monkey who is one of the breadwinners in this chaotic family.

He was the first to suggest moving to make sure heaven couldn't track them. He bought a house near the city but just slightly on the outskirts (like Meis home kinda, at least with location.) There's still neighbors nearby, just not directly crammed near them.

The reason for this particular location is that it stills let them be within nature, and have their power be disguised with the many beings in Megaopolis. (They take the bus to the city or just walk)

Was revived by the lady bone demon after a few years(centures)after the journey, he planned to kill Wukong or at least confront him. But ended up staying on flower fruit mountain and soon courting him.

Was the first to find Mk's egg after some of the monkeys dragged him over.

They feel immense guilt of Mk hatching centuries too early; he had heard someone on Flower fruit mountain but arrived to late to stop them.

That plus hearing some stuff from the celestial realm, convinced him to leave before the celestial realm could take Mk.

Does theatre (bro's a theater kid), and will preform little shadow plays in the library.

The 2nd bread winner in this family

Knew Tang for a few years before meeting the monkeys(Tang introduced him)

He was struggling living on a strict budget in his noodle shop, before moving in. But was extremely hesitant to accept the offer, his pride had him refusing until he had no choice.

Was meant to be a 1 time thing, it was not.

Despite the two monkeys wearing disguises (Mk didn't have one), he found out who they were easily. It wasn't hard since all he had to do was look at Mk's little dolls and some of those terrible monkey cop shows to realize who they are. (Not to mention they had terrible fake names)

Is married/engaged to Tang(they get married when Mk is 5)

He gets to his business at around 7 to get everything situated and ready to prepare. People come in to order, cause he does not have any workers but himself to deliver fast enough. (Macaque helps sometimes)

He takes the bus, but most the time prefers the tuk tuk or walking as a way to travel. Needs a white noise machine just to feel like he's in the city. (You can hear the city but barely)

And now we got the last man

Is no contact with his family

Goes to college(for what? Idk), studies ancient civilization and the gods. Does a lot of research.

Works at the library part time, met Pigsy when he first moved to Megalopolis.

Met Macaque first and introduced him to Pigsy, was the one to suggest living with the monkeys.

Fell in love with Mk the moment he saw the little baby, would tell him stories about Monkey King and stuff. (Very embarrassed that the actual monkey king heard him tell/inact this stories)

Gets mistaken as Mk's bio dad a lot, it's flattering but it always leaves him a bit flustered.

Both him and Pigsy have legal guardian ship over Mk. This was suggested by Macaque, who thought it would be beneficial. They are in the kids life 24/7, and if there's ever a situation where He and Wukong won't be there he wants Mk to be in good hands.

Was weird around Wukong after finding out who he was. Acted like a nervous little fan boy around him, but now they're chill. Will openly criticize Monkey king with Macaque about a certain story. (Will sometimes still get Excitedable about certain things.)

[lilith-little-world]

The Results are in...

The final results of the Wukong design survey are here!

It was a close fight but we have...

- For height, at 53.85%, tall king!

- For body, it was a tie! With 34.62% for lean and a doughy/dad body. To balance it out, Monkey will be lean with a flabby/pudgy stomach.

- For eyes, at 65.38%, it was red and yellow!

- If it glowed, with an astonishing 88.46% said yes.

- With eyeliner, another 88.46% said yes.

-However, Only the Top and Both tied with 34.62%. Making Teal with 30.77% for the top and Yellow with 15.38% for the bottom (won by a coin flip). Since Top and Both are tied, it will make the yellow eyeliner show up when using gold vision but disappear when he isn't using it.

- Mouth color at 53.85%, was regular. With NOT making it as a mood ring of sorts.

- This was close but winning by one vote, a few characteristics will be shown.

- With 57.69% he does have black nails and at 70.08% rough hands.

- Nearly all you guys, 92.31 said, he will always look presentable.

- 76.92% also said he was fashionable.

The headcanons and other bits are for now a secret until it's written into the story. Hopefully, you guys see your ideas in future chapters!

Ignore the rushed background, it has been a struggle to finish this. College been keeping me busy and stressed.

Don't worry, the reader approves, just a little shy to say it out loud.

Also since the spooky month is coming, I want to do an animatic for an original story I have planned for a few years now. It will be on a different account, but I was wondering if you guys be interested in seeing it when done if I do it.

[alliovera]

Hellloo!! May I request a (platonic obvi) wukong x child monkey reader? Maybe she gets found hurt and wukong gets attached taking care of him,like he gets a kid! Cuz wukong as a dad would be silly!!:3 (I'll send a romantic ask after this,wukong is so cute)

THANK U SM FOR REQUESTING! I really hope you like this and sorry it took some time </3

gn!child reader

(Slight crack)

He knew he probably shouldn’t have promised to take care of you, but he couldn’t resist- you were just so cute! Despite everyone telling him it was a bad idea, he stuck to his role as your new ‘dad’.

And he never regretted it … until your first tantrum.

The lady bone demon caused a lot of destruction in her pursuit, and your family just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. All things worked out eventually as you ended up being saved by the Monkey King and gang.

At first, you were wary of him. A random, loud Monkey trying to claim being your father? Weird! But over time he earned your trust by actually (surprisingly) not sucking at parenting.

……

You cried and kicked as Monkey king struggled to figure out what to do. You had never acted this way before! It was all his fault though. You wanted to go into Megapolis and play at a park, but he just wasn’t in the mood to fly alllll the way over there!

Honestly, he would’ve just gotten up and taken you if he knew it would end like this. He’s so stressed as never having been on the receiving end of a melt down (usually its him throwing the fit).

In desperation he dialed Mk’s number, letting it ring for a few seconds before his friend picked up, “Hey Monk-“

“-Kid! You gotta help me! They wont stop crying and screaming and.. and they won’t listen to me!” Wukong rushed out. Your screams in the background told MK all he needed to know.

He laughed, “What did you do?”

“Nothing! Why is it always something I did?!” He sighed and caved - explaining his laziness.

“If you don’t wanna take them, offer them something as compensation. Like a snack or something… i dunno?”

Wukong ducked as a doll wizzed by his head. “I tried that already! Didn’t work obviou- OW!” He shouted as a small monkey figurine hit target.

That was it! He quickly finished up his conversation with Mk and ended the call, going over to try and sooth you for the tenth time.By then your tears had dried and your sadness became little baby anger. You gave Wukong the meanest glare you could muster (it did nothing as it was too cute to be scary).

The two of you stood in an imaginary duel, no one wanting to make the first move. After a bit, Wukong surrendered and slowly approached you. He crouched down to where you were sitting on the floor, “Look, i’m really sorry but we can’t go..” He panicked when your face scrunched up again and tears started to form, “Butbutbut! We could always call up uncle Macaque and have him take you!”

That finally put you in a better mood as you jumped up and raced around to try and get ready. Wukong smiled slyly and patted himself on the back for another successful day of parenting. (You were happy and he got to inconvenience Macaque. A win win)

[Feedback and critique is appreciated!] :D

[lopsushi]

Mk just wants peace with Yan Hao while Wukong is just happy to see this scene.

Yan Hao on the other hand, isn’t happy. 🤭

[centuryberry]

very very curious as to how A. Xiaotian is different in this AU B. Where his courtship struggles come from C. Where in the world is he this whole time??? His egg gets snatched but by whom???

Just to put it out there, this applies to both the Flourish AU and the Unpaid Babysitting AU.

A. So, unlike QotM!Xiaotian, this Xiaotian has no memories of a prior life. This Xiaotian wasn't raised by Pigsy and Tang either. He's not the sweet, earnest, Monkey King fan (*gasp* I know, right?) we know and love. Instead, he's chaos incarnate. He's a bit feral. He's an eldritch being who's driven with the sole purpose of ending the world.

...He also knows nothing about the world he's set to destroy. He's only known the evils and sins of the worst of the worst.

When Xiaotian (known only as the "Harbinger of Chaos" at this point) breaks into Heaven and attacks Emperor Wukong, he actually nearly wins. He knocks the older monkey off his feet and is ready to deliver the fatal blow that would make Wukong lose his grip on the universe, only to be stopped by a barrage of spells that knock him back.

Enter: Yue, (grand)daughter of the Emperor of Heaven and the world's best sealmaster. She poses as a worthy opponent.

Yue is also a very, very pretty girl. A very pretty girl who, after seeing his face, blurts out that he's gorgeous. That never happened before. So, in a moment of distraction, Xiaotian falls onto his face.

B. Xiaotian's courtship struggles mostly come from his inexperience. He's never socialized with living beings aside from his "guardian" before. He doesn't know why he feels so strange and gooey and funny whenever he looks at Yue and hears her compliments.

When he does learn what these feelings mean, Xiaotian then faces the trouble of successfully reciprocating. He fumbles and stumbles a lot in his attempts. Yue is charmed, but the people around her are far more critical. The court doesn't want a troublemaker near the future Empress.

Wukong and Macaque are surprisingly the most accepting of Xiaotian as a suitor for Yue. They still put up an act, but they're easier on him and give him a few pointers.

Honestly, Yue is the one taking the lead in this entire courtship. She's the one who decided to oversee Xiaotian's rehabilitation process and shamelessly uses that as an excuse to spend time with him.

C. Where in the world was he?! Well, to make matters simple, he was in Diyu. Out of desperation to kickstart the end of the world, Xiang Liu took the stone egg and hatched it pretty early. He kind of raised Xiaotian as a single dad who works two jobs (as the King of Diyu and as the Agent of Chaos) and left most of the parenting to the cursed scrolls to give Xiaotian some form of education. The exposure stained his fur black and what he saw made him a bit sarcastic and jaded.

But after meeting Yue, the world doesn't seem too bad. Xiaotian was given a name and the opportunity to learn about the world he was raised to hate and destroy. He finds that he likes noodles and boba and playing in the arcade during his visits to the Mortal cities. He's encountered kind and generous souls. Brave souls. Good souls.

Xiaotian also learns more about himself. He starts to like existing. He starts to like living.

Maybe this world doesn't have to end? Not now, at least.

[imminent-danger-came]

Pigsy + Heart & Family

Pigsy: "Those punks with their flash-frozen microwave junk! Convenience can never replace a traditional, home cooked family recipe!" [...]

Pigsy: "Ah, you two don't get it! I've poured my heart into this place! From the pots, to the utensils! Even my grandmother's antique windows!"

(2x04 Sweet N' Sour)

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Pigsy: "I was gonna put it back! I- I just, you know, you're such an inspiration, and, and when I saw your book, I guess, well you know I guess, I just wanted to leave you with a parting gift. In exchange for the ring!" [. . .]

Chang'e: "Tonight, we have a very special guest, who is sharing with us a noodle recipe that is very close to his heart."

(3x07 Cooking with Chang'e)

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Pigsy: "Oh Tang! I'm so sorry I was about to cook you! Badly, oh so badly."

(4x04 Pig Napped!)

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Pigsy: "Ohoho no no no no no, don't go comparing me to that demon. My names just plain ol' Pigsy." [...]

Mei: "I thought Monkey King was your dad!" MK: "He's not my dad! Pigsy's my dad!" Pigsy: "Uh, kid? I'm not exactly your uh..."

(4x05 The Yellow Robbed Demon)

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Pigsy: "No. No! Just cause we look a certain way, cause our monster ancestors were—well, monsters—none of that matters! I won't let his legacy define mine, and neither should you!"

(4x06 Show Me the Monster)

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Pigsy: "Doesn't that moron know that we're his family?"

(4x08 The Brotherhood)

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Pigsy: "Look, if you're here to teach me some magic tricks or whatever, you can just forget about it alright." Subodhi: "Zhu Bajie was a stubborn one too!" Pigsy: "Oh! So you think we're the same just cause we're pigs huh, bet you think I'm just a disgusting little monster too."

Subodhi: "Zhu Bajie had his vices, however, like all the companions, he grew up. He struggled the most, but he worked hard! Not unlike yourself. Although he didn't start out this way, in time, he became a deeply caring and protective creature, and a powerful ally—one of the best in fact. The heart you have in abundance, the power, why you've barely scratched the surface of your potential! And that's saying something."

(4x09 Roast of the Monkie Kids)

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Pigsy: "We missed ya, son."

(4x10 The Jade Emperor)

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[starsfic]

might i req a prompt if you’re still doing them?

it’d be an au of sorts where spider queen decides that the risk of wukong escaping her draining webs was significantly higher if he was conscious. so she bites him and injects him full of a powerful sedative venom. wukong, being in quite a bit of pain but couldn’t help drifting away from consciousness. he’s not asleep, but he’s not awake, his eyes stare at nothing and he’s eerily quiet. after dbk starts struggling after seeing this, he’s met with the same fate.

with wukong not being awake, nobody escapes containment and spider queen manages to capture red son and mk who get front row seats witness their teacher/dads completely subdued for the first time.

"OW!"

Sun Wukong felt his eyes go wide. Next to him, he heard DBK snort in panic as Spider Queen pulled away from his throat. Her teeth were bloody, but she was grinning. "What- What the fuck?!" Had she managed to tear a piece of his flesh out?! "Are you trying to eat me?! Stone doesn't taste very good, you know!"

"No, no, don't worry. I don't intend that fate for you, pretty boy." Her hand slid gently over his face before knotting in his hair and yanking his head back. "But I'm not an idiot." He wanted to spit that she could've fooled him, but his tongue was heavy in his mouth. "You'll do anything to escape and save your precious little prince," The title was spat out. "So I just gave you a bit of a sedative." Her hand released and Wukong felt himself slump over.

Move. Come on, move! Qi Xiaotian needs you!

But he couldn't.

He couldn't move.

Faintly, he heard DBK snarl "Wukong?! WUKONG, ANSWER!" He might've said something, but a cry of pain interrupted his words.

The last he heard was Spider Queen laughing.

-_-

"LET ME GO!"

"WHERE'S MONKEY KING?!"

"AHHHHHHHH!"

The yells and screams echoed off the walls of the mech. Spider Queen could barely bit back a chuckle at a loud yelp that definitely came from Huntsman. "So, the boy's here, and so is the Trigram Furnace," she said to the little lady. "What else do you need?"

The little lady hummed. "First, we need to make sure the boy does not escape." She turned her eyes to the little display that had been constructed over the hours since the prisoners had been taken. "This will do a wonderful job."

"And the prince? And the girl?"

The little lady hummed. "They may be useful in the course of destiny. But, of course, the Monkey King's successor matters most."

The doors opened, revealing the trio of powerful kids.

Goliath held the struggling girl over his head. His hands and face were littered with savage-looking bites. Syntax was barely hanging on to the Demon Bull Prince, looking as if he had walked through fire. Huntsman looked the most put together, with only a black eye. The Monkey King's successor looked wild though, as if he was about to follow the girl's lead and start biting.

His eyes met hers and then slid up. The screams and thrashes went silent.

"There you are, kids!" Spider Queen spread her arms, accenting the dead-looking Monkey King and Demon Bull King. "You nearly missed the party!"

[fluffypotatey]

"I collar the beast." "Wukong's fangs have been pulled." I can't believe y'all fr. "I get all the punishment and you get to mope." He was moping because he cares and feels guilty, speaking of, THE BINDING SCENE IS SO MUCH MORE INTENSE HERE WUKONG'S SCREAM THE PANICKED STUMBLING ohoho yes. MK: "It's tense in here." Wukong, two seconds ago: yOU tHINK I wANtED tO bE trAPPED dOWN hErE wiTH yOU. Wukong's tail: *cute pokey pokey* "You got demoted!" Ha, also "Nezhy" Oh my gosh, I don't think I caught this last time but Wukong subtly looks over to Macaque who just nods at him ajksms they were feuding and glooming a second ago but now its all silent communication and understanding in a glance. I'm throwing them off a roof. I'm struggling to hear what Macky says here, but I'm going to subscribe to the subtitles with "he likes acting." It's funnier. Also MK's "best attorney monkeys can buy" gotta love thinking about monkeys needing attorneys and also having money and buying things lol. "A pain crab on Monkey King's head." 😭 "Why is it always like this when you come here." actually love this one more because he's so grumpy and I feel like it has a different, funnier implication than the subtitles. he isn't causing chaos AFTER coming here, it just IS. what does that say about the vibes you bring /j. crying at Macky's face at all times, he is the picture definition of a grumpy cat, and then when getting pushed and the absolutely DONE yell of "Wukoooong!" I can watch a whole netflix series of Macky being fed up with Wukong's antics but getting dragged into them. tricky plan demon huh, that's a quick way to silence them after just talking about someone pulling the strings, especially on you MK. also Macky is SO little creachure with his face hidden like a hermit in that cape. "I don't trust anyone who isn't standing here. Right. Now." SAME MACONDO what a shocking statement from your old buddy. more at 11 only on ShadowPeachNews. The writers KNEW what they were doing. Also AHHHHH *looks at you with my big brown eyes* Fluffy I SWEAR I told myself I wouldn't talk about this again until you were able to answer the asks on my last yapping about this, BUT THEY MADE IT SO MUCH WORSE. Firstly, Macky's *voice* for that line delivery is the most solemn dramatic thing I have seen. He lives and breathes the cinema. AND MK I'm really tossing him over a cliff because he just HAD TO GO "He'd get away, right? He always gets away...right?" UGH TFW YOU'RE SO KNOWN FOR BEING THAT GUY WHO FLEES FROM BATTLE that it's brought up this time not for the *dude really???* but as a plea, an attempt at faith, haha he's always doing that...he did it again right? NO BECAUSE THIS TIME HE STUCK AROUND TO FIGHT. and Wukong's constipated expression there bc ohoho some monkey is for sure thinking about the past.

i am, for one, with you on throwing shadowpeach off a cliff bc they make me so unwell in this episode 🫠

for another:

LI JING WHEN I GET YOU!!!!! HOW DARE YOU CALL WUKONG A BEAT AND PULL HIS FANGS!!!!

also i can’t help but think about why Nezha was even there in the first place. because the one the kings summoned was his dad. Nezha wasn’t supposed to be there and yet he comes along 👀 why? my thought is: to plead the monkeys’ case. he immediately tries to defend them to his father and it seems like it’s been an ongoing argument

like sure he rags on Wukong and hems & hahs at him because like have you met Wukong that cheeky lil shit??? his gremlin energy just shoots to 150% whenever Nezha is near. he can’t help it. it’s his DO NOT PUSH red button that he will absolutely push

and Macky’s “why is it always like this when you’re here” to Wukong has such a divorced energy i love it 😍 he knows Wukong so well and is just resigned to it. every time Macky has had to interact with Heaven, Wukong is always there making a scene (he’s not exempt to helping swk but his point still stands lmao)

Wukong’s pout, my beloved

when your ex says the reason he’s mopey isn’t because you got hurt but because he is in jail with you for something you’ve been blamed for. echoing his “NOT THE GREAT SAGE! HE’S GOTTA DRAG EVERYONE INTO HIS MESS!” comment from the memory scroll 👀

what who said that lol that was weird

god they’re so— squishes them and squishes them and squishes them and squishes them and squishes them and squishes them and squishes them and

[digitaldoeslmk]

I find it interesting that MK basically has to learn the opposite lesson his mentor did when it comes to violence. from what I understand swk slowly learned that not all conflicts had to be solved with bloodshed. and MK has to find peace with the fact that not all conflicts can be solved peacefully. People minds can't always be changed, not every villain is broken/misunderstood/misguided, and sometimes people are just pure evil. its no wonder his mental health is unstable, and i'm sure swk isn't thrilled seeing this sweet kid have to struggle so much with it.

yes!!!! yes you got it!!!!! :D

on a deep level too, JTTW has a running theme that the more violent one's response to a crime, the more violent is the reprisal for that response if it fails. the whole arc of the Havoc in Heaven is about a monkey and yaoguai warlord being thrown into an environment he wasn't equipped or prepared to handle the expectations of, and that punishing him instead of properly preparing him for his role has consequences. also you can interpret it in a symbolic way: as Wukong is the Mind Monkey, the restless and unrestrained human mind, you can't punish yourself into becoming better, you must stop, learn, and understand your situation before moving forward. otherwise what you get is just, a mess spiritually and mentally.

meanwhile, MK was brought up in a very loving and understanding environment. yes, the show portrays his friends and family (Pigsy and Tang are his dads, you cannot change my mind) as far from perfect, but they are altogether a circle that loves and supports each other even through their mistakes, and it's their flaws that makes them stronger. however, in esoteric Buddhism there's the concept of a ruthless compassion, in that sometimes you need a heavy hand to stir people towards the right path; in this article my friend JTTWR shares how even Wukong's golden fillet is a display of that concept.

and yes, an understanding and kind approach can take you very far; in my au, MK manages to befriend and help turn around most of the enemies he encounters, not unlike the show! but sometimes, that's not enough, and sometimes, it only makes things worse and drags you down with them. sometimes, violence is a valid and even necessary answer for the good of the majority.

as for Wukong... as a bodhisattva, he knows that suffering is necessary for learning and that he can't shield MK from everything. one must face adversity to learn to overcome it. but as a grandpa himself, he's not keen on the suffering of beings, much less those close to him. he can offer an ear to MK's vents, a shoulder to cry on, a hug, a joke, a few matches of games to take his mind off things. MK needs to learn these harsh lessons, but Wukong's not letting him do it by himself.