#Tripsun

[margueritedaisies]

The boys are baaack~🤭 They're still beautiful as the last time I drew them🥹💓

Screencap redraw , love me some Tripitaka with attitude

[thyenemybeloved]

Sweet as peaches

Just a lil update 👀 Still a work in progress but I like how it's turning out so far! Now you can finally see what my Trip looks like :D

[dijaja]

🥺 suntang...

[starsfic]

Sanzang: Look at me straight in the eyes and tell me the truth! Wukong: You can’t expect me to look into your eyes and be straight.

Sanzang, face exploding in red: "Please shut your mouth."

Wukong, beaming: "No~!"

Zhu Bajie, still stuck in the tree Wukong slammed him into: "cAN WE PLEASE FOCUS?!"

[monkey-and-monk]

Hello! I've opened my discord server that's all about SunTang, in the hopes that it could serve as a safe and chill gathering spot for other fans of this duo.

If you like these two characters, then you're more than welcome to come hang out with other like-minded fans! Invite your friends!

[trappedinaday]

Brought to you by; an old ass suntang one-shot that lives rent free in my head

Can i ever escape these two, its a wonder i still have hands!

He can dish it out but he just can’t take it!

[littel-spaghet]

going back to my roots with this warm up that went out of hand

[whaturlisntspokenforthenhuh]

maybe there will be spicy context in the reblogs

[unseelie-robynx]

'Personal Disciple' AU idea

So this is going under a read more because it's long but it's sort of a cracky highjinksy TripSun AU where TLDR: Sanzang grows up thinking that a 'personal disciple' is someone you have what is basically a romantic relationship in all but name He's a sheltered monk baby, I explain in full below and once he picks up SWK he figures that he now has a personal disciple and had better act accordingly.

ok, so I've been listening to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and now the Water Margin (Classical Chinese epics) and there's this kinda longstanding thing where people make jokes about monks being ah... promiscuous let's say. And then the Water Margin (which deals with more 'common' people than the nobility army politics of Three Kingdoms) has some literary examples, and I got hit with the idea that, once upon a time, a tiny baby monk heard... 'sounds' from another monks room and burst in, thinking they were in trouble or something, only to have an extremely impromptu lesson on... ah... PERSONAL DISCIPLES!!! That's it. And how certain... actions such as kissing, and bare skin contact served to 'strengthen bonds' and 'share spiritual energy' and... stuff. And that it was all TOTALLY normal and most definitely not something the tiny baby (think like, 5 or 6) monk should go tell the abbot about. Please.

And THEN we have a fast forward where said tiny baby monk, seeing as he loves to learn, finds this other monk the next day to ask more about how a relationship with a 'personal disciple' works, because he couldn't find any information on it at the library and wants to be prepared for when he's old enough to have a personal disciple, and the poor older monk is sort of stuck now, because he will be in trouble if he gets called out about this and so he has to actually BS a whole thing about this.

And that possible it's not an isolated incident, and baby (and then slowly less baby) monk accidentally walks in on other moments with 'personal disciples' but 'recognizes' them as such and says so when apologizing, so those monks have a built-in 'alibi' to try and use when tiny Sanzang inevitably shows up looking for more information.

And in this way Sanzang slowly grows this sort of 'understanding' of how to have a good functioning romantic relationship, but also totally not understanding that that's what it is (which, ngl, most of his 'instructors' had kiiiiinda been banking on him hitting puberty and like 'getting' it but nope, the ultimate monk to ever monk was asexual, go figure) because it never occurred to him that a monk might not want to be following their vows to the letter and would do something 'amiss'.

fast forward again, but this time AAAALL the way to a certain monk freeing a certain monkey from a certain mountain. whereupon said monkey tech. becomes his disciple. and this is like different from when Sanzang was just teaching and mentoring other monks, and the one thing Sanzang never really got answers on was how one gets a 'personal disciple' but he's pretty sure that this situation, you know, qualifies.

so one of the first things that Sanzang does, (after freaking out about the tiger that just got turned into a meat patty and then skinned), is to insist that he and SWK find a river, where he then proceeds to just... casually strip down and pull SWK into the water so he can begin working out all of the dirt and grime and blood, but he's trying really hard not to think about that from SWK's fur.

Because for Sanzang that seems like the correct thing to DO with his new personal disciple. Washing one another was one of the things that you just did with teacher and personal discipline, and the act of caring for one another was a way to strengthen connections so that ‘spiritual energy transfers’ went smoother. and, maybe also because SWK really was something of a mess after being under the mountain for so long, and if they were going to be sharing a tent and engaging in all of those bonding and teaching activities, then SWK would really rather his disciple be clean But for SWK, this is like, he’s suddenly getting groomed after almost 600 years of isolation. And it’s… a lot. But it also feels good and he doesn’t want it to stop either. So he just sort of… lets it happen, even if he’s really confused. And it makes him like this monk more, even if he won't admit it. Grooming is an important thing, and most monkies don’t clean themselves. It’s a symbol of acceptance and closeness, and Sanzang is accidentally ‘claiming’ SWK into his ‘troupe’ with this, even though he doesn’t realize the importance of it or see it as that sort of action. Because of this, they don’t get on the road again until the next day (because 500+ years of dirt take time to work out with just your fingers) and they get Sanzang’s small tent set up, and SWK is kinda grumbling about there not being one for him,, but also kinda not caring because, you know, Monkey, and sleeping outside isn’t a big deal, when Sanzang looks at him all confused and asks why he isn’t coming inside the tent with him. And at first SWK just thinks that maybe the monk is worried about being attacked at night or something, but Sanzng just, you know, strips again (because that skin contact thing and his accidental walk-ins on people didn’t exactly have them with clothes on in bed) and lays down and beckons for SWK to join him and… well… (Again, accidentally a monkey thing. Sleeping together for warmth is a thing and it’s odd to find a monkey alone at night. It’s another thing with acceptance and Sanzang is once again accidentally pulling SWK in) SWK eventually does (though Sanzang, remembering his ‘instructions’ and how things are meant to ‘build slowly’ and he’s nervous as all heck and on edge about HAVING a personal disciple and how to do this, so he’s MORE than willing to ‘take things slow really only just sort of cuddles with SWK that night) and Sanzang managed to get him to talk a little bit about himself, (gets some of the backstory early and such) Thus it’s not until the next day that they get assaulted by the five senses bandits, and SWK kills them and then the fight/SWK takes off and gets magic torture headband. Except, once Sanzang sees that this thing hurts SWK, he stops reciting and comes over and kisses SWK’s forehead for a moment and sort of trades off doing that and reciting until he’d finished. And then once he’s done, he kisses SWK properly.

Because one of his ‘instructors’ had…kinks personal preferences. About things. And so there was a hasty lesson about how ‘sometimes discipline is necessary’ but also how ‘affection after the punishment serves to help heal it and make it feel good into a positive and enriching experience’. And so now Sanzang’s got this all ‘worked out’ in his head with the idea of like, so he needs to discipline SWK to help him onto the correct path and to stop the murders and stuff, but he will comfort and share his chi/spiritual energies with Sanzang through the process to help make it more bearable and to show SWK that he does still believe in him, and then after he will share more to help sooth out the lingering pain and such.

(Granted, he’s not sure how well he did at sharing his energy, as he’d never done it before (it was both of their first kiss, fyi) but he remembers that that sort of thing is meant to become stronger and easier the longer a master and personal disciple spend together, and it has only been a day. They’ll both get better at it)

But poor SWK is over here like… the HELL is going on!?!?!

The book says it was like a couple of months before they ran into Ao Lie, so that’s plenty of time for SWK to sort of get answers on just what Sanzang thinks is going on out of him, usually in the evening when they’re cuddled up in bed and Sanzang is slowly starting to explore the whole ‘energy sharing through touch’ thing. So SWK learns about the whole ‘personal disciple’ thing, and unlike Sanzang does get what was actually going on (because Sanzang was a sheltered baby but SWK was not and did help with births every spring and whatnot) but he… well he likes the attention. Likes being close to someone at night, and the grooming/baths/whatever, and even if he argues with the stupid monk about being able to actually protect him like he’s supposedly meant to, Sanzang IS starting to respect and care for his monk (though if you ask him he will be adamant about how it is entirely against his will that this is happening).

So he doesn’t like, correct Sanzang about the whole ‘personal disciple’ thing, even if he’s fairly certain that it’s not actually a thing (And he justifies it with the fact that it’s not like He’s really a monk, or Buddhist, so maybe it is a thing. Who is he to say?) He does make Sanzang promise that SWK will be his only ‘personal disciple’ though, because he doesn't want anyone else taking advantage of his the monk, so there’s that.

[kiraisrika]

Context here this is Wukong's and Sanzang's full confrontation scene.

Your eyes have yet to fool me

"J-Just why?" The king's voice breaks, echoing through the vast expanse of golden painted skies. Sanzang shakes his head slowly while chuckling.

"I suppose this is the price I pay for your sufferings in our journey, Monkey," The monk's sad expression does not go unnoticed.

"I already forgive you for that! are you here only to-" his voice shatters, "to leave me again?"

Sanzang tilted his head and brought his hand to the side of his cheeks.

"That sin of the past does not belong to me nor him," his eyes cast down to the unconscious scholar, "That sin solely belongs to The golden cicada but what am I if I was no better than him?"

"You are ten times better than him!" Wukong stated, "you are the most sincere human I have ever met, and most of all you are- you are my friend,"

Sanzang chuckled, covering his smile with his hands, "I'm flattered, Monkey,".

"if there's anything I want to know just tell me, What am I without you?"

"...yourself,".

The king stayed silent, his gaze planted to the ground as he pulled at the hem of his clothes.

"that's good wasn't it? You are finally free, Wukong you can do whatever you want in life, you can do so much more than just being my disciple," the monk touched his cheeks. "I...I was envious of my latest incarnation,".

"he has every humanity I have ever yearned for and more, the fact that he acts so human is what makes him beautiful," Sanzang then looked down again to the scholar. "He didn't have to learn about the value of companionship to help his friends, so treat him gently okay?"

"ah...it seems the hours of my turning have come, it might not seem like it but honestly I was quite afraid," The clouds around them slowly engulf the Monk.

He laughs softly and gave Wukong a sincere smile, even with the face of his recent incarnation. He set his gaze downcast, as if knowing that his face brings pain to the great sage.

"Farewell my disciple, I hope you loved the part you played for the past 500 years,"

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[angstandhappiness]

HAH nice

fake dating to lovers is nice but married for non-romantic reasons to lovers is next fucking level

[margueritedaisies]

1978 Sanzang (Masako Natsume) × 1998 Wukong (Dicky Cheung)

Just them being cute✨😩🫶🐒📿🍑✨They so wholesome together

Also I just love her eyes??? Like shes soo pretty😻

[thyenemybeloved]

Literally watched two movies and fell in love with that monkey... No, seriously, I have planned a whole ass story with different arcs, OCs and everything, that's how deeply invested I am into this guys

So here's my redesign of Sun Wukong, nothing too crazy about it but I wanted him to be both manly and crazy pretty, like, mythical kind of beautiful. I still need to tweak his design here and there and draw a proper character sheet for him but hopefully the art on the right kinda conveys what I was going for (??)

I was definitely inspired by Monkey King: Hero is Back's Sun Wukong because that monkey has my whole heart okay?

I haven't read Journey to the West yet but I definitely plan to in the near future, it's on my list!

and yes, peach man on the bottom is Sanzang, I'm a sucker for forbidden romance sue me

[dijaja]

Ain't no way u can tell me tripitaka was "abusive" to wukong when bro is literally so down bad. LOOK AT HOW HE DREW SANZANG IN HIS GAME BRO

That monkey wants to be gazed longingly at by that man. Probably spent three hours staring back at him

[starsfic]

Sanzang: I'm so happy, I could kiss you! Wukong: Um...Neat. *later* Wukong, lying face down on their bed: I said "Neat," kid. Who the fuck says neat these days? It's not neat to say neat but I said it anyways because I'm fucking stupid. Xiaotian, watching TV: Don't beat yourself up too much. Everyone gets nervous sometimes. Remember what I did when Red Son confessed their love for me? Wukong: Didn't you thank them? Xiaotian: *turned of the TV and looks at the ceiling* I fucking thanked them.

Sanzang and Red are talking about their idiots.

[teddycicada]

Únanse! Unanse!

Por favor!

Hay sitio para todo el mundo! ¡FORMEMOS UNA GRAN FAMILIA!❤️💌💌

Hello! I've opened my discord server that's all about SunTang, in the hopes that it could serve as a safe and chill gathering spot for other fans of this duo.

If you like these two characters, then you're more than welcome to come hang out with other like-minded fans! Invite your friends!