#but you are babey MK

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

I'm crying, the way Jack delivered this line had me dying so bad

[courtney-deserved-better]

the mkulia alliance IS in character

ive heard a lot of people, some of them mkulia shippers, saying that while the evil lesbian alliance is great to watch, it isn't in character for mk and julia. however, i believe it is, and i believe it's still consistent from last season, and this is why:

facades

mk and julia were both hiding under facades in the beginning of sesaon one. mk was downplaying her skills to fly under the radar, and julia was posing as a chill influencer both to maintain her online image and not make herself a threat. these two facades had their advantages, but also their downsides. mk's contributions, specifically in the skull challenge, went unnoticed by her team, while julia had to completely hide her true personality. mk expresses frustration at everyone thinking she hadn't done anything when she got her team the win, and julia later goes on to say that it's exhausting to pretend to like yoga and whatnot. for most of the time they interact in season one, mk and julia are not behaving like their true selves.

animosity

did mk and julia have a rivalry once julia's true self was revealed? yes. did it result in mk's elimination? also yes. was mk the one to instigate that rivalry by posting the video of julia's true self? absolutely. and while they definitely had beef while this was going down, in the end, it was better for both of them. julia says that it's freeing to get to be her true self, and she even gains followers from it. the consequences of being her full nasty self don't catch up with her for a while after mk's elimination, and the worst thing that happens is julia too gets eliminated. as for mk, julia revealing that she watched everyone's confessionals means that while mk can't fly under the radar as much as she previously had, she gets to be recognized for her brains and sneakiness. because of their initial rivalry, mk and julia don't have to keep hiding their true selves.

necessity

julia and mk are both smart enough to know that in order to survive on their team, they NEED an alliance to counter the bowie-raj-wayne voting power. and seeing as scary girl was the first boot, and chase and ripper are chase and ripper, it makes sense that they would gravitate toward one another. especially with their underhanded playing styles, and especially being the only girls on the team. julia and bowie did not like each other in season one, and they still teamed up to counter the priya-millie alliance. julia has already proven to be willing to team up with people she doesn't like in order to stay in the game.

friendship

they became enemies in the first season, but after the passage of time, a necessary alliance, and most importantly, the shedding of their facades, it's reasonable that they could become friends. mk only got to interact with the real julia for an episode's worth of time, and julia never really got to see the real mk. now, she's watching mk steal an intern's uniform, sneak into production meetings, stash cheating supplies, and get the challenge answers from computers. julia is seeing a whole new side of mk, and as someone who appreciates vicious, strategic competitors like herself, i can absolutely see julia growing to like the real mk. and mk doesn't have to hide her true self from her team anymore, as she can be very upfront about cheating.

despite her rivalry with bowie, julia also had moments when she enjoyed being in an alliance with him (talking in the confessional about how they both thought they would be in the final after priya and millie were supposedly dead via avalanche) and trusted that he had her back (not thinking that he would double cross her and vote for her instead of millie even though it was the smarter move for him). i think it would make sense for julia to enjoy an alliance with mk and admire her clever thinking.

as for mk, yes, julia got her booted last season, but mk instigated that by exposing the real julia, and i think she's aware of that. i also think that even though she was the first person to see the real julia, mk still didn't understand that she wasn't just a mean girl with an influencer persona, she's a force to be reckoned with. julia loses it for her team in the episode mk is eliminated in, so mk doesn't get to see julia doing great in other challenges before her own screentime is over. i believe mk underestimated julia when she exposed her.

seeing as emma was able to watch the episode where she thought chase was performing an act of love for her when it was really just for pizza, it's completely reasonable for mk and julia to watch or at least know of each other's actions in the last season that they didn't get to witness in person. their first direct interaction is complimenting each other's moves/style, meaning that they have a greater understanding of how the other girl operates than they did last season.

because of how they play/interact with others, mk and julia don't have many friends. the closest thing julia has is bowie, who's more like her rival, while everyone else knows she's mean and doesn't like her. meanwhile nobody on mk's team would like her after she stole their stuff, and nobody else would like her for secretly watching their "private" confessionals. it makes sense to me that not only would they latch onto the other girl out of necessity, but because they're someone who can actually appreciate their play style and not turn against them because of it. not to mention mk can finally hang out with someone who likes her sarcasm for a change.

and while mk and julia definitely act like they have a romance plot in the future (and god i hope they do), i don't think their interactions together are very out of character even though they're praising one another and enjoying each other's company. julia is still mean and enjoys people getting hurt, mk is still devious and has no qualms about cheating, they just get to scheme and sabotage with someone by their side now. and while this development was unexpected even for a lot of us mkulia shippers, it is hardly unwelcome, and to me, hardly illogical. thank you for coming to my td talk.

[scalproie]

FAVORITISM IS ONLY OKAY WHEN ITS ABOUT A CHARACTER I LIKE

[quitealotofsodapop]

I got a question, or rather a what if. What if in any of your stone egg AUs, Wukong had a cryptic pregnancy? A cryptic pregnancy is basically when someone may go several months or the entire pregnancy without knowing they're pregnant. Like what if Wukong didn’t know he was having an egg until he was legit giving birth. I know with his Golden eyes and Macaque’s ears, that would practically impossible but still what if?

Just asking and a little curious.

Considering I just learned that in the show concept art; Macaque had a third mini shadow clone...

+ this anon ask:

Wukong happily tending to Macaque's left-behind shadows on FFM in the centuries after their breakup, only to notice that they're all missing; ala "lmk penumbra au".

He's sad that this part of his lost mate, only to wonder why his stomach has been feeling weird lately...

(*Wukong chilling in his hut prior to the LMK pilot*) Wukong, turns on gold vision: "...why is there three swirling masses of life energy/dao in my lower stomach?" Wukong, thinking: "Hmm... eh. Probably nothing." (*continues eating peach chips*) Guanyin, narrating: "It was, in fact, Something."

Wukong: (*wide-eyed and exhausted. Holding three!! baby monkeys*) Wukong, breathless: "What. The. Diyu?" Three Shadow Cubs: (*loud chirpy sounds!*) :V! Guanyin, in midwife scrubs: "Yeah. Glad I noticed just in time." Wukong: "What in Buddha's name was that!?" Guanyin: "Seems that by donating your dao to preserve your mate's shadows, they formed their own souls. However they needed bodies..." Wukong: "But wait, if Macaque's shadows disappeared some time ago then- how long where you three cooking!?" Three Shadow Cubs: (*no thoughts, only babey*) (‘◇’)? Wukong, realising: "I need a successor."

MK sees his idol in "tired single-parent of three newborns"-mode and instantly understands why the Monkey King needs someone to take up the Staff.

[gumy-shark]

mob does indeed have powers!

reigen as a gay furry uncle is such a beautiful image. i don’t think he would know what a furry is but tome (a strange and intense girl + friend of mob’s who ends up working for reigen post-canon) would probably design him a fursona.

mob psycho 100 is a show about a 14 year old middle schooler named shigeo kageyama, who people call mob because he looks like a background character. he’s kind of a loser- he doesn’t have friends, his grades are bad, and he sucks at sports. he doesn’t stand out to the point that his little brother is The Most Popular Guy In School and most ppl still don’t know he exists. pretty much the only thing this kid has going for him is the Incredible Godlike Psychic Powers. he could disassemble a building like it’s made of legos without breaking a sweat. he’s most likely the most powerful psychic on earth. however, he doesn’t really use his powers, and mostly just lives a normal life.

that is, except for his part-time job at local exorcist conman Reigen Arataka’s business Spirits and Such, where he uses his powers to identify and exorcise any real spirits that come their way. bc reigen is a conman with zero powers, lying about being The 21st Century’s Greatest Psychic. (reigen pays mob less than $3 an hour btw good thing for him this kid doesn’t know what a union is)

the main struggle of mob psycho 100 is with mob’s emotions. on the surface, he doesn’t seem to have any! this is because in mp100, psychic powers are fueled by emotion, and mob is so afraid of his own power that he represses 100% of his emotions 99% of the time. there’s a meter in the show, that ticks from 0 to 100 as things push mob closer to his breaking point- and when they do, he has an autistic meltdown and shit goes Down.

the story itself is a coming of age type thing, where mob grows as a person, comes to terms with himself, makes friends, and of course undergoes extremely traumatic events. it’s also really really good and if you watch it you are unlikely to emerge the same person as when you started. 100/10 show

I think you have given me a very skewed perception of what mob psycho is about, and I don't know if I want a correction or not

(this is a request for an infodump of whatever flavor you're up to)

i could infodump to you for days but now i’m so so curious. what impression have i given you of mob psycho 100. what do you think the shows about from how i’ve been posting about it

[krizaland]

Lego Monkie Kid Spoilers under the cut!!

Headcannons for the Nine Headed Demon/ Xiangliu

General:

Each of Xiangliu’s snakes are somewhat sentient and he talks to them regularly

I also headcannon that he actually has a snake tail (similar to Nüwa) but uses a glamour to give himself legs so he could be more discreet.

Because he’s been reliving the cycle’s end for who knows how long, the concepts of time, space, and even death no longer have meaning to him

That’s why he was so casual about MK sacrificing himself. He figured MK would most likely reincarnate so he didn’t really see too much of an issue.

I headcannon He woke up MK early not just to trigger the cycle’s end but because he wanted MK to experience the beauty of life before he sacrificed himself

While the concept of death has no meaning to him, Xiangliu still finds mortal life to be quite beautiful and endearing

I headcannon the only way to access the chaos realm he discovered is to basically go through the pillar of heaven.

In other words, the only way to get there without any kind of magic or something would be to straight up die.

That’s why everyone called Xiangliu a monster. No one wanted to die just to see some chaos realm that may not even exist!

Adding to this, I headcannon that Xiangliu may have lost a loved one and in an attempt to visit the underworld to revive them, he stumbled across the chaos realm by accident.

I headcannon it may have been his wife as he referred to himself as “The Prince Consort of Jisa”

I headcannon that Xiangliu hated being restrained by the rules and regulations of the current realm. Hence why he was so enamored with the Chaos Realm he found.

Despite the absolute insanity of his plan, Xiangliu was never evil to begin with.

He simply wanted to free others from the rules and expectations of their current realm. But has little to no understanding of the importance of balancing chaos with order

He believes that a world of pure chaos is the only right way to live.

Much like LBD, Xiangliu too thinks in absolutes

I headcannon that he’s very set in his ways and will try to convince others to join his cause. Of course since he was rejected, he grew tired and snapped.

Romantic:

I headcannon that Xiangliu is an overly doting lover

In the original Journey to the West novel, The Nine Headed Demon simply tried to steal some religious artifacts to give to his wife as gifts (correct me if this is inaccurate)

Thus, be prepared to be showered in gifts babey!

Jewels, gold, mystic artifacts, you name it! It’s yours.

You may have to stop him from stealing something important to give to you.

While the concept of death no longer has meaning to him, Xiangliu would still be utterly devastated if he lost you. There’d be no way in hell he’d wait for reincarnation!

Because of this, he’s actually super protective over you

However, he’s not overbearing. He wants you to feel safe and comfortable with him

Xiangliu is pretty laid back as long as you make time to see him

Of course this won’t stop him from checking up on you from afar every once in a while.

[baxndaid]

can i request a reader x mk where the reader is a shy baker whenever mk is around because she has no idea how to express her feelings to him?

mk x reader

𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 ! super duper short i’m sorry 😭 he’s babey he’s just a little guy

✧ you weren’t ANTISOCIAL per se

✧ you were actually pretty good at yapping away, with people you were comfortable with that is

✧ but when it came to mk

✧ its over 😔

✧ you never really talk much when hes around, normally just nodding your head, staring holes into the floor all while fiddling with the fabric of your baking apron that pigsy gave to you while working at his shop

✧ whenever he says something adorably stupid, you always try to hide your creeping blush with your hair

✧ whenever he tries you speak to you alone, you always make up these dumbass exuses

✧ "hey y/--!"

✧ "oh! i-i think i heard the oven timer go off! gotta go-!"

✧ be fr

✧ you bake for a living, and mk loves eating

✧ it’s a match made in heaven??

✧ you decided to make a small cake for him, with “will you go out with me?” frosted with pink surgery hearts and cream, since you were too embarrassed to ask him out face to face

✧ you had no idea where you got this confidence from but you were grateful

✧ you gave mk the box with the cake inside, bowing and rushing away the minute it was secured in his hands

✧ the next morning, the doorbell rang

✧ on the other side was a smiling mk, and in his hands were a plate of horrifically burnt cookies spelling out “yes”

lego monkie kid masterlist

[soft-girl-musings]

Snippet Sunday

rules: post a snippet of a current wip

@spacecowboyhotch ty for the tag lovely 🫶🏽

ok ok I think I have an idea for MK Bingo and Salt & Pepper (MK System x Reader) so it is back in the current pile babey!! (this snippet is with marc)

"What happened to you?" You tut, cradling his temples and shaking your head. "What? Nothing, I'm-"

"-I wasn't talking to you," you sigh, resting your forehead against the crown of his head. "How long has he been treating you like this, you poor things?" "Ha-ha."

tagging @virtie333 @moon-knights-balls @runa-falls @melodygatesauthor @reallyrallyauthor @boredzillenial, if you'd like 😗

[qdbs-writes]

Quick Fire MK 1 Trailer Reacts

really sorry that i haven't been posting lately, i have a new job and my driving test coming up so i have been BUSY, but i wanted to get my thoughts out about the more recent trailers for mk1 that have come out BECAUSE I CAN NO LONGER CONTAIN IT AIUSFJESBF

MK1 Offical Gameplay Debut Trailer

hoodie kung lao should not be doing this much to me

love that liu kangs task as god is to run around like "no! stop fighting! this isn't you! look at me" like a female lead in a netflix original

HOW much (stolen?) art does johnny have in his house???? sir you should not own the bust of nefertiti we're doing jackass younger johnny so it makes sense and is so funny

love that hanzo IMMEIDATIETLY BOWS when liu kang shows up

NEWBIE MORTAL RAIDEN AHHHH HE'S SO CUTE

an actual sister dynamic for kitana and mileena omfg

MK1 Keepers of Time Trailer

Geras redemption yeah babey thats what im talking about!

"your vision of peace may already be compromised" oh my boy liu kang is gonna have a guilt complex that size of a ziggurat

MK 1 Umgadi Trailer

...Li Mei (vine boom) ...Tanya (vine boom)

oooo so Tarkans are like lerpers now kind of? or zombies? tbh thats probably the best way nrs could've taken them

aw the little tarkatan looks so scared poor baby

MK1 Banished Trailer

OH NO Reptile is HOT

okay Ashrah, loving your redesign kinda missing the hat tho

love that stryker's power is still just gun

[bi-pisces07]

LMK TARZAN AU

We need a fluff fanfic of wukong kidnapping a child only to claim them as his

EXACTLY.

Like he accidentally mistook the kid as one of his monkeys but now he has to take care of them until they are back to the original family

[chadillacboseman]

I was tagged by @bihanspookies

Describe yourself in one word or more: idiot.

Zodiac: Libra ♎

Any phobias?: heights, wind turbines, and big shit that's under water.

Sports?: I watch hockey!

PC vs Console?: Depends on the game, but I prefer console generally.

Cat vs Dog: more of a dog person.

Summer vs Winter: WINTER ❄️

Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter: MK ✨

Favorite Fictional Male Character: oh lord. Gustave Kateb, Phillip Graves, RJ MacReady.

Favorite Fictional Female Character: Rita Vrataski, Commander Shepard, Antea Duarte

Vampire vs Werewolf: Tom Hardy voice: GANGBANG.

Reading, writing, or drawing?: writing, though I barely do that anymore lol.

Something you do that is not very common: I carry a gun and a knife most of the time.

Beer vs Wine: WINE. I am allergic to hops :(

A part of a song: "The kids are in town for a funeral. So pack the car and dry your eyes."

Halloween vs Friday the 13th: Halloween babey.

What makes you happy: friends, a good meal, online validation.

Tattoos vs Piercings: tattoos!

Your biggest fear: death and getting old

A place in the world: Deadwood, SD

[cuddly-asexual]

Traffic Light Trio Playlist

I'm back again with another playlist y'all! This time for our favorite trio of MK, Mei and Red Son!

Gonna be real at the time of posting this, it is mostly Mei songs (she just has such good vibes), but I got a good mix of stuff for all three I think. I'll update as I add stuff so feel free to come back and check.

red - Makes me think of an angsty au where Mei uses the Samadhi fire to defeat LBD but at the cost of burning up her soul. 

Play the Chiptek - MEI SONG MEI SONG. THE ELECTRONICS THE GAME VIBE PERFECT FOR HER.

The Spark - Tell me this isn’t the most Mei song you’ve ever heard. I can picture her zipping around on her bike to this

火炎 - Mei samadhi fire time babey

On Fire - Red Son realizing he’s in love with these fools

NEXUS - First off, Promare au works so fucking well for these three and the soundtrack AOUGH perfect. I see this song specifically as a dragonfruit song.

Here Comes a Thought - Been sitting on an animatic idea for this too. But the idea is Mei losing control of her powers, being mad at Wukong for doing this to her, scared of possibly hurting her friends, etc. And MK and/or Red Son help her calm down. Then MK’s whole monkey biz in season 4 and Mei/Red Son helping him.

Ignite - More Mei samadhi fire songs babey. She’s boutta kick some ass

Sandbox - Playful MK song.

Nimble as Lightning - I think this works really well for the three of them as a unit. You even kinda have an instrument for all of them. MK with the flute, mei with the electronic synths and red son with the guitar

Lost in the Clouds - Da bois hanging out in the celestial realm, amongst the clouds

Eiji - Chill Mei and MK time. When everything is slow for a change. Maybe before MK found the staff.

The Dragon Boy - Or in this case the dragon girl >:)

Lose These Chuckleheads - Song for literally any of their car chases at any point in the series or beyond.

[aroacenezhaanddainsleif]

traffic light trio for ask game

AHSGHSGD OH BOY...

Perfect chaotic trio to ask for this 👌

Logically i know Red is the best one for the science experiment one, but honestly, i'm gonna say MK. we might get blown up in the process but it's gonna be FUN! Besides, he can be a responsible worker when he wants.

Surprisingly. I will put Red Son for the elevator one. YEAH IT MIGHT BE TEN HOURS... and he probably wouldn't appreciate the fact i'd be hacking and snorting into tissues (chronic illness babey) all the time, BUT. 1) bonding time. You need bonding chaos time to get Red to tolerate you. 2) when it comes to crises he handles it better than the other 2 /lh

McDonald's manager. Mei. MK is too ADHD for that shit and putting Red Son in any managerial position w/ me would end with me in tears (although he'd probably feel bad about it afterward). she'd make it fun!!!!

so tldr: mk and i would blow up the lab, red son trauma talks + burn through the elevator, and probably bitching about bad customers with mei <3

[akatsukiky]

LMK Heirs AU

P much it’s an AU built around my off-on hatred for Guanyin and how the pilgrims handled Red Son in JTTW (which iirc there were in-world consequences for but I’m too attached to Red to not want to give him a better fate than getting stabbed and taken away from his parents)

Tl;dr of it is that after the Journey was a success, everyone (the Demon Bull family, Ao Lie’s family, the pilgrims, and Wukong’s troop from FFM + Macaque) all live happily in Tianlong Palace. The heirs (Red, LXJ, QXT) live out peaceful lives with everything they could ever ask for.

Not S3 or S4 compliant since me & my friends wrote this pre S3’s CN release

There are some other changes for some chars.

Macaque

He didn’t die!!!!!

When he went to confront SWK + the Pilgrims, he didn’t get murdered after being stopped at the Buddha’s Monastery and instead Guanyin gave him some cursed Bling

Said cursed Bling, by SWK’s request, only activates if Macaque tries to attack him and even then he’ll only go boneless

After that he was sent back to FFM to protect Wukong’s troop

Once the pilgrimage was done and the palace everyone lives at got established (Tianlong Palace), Guanyin named his as SWK’s guardian and said that if he protects SWK for a full five centuries then he’ll be free of his Bling

He’s salty ofc but he isn’t really mad-mad at SWK abt the whole ‘you abandoned me for this?’ thing because it got explained to him civilly

Mei / Long Xiaojiao

Born waaaaaaaay earlier to match the others

More dragon than human for this AU, so dragon tale and horns and all that good stuff. It also means she’s marginally more powerful than she was in S1 and S2 but not quite S3’s True Samadhi Fire power up

Because she’s closer in lineage to Ao Lie (WHO IS SO BABEY???), she’s Ao Xiaojiao (but still Mei otherwise, 100% named by Ao Lie)

More natural direction + utilization of dragon powers w/o the sword, trained by Ao Lie & his brothers

MK / Qi Xiaotian

Not really sure why he’s here actually, I never thought that far??? I know there’s something abt him being a baby stone Monkie in S4 so maybe that??

Like Mei/Xiaojiao, he’s Sun Xiaotian :muscle: and also has a more innate connection with the Monkey King powers (but no staff, RJB is still w SWK)

MONKIE TAIL

Miscellaneous

the Pilgrims have a mix of like Tang, Pigsy, & Sandy’s personality and OSP’s representation of them

Red Son/Hong Hai’er has the True Fire still because S3 wasn’t out back when I wrote this but it also might be split? Acc to a personal headcanon of mine + my close friend, he and Mei have the Positive and Negatively True Fire respectively which connects them On A Different Level

Plot is essentially that the Pilgrims get antsy staying for too long & go Journeying To The West for a while, DBK + PIF are handling an issue on the east coast, and Mei’s parents are visiting Lie’s family. While the palace is left to MK, Mei, and Red (and a reluctant bodyguard Macaque), shit gets real while they’re away (like corrupt ‘ministers’ and wrongly imprisoned monkey men, etc)

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

AAAHHHHHHH THE LUNCH SCENE :DDD

MY BABEYS :DDD

AWW they're switching :)))

Aww hey y'all lol 🥰

Aww and he got enough for all of them :)))

Ope the way Carlos is looking at Owen xD man is looking for approval lol

Ope o.o

Owennnn xD

That sounds gross lol

Sir xD

All of them look like o.o 👀

XDD

Mateo not the time xD

Lol that's kinda sweet :)) but also Owen, you've never been that excited about anything xD?

In TK's life anyway - idk if he means during his life or about his life lol

XDD Nah Carlos don't wanna do it lol

Oogh are we gonna have to see Carlos do that xDD

"We didn't speak for two years" SLFJKDHGS EXACTLY XDD

Lol

XDDD the music is the breaking point SFLKJGHDJS

What? TK already said no xD

OH YEAH SKFJDHDJFGJKDLS XDDDD

Hi Andrea :)))!

Lol XDD

ASLFKADGSGDKALJDAS IT'S A GODFATHER MOMENT

SJLFKHDHJGS OH MY GOSH THIS IS AMAZING LOL

C'mon we gotta convince her lol

I mean I'm sure it'll backfire but yk xD

SLFKFHKDJGS YOU GOT HER WITH THE CAKE XDD

Slay y'all

This is gonna be chaos lol

Ahhh Marjan followed mk

Oh hey lady!

XD She can see you stalking them lol

I mean it's not that long an explanation

Oop yeah now's your only chance o.o

Wait is he listening to her or something??

Ahh okay just would've been outside the door not like a phone or smth

Aww 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️ this poor girl <333

Ugh yeah they probably won't :(

Ohhh noo yeah you can't take her with you :'(( that sucks

No c'mon girl we'll figure something out <3333 😭

Oh no :oo

They're already ready to go 😬😬😬 :((

Okay but how?

Ahhh okay

Ope but now he knows you're here xdd

Okay still though PHEW it worked xD

Now what 😬😬

[reinabeestudio]

Accidentally made an AU while drawing these two oops lol.

Idea where MK changes masters and end ups staying with Macaque as his apprentice. Not very original, but I can’t resist the villain/hero dynamic. The dialogues are in Valencian because I wanted to indulge myself a bit lol.

By the way: ‘SWK’ means ‘Sun Wukong’ and ‘LEMH’ means ‘Liu’er Mihou’, aka Six-Eared Macaque.

(translation of the dialogues, if you’re curious) ↓↓

1. Cyn: Friend or not, there will be consequences if you wreack havoc on the library. [Amic o no, hi haurà conseqüències si causes estralls a la biblioteca.]

MK: Wow, how scary! I feel so threatened (lol). [Vaja, quina por! Em sento tan amenaçat (lol).]

⊱ ────── {.⋅ ⟐ ⋅.} ───── ⊰

2. Cyn: I don't want to be your enemy... You're very important to me. [No vull ser la teua enemiga... Ets molt important per a mi.]

MK: ..... (C'mon, tell her! 'I miss you too'.) [ ..... (Anem, digues-li!! «Jo també t'enyoro».) ]