#how is this FAIR

[httpiastri]

Hi i just wanna inform everyone that there's pictures of paul playing soccer on his high school's fb page (its called Rocca Al Mare Kool). Its on the latest album and he looks so cool 😎

i had no idea what i expected to see when looking through that album but it wasn't this 😭

such a cutie 🥺🥺 but also the jump and the fall aaaaaaa hes so effortlessly funny istg

[jessicafangirl]

I'm seeing people comparing David Howard Thornton to Tobias in how they can Queen us all. And then I found this pic where he's got that glorious silver hair going on, the Art face, and a make up cape on that looks like a priests outfit. Even down to the collar. Universe, why you do that to little ol me?

[clingyduoapologist]

Tragically doomed by the narrative but only because our writers are shit at making one

[nowshesdoingitallthetime]

[stanfordsweater]

i have been sick since the 28th of september and i am losing my mind

[unrealisticallyyours]

i will rewrite history, history of course meaning the epilogue in Crank Palace because you can't just tease me like that, you can't just dangle newt barely surviving the bullet and thinking about thomas in his DYING MOMENTS and then KILL HIM, YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME,

[donovankinard]

i just remembered why i don go to the record store

[writeforfandoms]

Gotta love it when you wake up super early for no reason

[venigni]

are we not gonna talk about how hot it is that Venigni is like...insanely smart 😭

[cassmouse]

My toxic trait is continuously thinking my voice can go low enough to comfortably sing Stars in the original key (it really can't)

[ohmeursault]

We're into Day 2 of anti-anxiety meds and I honestly cannot believe people just live like this.

Like they're not catastrophizing everything all day everyday?

Like they're just calm and at peace and can say Hi to people and can focus on what needs to get done??

Like they can just have a gotdam emotion and it doesn't completely hijack their entire nervous system into a fight/flight/freeze response???

[httpiastri]

my heart is breaking

[baldygrave]

can’t believe gale’s last kiss before the brain fight is bugged :’-( i can’t even smooch my wizard before i get covered in cerebral mush?? rude !

[misanthropicdoe]

men who brutally rape sleeping women dead corpses and children have people around them who loves them and cares and supports them unconditionally but i who value treating people close to me with respect and consideration have nobody???????

[the-monkey-ruler]

what is sha wujing’s purpose in the story?

Oof there is a lot of way to answer that.

Entertainment wise he is meant to be the straight man of the group. Level-headed to balance Wukong's hot temper and Bajie's hot passion. He is meant to reign the other two in when Sanzang isn't there himself or if there needs to be more ribbing on either Wukong or Bajie. He does show to talk more in later arcs at least from what I notice either from encouraging Wukong to give teasing remarks to Bajie as well. He doesn't do pranks like Wukong does but rather just sly dry remarks at his expense.

Allegorical wise he is to represent Emotions and earth/ground (hence the sha in his name) Wukong is the Mind and Bajie is the Body and Bailong is the Will but Wujing is to show what an emotional mistake can direct the rest of your life.

There isn't a lot that was said when it came to the hows and whys of Wujing's punishment. Whether it was on purpose as a sign of disrespect or a true accident that was made in the heat of the moment. While we don't see any other reasons to be behind his accident I do like the theory that @antidotefortheawkward-art has about the implications of what a cup smashing could mean to imply 摔杯为号 meaning 'breaking a cup as a signal' to hint that an attack is happening usually at a banquet.

I think that would just add another layer of clever writing but if that is not the case I've heard that he smashed the cup in a fit of rage. Against who and to what, unknown, but that Wujing made a mistake at the height of his emotions.

Wujing has been seen as a voice of reason but there are quite a few outbursts that he has had throughout the journey, mostly letting his anger get the best of him but I think that might be his struggle to keep himself in check. Honestly, he seems the most serious when it comes to following the scriptures, seeing the pilgrimage as the true way to redeem himself. Whenever Bajie or even Wukong want to quick when things are getting too hard or even impossible he is the one to shake them back into it. He gives more than one pep talk in the book if I recall.

That is to say, he is very vicious as well when he can be, ruthless with his enemies and his words when he is pushed far enough. He was a cannibal that ate anyone that came to his river, still with a conscious mind of his life in heaven. He was turned into a demon that is without the largest build and the wildest looks but his personality does not fit his description. He doesn't get a lot of attention as Bajie is the more humorous one and Wuking is our main protagonist to save the day but he does provide that level of groundedness I think the team needs.

I also love that he has Nine Scripture Pilgrim's skulls around his neck, which to me highly suggests that Wujing mayhaps has eaten Sanzang's past lives.

I think this is to still highlight his name meaning Sha Wujing and how it means "Sand awakened to Purity" to show how devoted he was to better himself not just for the sake of running away from his punishment but to become a better version of himself.

I think that honestly, Wujing is the most sincere in his desire to follow Sanzang, being very loyal and trustworthy even if he didn't have a lot to say. But when he did speak I think he always do so with meaning.

In the end, he became an Arhat one who gained insight into the true nature of existence but just short of reaching Buddhahood. It could be that he did not have enough merit as Wukong and Sanzang were the ones taking up most of the toil of the trails or that he was the last to join and simply missing a few more merits to allow him to ascend but I think he still plays an important role in showing that even just wanting to make a change is the hardest part to continue down a path a change.

Between Wukong's pranking on Bajie and Sanzang trying to reign Wukong's temperament in I think that his purpose was to provide a more neutral character to have a more logical outcome. I see a lot of interpretations of this character as being a more philosopher or inquisitive role. The gentle giant so to speak seeks knowledge for the sake of knowledge and I can see how this can derive from his origins. Or he has been a soft voice of reason, more emotional in his outbursts but well-meaning. Or he has been a huge brute of a man, trying to reign himself in but often speaking his mind first.

No matter how he is portrayed I always love him.

I hope that answers your question!

[thevinsmokerlaw]

i'm sorry, how is this perfection even possible? help me, the manga is hitting hard🙇‍♂️🛐😩