#i just love aroace wukong and mk with my whole life

[swkbiggestdefender]

I can't stop imagining a conversation where wukong is like "master do you think it's weird that I don't find people attractive" and tang sanzang is like " nope I don't find people attractive either" spoiler alert they're both aroace and then centres later wukong have the same conversation with mk bc mk is also aroace but none of them really know what aroace is and because wukong was assured by tang sanzang he didn't care about it anymore

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Hey I love your thoughts gimme your thoughts about the JTTW crew and the MK crew

OH YOU ARE NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT I GOT HERE

I AM TAKING THIS CHANCE TO ABSOLUTELY INFO DUMP ON YOU BUCKLE UP MY GOOD SIR

Journey to the West Crew! 

Tripitaka:

Asexual

Celibate

Loves unconditionally. Like, genuinely just loves people and what they have the potential to be

Trans

He/Him They/Them

Doesn’t know what he’s doing half the time

Started out absolutely terrified of his disciples but as the journey continued he came to realize they were just like a bunch of chaotic kids that he has to babysit and immediately became the tired parent

Actually a really good singer

Is always up early to mediate, but also to watch the sunrise 

Probably feels safest around Wukong after all the times he’s rescued him 

Also probably had separation anxiety at some point during the journey, but that’s a whole other thing I’ve been thinking about writing

Has really pretty handwriting 

He’s a good artist, but doesn’t draw much 

He’s deceptively clever, but his willingness to see the good in people make him a bit easy to take advantage of, which he’s aware of, but that doesn’t stop him from giving people the oppertunity to be good 

Scared of heights 

Sun Wukong:

Asexual

Aromantic

(Aroace)

Familial relationships mean everything to him, he would do just about anything for the people he views as family

Touch starved as heck (after his five hundred years under a mountain)

Gender? I’m an immortal stone monkey, you think I care about that? any pronouns he really doesn’t care but most use he/him and he’s fine with that (that one meme thing WHAT ARE THE SMALL ONE’S PRONOUNS oh we just use he/him for him but he doesn’t really care)

Great with kids (taken from the 1996 jttw show) 

Always moving and bouncing around because 

Hyperactive ADHD Monkey 

I was trapped unmoving under a mountain for five hundred years, I’m never staying still again-- (also during the 1996 jttw that monkey is tumbling around as much as humanly possible, which, considering he’s a monkey, is a lot) 

Running hugs. Wujing catches him, Pigsy does not and gets freaking knocked off his feet. He can’t do it with Tripitaka or he’d straight up die, so he settles for randomly scooping him off his feet and carrying him

Absolutely cannot sing for the life of him, but it doesn’t stop him from trying shamelessly and he’s scared off more than a few demons just from his demonic screeching 

Claustrophobic due to his time under the mountain 

It’s Sun Wukong, what else do you want me to say? 

Zhu Bajie:

Pansexual

Touch starved, but he assumes he’s just sexually active. He he is but like, the only time he gets positive physical touch is during sex, since... y’know, so he assumes he just craves sex, when in reality the guy just needs lots of hugs 

He/Him

Can cook real good and make a meal from nearly nothing but doesn’t broadcast that skill cause he’s kinda embarrassed by it (also he knew if he did he’d be making meals all day and no thank you) 

He bares the brunt of Sun Wukong’s physical affection/sneak attack hugs because he’s hardy enough to take it, while Tripitaka would be straight up killed and Wujing isn’t really as much fun for Wukong to jump at cause he just kinda catches him or it’s like running into a brick wall

Actually extremely smart and good at battle strategy (I mean, come on, he was a general for a reason) it’s just 90% of the time Sun Wukong’s already charging in and they have no need of a plan, so he’s happy to sit back and do nothing

Amazing actor 

Probably plays several different instruments 

Can sing a little but mostly hums

Sha Wujing:

Aromantic

Touch averse (except from close family AKA the JTTW crew) 

Probably a little touch starved (I guess everybody is *wheezes*)

He/Him

Isn’t great at cooking but he does his best

Monkey likes to sit on his shoulders 

Tol 

He’s pretty calm most of the time and in his quiet observations he sees a lot of things that most people miss 

Reads people really easily and can tell what they’re thinking a lot just by the look on their face or the way they move

Has a nice gravelly singing voice and will sing with Tripitaka sometimes, Sun Wukong will even shut up to listen to them instead of joining in and shaking the mountains with his voice when he does

Really good endurance, if they didn't have the horse he’d probably be chill with carrying Tripitaka the whole way there on foot 

Looks up to Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, for better or for worse lol 

Likes to meditate with Tripitaka 

Likes kids but doesn’t really know how to react to them, especially since they usually find him scary :’D 

Ao Lie | the dragon horse:

I know nothing about this dude

Genderfluid He/Him She/Her They/Them

Gives the most crushing dead eye looks

Has gotten all of them to stop being idiots at least once with the power of that look alone, no words needed

Silently judges you 

Knows how to play lots of instruments very skillfully 

Uses having no hands as an excuse when Wukong asks how he let the Monk get taken again

Spends half the time catching up to the group while they rescue Tripitaka 

Only ever shifts into his dragon form to show off 

Sometimes shifts to a human form so he can chill and talk 

Forgets to respond to things sometimes, cause he’s so used to not being able to talk 

Selectively mute 

hecka good singer but only ever done it once in front of the group

Basically the little brother of the crew 

Monkie Kid Crew!

Mk:

Aromantic

Asexual

Aroace

Familial relationships mean everything to him

Queerplatonic relationships

Extremely touchy once comfortable around someone

Trans

He/they

ADHD as hECK 

Stims like mad 

He’s clumsy because in getting monkey king’s power his subconscious mind also expects him to have a tail, and it throws him off balance when it’s not there (I will die on this hc hill) 

Is always ready to help but is always surprised when someone helps him in return 

Attention span of a hyperactive squirrel 

Made Pigsy’s sign as a commission, and takes commissions online 

Writes Monkey King found family fanfic (had a fic in the works for this for a while lol)

He’d be good with plants if he didn’t forget they existed every five seconds

Either he or Mei made the music he listens to, or they did a collab together. The specific song helps him focus 

Dances randomly 

Abandonment issue’s go brrrrrr 

Mei:

Aromantic

She/Her They/Them

Extremely tactile, shows her love through physical touch

Driving helps her think

Dragon instincts say hoard friends 

Mk means the world to her (they’re siblings your honour)

Can play lots of instruments

Skateboarded a lot before she got her licence 

Likes having her own space but isn’t a fan of being alone so she fills it with lots of stuff to make it feel less empty

Writes music sometimes 

Her singing is more metal style than anything, lots of roaring and screaming, she has a surprisingly guttural voice

She has a special space for baby animal videos because they made her feel less alone, so she shares them a lot with people she cares about so they don’t feel so alone 

Probably goes for a run super early every morning before jumping on her bike. Asked Mk to join her once but there was no way he was getting up at four in the morning so that didn’t work out 

She built her bike from scratch 

Super resilient to cold 

Loves rain and racing in rain 

Red Son (honorary mk crew):

Angry homosexual (dramatic gay)

He/Him (occasionally fluid he’ll have days where she/her but most of the time it’s he/him)

Touch Starved

But also touch averse unless you form an emotional bond with him first (i.e. him getting defensive whenever Mei touched him and then later literally leaning on her for support)

Stims by stomping his feet aggressively and banging his hands on tables

Just wants a father son day with his dad 

Took several college/university classes online behind his mom’s back while trying to figure out how to get DBK out from the mountain

Probably has several degrees in engineering and enjoys integrating that knowledge with any magical powers he has 

Had to design/enchant a hairband that could hold his hair and not burn up every time he got mildly annoyed at something 

Wears steel-toed boots all the time because he’s dropped stuff on his feet way too many times, and broke a toe once

Probably reads fanfiction 

listens to Mei’s heavy metal songs without realizing it 

Enjoys drawing out schematics for ideas in his free time 

Has a workshop somewhere 

Pretends to be anti-social but the guy just wants friends 

Pigsy:

Pansexual

Touch averse (unless you get emotionally close to him or work up to it)

Falls in genuine love in a heartbeat but isn’t great on acting on or showing it

Absolute disaster when attempting to flirt

Doesn’t care but He/Him

Hasn’t taken a day off in ten years someone tell him to take a break 

Shows love through acts of service and occasional words of affirmation, though he has trouble outright saying he cares 

Probably gave Mk a fake ID when he first started working at the shop 

Pretends not to care but cares a whole heck of a lot 

Used to overwork himself a lot in college but got better at self-care overtime 

He feels most at home at his shop 

Making noodles with people is how he bonds 

Has adopted Mk in every way except legally 

Tang:

Asexual

Queerplatonic relationships

Isn’t really big on labels, they feel restricting but He/Him They/Them Nonbinary

Doesn’t drink or smoke (made a commitment and intends to keep it)

Probably wrote his thesis on Journey to the West 

Lives in Pigsy’s apartment in the spare bedroom 

Self care king 

Researches things for fun 

Steals bowls of noodles so Pigsy will get out from behind the counter and take a break 

Actually does see Mk as a surrogate son but also as a friend so it results in a really funny dynamic between the two of him, because he’s all for chaos

Can’t drive 

The man literally cannot drive 

What is a personal bubble? Unconsciously gets in peoples personal space all the time. Pigsy’s used to it 

Pigsy’s noodles, my one true love <3 

Alternates between listening to classical music and hard rock and there’s no in-between 

Sandy:

He’s just kinda vibin

Friends mean everything to him

He/Him They/Them

ALL THE HUGS 

Wants to start a little teashop on his boat where people can come to relax 

100% okay with being left alone, but also loves to spend time with friends

Smarter than he pretends to be 

Somehow has enough money to feed like, a hundred cats, so... 

Probably got some savings squirrelled away somewhere

Being on a boat helps him sleep 

Wakes up with the sunrise and does yoga 

Can cook simple, tasty meals 

Can play guitar 

THERE YA GO, MATE. HOPE YOU ENJOYED READING THROUGH ALL THAT ASLKMFA;OWEFJEF GO HYDRATE