#i;m quite excited for an au that has LEMH as SWK's adopted kid not just because that's a really cool spin on their relationship | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

angstandhappiness · 1 year ago

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DUDE THIS WRECKS

Regrets...

Can be considered a part 2 of this piece.

Shadow of the King is not just about Macaque, I am also putting Sun Wukong through the ringer. Granted, he's already a very tragic character, so why not add more.

Writing his and Macaque's relationship has been interesting because while SWK was like the largest influence in LEMH's life. I wanted his effect on him to be clear, but also that LEMH's actions later are his own at the end of the day no matter how much he blames SWK. I think I have it now how I want it.

Also I figured out how to make all LEMH's crimes in jt/tw canon here, so fun times all around!

Needless to say both characters are several flavors of fucked up after jt/tw which bleeds into LMK later.

#monkie kid #monkie kid au #monkie kid sun wukong #monkie kid six eared macaque #NOOOOOOOOO #actually YAYYYYYY #because it's very rare to see someone do their best to incorporate LEMH's jttw actions into their monkie kid stories #but always a real treat when it happens #i;m quite excited for an au that has LEMH as SWK's adopted kid not just because that's a really cool spin on their relationship #but because it pushes the tragedy & horror of their relationship to x-treme levels #as it should be <3 #like dang the aspect of children wanting to be/feeling like they have to be better than their parents #& parents wanting their children around & also wanting them to be their own person #seems to have been twisted into its worst possible manifestation here #like LEMH literally wanted to BE SWK until he became obsessed with killing him #& either way he's still defining himself against SWK rather than having grown into his own person #while SWK is left in the self-loathing morass from having failed to protect not just LEMH but all the Mt. Huaguoshan simians #not just because he left them all for a shot at getting everyone into heaven rather than being content to stay on earth #but because he was raising LEMH as his successor but in a way where LEMH became convinced he had to be exactly like SWK #and so in the end the only way SWK was able to protect what was left of the Mt. Huaguoshan simians after war starvation & raids #was by killing 'himself' (LEMH in his SWK disguise)#aaaaaaAAAAAAA #addition

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