#it also explains why swk used the title successor when MK met him the first time

[fluffypotatey]

As Wukong gets more and more death flags every season, and as more of MK's birth is revealed (with now it being confirmed that they came from the same stone and are probably technically brothers), my theory that MK was made to be Wukong's straight up replacement in some way (like not just a kid that came from the same stone that now can help around for the guy to retire, straight up just someone in heaven having reason to believe that Wukong might die in the next decades)

Bc even with Monkey King making lots of mistakes, he's still one of the biggest warriors in the region. He's still a really big advantage in battle, so even with heaven really disliking Wukong, him straight up dying and no one being there to take his place would be pretty inconvenient. Either that or, similarly to MK's apparent "destiny", with the intent being him sacrificing himself, heaven created him with the goal of postponing/avoiding Wukong's fate, (bc again, as annoying as he is, in the lmk universe, he's still one of the main reasons the world hasn't ended bc of several past threats)

But, honestly, even if it's not, I think it'd make for a cool au. Especially since the sunburst duo angst potential would be interesting

listen, MK and Nuwa talk in ep9&10 and while i whale yet to know what they’re saying, i bet you there’s talk of why she created him

honestly it’s also been my own theory that MK was made to replace and outlive SWK other than being the harbinger. basically Nuwa killing two birds with one stone (get it :3…ok i’ll go). but what happened (from what i can infer on the animation in 5x08 bc i can’t find subtitles for it yet) was that MK was woken/birthed earlier than Nuwa planned

see, i think, as Harbinger, MK is supposed to arrive at the very end of the world’s stage in order to renew a new incarnation of the earth. Nines merely sped up the process for reasons i don’t know (but i guess the current incarnation was too different from the one he knew before? so he thought causing the Great Reincarnation would grant him access to it again??? or something. or maybe so he could fight Nuwa bc he felt like he got the cheaper end of the Reincarnation deal???)

so MK would bring the end of the world so it could be a newer one and he would take SWK’s place. maybe. that might have been Nuwa’s idea? i’m spitballing rn

OR!!! or, Sun Wukong was supposed to bring the stones so start the Great Reincarnation and MK would wake up in the new world????

anyway, the thing is, just like you said, anon: as MK’s origins grow clearer, SWK’s death flags increase and i 100% believe this is connected