#journey to the west after

[the-monkey-ruler]

There are ancient “sequels” that straight up ignore wukong’s buddhahood and giving him oc kids? Did this author favor taoism too?

I am not too sure about that but I like to think that these are more like the first examples of media that are inspired by Wu Cheng’en's Sun Wukong. Just because there are media out there that has Wukong have children don't mean they are trying to deny Wukong's Buddhist ties or connection that he is the Victorious Flying Buddha, but rather... overlook the idea for the sake of their own narrative purposes. The Supplement can actually fit in “canon” as (spoilers) it is all a dream and Wukongs kids are just a figment of his and the demon's imagination that he accidentally knocked Iron Fan up when he jumped in her stomach. Also, the further that it was a dream was that Red Boy didn’t exist in the dream and Iron Fan only was with Wukong. The author usually explains the tomfoolery by saying “It’s a dream don’t think about it too hard.” Also in Journey to the West After, Sun Luzhen is a stone monkey as well and thus Wukong never went against his vows, simply adopting the stone monkey as his new disciple.

As for Journey to the South, it is more a story about the deity Huaguang dadi as Wukong only makes a guest cameo in the first chapter and the last chapter, the children only being mentioned in the last and even then only Yuebei Xing was the only one with lines and actions. Poor Jidu and Luohou don't even get anything outside of a name-drop. But otherwise, there is also no mention of a wife either. It is left in that territory of... ambiguity where they never really address Wukong having a wife let alone how Wukong got these kids, just that they were his. There is a chance they are adopted but considering he does separate them from his other subjects as he calls his monkey subjects grandchildren, there is a higher chance they are his bio kids. Wukong is addressed by his Great Sage title more often than not but they all acknowledge that he went on the journey is a Buddist disciple under Tang Sanzang as well. So while I do admit it is contradictory I also believe it is one of those cases of "What if"s that is more asking the audience to please give that detail a "suspension of disbelief" treatment rather than trying to make a statement.

I'm not saying that while it would make more sense to keep Wukong as his Buddha title as that is canon in the story, there are a lot of modern media where Wukong does have offspring of some kind for the sake of "what if" cases. Sometimes authors or directors take a lot of leeway with source material for the sake of their own creative ideas and while in most cases I do think that is more for the sake of their narrative purpose than just any religious animosity. I understand that it can be upsetting but Journey to the South does more side-step the idea of Wukong being in a relationship, rather more forced on the idea that Wukong is a father-figure which personally is more of a cute idea that trying to force a romance that is never explored either.

[royaltea000]

“A thousand generations serve to praise…”

[lavaflowe]

Escaping the Furnace

[rosdevw2]

old doodle of the boys

[habunshu]

小小悟空。。。baby monkey wukong to me….. (link)

[puppyeared]

Started listening to JTTW

[angryvampire]

I felt like drawing them again, it has been a while

I had this scenario in my head and i needed to draw it

Just a little peaceful moment :3

Get yourself a friend who's gonna chill and stargaze with you after a long day of fighting demons

[steamedlotusroot]

as a native chinese, i feel like some of yall are taking the gods in lego monkie kid a bit too seriously. i understand why it feels iffy to ship / make silly content of deities that people worship irl (eg. nezha, sun wukong) but it’s a phenomenon on chinese social media too. c-netizens ship the fictionalized versions of these gods, which the gods of lego monkie kid are. they aren’t the actual gods people worship; they’re slightly tweaked versions of the book characters, just like any other chinese adaptation or retelling of jttw (and such stories like fsyy) also, no, nezha isn’t a child, in lmk or jttw or sometimes irl. just because he’s often depicted in child form doesn’t make him an immortal child. eros / cupid is often depicted as a winged baby, and he has a wife and kids. it’s basically the same thing here. nothing in lmk suggests that nezha is a child (his voice, his appearance, his personality etc. all imply he is an adult), and while he’s described as youthful in jttw, he’s already 1700+ years old by then and gods can shapeshift. people only think he’s an immortal baby because that’s a popular depiction of him, since one of his prominent myths is set during his childhood. but as long as you’re talking about the god nezha (fictionalized or the religious figure) and not the human child nezha, then that’s an adult [edit: the last sentence couldve been worded better. i would summarize it as “immortal youth nezha is a valid depiction and is popularized by mythology, but adult god nezha exists too and they are NOT mutually exclusive”]

[jttw-monkeybusiness]

Have Sophie's timeline on my whole AU! Some headcanons that I made: - After the journey, Sophie gets a title from Buddha when she announces that she will stay with Wukong. Her title doesn't have a direct translation but it's 敬愛 (Jìng ài) which means 'to adore' / 'respect and love' - She becomes one of Wukong's 'advisors' tho she doesn't participate in most of the meetings Wukong always wants to know her opinions on certain situations. She always advises a gentler and more diplomatic approach - Sophie keeps her hair mostly in a half-updo as a symbol of being unmarried especially when there are visitors or she is going outside of Mount Huaguo. It's a cultural thing that she respects to take part in her new life. - After Wukongs propose Sophie starts to grow her hair so she can properly make an updo as a status of married woman when the day comes. - When Sophie gets married she will officially become immortal and a Queen of Mount Huaguo (Flower Fruit Mountain) - Wukong gives her a Peach of Immortality as a wedding gift

[ylordfran]

still a working in progress, my college exams are coming so putting effort in my drawings are out of question at the moment... :(

also one of my headcanons is that Macaque didn't know how to kiss, so Wukong teached him after coming back to FFM from studying to became an immortal..

he still don't get the grasp of it yet, but Wukong doesn't care

[fantasy-cursedkrystal]

FANDOMS I WAS IN/KNOW/LEFT

EPIC THE MUSICAL heather the musical six the musical mha solarballs fnaf undertale deltarune sans au dc batfam dsmp gravityfalls tmnt rottmnt lego monkie kid ena lego ninjago fnf murder drones cuphead batim batqftim journey to the west Minecraft country humans country balls Pokémon my little pony ever after high monster high little nightmares Mr. hopps playhouse both 1 and 2 sonic danganropa kyn/ demon slayer omori adventure time Wednesday addams family aphmau nimona danny phantom tinkerbell fundamental paper education rise of the guardians ok ko lets be heroes Percy Jackson the amazing digital circus helluva boss hazbin hotel Sofia the first school bus graveyard scooby doo gakuen babysitter attack on titan Stanly parables hello neighbor yandere simulator komi cant communicate I'm in love with the villainess death is the only ending for the villainess villainous eddsworld The baby concubine wants to live quietly Steven universe the loud house yandere simulator rise of the guardians school girls simulator baldies basics

[m1nsur0]

[JTTW OC: 智平] Pale Dragons, Pale Mountains

[royaltea000]

I love Bai Long Ma he truly don’t gaf

[lavaflowe]

“Great Sage Equal to Heaven gets his ass beat by beloved Howling Celestial Dog”

[habunshu]

pov: u are bajie biting into a peach that you got that you didn’t tell the pilgrim party about

[wolfythewitch]

what other fandoms are you in other than christianity ?

I love how this was worded.

I'm into the epic cycle primarily! Specifically the Odyssey and iliad, and right now I'm getting through the Aeneid :D I've also read the epic of Gilgamesh (big fan)(love it) (please read the epic of Gilgamesh). Got into good omens recently, that's been fun