#lmk lunar nodelets

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Funfact! Spicy isn't actually a flavor, we don't taste spicy, capsaicin the chemical that causes it to be spicy, actually activates heat receptors so we don't taste spicy we feel it! If Stone Monkeys are the same then Yuebei must be a real dare devil as a little cub

Referencing some silliness in the notes here.

true! This also includes piperine (found in peppercorns) and allyl isothiocyanate (wasabi, radish & mustard). Your brain basically goes "tf? why is there a tiny fire in my mouth?". A similar sensation occurs in the opposite direction with menthol (mint) where your body is convinced that you just ate snow.

Wukong especially dislikes hot and/or spicy foods due to trauma from being fed molten metal under the mountain. No spicy foods in his house unless there's expressed warning.

Macaque doesn't get what the big deal is at first - it's just seasoning?? Until he accidentally grabs a handful of Mei's wasabi chips and regrets it as he tries quenching the fire with milk.

MK I feel like has a love/hate relationship with spicy food. It's SO GOOD under the perfect circumstances, but so painful! Powers through Red Son's cooking just to be a good guest. DBK walks in moments later with plain BBQ dishes for the monkeys wondering wtf is the little thief doing?

Little stone monkeys like Rumble & Savage, and Luzhen do not care for spicy food either. Little kids don't have that tolerance anyway. Minty things might get a pass if there's ice cream or sweets involved.

Stone Monkeys (along with most unaccustomed animals) in general do not seem to like these confusing sensations.

Except little Yuebei Xing; who deliberately seems to seek these flavours out. In the Slow Boiled au she even tries absorbing the Samadhi Fire but taps out cus it was too spicy. In multiple others she straight up absorbs/eats LBD's soul - very cold. Her parents are very confused, especially since her little brothers Jidu and Luohuo have very normal reactions to spicy things (disgust).

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This was a really fun idea to discuss!

Sun Wukong being "in hiding" for so long because he has five children to raise. XD

And MK accidentally getting added to the family as the new holder of the Staff! Something that not even Paramita or Yuebei can do!

Not sure if we discussed a name fro this AU, but eitehr way it's really fun to think about!

LMK fic au idea

Welp im not good writing fic and my ideas are riots

@quitealotofsodapop and I made an au about the Monkey King's children: Paramita, Sun Luzhen, Yuebei Xing, Jidu and Luohou.

This happens once Wukong finishes his journey and returns home, helping with the reconstruction of the island, mainly because he starts to feel lonely especially for what happened with his partner Macaque. And one of the things he always wanted once the war was over is to be able to have a family with his beloved but this couldn't happen so he will do it with his own hands in the style of Nuwa, he would create clay eggs and even find a hidden one and from there his children would be born.

Paramita is the firstborn and heir to the throne of the kingdom of the mountain of fruits and flowers and Alolai being the serious of all his brothers and the most elegant of them, he has an elegance that his father lacks but that will not make him less lethal on the battlefield; he is the general of the kingdom's army and has on his shoulders the expectations of the kingdom as crown prince.

Sun Luzhen in his canon is Wukong's twin brother who had taken so long to hatch, and the second to be born when he was found, the king had adopted him as his own son, He has an energetic personality like a showman, He is now a version of Porty light, he is a professional musician and has worked in various musical genres, even in large industries making soundtracks for various movies or video games under an alias.

Yuebei Jinx, the only daughter of the monkey king, is daddy's little princess, with a tough character and a very bad temper, with an enormous and muscular build that makes her completely intimidating, but under the dark shell she is a monkey who loves her family and her brothers, she was born with a cleft lip of which she only has a scar, she is a renowned paleontologist in her field who loves her job, she has always loved digging up bones since she was little.

Jidu and Luohou they are mischievous twins who like to cause trouble like their older brother Luzhen, who love theater like Macaque and dedicate their life to that art. Jidu is a comedian in various stand-up comedy shows while Luohou is an actor in musicals and has participated in many.

Jidu

Grande Caeza de pichi

Luohou

King Paramita, Jidu and Luohou desing based in @wuzhiqi-enj0yer

Wukong wanted to experience the possibility of having children by modeling in clay that he created 4 eggs, by the time he found the stone egg of Luzhen he found that the Paramita egg had already hatched and in time only the eggs of the others would hatch turning Wukong into a tired father of 5 energetic children.

Rumors of his existence abounded, especially the fact that Paramita was the son of Princess Iron Fan, which was never lacking (Paramita could never find the author of that aberration in the book and if he had, he would have pulverized it). This rumor was born because he and Red Son WERE childhood friends and a possible marriage union between them was expected (Like Odette and Derek in The Swan Princess). Now their parents wanted them to marry for love like they did, but then the thing at the mountain happened and they lost contact.

Paramita as a cub: "This is my best friend Red. When we grow up, we'll get married and have an island to ourselves!" :3

But that is if the day they meet again they shout with joy and hug each other like little kids who haven't seen each other all summer.

The rumors of the monkey king's children grew to be illustrated in the non-canonical sequels of the journey to the west and at that time they were just children, but due to the isolation of the monkey king the rumors of them became a myth until their existence was doubted, making the shadow of his father grow…

MK would meet the children of the monkey king in ''A hero is born'' is when he lands on the beach of Huaguoshan Island and they were the monkeys in disguise (Headcanon the common monkeys are glamours of yao monkeys)

Making them lose their glamour and scare MK even more until Paramita has to take control of the situation by lining everyone up.

After the initial scare MK asks them to take him to the monkey king and leave them alone; Now you might be wondering why the monkey king would need a successor? Simple, because Wukong has empty nest syndrome.

For the events of season two Paramita and his brothers will be in charge of MK's training so he wouldn't be so far behind and if they would be aware of LBD.

When MKang finds out about their existence it will be at the end of this same season especially when Pigsy is yelling at Wukong and oh boy, if there is something that Paramita does NOT tolerate at all is that HIS FATHER IS INSULTED (He's a daddy's boy)

Pigsy: You're supposed to be his mentor! Paramita: "Excusr me!? He raised five children as a single parent!" HE IS ANYTHING BUT A LAZY MAN WHO DOES NOTHING, DAMN SERVANT!!!

Paramita was millimeters away from beating Pigsy up, he will defend his father's honor knowing how introverted he is and will let that insult pass (He will fight even in mud to prove his point), his brothers would be pulling him to avoid the chef's announced death, even Yuebei has a hard time doing it being the strongest of all her brothers.

And that would be all c:

[quitealotofsodapop]

Sabemos que Wukong es un padre vergonzoso que ama mucho a sus hijos y esta demaciado orgulloso de sus muchachos y en lo que han logrado.

Wukong, very proud: "Ah! My sun, moon, and stars! My heavens! My Wuxings!" All the cubs are very embarassed

Por algo suele llamar a sus 5 Cachorros Wuxings porque sus niños son su mundo.

Por lo que cuando ellos conocen a MKgang en la temporada 1 suelen hablar de Sun Wukong y ''Papá'' de forma separada, principalmente para ver si alguno de ellos se dan cuenta de que son los hijos del rey (Principalmente para ser mierdas con ellos... despues de todo son los hijos del rey mono)

Yuebei: Bába se la pasa avergonzandonos todo el tiempo... *Desvia la mirada* Jidu: El rey le gusta ineractuar con los cachorros

Ahora los tres adultos sospecharian un poco de esto ellos no saben que buscar exactamente pero sienten algo sospechoso de ellos, la primera pista es que ellos nunca se refieren a Sun Wukong como ''Abuelo Sun'' que es como todos los monos yao suelen llamarlo.

Otra principal es la actitud principesca de Paramita, algo poco comun viniendo de una poblacion rural afueras me Megapolis (Es solo la personalidad de Paramita...)

Ahora Tang es un compelo Purista de la obra original el nunca creeria de la exitencia de los hijos del rey mono pensaria que son simples OCs.

Imagino que Jidu, Luohou o Luzhen preguntarian de casualidad por estas secuelas al erudito.

Tang: estas secuelas tienen tanta inconcruencias!! Si siquiera estan escritas por el autor! desde cuando Wukong tuvo hijos??! MK y los demas monos: Siiii cuando...??

Solo para que se caiga de cara cuando se revele la verdad... Los principes no dejaran olvidar JAMAS.

Hay algo que acordar es que los registos no suelen ser hechos por la misma persona y no suelen ser fieles a la realidad, Lo unico sierto de los archivos sobre los hijos del rey mono en las secuelas es que es ellos realmente son los hijos del rey mono! solo que no exite madre como tal (No hablemos del rumor de que PIF y Wukong tubieron algo porfavor....)

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"We know that Wukong is a shameless father who loves his children very much and is very proud of his boys and what they have accomplished.

Wukong, very proud: "Ah! My sun, moon, and stars! My heavens! My Wuxings!" All the cubs are very embarrassed

There's a reason he usually calls his 5 Cubs Wuxings because his children are his world.

So when they meet MKgang in season 1 they usually talk about Sun Wukong and ''Dad'' separately, mainly to see if any of them realize that they are the king's sons (Mainly to be shitty with them… after all they are the monkey king's sons)

Yuebei: Baba is always embarrassing us… Looks away Jidu: ​​The king likes to interact with the puppies

Now the three adults would be a little suspicious of this, they don't know what to look for exactly but they feel something suspicious about them, the first clue is that they never refer to Sun Wukong as ''Grandpa Sun'' which is how all the yao monkeys usually call him.

Another main one is Paramita's princely attitude, something unusual coming from a rural town outside of Megapolis (It's just Paramita's personality…)

Now Tang is a complete purist of the original work, he would never believe the existence of the monkey king's children, he would think that they are simple OCs.

I imagine that Jidu, Luohou or Luzhen would ask the scholar about these sequels by chance.

Tang: These sequels have so many inconsistencies!! They're not even written by the author! Since when did Wukong have children??! MK and the other monkeys: Yesssss when…??

Only to fall flat on his face when the truth is revealed… The princes will never let us forget.

One thing to remember is that records are not usually made by the same person and are not usually true to reality. The only thing that is certain about the files on the Monkey King's children in the sequels is that they really are the Monkey King's children! It's just that there is no mother as such (Let's not talk about the rumor that PIF and Wukong had something please…)"

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Hehehe!!! More talk about the "Wuxing Au"!

Wukong is very proud of his cubs, and also very embarrassing!! He calls them every pet name under the sun - particularly "Wuxing" since he sees his five cubs as important as the five core elements of the universe.

MK already knows who the five monkeys' "baba" is, but he doesn't want to reveal their secret identities to the rest of the gang without their permission.

The siblings are convinced that it would be the twins or Luzhen who "break character" first - only for it to be cool-headed Paramita, furiously defending his baba's honour when Pigsy bad-mouths him during S2.

Though in the meantime they love tormenting Mr Tang with questions about the non-canonical sequel books to Jttw. >:3

Paramita is a bit too quick to agree with Mr Tang that the rumoured affair between Sun Wukong and Princess Iron Fan was; "Completely impossible." - but he covers up his anger by saying that he really doesn't like the ship (like he's speaking about a fanfiction). The eldest cub knows how his Baba made him on his own from clay. XD

And although the sequels weren't entirely accurate - different writers from different eras and locations putting together detail they'd heard - They do get the names of Wukong's five children correct!

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Bueno era una idea de un mini comic que tenia para TMKATI en donde Mei tenia que ser de niñera de los niños y Wukong le pide esto en vez de MK porque tan solo mencinarlo...

Yuebei recuerda de forma incondicional a MK por ya sabes... ser la reencarnacion de LBD

translation via google;

"Well, it was an idea for a mini comic I had for TMKATI where Mei had to babysit the kids and Wukong asks her to do this instead of MK, because just mentioning it… *image of angry Meteora Butterly* Yuebei unconditionally remembers MK for, you know… being the reincarnation of LBD"

AWW!! I love wiggly little Yuebei with her cleft palate and many ears! I love how you draw Mei - so pretty!

I do think for some time after Yuebei is born, she acts very... unpredictable towards her older brother MK. One moment she adores him, the next she's snarling with the memories of an ancient ice demon.

Mei has to be the Nodelets primary babysitter in case Yuebei goes into a rage again, firing eye lazers are her poor older brother. XD

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Ahora hbalemos de los talentos artisticos de los hijos de Wukong, Todos sabemos que Luzhen es musico, que Yuebei es buena bailarina sobretodo en la danza con lazo (Que aun hace en su tiempo libre incluso siendo tan corpulenta baila con la misma gracia) y que los mellizos son actores de teatro.

De hecho Jidu interpreto a su padre en JTTW 1986.

Mientras que Luohou tambien interpreto a su padre en las operas de JTTW.

Ahora ¿cual seria el talento artistico de Paramita? Pues el le gusta la trabajar con las manos en realizar manualidades sobretodo en la alfareria, el es tan bueno en hacer porcelanas finas que incluso un jarron fino que posea una persona rica lo ha hecho Paramita.

Tambien hablamos que de todos los hijos de Wukong solo Paramita heredo su panico escenico, se sentiria bastante inferior por eso, sobretodo de haber arruinado un discurso de apertura de un festival importante Wukong tuvo que calmarlo sabiendo que su bebe suele sobreexigirse a si mismo, y tambien le revela que tambien tiene el mismo miedo.

Paramita puede pasar de estar perfectamente preparada en la batalla a "estar frente a una audiencia en una obra escolar" y quedarse quieto en cuestión de segundos.

Wukong: Inhala profundamente, reten el aire por 5 segundos y expulsado lentamente *sostiene sus manitos*

Y un boceto sucio de paramita sin su lazo Se parece a Raditz

translation via google:

"Now let's talk about the artistic talents of Wukong's children. We all know that Luzhen is a musician, that Yuebei is a good dancer, especially in the rope dance (which she still does in her free time, even though she is so corpulent she dances with the same grace) and that the twins are theater actors. In fact Jidu played their father in JTTW 1986." While Luohou also played his father in JTTW's operas Now, what would Paramita's artistic talent be? Well, he likes to work with his hands, making crafts, especially pottery. He is so good at making fine porcelain that even a fine vase owned by a rich person was made by Paramita. We also talked about how out of all of Wukong's children, only Paramita inherited his stage fright, he would feel quite inferior because of that, especially having ruined an opening speech at an important festival. Wukong had to calm him down knowing that his baby tends to overexert himself, and he also reveals to him that he also has the same fear. Paramita can go from being perfectly prepared in battle to "being in front of an audience in a school play" and staying still in a matter of seconds. Wukong: Inhale deeply, hold the air for 5 seconds and exhale slowly holds his little hands And a dirty sketch of Paramita without his bow. He looks like Raditz.

Poor Paramita, having the messiest hair XD

Paramita was made from clay so carefully, he feels a kinship with it. XD

Meanwhile, Jidu and Luohuo inherited Macaque's love for theatre, albeit in different directions. Jidu is a comedian, while Luohuo is an opera actor.

Yuebei is, as in other AUs, is more of a paleontologist but does Ribbon Dancing for recreation.

Luzhen is a musician by trade, and is currently acting as the lead in Monkey Cop - his resemblance to Sun Wukong is uncanny. He also composed the theme song.

Paramita on the other hand...

He takes after his poor papa XD

He's happy with his pottery.

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Them!!

I love the twin boys having vitiligo alongside their patterned fur - it makes them look so distinct! Wukong and Macaque were likely a little confused by their looks at first, joking that the "paint didn't mix well". They love their colourful babies either way. <3 Little tortieshell boys who idolize their adoptive uncles Jin & Yin.

And teen Yuebei!! She is such a pouty teenager it hurts. I love her jewelry and light blue hanfu - taking some fashion tips from Aunt Chang'e looks like, with her own gothic twist.

Poor beautiful Wukong. I love his long hair and red robes - he looks so pretty and maternal. And now he's dealing with his own head-strong monkey who wants to go out on their own. But its so hard for him to do that when Yuebei is still very much his little mooncake. XD

I love everything about these - you have such a distinct artstyle and you draw the characters so appealing! All the little details on Yuebei's dress, and the mirrored patterns on the boys. <3

Tysm for being so invested in my little monkey ideas!

@quitealotofsodapop Third on the list! Jidu & Luohuo! Another set of twins! The only way to tell them apart is by their skin color but that doesn’t mean they won’t try to confuse you with each other. You said their fur was kind of like tortoiseshell cats and tortoise shell cats kind of remind me of people with vitiligo so I also gave them spots on their skin aside from their fur. Other demons say they look kind of weird but hey! Their parents were also called weird when they were little and they turned out to be pretty cool so they don’t mind.

And a little bonus! Teen yuebei and her baba!

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hey loko!! how're you doing? last I remember you were dealing with the climate heat (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠)

anyways, no ziqi?

Hi! Glad to see you check in! Sorry if I forget to check up on people - I'm like a social hermit crab. Weather has gotten cooler but its very stuffy.

As for Ziqi/Zǐqì/紫气/"purple haze" (also used as a phrase meaning an omen); they are the absolute youngest of all the Shadowpeach babies. Named for the missing shadow planet (the rest given characters in Journey to the South), Ziqi is named for her purple/port-wine stain-like face marking.

She isn't likeky to be born before her brothers Luohuo and Jidu, so she may not appear in certain aus (yet).

I feel like she's a cryptic baby - Macaque was ignoring his health/body state due to Stuff Going on, so his tiny Egg makes little uproar before being born. Ziqi hatches, curiously grabbing at her own feet and tail, to a shocked pair of monkey parents who thought they were Done with having kids for the moment.

Everyone is equally confused (but adoring) to see the newest fluff ball in Shadowpeach's arms. Ziqi looks like a soot-ball given life, and is just as adorable.

Ziqi likes to inspect new people by demanding being held by them. This includes villains. Some villains are stopped in their tracks by the big curious eyes and tiny kitten-like limbs reaching out for huggies. Except those like Spider Queen, who scoop the "littlest Princess" into a big hug and kiss out of delight.

SQ: "Well aren't you the sweetest little thing? I could just dunk you in my coffee! How you're related to that brute, I'll never know."

Ziqi: (*tail swaying happily, little hands inspecting SQ's face and helmet*) :D!!

And of course there's situations where "Uppies" are not wise.

Primordial Entity: (*appears*)

Ziqi: (*holds out arms towards it*)

Macaque: "Sweetie, sweetie, No Uppies."

Ziqi: (*disappointed screech!*) >:O!

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I would love to see more baby monkey shenanigans xD

Like... imagine if MK discovered his shapeshifting when he was really small. And he'd just... constantly turn into baby animals.

A certain pair of chaos twins are msot certainly the ones to inherit Macaque's shadow portals powers and they very much like scaring Baba. So when there's guests around it's their favorite thing to do!

Yuebei is normally fairly well behaved... at least until she discovered her lazer eyes can be controlled.

Luzhen, luckily, is the sweetest of the children. He's just a generally happy baby. No weird powers or special abilities, just a normal monkey. Or so they thought. Apparently, Wukong's father had a rare ability himself, albeit his element was neither Wind or Earth so you can imagine the sort of things Luzhen discovers.

yes! I love the chaos babies. Post here + wonderful art by @soniclozdplove.

Wukong is convinced that he's getting karma for the havoc he caused as a cub. XD

MK ofc is chaos incarnate and can; barely control his powers + loves showing off = causing lots of havoc. Trying to turn into a bird to fly, only to become a flightless chick. Even as the eldest and most responsible cub, he still has shades of this when he becomes Monkie Kid.

The Eclipse Twins; Rumble and Savage are partners-in-crime no matter what. And they take after Baba Macaque's shadow powers, which terrified Wukong the first time he saw one of the cubs half in a shadow portal.

The Lunar Nodelets seem the most calm of the bunch... except for the fact that Yuebei has "itchy trigger eyes", and the twin boys Luohuo and Jidu have figured out early how to make hair clones after seeing Mama do it so many times.

Adopted Baby brother Luzhen is the sweetest giggly baby of the bunch. Wukong and Macaque thank buddha that the apple-obsessed cub has no major power fluctuations. Yet.

And who knows what the upcoming Ziqi will be like XD

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[Someone jokes that Macaque has developed a mega beer belly and Mac just starts crying cus of hormones. Someone gets punched.]

Was it one of the other SWKs XD ? Either them or Hunstman.

But how would the others (fam and dimensional) react to discovering this particular baby is the reincarnation of the demon that was really close to destroying the world and remaking it in her image? Like, the double take has to be legendary.

Oh it was def Huntsman who made the "beer belly" comment. He has no filter. SWK was the one who punched him, cus of shared hormones with Mac. Then the other spiders smack Huntsy on the back of the head for good measure. Sandy has to physically lift his mans out of there before they try returning him to Diyu with the receipt. Huntsman apologized via hand-woven silk baby blankets.

Whilst the parents knew from the beginning that LBD has reincarnated into their daughter (they were there obs), most of the fam hear about "Yuebei = Reincarnated LBD" from gossip or hearsay. Also the Mayor equally has no filter - he walks straight up to Macaque with an armful of baby shower gifts and waves at his stomach like; "Hello, my lady! Enjoying your new accommodations?". The friends and fam present are like "Lol what?" and SWK and Mac just decide to spill the beans.

The adults are initally freaked out ("So are we talking... fresh slate? Or is she gonna come out with the creepy whispering and bone mechs?"), but once it becomes clear that Yuebei won't have the memories or mind of her previous incarnation, the adults all sigh and just chalk it up to weird reincarnation nonsense. Pigsy expresses how he feels sorry for the kid, as he too reincarnated from a jerk (Zhu Bajie).

The kids freak out a little more. You know already how badly MK and Bai He takes the situation. Nezha ends up being the voice of reason; pointing out tha he himself is a demonic reincarnation and he can't remember squat about who his soul used to inhabit. It takes the kids a lot longer to be cool with the "Baby sister might be the Devil" situation.

As for the Wukongverse? It's a mixed bag. Under read more for spoilers

LMK Shadowpeach: *explaining what happened when they went to Diyu to sort out unrelated undead stuff* LMK!Mac: "So yeah, our unborn daughter is the reincarnation of the Bone Demon that tried to destroy all of the Mortal Realm and remake it in her image." The rest of the SWKs and LEMs: O_O? x_O? HeroIsBack!SWK: "How did that happen??? I thought reincarnation was completely random." LMK!SWK, eating peach chips: "We were planning on more kids. What remained of LBD's soul was sorta hanging around the bridge in Diyu. The gods laughed. Simple really." NewGods!SWK: "And here I thought gods getting reborn as mortals was irony." Reborn!SWK: "I pray that your enemy will be born knowing that they will be loved in this lifetime." LMK!Mac, tearing up: "Aww... thats actually really sweet of you to say-" 2000sCartoon!SWK, interupting: "Because if they turn out to be evil, we wont hesistate to bury them!" :3 LMK!Shadowpeach: *hormonal crying. The other monkeys jump to comfort them* HeroIsBack!LEM, comforting his LMK counterpart: "Annnd you ruined the moment Ganzhe." 2000sCartoon!SWK: "But it's true! We all thought it!" Netflix!SWK: "You don't say it to the parents!" Netflix!LEM: "I think it'd be hilarious if the kid turned out like her old self. Like the 10 Kings saying She's your problem now." NewGods!LEM: "Don't be so sure about that. We don't know what the Bone Demon was like as a kid. Could have been stuff she saw as an adult that messed her up. Either way it's gonna be hard for her to be a villain when she can't even stay awake for more that two hours." Smash SWK & LEM: *weren't even paying attention, they blanked out after the pregnancy talk started* "Wait... whats this about a ghost baby?" "I think one of their kids is like... a shiny pokemon or something" Meihouwang SWK & LEM: *were paying attention, but are very confused* "???"

Its all very frustrating for LMK Shadowpeach.

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Yuebei y los gemelos es prácticamente es ''por la compra de nuestro producto puede llevarse nuestro producto obtiene dos gratis'' Y que Wukong es el que lleve a los gemelos dhsavdjasd, Entonces Yuebei es la reencarnación de LBD? intento volver pero no le resulto ? ¿Cómo se siente MK? ¡Siento que su relación es como la de Marco y Meteora en Star vs forces of evils!

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"Yuebei and the twins is practically "by purchasing our product you can get our product you get two free" And that Wukong is the one who carries the dhsavdjasd twins, so Yuebei is the reincarnation of LBD? I try to go back but it doesn't work? How does MK feel? I feel like their relationship is like Marco and Meteora in Star vs forces of evils!"

Haha! Wukong and Macaque certainly got a "2 Free with Purchase" deal with Yuebei and the twins.

MK is very nervous about Yuebei for sure. He wants to be excited for his baby sister + two extra brothers. But the lingering memories of LBD still causes him issues at times. He does discuss it with Wukong and Macaque, and his parents understand that it might take him longer to bond with Yuebei for it.

Then she arrives, and Yuebei is all screaming and chirping at everything in sight. MK adores her from that very moment.

Yuebei loves her big brother too, but can be a bit... difficult to manage at times.

She proves to be a lot more aggressive than the Eclipse Twins were.

MK has a brief moment of panic thinking that it's LBD's memories leaking in, but then the Lunar Node Twins bite him too. He sighs in relief knowing that this group of babies are just very bitey.

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After the twins incident in the Slow Cooked AU, everyone in Heaven agrees it's not worth messing or punishing Wukong again since the number of mischievous stone monkeys keep doubling after each one. This pact is signed, seal and everything.

Fast forward a couple years, Macaque being pregnant with the Eclipse!twins. Now Heaven is starting a petition with every deity involving children and child births to take a vacation from the monkeys. Every deity... Just to be safe...

I love the thought of Heaven seeing Stone Monkeys as like Gremlins - adorable and managable when there's only one; but multiple them and...

A bunch of the child and pregnancy gods simply refuse to intervene on the matter since each time Wukong produced an egg, it was a direct cause of the Celestials punishing/harming him in someway.

Also they cant risk just *pausing* reproduction for an endangered species like the Stone Monkeys - imagine if there was an unburied Stone Egg out there who was to be born orphaned? The little guy would be trapped. :(

And cue another version of Luzhen

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So, Plum told Dusk that his kids have his ears and AU!MK has four, right? So, who else and how many, if I may ask?

In the Au;

MK has Four (gradient of yellow, orange to red).

The Eclipse Twins both have Six (as they're Mac's little doubles they have his Magenta, Cyan, and Light-Green ears).

Yuebei has Six (Vibrant Red, Green + Blue), while her twin brothers Jidu and Luohou both have Four (Orange and Purple respectively).

The average is mostly four.

A few of the alternate verses fankids might have multiple ears too, just to further identify them as SWK/LEM's kids. The shell & lobes of the ears may also "split", but not form a whole new ear.

Xiaoshi in my Netflix!Monkey King idea for example; is "hatched" with scalloped ears resembling Six, but only has four ear canals.

Xiao Qi in the Reborn idea meanwhile only has two ears, cus he was formed from pure spirit energy without either monkey parents involvement. Unless he decides to sprout himself a few extra ears to more resemble his Bama. He def could if he wanted to.

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Where, when and how does Yuebei get the skull she kills immortals with? Cuz I doubt you can get something like that at the local flea market.

...unless it came from SWKs horde room...but then where the hell did he get it from?

It did it form by excess magic?

I've seen interpetations of the mythological/literary Yuebei Xing's treasured Immortal-Killing-Skull being the literal skull of a monster she slew - ala Perseus and the head of Medusa. Another possible inspo for her in Journey to the South, was the hindu goddess Chhinnamasta (and her buddhist counterpart) who's head she held was her own.

And I don't know about you, but after the defeat of someone big like LBD? Wukong would def want to keep a souvenir...

Maybe he'll keep this memento locked up in the treasure room. Don't want the kids finding it and getting scared.

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Answering both of these asks by @latvian-spider and @crazysaru99 cus they're both on the same topic: "How does Bai He feel about her baby sister Yuebei being the reincarnation of the Lady Bone Demon that possessed her?"

2nd ask translated via google:

"How will Bai He react to Yuebei? Would Yuebei have self-esteem issues with LBD vestiges? The family will have a long way to go to tell her that it is not Ella..."

Bai He was initally excited to be having a new little sister. Depending on the au; Yuebei and the Lunar Node Twins are either the first baby siblings Bai He has, or they come after the Eclipse Twins like in the current plan for "The Monkey King and the Infant" au.

But when it became clear that Yuebei could be the reincarnation of the horrid ice/bone demon that possessed Bai He for multiple months and nearly destroyed the whole world/her family?

Bai He doesn't take it well.

She already felt so weak and useless before from LBD's machinations. Now she has to live with a tiny version of her? >:P

She focuses her attention on her two baby brothers (Jidu and Luohou) instead. They're not reincarnated demons after all (she hopes). Bai He feels her resentment grow each time Yuebei cries for their parents. And even begins to hate her baby sister when she begins developing an affinity for ice and bone magic.

Macaque and Wukong are understanding of course, like with MK, they don't expect Bai He to just forget what happened with the Lady Bone Demon. But, Bai He is having her own crisis of power/identity after learning of her true origins (spoilers sshh!).

Eventually the drama from Bai He's crisis, and a manipulative villain, spill over until Bai He is left with an optimal chance to *get rid* of this intruder from her life.

But like the example above: Bai He simply cannot do it. Yuebei is a baby. She doesn't have the capacity for malice that a thousands-year old demoness would. Once the danger has passed, Bai He runs back to her family, Yuebei clutched firmly in her arms.

Later when the family are all back relaxing on Flower Fruit Mountain: Shadowpeach are holding the little ones while, Yuebei in Wukong's arms starts spouting small wisps of frost from her hands in a clapping motion.

Bai He: *watching Yuebei quietly* Wukong, holding Yuebei: "She gets that from you, you know." Bai He: "Huh?" Wukong: "Clap your hands when you want to use your powers. You've done it since you were six. You saw a superhero do it on tv and wanted to be like them. She also pounces on her toys like a kitten does." Bai He: "..." Macaque, holding the Lunar Node twins, is aware of the earlier drama: "Yuebei might not understand a lot of things just yet, but she knows that she has a pretty great family - and a really cool big sister. One that she looks up too and knows for sure will never hurt her." Bai He: "...I love her so much." (´༎ຶ ͜ʖ ༎ຶ )♡ *covers Yuebei's face in kisses* Yuebei: *delighted babbling* Wukong & Macaque: *are both delighted too*

Bai He starts taking Yuebei with her to kitten therapy sessions with Uncle Sandy, so that they can catch up on lost bonding time.

It's angsty and sappy I know. :')

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[From Heaven's perspective, it's a lot like the "Steven isn't Pink Diamond, but kinda?" situation in Steven Universe. The Celestials don't 100% understand that reincarnation isn't a direct copy-paste; Guanyin isn't Songzi anymore, though she still holds her soul and her powers. If she ever truly wanted, she could become next in line for the throne.]

[Celestials and Demons are bad at understanding how reincarnation works. It's like an entirely alien concept to them. Why wouldn't this person remember who they used to be?]

*Looks at baby Yuebei* I feel very concerned now. Imma go find an axe now.

referencing my headcanons post + Guanyin's situation in the au.

You should be concerned. :)

The Lady Bone Demon has commited many crimes to the Realms that she left unanswered.

The Celestial Realm, the Dragon Kingdoms, and the Underworld seeks penance.

The Monkie Kid fam have long legal (and literal) battles ahead of them when Yuebei is born.

Chenxiang too has a axe he will use in his little sister's defence.

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Is the Asshole Murderer Brother/Uncle the point where Yuebei unlocks her Immortal Killing power? She loves her family, what other time would be perfect to get that?

Or is that exclusive to JTTS!Yuebei?

Because it would open a bunch of questions as to HOW she has the exact same power as in the book. She has a name they liked and size can be explained away by not going to doctors who would have told them the do's and don't's, but you can't explain the power the same way away.

Is the universe just in a funny mood when the reincarnation of the bone demon that wanted to destroy everything to remake it got the power to kill immortals, or did the JTTS author had the power to see the future?

This is the most wonderful way to introduce Yuebei's powers thank you.

I started laughing cus I just thought of TIC being a broken husk on the floor, and baby Yuebei (Lunar Node-lets were too young for a sitter) just toddles in, bops him on the head with her fave toy (a plush cartoon skeleton); and does the -1 HP of damage that sends him straight to King Yama.

The rest of the family are just ??? cus damn, TIC really was beaten badly if a hit from a baby is was ultimately killed him. Or they assume TIC died from his consecutive ass-whoopings and the bonking was just the final insult.

Yuebei was only like two years old and just knew that "Man made MK danger cry-chirp, Man must be Bonked." So she bonked.

Yuebei be drawning on tulpa-like powers - she's named for a fantasical immortal-killing daughter of the Monkey King, and thats what she'll be; subconciously or not. Mystic Monkey powers do be like that.

Bai He meanwhile gets a small chill down her spine from dimensions away. She is at home babysitting the Eclipse Twins with her eldest bros help. Cus no way Nezha or Chenxiang are allowed in the Underworld, or want to go to TIC's place.

From their very weak memories of the incident (again babies) + kid-friendly retellings by the adults, The Lunar Nodelets become super protective of their baby nieces/nephews/niblings, even though they themselves are barely two years older than the eldest twins.

As for the reincarnation of LBD becoming a skull-wielding immortal killing warrior? That was deliberate on my part >:3