#lmk xianglu

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I heard a theory that macaque disguised himself as wukong and this wukong was the one who met xianglu, I don't really believe in this theory but... imagining this happening is funny to me.

[niadrawsstuff]

Half the LMK fandom rn:

honestly i liked him. He was a pretty interesting character and his VA slayed. but i will never EVER FORGIVE THEM FOR INTERRUPTING THAT ONE SHADOWPEACH MOMENT

[monkiekidtwt]

[mylo-space]

thinkin about Xianglu calling himself the tenth king and claiming that he's Wukong's old friend (and enemy), because the tenth king is the one in charge of reincarnating souls and if he actually knew Wukong, then chances are he saw how much good the pilgrims did for the spicy murder monkey and wanted to make sure the newest lil powerhouse he was about to unleash onto the world was at least surrounded by good people ("it all would have happened anyway, you just wouldn't have had... i wanted more for you than just the path, the sacrifice, destiny.") and he specifically chose to wake MK when three reincarnations and an ancestor were all in one place like he really did try to give MK the best possible life he could knowing what the alternative for the Harbinger was

[ladybonedemon]

Decided to do a quick Xianglu doodle just for fun lmao

[terrible-leviathan]

Okay extended LMK Season 5 Twig thoughts:

Couldnt find anything big about Xianglu/Nine online, just that he kinda brings about destruction (shitty soil for crops, floods, etc) and in some iterations of his story was killed by nuwa

ALSO. THIS WHOLE TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS "HARBRINGER" CUS LIKE "BRING" AND ITS ACTUALLY "HARBINGER" AND IM VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT

Im glad that mei still has the samadhi fire and actually Always had it as her lightning thing. It makes the samadhi fire feel like less of a "why is x character driving the bus all of a sudden" addition to meis abilities.

And of course THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: CHAOS MAGIC. Maybe i just dont know enough about jttw and chinese mythology, but the chaos magic stuff is straying away from jttw-based lore territory. I dont mean that as a bad thing! Just means i cant predict plausible stuff based on source material as much.

Verryyyyyy interested to see where macaques shadow magic came from and what it has to do with how he was able to mess with xianglu. If they swapped magic, which would explain the "you cut me off from the chaos" line, it doesnt make sense that xianglu was able to use thatagic still afterward. Maybe it has something to do with macaques first appearance, where he stole wukongs power? I think thats a good contender of a theory, but i dont have the analysis skills to expand upon it.

Also also why has the chaos magic somehow gotten imbued into the staff? My best guess is that its because MK got to the edge of Chaos, but maybe it was something that was always there that got activated.

Regardless, i dont think this is the last we'll be seeing of Xianglu. Matthew Mercer killed it with his delivery (as did literally everyone else but mercers a new addition so he gets spotlight) and Xianglu hardly felt like he was saying goodbye.

Thats my theories, i shall add appreciation in another ask. (Sorry for spamming ur inbox i dont have the skill to make my own analysis posts)

WAIT ITS NOT HARBRINGER???? WTFFF I THOUGHT IT WAS THAT THE ENTIRE TIME THIS IS UPSETTING

I actually saw one theory that the whole chaos magic is gonna end up corrupting Macaque in the next season but yeah! I also saw someone else's post about chaos and how it's a different interpretation to what LMK has compared to what the mythology actually says about it so that's interesting.

Honestly I can't wait to see more of the snake man! I really hope it's not his last appearance in the series cuz his voice and character is really interesting!!