#peachbun

[p3ach-bun]

I love them if you can’t tell by my username lmao

[nataszaluiz]

Day 6: Treasure Planet

[starsfic]

Wukong turned to look at ‘Pigsy’ with a smirk. “You really think I’m gonna fall for that again, DBK?”

"Hmph. With all the pining you do over the fool, I figured you would be distracted with the flirting." DBK, still wearing Pigsy's form, settled on the bar stool. "What gave me away?"

"The flirting, ironically enough," Wukong turned back to what he was doing, which was making cake. Tang had discovered one of his old cookbooks when going through his horde and Pigsy had insisted on trying some of the desserts. Apparently, the noodle shop's menu needed an update. Pigsy had run out to the market a while back leaving Wukong in the kitchen, which is probably why DBK thought to do this now. "Pigsy is a happily married man. And if you're here just for cake, you can just ask."

"He's fond of you, and his husband is very fond of you." DBK pouted. "And he's a better option than any option you've considered before."

"Oh, wow. We've started talking again for barely two months, and you already think you have a say in my love life." Despite his irritation, Wukong pulled out one of the peach cakes and passed it over. He tried to resist a snort at the hunger in DBK's eyes. "Are you and Nezha just plotting over that?"

"What has Nezha said?"

"He set Macaque on fire yesterday. He claims he didn't, but considering the fire was hot pink, I don't believe him."

DBK snickered in a way that suggested he was planning on coming by Nezha's place with snacks. "Good boy. But," He stood up straight, staring Wukong down. "I don't blame you for having a crush. He's a good man." Wukong held up a hand, ready to protest, but DBK was already grabbing it and squeezing it tight. Wukong felt his voice die at the feeling of holding Pigsy's hand, even if it wasn't actually Pigsy. "Much better than you deserve-"

"Uh..." Both heads turned. Pigsy, arms loaded with groceries, stared at Wukong holding hands with someone who was most definitely not Pigsy. "What are you doing?"

To be fair, throwing DBK's peach cake at his face was not the best response.

[glitchyko]

I did a peachbun doodle redraw and I’m actually really happy seeing how far my art has come along! The old version on the left is from October of 2022 (I got into lmk last year), and since then I have gotten way more used to drawing Lego’s and these characters since then and I did my boy Pigsy justice, I think my art quality jumped pretty sharply when I got into Lego Monkie Kid and I’m super happy about it-

[deeznutslover26]

art by chewwypepsicola

OhGOD.the deranged amount of doodles I have made of them is actually alarmin

[itsabouttimex2]

For fun how about rating Wukong ship from lmk and give your opinion why?

SWK Ship Ratings

(Scores rank from -10 at the lowest, and 10 at the highest)

Shadowpeach

Name Rating: 5/10. Basic, but rolls off the tongue. Started the trend of Sun Wukong having extremely basic ship names- more on that below.

Canon Rating: 0/10. Whatever they had in the past, Macaque simply treats Wukong far too awfully to really justify the two of them ever getting together. Even the attempts at reconciliation feel more like extremely forced ship baiting, given how it goes from one of the two being marginally kinder to the other than usual, then immediately dropping it for more sniping. (Past!Shadowpeach receives 5/10.)

Fanon Rating: -10/10. I’ve spoken at length about this, but fans love to distort Wukong into a drooling abuser so stupid he can’t breath through his nose, usually while turning Macaque into a Possession Sue who only serves to be the author’s simpering self-insert who is the most perfect little baby of all time who has never ever done anything wrong at all even once. If there is an attempt to be “nuanced” or “unbiased” it manifest as “Sun Wukong “killed” (re: defended himself against) Macaque so he’s worse.” It’s an awful, extremely pervasive dynamic that rots any fandom enjoyment I could have had for this couple.

Personal Enjoyment: 6/10. Getting to write Macaque as the legitimately awful person that he is takes off the edge of seeing constant “uwu sadboi” Macaque content. Still, I rarely touch anyone else’s Shadowpeach content because of this.

Peachlotus

Name Rating: 2/10. As you’ll see, most ship names involving Sun Wukong are, uh… extremely lazy. Just one of the other character’s traits with “peach” slapped before/after it. Fandom really dropped the ball with most of these. This one is especially clunky, at least on my tongue.

(See, Macaque gets stuff like Lunartides, Inkypages, Shadowpeach, etc- all very cool.. We need to diversify the nouns is what I’m saying. Coulda been something like “GingerRoot” cause orange fur + plant boy. “FlowerBuds” for the platonic name for peaches + lotuses. Do you guys see what I’m saying. It can’t just be raw peaches all the way down.)

Canon Rating: 2/10. Ne Zha also doesn’t treat Wukong too kindly, interacting with him mostly through insults and physical attacks. He does seem to have some understanding of the king, though, which gives him a slight boost over Macaque.

Fanon Rating: 1/10. It barely exists, and what little does exist is essentially just “Ne Zha is mad at Wukong over what the fuck ever, so they’re fighting” and little more. There’s a lot of potential for bonding over immortality and awful pasts or being commandeered by domineering authority figures, which I wish was used more often.

Personal Enjoyment: 2/10. I don’t see the dynamic, personally. Again, Ne Zha’s only interactions with him are only ever vitriolic or exasperated in nature, which doesn’t leave stable footing for a relationship to stand. Maybe I’ll make a chatbot for them one day and see if I come around to it.

“Freepeaches”

Name Rating: -5/10. This shit is exactly what I’m talking about with the lazily slapping “peach” onto whatever and going on. “Free” has no meaning between Wukong and Tang- it’s just a holdover from a more popular ship. Tang only mooches food from Pigsy. That’s one of the biggest elements of their dynamic. Sure, Tang likes free stuff (food, rides, physical labor), but when does he ever get that from Wukong? It just makes no sense.

AND IF IT HAD TO HAVE THE FRUIT, TANGYPEACHES WAS RIGHT THERE

Canon Rating: 6/10. Tang literally drew himself and the Monkey King together inside a heart. He adores Wukong, thought maybe not for who he truly is- and the two don’t any interaction in terms of Tang realizing his autistic parasocial special interest idol is a lonely old sage who misses his friends, which cripples what was a pretty cute dynamic. I think Tang coming down from his hero worship and being just a genuine friend to SWK would be cute, definitely.

Fanon Rating: 9/10. Pretty enjoyable! Freepeaches is one of the few dynamics where Sun Wukong isn’t constantly turned into a punching bag/villain to be beaten around for the amusement of the audience, and the two are often portrayed as legitimately healthy together- I especially enjoy how Tang is portrayed as needing to move past his hero worship for the two to have a healthy relationship. It’s cute.

Personal Enjoyment: 6/10. Never addressing the resemblance to Sanzang or having them interact in regards to this while the circlet is back on Wukong’s head feels like a massively missed opportunity, honestly. I think Sun Wukong’s personal feelings have been left to the wayside for far too long in canon, and getting to a point where almost every fucking character represses their feelings is lazy and boring.

Peachbuns

Name Rating: 4/10. Again. Just “peach” slapped onto an adjective or noun. It’s frustratingly boring. This one sounds delicious and both components are related to food at least, which fits Pigsy’s background… but it also sounds like something a horny dude would ask for pics of in your DMs.

Canon Rating: 1/10. Pigsy isn’t willing to take any of Wukong’s shit, so he serves as a pretty great “bullshit barrier” that provides a legitimately strict opposing force to Wukong, but there’s little else to even their relationship out. He’s never kind or supportive or worried- if the two interact, it’s always through the lens of “Pigsy is mad/suspicious”. There’s never any real bonding or growth between them at all.

Fanon Rating: 4/10. This ship barely exists, and when it does it’s Sun Wukong being lectured through life by a big strong man- not a dynamic I’m a fan of. However, it is surprisingly kind to Wukong in terms of empathizing with his struggles. Again, I wish there was less of “Pigsy teaches Wukong basic life skills” because it falls right back into the revolting fanon that is “SWK is a big dumb fuck who can’t read or cook or take care of himself without a husband to wipe his ass.”

Personal Enjoyment: 2/10. I just don’t click with it. Pigsy doesn’t like Wukong, doesn’t trust him, and doesn’t interact with him outside of that.

Moonstone

Name Rating: 10/10. This is what I like! Moonstone is not only a very real (and very beautiful) mineral, but it ties to both of them equally! You don’t see Wukong’s status as a stone-born demon be referenced often, so this is a refreshing change of pace from the constant “peach” names.

Canon Rating: 7/10. Chang’e is a lovely woman who is simultaneously not be willing put up with Sun Wukong’s bullshit while still legitimately respecting and admiring him. It makes for a nice duality in their relationship that most of his dynamics don’t provide.

Fanon Rating: 10/10. The working dynamic is so fucking good to start with that I’ve never once seen fanon drop the ball. Never. This ship is always so fucking sweet and honest with Chang’e calling out Wukong for his bullshit while never pushing it to the “Shit on Sun Wukong Show” levels that the fandom loves so much- she takes no shit, but does no harm. She’s supportive and acknowledges his traumas and fears. Wukong does his best for her. Moonstone shippers get an A+ and extra recess time.

Personal Enjoyment: 7/10. I just… I really like this one, dammit. There’s not a lot to go off of, but seeing fanworks that do not primarily treat SWK like living trash/baby the hell out of him is nice.

Lionpeach

Name Rating: 3/10. Again. Very boring and generic. I’ve seen Fuzzypeach which is a little cuter, at least. Still, it’s all the same “peach”+noun format.

Canon Rating: 3/10. The devotion Azure bears to Sun Wukong seems like it would bear a higher marking, but it’s shallow and flimsy. Azure never understood Wukong, never wanted what was best for him, never cared about his safety or happiness. Azure projects his beliefs and wants onto the people around him, blinding the big fella to shortcomings on their parts, and is delusional enough to never look inwards. Still, I can legitimately see

Fanon Rating: 0/10. It’s just smut. That’s it. When it isn’t it’s just “Ooooh! Azure is jealous of Macaque! Tee-hee, sorry Azure!” and that’s it. I’ve never actually seen any non-sexual, Azure-focused Lionpeach.

Personal Enjoyment: 5/10. It’s a fun enough dynamic to explore, especially with how unhealthy it is. I’ll probably make a bot of this too one day. Maybe a “yandere dads” type. Or a mutual Primal Moon bot.

Celestialchaos

Name Rating: 10/10. Another not peach-based name is a win in my book!

Canon Rating: 6/10. Xiangliu is civil enough to Wukong (about as much as everyone else), but the mention of them having once been friends is what got my attention. Shrouded past + + potential reincarnation shenanigans + decently civil behavior = a very happy writer. It’s so little but it makes my brain itch.

Fanon Rating: 0/10. It doesn’t even exist babes ;( I’m scrounging for water in the lonely plains of a desert y’all. I’m a lonely little cactus and Celestialchaos is my annual three-inch rain.

Personal Enjoyment: 10/10. C’mon now. You all were expecting this. I love this ship. I’ve already made four chatbots. I love Xiangliu as a wild little freak who desperately tries to push Wukong away from other people and sad lonely Wukong finding refuge in a freaky toxic snake. Especially I like the idea of Xiangliu pitting himself against Macaque and going after Sun Wukong just to cause a little trouble, only to actually catch feelings and start pursuing him in earnest. I like “I want you at your worst so I can prove that I still love you even then” Xiangliu and “You love me at all?” Wukong.

I really like this ship.

End Result

(Scores ranging from -40 to +40)

Shadowpeach= 1/40

(Past!Shadowpeach would around 20)

Lotuspeach= 7/40

Freepeaches= 16/40

Peachbuns= 11/40

Moonstone= 34/40

Lionpeach= 11/40

Celestialchaos= 26/40

[solarartzz]

I remembered PeachBuns exists .

[swkbiggestdefender]

wukong: where do you keep your wine? where's your wine hon?

pigsy: I don't have wine

wukong: what?! bear?

pigsy: no

wukong: how do you relax

pigsy: I don't

wukong: ...yeah of course, of course you don't

[jttwconfessions]

I don’t understand why the LMK community has such a massive hype for inkypages while peachbun just gets ostracized. Pigsy and Wukong have an entire episode dedicated to their dynamic while Macaque and Tang have around 2 minutes like hello? I don’t wanna sit here and say that inkypages is bad but it makes me sad every day that peachbun just gets swept under the rug.

[passions-and-pupils]

are you really an LMK and enemies to lovers fan if you don’t simultaneously ship Wukong with both Macaque and Pigsy?

[alien-bluez]

A peachbun page from tracing over my sketchbook, i really like the colors here hehe

[incorrectmonkiekid]

Pigsy: I’m forty three and I’ve never celebrated a valentines day in my life. Isn’t that sad?

Monkey King: I’ll be your valentine. I’m a man, just so you know. Anyway, be mine.

Pigsy: I just feel if I was gay I could do better than you.

[starsfic]

What’s a ship you’re into where you have a “what do you mean that’s not how they met” headcanon

Peachbun!

I know that, in canon, Pigsy and Wukong probably never met before Revenge of the Spider Queen and didn't actually speak until On the Run. But you cannot convince me that, for weeks, Pigsy's Noodles had a very pretty woman visit every so often (Wukong scouting out safe places to leave the future rock baby) and Pigsy formed a crush on her. And then suddenly he had a kid on his doorstep and he didn't notice the woman had suddenly stopped visiting.

It's not until Wukong shapeshifts into his pretty lady form, years later, that Pigsy connects the dots.

[glitchyko]

Did some Genderbent peachbun warm up doodles in my sketchbook while I was just sitting around and ngl, I wanna draw more of these two,,,

[pawtuff]

Peachbunic

A gender relating to bunnies and peaches. It can be feeling like a bunny that likes peaches, being made of peaches, or any other thing relating to both peaches and bunnies

This gender can be used by anyone in good faith and can also be transpeachbunic

[starrclown]

The bowl slid across the counter, lightly tapping Pigsy's arm.

Pigsy looked down at the bowl and then up at who slid it.

Wukong, smile as wide and bright as ever, smiled at him. His arms were on the counter propping himself up.

"What's this? Where did ya get this?" Pigsy questioned. The bowl wasn't one from Pigsy's Noodles. It was pink and ceramic with small peaches carved into the side.

Definitely Wukongs.

Wukong gently slid him chopsticks. "It's for you. I made it at home."

Now that was a surprise. Not that Wukong could cook, he'll he's cooked with Pigsy, he knows the monkey can cook when he wants to. Question is why he's cooking for Pigsy.

Pigsy picked up the bowl. He could feel through it that the noodles were still extremely warm. Just like how Pigsy likes it.

Pigsy picked up the chop stick and rearranged it in his hand. He gently spun the noodles on the stick and lifted it to his mouth. He took a bite and quickly swallowed as to not burn his mouth.

It was good. Really good. Wukong can cook some damn good food when he wants to. Pigsy wished secretly Wukong would cook more. It would help with Tang and Mk's constant hunger if he had 2 more hands on board.

Wukong looked down at the counter. Averting eye contact when he wanted to speak was a quirk of his. "Thank you." Wukong spoke quietly but Pigsy heard it.

Pigsy put the chop sticks down. He didn't want to eat while speaking, his mother taught him it was rude.

"For what? I haven't done anything for ya." Pigsy spoke softly as if he would hurt Wukong's ears. He could see Wukong play with his fingers on the table. A nervous tick of his.

"Just... sorry. Sorry for lying about the rings. I didn't want you guys to even be involved but you guys got involved and I just... I don't know panicked?"

Pigsy listened intently. This was a special moment. A special, vulnerable moment. He never expected Sun Wukong, king of isolation to open up to little old Pigsy of all people.

"I know I lied and I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt any of you, especially Mei but I did and I'm sorry. I just... didn't want it to happen again." Wukong tone dropped dangerously low, almost to a whisper.

Pigsy knew what 'again' ment. Ao Lie. He knew that was a deep sore spot for Wukong. A bad burn. Pigsy wanted to chuckle at his small joke but he wasn't stupid enough to make that dark of a joke infront of Wukong.

Pigsy looked down at the bowl then up at Wukong. He could see Wukong's eyes, eyes that looked like he would cry if he continued on.

"Want to help me make double chocolate chip cookies?"

The confusion was clear on Wukong's tan face. He shifted his head upwards to look at Pigsy's face. Pigsy smiled, his small tusks moved with him.

"Me and Mk make them when he's upset. He loves chocolate almost as much as you do. You two have the biggest sweet tooth ever."

The confusion slowly turned into a bit if happiness.

Wukong quickly climbed over the counter, preparing that then just walking around. "Can I lick the bowl?"

Pigsy carried the bowl full of noodles to the fridge and placed it carefully on the top shelf. He shut the fridge and made his way over to the sink to wash his hands.

"Sure. Just let me actually get dough out of it. Mk tries to each as much as he can. I think he likes it more than then the cookies."

"Can I eat the chocolate chips?"

"Don't get greedy monkey."

(Sorry if this is bad, I just wanted this to be silly)

I need more pigsy and wukong together next season

Like this

Wukong looks at pigsy. "You're a great dad,you teach mk good,you made mk into what he is today, a good kid"

Pigsy smile, "You're a good mentor,well sometimes," he huffed.