#samadhi red son

[madammonkie]

[greatgaspiads]

Dragonangst? Angstyfruit? It’s a working title.

[etheriumart]

"Don't use the flame, Mei. Be the flame."

[cherllyio]

Did you know that this dangerous little furball is acutally really important in Chinese Mytholgy?

[butterflyscribbles]

They make me insane btw🐉❤️

[quitealotofsodapop]

you know how in Season 5; Red Son failed to recreate/reharness the Samadhi Fire and instead created the little Flame Sprite?

Silly idea, a little bit Dragonfruit-ship focused;

Au where when Mei attacks the Flame Sprite with her own True Fire - an unexpected result occurs... leaving instead of a coughing Flame Sprite, something more... needy.

Mei, staring with awe and fear: "Red Boy... Don't tell me that's what I think it is..." Red Son, equally horrified: "I... I'm afraid it is. When your True Fire collided with mine, it must have combined and-" Mei, shaking him: "WE JUST MADE A FIRE-BULL-DRAGON BABY!" Firey Dragon Egg: (*shakes angrily*) Red Son: "My mother is going to kill me!"

They agree for Red Son to run some more diagnostics until they can definitely break the news to their friends and family. Especially since MK is ready to implode at any moment from the stress of the Heavenly Pillar breaking.

Mei takes a million photos of "her dear eggy-weggy" before leaving though.

[kurocrow]

Burnpocalypse au by dr chalk on twitter <3

Even the end of the world is better with someone by your side.

[sleepingheadzzzzz]

This song (fire water by charming disaster) is sooooo dragonfruit/samadhi fire coded

[theghostoficarus]

A silly little au someone on Discord made! decided to draw a few of the scenes they described that could happen, we love a tortured Red son :D

[fayeangel25]

anybody up for sum traffic light trio angst?? >:3

He going apeshit omg whut did you do

I don't really like how I put on her mouth but, okieee

You really will.

[madammonkie]

ugh im getting rusty

[the-sky-queen]

Okay okay okay okay listen for a sec! Allow me to dump my thoughts on you.

So, Red Son Didn't Know AU. Right after the story time at the dinner table, Red Son goes and confronts his parents. He feels like his life has absolutely SHATTERED. His parents, the two people he thought he could trust more than anyone else, LIED to him for his whole life. He feels betrayed, he feels enraged . . . He feels hurt.

The three of them run into each other in a hallway. Red Son demands to know WHY. Why didn't they tell him? Why did they separate the Fire from him? Why didn't they just help him learn to control it?! He could've been so powerful. THEY could've been so powerful! He could've conquered the world for them. He wouldn’t have had to fail so many times. He wouldn't have had to live his whole life feeling useless . . . like a failure.

DBK and Iron Fan try to deescalate the situation. Try to explain their reasoning. The Samati Fire was too dangerous. They just wanted to keep their son safe. They never loved him any less because he was without it.

Red Son doesn't believe them.

He storms off to his room. DBK tries to come talk to him, but Red Son pretends to be asleep. He spends hours sitting in his room, stewing in his anger and thinking. Scheming. Planning.

He makes a decision.

Right as MK and the others are about to steal one of the rings from DBK, Red Son appears and steals it first. DBK wakes up and tries to talk some sense into Red Son, but it doesn't work.

"I'll show you. I'll show ALL of you!! I will reclaim my birthright. I will reforge the Samati Fire. And I will PROVE that I am not some CHILD who can't control his own power!!! I'll make you PROUD OF ME!!!!"

Red Son leaves. DBK wants to go after him, but Iron Fan tells him that the two of them are the last people their son wants to see right now. DBK instead turns to MK and the gang and he humbly requests that they find Red Son. Help him see reason. Keep him safe. And bring him home. MK agrees.

[cevtoons]

Something something MK and Red Son parallels and both relate to/empathize with and express an unrelenting belief in and determination to help Mei thrive and keep her safe… Even if it puts them or the world in danger. They trust their ability to get through to her.

+ BONUS

I’ll tell you what I think, I think that getting through to her while she’s in this state takes an Unshakable Belief in each other.

(via This Twitter thread + LEGO Monkie Kid Embrace Your Destiny) 

[cherllyio]

Mei is connected to Chaos - Theory (Spoilers)

This theory started out after I did an analysis of chaos powers and how they work, more specifically with our two known chaos-powers-holders: Macaque and Xiangliu.

Here I realized that their chaos powers share two very important traits, that are also found in the Samadhi Fire:

The powers have a connection to the persons state of mind (meaning if they are unstable, the powers will also be unstable)

Just look at how, after Xiangliu lost connection to chaos, he went insane.

And then there is also the theory that the reason Macaque died was actually because his shadow powers took over him, as we see here (Just look at how they latch on to his body!):

He even laughed like a maniac while Wukong and Macaque were fighting! (as we heard in season 5)

2. They also have a general black core in the middle, no matter if its just general chaos powers, or shadow powers, which core seems to be chaos.

And this also goes for the Samadhi fire!

1. The Samadhi fire is incredibly unstable, and if Mei wasn’t in the right state of mind, she would have destroyed the world.

Princess Iron Fan describing the Samadhi Fire: “But over time it became… unstable.”

2.The Samadhi fire does indeed have a very strong black core, even after Mei has taken control of it!

Not only that: Try to take look at how it looks, when the Samadhi Fire was about to explode vs when Macaque used the stronger parts of his shadow/chaos powers:

AND how Mei, Xiangliu, and Macaque also has a sort “lightning” connected to their powers:

Mei: “This ol zippi zappy lightning thing? I’ve always kind of- “

Red Son: “You haven’t lost your connection. That’s the Samadhi Fire!”

And if The Samadhi Fire is connected to chaos, it would actually also explain why Red Son even had the Samadhi Fire!

Because it’s not treated as a part of Red Son’s "normal powers". Instead, the Samadhi Fire is explained as a completely different thing. Seeing as they could remove that part of his powers, without removing the rest.

DBK: We had no option but to… remove this power:

And while it may sound strange at first, that someone would give a demon baby, chaos powers (as they did with Macaque in the “deal”), it does actually make sense.

As whoever that “he” is, that Xiangliu mentioned, seems to want the universe to be destroyed. And what was it, that was so dangerous about the Samadhi fire again?

Red son:” The Samadhi fire is more than just an inextinguishable flame. It’s an interdimensional weapon with a destructive power to burn through the very fabric of reality!”

And not only would it destroy the fabric of reality, but it would also destroy the cycle! (it is “interdimensional” after all)

Which would also explain why LBD was so interested in first MK and Wukong (someone who has a very close connection with the cycle) and then the Samadhi fire! (Something that could destroy the cycle)

She likely knew about the cycle, which would make her motivation for “destroying” it, make even more sense.

So, if anything, giving Red Son (especially as a baby) chaos powers, would actually be a really clever, and quick way, to destroy the cycle, leaving only the primordial chaos left:

(notice the lightning again!)

And this is not just speculating! As we saw in season 5, they kept bringing the Samadhi Fire up, meaning it’s still important.

More specifically with this little guy, who is not only a “failed replica of the Samadhi Fire”, but also has an incredibly important place in Chinese Mythology!

More specifically I believe him to be “a failed replica” of Taouwu, who is explained as: “a creature with a human face, tiger’s feet, pig’s teeth, a long tail, and flowing hair.”

And what do you know? That fits our little creature exactly!

Meaning that the one who gave Red Son thoughs powers was Taouwu, and now (when Red Son tried to make a replica of it), it represents itself as Taouwu!

And Taowu is actually also known to be part of a group called “The Four Evils”, that are known to be the most malevolent beings in the Chinese mythology!

They are even sometimes explained as being the antagonist counterparts of the Four Guardians! Meaning that if the Guardians symbolize “order”, these guys symbolize “chaos”. (Which is definitely important!)

Which could hint at, that either one of these guys are the “he” who is winning or is connected to him in some way! (Hundun, as seen in the picture, legit represents “chaos”)

And that’s not even getting into the theory, that the Four Evils have a high chance of being the ones, or one of them at least, who made a deal with Macaque! Though- that will take some time to explain, so I will just link that theory here.

But more importantly the Taowu, in itself, symbolizes stubbornness and arrogance.

And here we have Red Son (someone who is very arrogant) and Mei (someone who is very stubborn), who has thoughs powers, meaning that they would also be the perfect fit for these powers!

Quick examples:

Red Son: “Get off me you peasants!”

Red son: “You (Mei) and the newdle boy will stop at nothing to defeat her (LBD), that’s how I know you won’t lose.”

Conclusion

The Samadhi Fire is, in its core, a destructive and unstable power, aka: a chaos power.

Which also includes a lot of similarities back to normal chaos powers (like we see with Xiangliu and Macaque) With examples like being unstable, a black core, and lightning.

Meaning that Red Son didn’t “create” the Samadhi Fire, and instead was likely given it by one of the Four Evil’s, more specifically Taouwu.

And since Red Son already had fire powers, and was a demon baby, no one would suspect anything, and Red Son wouldn't remember getting them.

But what do you guys think? :)

[thatonezodiacfan]

Lmk au but it’s essentially just the traffic light trio if they where evil

[the-immortal-restless]

Reading fanfic motion and found this cute moment. Thought It’d be cute.