Headcanon that sun wukong had anger issues from the start.
he never actually hurt people because of them, but he always got angry way too easily and when he could, or was alone, he always did end up breaking something. But most times it was just him screaming at someone or staying silent but was very, very clear he was not in a good mood.
the only people he would actually scream at were other demons, he would never dare to hurt his monkeys physically or mentally or emotionally.
The monkeys sees him as this perfect little angel and he doesn't wanna break that little belief for them, so he'll keep being the little shy guy.
over time it just got worse, during jttw it was a serious problem because it ended with people actually getting hurt, and wukong didn't even regret it because they "deserved it", him getting angry was like if you just committed the biggest sin and now you had to pay for it. No wonder everyone were afraid of wukong!
The monkeys kept lovin' their king though, he was still the little saint for them, they didn't know what he did and even if they did, most if not all monkeys would excuse it.
Heaven started, not wukong.
The demons looked for it, wukong just answered.
y'know?
This mindset was also on Macaque.
Macaque also thought that wukong was the little saint that could do no wrong, and if he did do wrong he always had a reason behind and it was someone else fault. It wasn't the great mindset for the monkeys and wukong knows that, but they can't help it, they all grow up to know this wonderful king! How could he ever be bad?
but this mindset is also what brought macaque to his downfall.
Because of this idea of sun wukong, he refused to accept that his friend became bad, that his friend was in this journey to change and be better, he refused to listen even to wukong himself, he was the first one trying to explain it to Macaque.
Macaque didn't thought wukong had to change, he didn't had to change because he was perfect like that, that monk just made wukong into something unrecognizable and macaque couldn't stand it. (And also, the abuse.)
And it lead to many mistakes, which obviously provoked the king, and that lead to Macaque's death.
Macaque still does in fact think that wukong didn't need to change, he was "better" before, his king became such a pitiful, weak pacifist and macaque can't stand it because it's not "sun wukong" or "monkey king" in his eyes.
While the monkeys accept their king choices and changes, and are obviously proud of their king improving in things or becoming better, macaque is so stubborn to refuse to accept that wukong actually did change for the right.
But this leads to another headcanon i have for Macaque, and it's the headcanon that he was always the type of person to think he was always right, like Tripitaka y'know? He just wasn't always an asshole about it.
Tripitaka is obviously different from macaque, and while Tripitaka wanted to help but had this flaw in his personality, macaque had this flaw that was never fixed.
It actually got worse.
And that flaw stayed, stuck in there with macaque.
While wukong somehow fixed his anger issues, kinda. (He doesn't throw tables at least, he screams only. He got more tolerant though!)
Macaque never fixed his little flaw, because he personally thinks it's not a bad flaw. It's not a flaw at all. He isn't in the wrong and he never was and he never will.
but back then he was a good person, we can excuse it, now he isn't anymore.
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Hes DONE and Im TIRED and hes a crusty, moldy bitch that fought me the entire way to being finished, BUT HES FINISHED ANYWAY AND LOOK HOW GORGEOUS HE CAME OUT
Fun fact, a lot of villains are going to be in this au just to fill out the cast, but Macaque is the only antagonist
He knows he's a problem, and is actually fully accepting of his death, he's just not willing to let go until he feels like Wukong has suffered as much as he has. Unfortunately... Wukong isnt the only spirit hes holding hostage by his actions
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