#this was all info I accumulated over a year of random searching- I hope it's of use to you

[dorkshadows]

Fellow JTTW fan, I am a sad nerd who thirsts for more fan content. Do you know any good sites to find fanfics or fan art or anything besides Weibo and LOFTER? I can read Chinese but I have a difficult time writing it so It's difficult to find anything OTL

Hey there, buddy! You came to the right person. I’m like that guy with a shady trenchcoat roaming the streets of the big city, except instead of drugs, I carry around JTTW content B)

For fanart, I’m afraid Weibo and LOFTER are the best places to go. Anywhere else really depends on being there at the right time. Have you tried tieba? It works well with mobile, but it’s annoying harder to navigate on the computer, and it’s messier than weibo/lofter.

I’m assuming you’ve wandered through all of LOFTER lol. For shipping needs, the Wukong/Sanzang tag there is #孙唐, but you can get different results if you try #唐孙 and #藏空 (same for weibo). There’s also  #空藏 and #猴唐 as alt. names for Wukong/Sanzang because this ship can never agree on a default name. If you just want to poke through gen. content for fanart or something, try these tags if you haven’t already: #西游记之大圣归来, #西游记, #西遊伏妖篇 (I say these three because they’re the most active, but like I said, can’t guarantee the fanart will pop up easily since we’re out of the “hot” fandom period lol).

For fanvids, I recommend bilibili.com. Use the same tags as above for quality content TM.

That being said, I’ve got you covered with fanfics (tieba links)!

Wukong/Sanzang forum (This clique is more active on lofter/weibo, so there’s not a lot here, but I think it’s worth poking around)

JTTW slash forum (It’s mostly 2011-series based fics, but I don’t think it really matters if you’ve seen that series or not. This was really fun to poke around lol, and like all fic sites, quality varies. But pay attention to the labels on the fics- it’s mostly Wukong/Sanzang but Erlang/Wukong, etc. is in there too)

Some of my recs from that forum to get you started (again, I recommend using a mobile device for these- if you’re on the computer, baidu will prompt you to log in when you try to go to the next page in each story)

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2740623595

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4421822887

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3691313176

https://wapp.baidu.com/p/3844782148?lp=5028&mo_device=1&is_jingpost=1

This story is good, but I’m not sure if you’re fond of things written in the original book’s Chinese style: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2740623595

TVB (1996/98) JTTW forum (I love this adaptation, but not a lot of fanfics in this forum; more het stuff in the mix)

However, it comes with one of my all-time favorite Wukong/Sanzang fics here. (Might seem ooc if you’re not familiar with the TVB series, but rest assured that it’s perfectly IC for that one!)

There’s also this long-shot Wukong/Sanzang AU fic here (based on the 2015 animated movie; some parts are better than others lol, but overall enjoyable). The copy-able version here.

It’s harder to find good gen. fics because there’s no aggregate site like AO3 or ff.net to filter through (there are a couple gen. I can rec, but I think the stuff here can tie you over for now haha). I found everything I did through ship-fics or internet fame.

However, this “internet novel” The Tales of Wukong, is a JTTW fanfic that’s so successful it’s getting a film adaptation set for July 2017. It’s implied Wukong has a love interest in this, but honestly? I think it’s perfectly fine to interpret it as platonic on his side if we want- they don’t get together anyway.

Here’s the link to the story again, but with a bunch of side-stories tacked onto the end: http://www.5uks.com/book/wukongchuan/

The author’s written another JTTW “book,” but I won’t rec it unless you enjoy this story. It’s actually pretty good in total, but it’s one of those things where you have to read to the very end or you’ll be going “wtf.” I got to the end and was still saying “WTF” for the next two days.

For fancomics, this one is absolutely amazing. Links here. Updates slowly, but gosh, it is worth it. Gen. Action/Adventure/Gorgeous art, somewhat 2015 animated movie based.

Webcomics:

Xi Xing Ji is pretty good. It’s a fan sequel to JTTW, with focus on the dragon prince and an OC. Also Wukong’s kinda dead in it. Key word is “kinda.”

Cruel Journey West Epilogue is wild nonsense, but I actually enjoyed the humor/action lol. This other one by the same team… is not as good, like, the story is terrible- you can try if you want though.

The Great Sage Equaling Heaven’s Journey to the West is a pretty much a page-by-page adaptation of the original story. Aside from that hilariously pornographic cover, it’s just a pure, cute comic.

And lastly, there’s a section of JTTW on both ff.net and AO3. Very small amount of content, but nearly all in English.

Hope your question was answered! Also for copy/pasting reference (you probably know this already though haha), 同人 is how Chinese fandoms refer to “fanfiction/art” and cp is their term for ship.