#wusy

[ryin-silverfish]

Chapter 18: What a Swine!

-A few pages into the chapter, and I found the first hook to go on a giant tangent: according to Gao Cai, Gao Village is located in the Kingdom of Qoco. I have no idea why Yu translated it as such, since the original Chinese name——Wusi Zang(乌斯藏, a transliteration of dbus gtsang) sounds nothing like that, but in short, it's the Ming dynasty name for Tibet.

-However, a quick glance at this map would show you that the real Xuanzang didn't cross Tibet during his journey; rather, he went the long way around the Himalayas, travelling on the Central Asian Silk Road. In the Ming dynasty, if you wanna go to India, you could actually take the route through the Himalayas and Nepal, but it wasn't there in the Tang dynasty (because there were a couple of hostile kingdoms in the way; Tuyuhun, Tubo, etc.)

-Sidenote, I absolutely love how JTTW '86 adapted this chapter, with SWK getting his flirt on and the legendary "Pigsy Carrying His Bride" sequence that had made its way into many subsequence adaptations.

-JTTW Research had written pretty comprehensively about Pigsy's origins, from the Daoist deity Marshal Canopy to his ties with Marici, an import deity with a boar mount who's also associated with the Dipper Constellation. As such, I only had one tidbit to add about possible inspirations for his character in folklore that predated the above.

-The earliest tale about a lusty pig demon could be found in the Tang dynasty Xuan Guai Lu(玄怪录). Guo Yuanzhen, a historical general during the reign of Gaozong and Wu Zetian, came across a mansion in his youth during travel. The whole place was lavishly decorated, as if preparing for a wedding banquet, but eeriely empty save for one crying woman.

-Turned out, she was the unwitting soon-to-be bride of a god called "General Wu"(乌将军), who demanded a beauty as his wife every year from the locals, and because they would pay a hefty sum to "buy" said bride, her own father sold her out to be this year's sacrifice. Furious, Guo disguised himself as a guest, pretended to offer General Wu some venison, then cut off his hand with the meat knife.

-Wounded, the General fled, and his severed limb turned into a pig's hoof once the sun came out. Soon, the bride's family and village elders came to the manor, ready to collect her body for the funeral, and were so freaked out by what Guo did that they were ready to sacrifice him to General Wu too, since the "god" was known to summon storm and hails whenever he didn't get his bride.

-Guo scolded them for being so damn guillible because no real gods would demand human sacrifices or, y'know, have pig hooves as hands, before gathering the young men of the villages and following the trail of blood to the pig demon's abode, where they proceeded to smoke it out and kill it with an assortment of arrows and farming tools.

-The woman, after calling out her terrible parents, pledged herself to Guo and became one of his wives, and all was well.

-Honestly, Pigsy's evolution from his folklore origins to JTTW Zaju to JTTW novel seemed to be one in which he became increasingly sympathetic; from basically being a more lusty version of Guanyin's goldfish, to an opportunistic kidnapper who took advantage of a pair of star-crossed lovers' family feud, to an ex-deity turned reformed demon who kinda got screwed over by his in-laws.

-Final note: Pigsy bragged that even if they could get the "Monster-Routing Patriarch" to come down from the Nine Heaven and exorcise him, he could still claim to be an old buddy of the guy. Which…wasn't wrong, considering that "Monster-Routing Patriarch" was the title of Emperor Zhenwu, Lord of the North, who was worshipped alongside Marshal Canopy as one of the Four Saints of the North Pole.

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[roleplayerwithoutaplan]

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however eepy is scary so i shall judtt

Try n sleep extreme edition ™ wusy m lyci

[farpcomic]

hey Susie how’s a wusie in the susie lookin sushi with a losie going trosie with a doosie in a moosie with the dadtrap

YOU CONFUSED HER!!!

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[hrrraandm]

IRS: if you don't remind us that you've been forced to give us thousands of your hard earned money by this day we will Fucking Kill You. Yes you've already paid the taxes we are still forcing you to tell us again

Also the IRS: oh haha it's august and you still haven't gotten the money that we took too much of? Sowwy we're just so busy wusy! Pls wait until 2 years from now 🫶

[chimerinshine]

Soo school and life stuffs keep coming and coming that's why i kind a stop posting stuffs for a while yes i was busy wusy but when i get a freetime i posted a real quick one like when i found a very old or week old art works. Reason why i also making a poll artwork thing but also takes a long time before i posted the finish artwork. But i still have those things in my head so i will posted it if i ever finish it. However i'm still capable of doing/posting typables stuff like a fanon, ideas like that. Just want ya to know ya guys :3

[heysheepdog]

Wusy beaver....

Busy weaver beginning a nest.

[childgolden]

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[little-cutie-dracula]

sTenchy wHenchie mUsie wUsie!! 🦇

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[pixelbumblebee]

ANYONE SEE MY FELLOW CREWMATES ;-;

I LOST THEM AND I MISS THEM A LOT WHERE ARE THEY ;-;

why did no one tell us discord names are capitalization sensitive??!?!

[hxelpie]

<3

[disasterbisexual-moved]

I JUST BECAME DARK MUTUALS WITH SOMEONE

[johnwinchestersux]

dean and benny....they...yeah