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Made my own LMK AU! I call it Old King AU

As said on the image itself, this AU follows Sun Wukong, who, despite his immortality, has felt the passage of time on and has grown old and weary with age although his body has aged little. 

He peacefully lives out his retirement on Flower Fruit Mountain caring for the many fruit trees and garden, and the many little monkies living there with him.

Then he took in MK, then things get a little wild

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MORE WAFFLE HOUSE AU 🧇

me: i'm going to create an alternate universe that is so self-indulgent.

(ngl this took me forever and an almost broken wrist, but i prevailed! suffice to say, this au has now taken over my brain)

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Silly Comic my wunderful friend @samme-wunder came up with and I just drew out. Tiktok Youtube Patreon

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cw little bit of blood

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I FINALLY FINISH IT EHEHEHEH

I work at it so long you can actually see how style just jump around lol Its first time when I'm doing something that big, a lot of mistake in process, some sillines like not making storyboard at first and just improvize (seriously don't do it, don't repeat my mistake). But its still was fun Im proud that I even finish it!

Now going back memes Im in process of another thing hehe

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"every major baddie problem in the lmk universe is caused by SWK not dealing with his shit properly"

expect he dealt with all the shit and i'm tired of people ignoring it to paint him as an ignorant, uncaring bastard.

(very very minor s4 spoilers, so the cut)

Demon Bull King? Got his ass whooped and was sealed away for however long years it took for an entire ass megapolis to be built literally on top of him, causing absolutely no trouble to anyone whatsoever. Oh, and what sealed DBK? The staff. And if you'd care to know SWK outside of the LEGOverse, you'd realize how strong was SWK's resolve to seal DBK - keep him relatively safe, one might say - by using his trusty staff. The guy would literally die seven times over than let go of this thing.

Also people like, ignore the fact that canonically SWK stuck around the area (for the most part to stalk MK, but still), so he was literally there to deal with the DBK family if something went southwards? He didn't, because MK was able to hold the staff and the legend of the Monkie Kid then began.

(also zero antagonistic feelings towards DBK from SWK, like, whatsoever. i bet the dude actually wanted DBK to be free, cuz he felt bad abt it)

Macaque? In a morally gray manner, still very dealt with. SWK killed the dude. He was literally as dealt with as it can be. Or what, should SWK have predicted that after thousand upon thousand of years later a spirit (he dealt with too) would pull Mac out of Diyu? Yeah, I'd like to see that thought process.

SWK isn't omnipotent, he isn't even that far-thinking. Never was, actually. So holding that against him is like, very stupid. Especially because you don't do it to any other character in the show. 

Spider Queen? Wouldja look at that, also pretty much dealt with. We don't really know how exactly, but we know that she lost literally every ounce of power she had and had to resort to living in the sewers, prolly never to cause troubles ever again because, well, we never even heard of her until the special. SQ was pulled onto the scene by the Lady Bone Demon.

Which is, again, something SWK couldn't predict even if he tried.

And now into the fun part.

Lady Bone Demon? Was sealed away by Tripitaka and also didn't cause any trouble until DBK decided to use this freaky coffin he knew literally zero things about for his plans.

"But he should've killed LBD!!!"

He tried. Believe him he tried. This decision just wasn't his, and if you hold it against him and not Tripitaka, shame on you.

"He should have told the crew about LBD!"

He really couldn't have.

And people thinking that are blatantly ignoring SWK's character. Not that obnoxious fan favorite uncaring bastard one.

SWK deals with things on his own. That is just how he is, how he always was and he never learned to do it the other way around. If that's a fight, he'll do it, because he's damn strong. If it's to scout the mountain, he'll do it, because Bajie is a lazy ass motherfucker. If it's to find food for Trip, he'll do it, cuz he's fast and his eyes are awesome.

Same applies here.

LBD? Tried to kill her and Trip didn't let me -> Basically I didn't do the job right -> WTF I always do my job right, I am Sun Wukong hello???

It was, dare I say, a question to his pride, and SWK will forever be prideful. And when he acts on his pride, he does it with style and flare, in the most stupid way possible.

Hence all of the s2 off-screen investigation arc.

"Well, he should've told about the Samadhi rings!"

It would've endangered Mei, questioned his at this point in time very shaky authority and ability to handle shit, and prolly would've fucked Mei up a very whole lot.

You don't go and say to a person that they are a part of the most dangerous seal in the world and could die and destroy everything they love because you fucked up long time ago (again, very much jabbing at his mentality of 'Sun Wukong can do no bad job, and if he does he'll better fucking die trying to make it right').

Was his plan a shitty one? Obviously. Like, no question asked, it was a shit show of a plan. Very in character, though (SWK handles all the shit because he thinks he can).

And this little character arc of SWK not learning a damn thing results in him, oh golly you would not believe it, running off to do things on his own because he thinks he can handle it, because he's THE Sun Wukong who already handled this in the past.

Who woulda thought.

MINOR S4 SPOILERS HERE

And the new addition to the baddie group, Azure Lion. Won't be addressing all 'SWK is a betraying bitch' because the show refuses to give us SWK's perspective and I hate it.

But you already know what I will say, because you know the truth. He was dealt with. Got his ass whooped and sealed away in the inky scroll. To be pulled back onto the scene by a third party that Wukong literally couldn't have known about.

See a pattern?

SWK deals with the shit, some unknown variable meddles in it, suddenly SWK is an incapable asshole who left the problems for the poor lmk crew to deal with.

Wukong did his job. Someone fucked him over by undoing his job. He tried to deal with it again the only way he knows how, but the solo play doesn't fly anymore, so he made it kinda worse.

He's not an unbearable, incapable asshole because of it.

And I'm tired of people not seeing this.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk, I am Sun Wukong Apologist till the day I die.

Have a nice day!

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Wukong: is frustrated and annoyed during the vast majority of his interactions with Macaque, doesn't fully trust him after everything he's done, but at the same time he obviously still cares about him deep down even if he doesn't show it that often.

Macaque: deliberately teases and annoys Wukong while also caring for him and even protecting him despite the bad blood between them, clearly still craves the connection they used to have and purposely puts himself in situations where he'll be near him.

LMK fandom for some reason: okay so Wukong is a desperate dumb lovesick simp that wants Macaque back at all cost, and Macaque is this beautiful intelligent independent gaslight gatekeep girlboss femme fatale who doesn't care about Wukong at all don't ask why he still lurks in the mountain, goes into his house uninvited or why he goes as far as to put himself in danger just to protect Wukong because that would ruin the vision

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I realized I can like….. post about things that aren’t normal books???? So let me talk about Ashlynn and Tyler from School Bus Graveyard.

The long and short of it is I really, REALLY love their interactions, as few of them that there might be. It’s less of a “I ship it,” and more of a “they are such great co-parents to the rest of the gang”, but would I be mad if they got together? No.

Anyway, what I love most about them is the leadership dynamic. It’s pretty obvious, and pretty well stated in the comic, but Ashlyn is the leader of the group. If something comes up, everyone looks to her for answers. This isn’t to say no one else puts in input, and we have seen before how the others are more than capable of making important decisions without her, but when the group is together, she is usually the default decision maker.

However, we also see how Tyler also steps up as the leader when Ashlyn is MIA (my mind initially goes to when she got the concision in season and was barely conscious while they are trying to get the car). Not only that, but he is usually the one to fight Ashlyn on her decisions. It usually doesn’t go in his favor, but he has the self preservation where maybe she doesn’t (because maybe jumping on a train was their only option, but it wasn’t a great idea).

I feel like they also just… complement each other. They have a similar attitude towards the overall situation, and to the others’ behaviors, and thus can understand each other in a way that the others just wouldn’t. They also care about each other. This one isn’t exclusive to them, but considering how they fight/bicker, it’s nice to see those moments when they put aside everything else to help each other.

I love it so much, and it KILLS me that we will get none of it next season. I was already getting fed so little and now I will starve 😭.

At least we will get Ashlyn and Ben. I can’t wait to see what more of their one on one interactions will look like.

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hey guys! 👋

So... You probably heard the stuff about what is going on with lmk s6, if you dont.

this is from someone's oomf on twitter and they are a trustworthy person, personally im not surprised since we got the news on the wiki fandom from someone and i lost hope in s6 until alot of my favourite artists on twitter started to do everything so the show wouldn't get cancelled.

💜👌Stuff you could do:

Share

Message lego on the customer service page in the contact us section on their page.

Say how much you love the show on tiktok, bluesky, tell your mutuals, share art and edits, anything to prove we love the show and it shouldn't be cancelled.

The show is falling apart and despite giving up on it and life as a whole. The show gave me hope and i need it, we need that hope. Thanks for reading

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I think as a fandom

Way too many people ignore how fucking obsessed Mac is with wukong

And also how macaque is a jock but people aren't ready for that last convo

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I had a stroke earlier today and made this. YHK vs orv fanfiction. Enjoy ✍️

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-First seasons soysauce duo:

Macaque: *mischaracterizing wukong in the worst way possible*

Mk: he would not fucking say that

Macaque: >:(

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had an LMK dream where they fixed S6’s plotline by sacrificing Macaque except it was a worthless one and they didnt need him to do all that and SWK and MK just needed to hug to return everything to the starting point before MK even got his powers or met SWK

It was so funny i woke up snickering

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Diversity Win! Your Handsome Monkey King, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong is asexual!

According to this one page I stumbled across.

Blink and you'll miss it. Two lines sandwiched between a paragraph that doesn't answer its own question and a recolor of "Can [] beat Goku" (which was also on the page)

I tried to find the source of the statement and discovered a reddit thread by Sun Xing Zhe, a source I personally rely on!

The replies and other readers of the novel made some good points in the discussion below, but overall there seemed a general consensus that Journey To The West's Wukong shows very little, if no interest at all towards women or men throughout the novel. And I agree as well.

Not that I needed anyone to convince me, though. I've always felt Wukong would be the type of guy to say "I never lose, not even my virginity!"

All this to say, a personal reinterpretation of a novel from the Ming dynasty can literally do no harm; if anything, I'd be pretty stoked if a hero of legend represented me on a front so deeply intimate and personal like one's own sexuality.

Happy pride to my aces and to all!

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i feel like so many people misunderstand redemption arcs. they’re not about forgiving past actions. they’re not about softening previous behavior. redemption arcs are about realizing past behavior was heinous and resolving to be better, do better. that’s why so many redemption arcs fall apart upon close scrutiny.

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He was a punk she did ballet: ❌

He and she are both punks and have a crush on a same art baby: ✅

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Would anything change if he just... stopped being here?

Peach Flavored Kisses, Chapter 34!! — @introverted-monkey-noises

GO READ IT ON AO3!

It's a bit of a lazy work, I know. But I've also just been a bit busy and I just kinda bullshitted this—sorry, chat. Didn't really enjoy the background but I had fun with the lineart.

The pose is kind of a reference to my first post about Peach Flavored Kisses. Not only that, but Wukong's thoughts actually.. reflected a lot of mine, so this chapter hit me like a truck. Didn't pay much attention to the physical descriptions of the scene, but it gave the vibe of "staring into the ceiling or into nowhere while contemplating thoughts of dead". That is a vibe that I'm very familiar with as I do it just about every time my life reaches a minor inconvenience.