#tang and pigsy are the Dads ever

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Jttw is NOT family friendly 😭🙏

[starrclown]

☆ LMK headcannons before I go to sleep ☆

Ao Lie has a BIG smile because of him being a horse. He also has super sharp teeth because he's a dragon as well. This results in a HUGE smiled with razor sharp teeth that most people don't like.

Mei has a smaller smile with duller teeth because of how far down the generational line she is. She also has smaller horns and very few scales.

Tang is SUPER competitive in games. Like HARD core competitive.

Macaque has SERIOUS resting bitch face. He looks made all the time besides when he's with Wukong or the monkies.

Mk didn't know what kind of relationship Wukong and the monkeys had so when the little ones called him "Dad" and "Grandpa" instead of "King", it confused the hell out of him.

Mk also didn't know that Redson was Wukong uncle till Wukong casually dropped it in a training session.

Wukong is Redsons godfather.

Macaque hates having long hair because it makes him too hot for his liking. Hell cut it if it gets past the bottom of his neck.

Sandy has a fluffy orange cat and named him "Wukong". He has also done this with Mk, Mei, Tang, Pigsy, and recently, Redson.

Redson loves ice cream but he has to eat it super quick or it will melt.

Wukong is SEVERELY claustrophobic for obvious reasons. DBK is also claustrophobic, but to a lighter sense.

Macaque uses corny jokes and flirts on Wukong and somehow Wukong finds it charming.

In the battlefield Wukong is elegant and precise, in his normal life he slams his hip into ever corner possible.

Chang'e is NOT a lightweight. She could drink for hours and only be buzzed.

Wukong hides under Chang'es counter so that way he can still be on the show but not be on camera. He likes to luck bowls she's not using anymore or hand her ingredients. He's her "special tester" to make sure the foods good. If you look closely enough you can see his hand popping up.

Wukong likes to compare hand sizes alot because of how diffrent all his friends are. Most of the time his friends hands swallow him because obviously he's alot smaller, but Macaque's and Mk's hands aren't much bigger than his.

Mei would dox you if she felt like you deserve it.

Wukong found the camera Mei placed on him and got rid of it immediately. Redson copied this.

Both Wukong and Redson have curly hair but they straighten it.

Pigsy is the smallest in his family. His mom, dad, grandma, Tang, and Mk are all bigger than him.

Tang has a older sister. He also has a few cousins. His family is LOADED.

Tangs mom was disapproving of Pigsy. Tangs dad LOVES him and Mk. Opposite on Pigsys side. His dad HATES tang but his mom loves him.

Sandy is a active reader and has many favorite books. He likes to talk to Wukong or Tang about them.

Mk has to have braces until he was about 20.

Mei international dyed her hair to make her parents mad but she atcually ended up liking it so she kept it.

Pigsy is Mks favorite parent. He is not shy about this fact and will say it when asked.

Redson is very blunt. He's not always trying to hurt your feelings, sometimes it's just hit tone making him sound meaner than what he's trying to convey.

Sandy is still looking for Hunstman.

Wukong does nit care what gender is. He doenst care if you think he's a boy, girl, or anything else. As far as he's concerned he's just a monkey and that's all that matters.

Wukong is extremely warm so the monkeys (and Macaque when Wukong kets him in his bed) snuggles up to him and grabs him so they can feel the warmth.

Mayor bits ice cream. He also bites jawbreakers.

Azure eats like he just got out of prison. Wukong is a slower eater and makes fun of him for his quick pace.

Yellow Tusk needs glasses but he won't wear them.

Peng is the kinda gut where THEY can make a joke insulting their friends but will get PISSED if you try and do it too.

Nezha has a HORRENDOUS sleep squedule that he picked up from both his job and Wukong.

Pif snaps more than she'd like. Things make her frustrated quickly and she snaps because of it. She's yelled at Redson more than she'd like to because of it. Redaon never knows what to expect feom her so he's very careful not to make her angry. DBK isn't much better.

Macaque makes jokes about Wukongs weight and him getting bigger but he doenst like it when he can hear Wukong critize his body. He likes how soft Wukong is.

Wukong has always been chubby exept when he was on the journey and starving. That kinda skinny wasn't okay.

Wukong likes to mess up Tangs hair cause he finds it funny that Tang looks exactly like his master just with hair. Tang let's him do it cause he know it makes him feel better.

Nezha crashes at Wukong's place when he's tired of work. Wukong offers him a room but he normally falls asleep to quickly on the couch.

I'm so sleepy yall but at least I got motzeralla sticks today.

These are always so fun to make.

[mikka-minns]

I saw on twitter a hc/theory that Pigsy is "dadsy" and Tang is "Mister Tang" Because Tang purposely let himself be the "less of a parent, more of a teacher" So that Pigsy has space to get used to being a parent and so that Tang doesnt steal the spotlight from him. So even tho he is there for Mk like a second dad, he doesnt get much of a dad treatement.

That kinda broke me ngl. And it does sound pretty Canon

But here's my own headcanon that came to me randomly to cheer me up

When MK was little he called them both "dad" or "papa", but didnt have a specific name for either so it became confusing

He started calling Pigsy "dadsy" as a nickname at some point and it stuck. He continued calling Tang "dad".

Later, he tried to give Tang a similar nickname but nothing felt right.

Mk: "dad Tang"? No. "tadad"? Worse. "Dang-?" WAIT NO-

Pigsy and Tang: *bursting into laughter*

Mk: STOP! IT SLIPPED OUT! >:(

They teased him about it for a bit. For a while, whenever Tang would walk into a room where MK and Pigsy where, Pigsy would yell "DANG!", Tang would do a "😏😘" face and they would both start laughting while Mk just pouts in embarasment. He calls Tang "Mister Tang" to be petty. His dads things its the funniest shit ever.

As Mk grows up, "Mister Tang" becomes more of an affectionete nickname than a petty one. Mostly cuz he got used to it and Pigsy doesnt cat-call Tang as often.

He still does it and the two do laugh, but mk just looks at the unamused

Mk: 😑is this necessery?

Pigsy: Yes

Tang: dont like your dads apriciating each other's company?😏

Mk: 😑 guys, please

Self-indulgent, but they deserve some nice headcanons.

I might make a post of small fluffy lmk headcanons too (w a lot of freenoodles family Ones)

[aroacenezhaanddainsleif]

"demon child"

i think lmk li jing should have been worse :)

"Father-" Nezha's mech takes a step forward, metal clanging against the asphalt.

Li Jing swirls around, glaring with a gaze filled with both anger and fear. "SILENCE!" He snarls, lifting the pagoda in one bracelet-clad hand. "Do not make me subdue you once more, Nezha."

Nezha is no fool. He knows all of them can see him flinch, even through the layers of iron and steel. He knows all of them can see the spear waver in his mech's fingers, foot shifting backward out of defense.

Ever the savior, Wukong steps forward to his defense, brown-orange fur bristling. "Hey, what the fuck, Li?" He snarls, tail swishing in agitation. "Us I get, but your own son?"

Nezha's father raises his pagoda, glare tightening the wrinkles around his eyes. "You have no right to judge me, simian. Or shall I remind you-" the seal upon the circlet reactivates, and Nezha can only watch in horror as Wukong cries out in pain, dropping to his knees. The rest of his friends- can Nezha even call them his friends, with how little he knows of them?- try to resist the tug of the pagoda's magic, but their feet start to slip.

He doesn't want to go back to that lotus-painted door again. He doesn't want to be crushed and confined under a heavy floor again. He doesn't want his tongue silenced and his actions subdued again. He doesn't want to be trapped ever again.

...But isn't he now?

Trapped in compliance, frozen in time as he watches them lose this fight?

Nezha is no fool.

He knows he is a hound that has been muzzled and chained- he knew that when they took away his strongest weapons and raised a pagoda at him for harboring the slightest thoughts of disobedience. He has always known.

But for the sake of the trust MK talked of, for the sake of what Nezha once stood for- a two-handed spear breaks through the pagoda's cyclone, severing the magic. Nezha can only watch as the dragon girl yells for Mr. Tang, everyone staring at him with confusion and pity as a golden glow takes them far away.

He knows his punishment. He knows why the pagoda was created.

He leaves his mech, bowing his head before his father as he awaits what is due.

"...Return to the Celestial Realm."

He is given a mercy. An unexpected one, at that, but one that makes his bowed head sigh toward the asphalt with relief. As of now, his use outweighs his disobedience.

He watches his father take off toward the horizon, mumbling an apology as he disappears from the festively lit alleyway in a swirl of lotus petals. He knows what it's like to be a chaos child, destined for destruction- he can only hope MK will have a happier tale than he did.

"...So hey, are we just going to gloss over what the fuck just happened with Nezha??" Mei asks once she's back on her feet within the mountain cavern, gesturing wildly at Wukong to explain.

"He-" Wukong starts, then stops, scratching his arm. "His dad... I knew something about it, but I always thought people were exaggerating. Cause c'mon, Nezhy? I know he's got a temper, but that-"

"Monkey King, WHAT are you talking about?" MK scratches his head, leaning on Mei with a similarly confused expression.

Wukong hesitates, pacing against the stone ground of the temple, then sighs. He opens his mouth-

And is beat to it.

"That pagoda was created to subdue Nezha." Tang interrupts. He pushes his glasses farther up his nose, focusing his gaze on crumbling towers high above. "...I remember the story now."

When he's finished regaling the tale in a quiet tone, the Monkie Gang has reeled through a rollercoaster of emotions- anger, disgust, pity, sympathy, and rage. Pigsy rolls up his sleeves, marching out towards the nearest wall with a loud "I'm gonna go back and give that fuckin' 'father' of his a piece of my goddamn mind-"

Sandy lays a gentle hand on his shoulder, steering the chef back. "Pigsy. Not right now." He says, although nobody misses the clenched fist of his other hand.

Wukong sighs. "...I always thought people were playing it up, but... I guess not." He closes his eyes, trying to reign in the feeling of guilt bubbling up inside him. To think he bullied Nezha for it, not understanding just how conflicted he must have been... Most definitely not for the first time in Wukong's life, he feels like an idiot who failed a friend. But there's nothing he can do about it now- so he rolls his shoulders back, settling his bristling fur as he waves everyone towards the stone passageway. "Welp! Traumatic backstories aside, time to get the world-saving-adventure underway, everyone!"

As for Nezha... They'll all just have to hope he's alright.

[violetjedisylveon]

Grinning Shadow AU, what if Wukong told the story of Macaque being brainwashed by the Jade Emperor to MK? (Sometime after Season 3...)

How would MK react to learning what happened to Mindless Macaque?

How would MK react to Macaque regaining his mind? :')

Prev/first Grinning Shadow post

I think after season 3 Wukong would try to tell MK about Macaque in general, MK deserves to know about his dad, he just doesn't know where to start. Dealing with Not Mayor understandably brings back a lot of bad memories with Macaque.

He tells MK what he can, that his mate's mind was taken by the Jade Emperor and he's up in the celestial realm. It's a very simplified version because watching Macaque loose his mind was traumatizing as hell. He doesn't tell him that Macaque was the person who made MK or that he is the one who gave him to Pigsy and Tang. He still feels very bad about it and does not know how to address it.

MK would be very sad for his mentor to have lost someone he cared so much about, and it recontextualizes his previous behavior, Wukong's very protective over him.

And he'd be very upset that the celestial realm did something so horrible to someone. He's a bit horrified by it, it's very similar to what LBD did to her thrall and good guys don't do that, so are the celestials the bad guys?

If Nezha was still around at the time, he'd ask him about it, Nezha would tell him not everyone agreed with the Jade Emperor, but no one could go against him and at the time, a lot of the realm was really upset at the two of them and thought it was justified.

MK would be very happy when Macaque is freed, it's the happiest he's ever seen his mentor, and he's very happy to meet the mate his mentor told him so much about.

And by this point , MK would've seen his past in the scroll, and while it wasn't super clear, he's pretty sure Macaque is the one who made him, but Macaque doesn't seem to recognize him, so he's not sure, and he doesn't know how to bring up "hey Macaque, now that you've got your mind back, I think your my dad".

Macaque's memories are intact, but very hard to think about, a lot of bad stuff happened to him and nothing so far has reminded him of that time he had an arts and craft afternoon with the creation goddess.

MK isn't a harbinger of chaos, the scroll said he was but it's wrong, MK was intended to be an antidepressants for Wukong, he doesn't know that yet, but what's worse? Being the destroyer of the universe, or the equivalent of getting a pet to fix depression?

Thank you for asking! This is a very fun au to brainstorm for!

Grinning Shadow AU Masterpost

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Lmk ss edits + Headcanons, Part 2 (Pigsy, Tang, Sandy, Sun Wukong, Macaque)

- He/Him

- Bisexual

- Huge environmentalist, if you put any garbage or recycling in the wrong bin expect to get at least a three hour lecture, no you can not escape this, yes MK and Mei have tried, no they did not succeed

- ONLY shops from farmers markets/family businesses, you will never catch this man supporting a corporation

- Use to steal Tang's college hoodies

- Took him the longest to get used to having Redson around and a part of the group , but eventually warmed up to him (is still kinda salty about Redson burning MK's room though)

- Grows his own herbs

- Gets incredibly frustrated when he gets the hiccups (writing this as I'm fighting off hiccups)

- Loves watching true crime shows and listening to true crime podcasts while he does household chores or while he's setting up/closing the shop

- Got his ears pierced with Tang

- MK and Mei call him mom when he's being overbearing, Tang calls him mom now too to tease him

- Once caught Mei and MK sneaking food out of the kitchen at 3am and beat them with a broom for a solid minute because he was too drowsy to recognize them and assumed they were intruders (they were fine)

- Is the type of person to call his husband (Tang) "bro", "dude" etc

- Got drunk in college once and talked about nothing but how much he loved Tang, didn't remember any of it the next day but Tang asked him out pretty quickly after that

- Exchanged a few recipes with DBK while they were at the beach, they still do exchange more recipes once in a while but they don't talk much outside of cooking related topics

- Learned how to play dnd in college because Tang liked the game and ended up liking it a lot more than he expected to so they wound up playing together all the time (they still play it once in a while if they have time)

- Him and Sandy get together every other weekend to try and help Pigsy with his anger management issues

- Never called MK his son while he was growing up because he was scared that MK's real family would show up one day to take him back home, finally realized that no one was gonna show up a short while after MK turned 10 and started acting like an actual parent (MK always saw Pigsy as his dad though)

- Always says "this is the last time" when giving Tang free noodles (it is never gonna be the last time, and Tang knows it)

- Once bumped into a mannequin at the mall and apologized to it, Tang still makes fun of him

- Use to take Mei and MK to conventions all the time until Mei learned how to drive and could take them herself

- Won't care for people getting hurt in movies but will be absolutely crushed if something happens to an animal (sobbed when he watched "A Dog's Purpose")

- Smells like noodles

- Love language is acts of service

- Keeps trying to convince Tang to come with him to family events, has yet to succeed

- Carries around an extra pair of headphones in case Tang or MK needs them

- Almost threw hands with DBK and PiF after hearing about how they treated Redson (seriously guys, I need Redson to have a good parental figure in the next season, please), this man is a father to everyone

- Snores loud as fuck, it's a wonder how Tang gets any sleep

- No fashion sense what's so ever

- Insomnia

- He/Him

- Gay

- Once zoned out and stared at a wall for six hours straight

- Desk is covered in pencil shavings and pen ink

- Constantly bruised from always falling (weak ankles)

- Fluent in Polish, don't ask why, it just feels right

- Doodled all over his books in school (they made him pay for new ones)

- Never up before sunrise

- Got in some random dudes car once thinking it was a taxi and almost got himself kidnapped

- Will make the most annoying, smart-ass remark to anything anyone says

- I'm not actually sure if it's ever mentioned in the show what Tang does for a living but it doesn't matter, he's a college history professor now

- Has grandma floral bedsheets (we've all seen his sleepwear, you cannot tell me that man doesn't have grandma floral bedsheets)

- Somehow always cold

- Constanly napping, he can and will fall asleep if he's left alone for too long (his students once caught him asleep at his desk after lunch break and dipped class)

- Used to have hexagon glasses cause he thought they looked cool but found out Pigsy liked circular ones better so he got new ones

- Still has a septum piercing he got while he was in college but keeps it flipped up, he also has ear gauges

- When he met Pigsy's parents he was super nervous and ended up passing out half way through the night because of anxiety, he has not lived it down and refuses to go to any events with Pigsy if his family is gonna be there (they actually really liked him and are disappointed when he doesn't show up)

- Doesn't own a bookshelf for some reason, everything is just piled on the floor

- Very faint freckles

- Needs a daily 'to do' list, his whole day gets thrown off if he doesn't have some kind of schedule

- Maladaptive daydreamer

- Never showers, only takes baths

- Needs headphones on crowded transportation otherwise he'll get stressed at all the noises and talking overlapping eachother

- Severe rsd (rejection sensitivity dysphoria,  "benched" was an especially bad time for him)

- Number one art appreciator and constantly drags Pigsy to museums

- Smells like a library (please tell me you know what smell I mean)

- Love language is gift giving ( and you KNOW he loves you when he shares his food with you willingly)

- 76% of the clothes he owns are thrifted

- Blind as a fucking bat, if he looses his glasses he's on the floor feeling around for them like Velma,  I swear they could be two feet in front of him but he won't even notice

- Hypersomnia

- He/Him

- Bisexual

- Huge conspiracy theorist, ask him anything and he'll have some in depth explanation on how it relates to cryptids or something (I'm talking Matpat level conspiracy theorist, seriously, someone get him help)

- Slowest typer on the planet (mainly because the screen is too small for his hands), will respond to something 3-5 minutes after they changed topics

- Made seed bombs and threw them everywhere at random around the city and now there's a bunch of flowers and vines growing everywhere

- Was the first one (Aside from Mei and MK) to welcome Redson into the group with open arms, everyone else was still kinda cautious

- Would literally die for any of his friends, no questions asked, no hesitation, just jumps in the line of danger as soon as he sees one of his friends about to get hurt

- Didn't have a lot of friends growing up until he met Pigsy in his last year of high school because everyone was afraid of him

- He and Pigsy were in a band together in college, Sandy discusses it with pride, Pigsy gets embarrassed and denies ever being in a band at all

- Since he also has scales he's the one who teaches and helps Mei look after her scales and keep them from drying or getting damaged

- Yoga master, wakes up super early to do it during sunrise

- Has the best taste in music, he can find the most amazing, tear jerking, heart wrenching, underground music ever effortlessly

- Hasn't met a single person he wasn't able to get along with

- Firmly believes in all the little wishing rituals (11:11, shooting stars, birthday candles, blowing dandelions etc)

- Learned how to whistle so he could sing along with birds

- *gets robbed* "oh, i bet he needed the money, it's ok"  "I really don't think he did." "...maybe he's gonna donate it!"

- Favourite kind of tea is earl grey

- Named one of his cats Maquack after Macaque

- Sometimes cat sits for Bai He when she goes to doctor appointments, family visits out of the city, etc

- Got his piercing while he was still in a band but kept them in because his band mates were some of his first friends and they all got pierced together

- Has a tail to help him swim better (unfortunately I could not add it in the edit above but just I imagine he has the same kind of tail as the water Na'vi in Avatar ig)

- Skin has a faint ombre to it (his hands and feet are lighter and fade around his forearms/knees to a slightly darker blue (i did add this one in my edit but unfortunately I don't think it's as visible as I wanted it to be, my bad)

- Webbed hands and feet to help him swim better

- Has adipose eyelids like a fish to protect his eyes from the water, block exposure of harmful ultraviolet light into his eyes and act as protection against impact to the eye in aquatic environments. Since his eyelids are transparent though, he has to wear a sleeping mask at night

- Smells like a mix of ocean air and tea

- Love language is quality time and physical touch (will pick up and hug his friends all the time no matter the place)

- His hair and beard always have something in them, sand, seaweed etc

- Shoes are actually really uncomfortable for him to wear because his body is evolved for an aquatic environment, but he doesn't want to be rude so he wears them anyway (Mei found out and got him a customized pair of shoes so he could be comfortable without feeling like he's being rude)

- Uses Kaomojis

- If he's not busy, or doesn't have anything planned for the next few hours, he'll spend his free time cleaning up the ocean and beaches from any garbage

- He/Him

- Pansexual

- Everything he has ever done has been an impulse decision

- Is the type of mf to kick the inside of someone knee while they're walking to make them fold (Tang is the primary victim)

- Chews his nails

- Made up his own constellations as a "fuck you" to the universe (somehow managed to convince some mortals they were real constellations too)

- Mk and Co constantly forget how ancient swk is until he says some old person shit

- Naturally has curly and untamable hair, uses glamor to avoid getting called out about not taking care of it

- Horrifically optimistic

- Always has leaves and dirt and sticks etc in his hair

- Will sit out in the rain for hours on end

- Follow up on the last hc, he's been struck by lightning.. twice

- Actually has really heavy eyebags but uses glamor to cover them up

- Gets bored super easily

- Has naturally long lashes, Mei is still convinced he's wearing makeup though

- Cannot cook for the life of him

- His memories are always in shades of gold, no ones sure if it hasn't something to do with his gold vision or not, even himself, he just can't remember things in normal colour

- Stress induced migraines from the circlet

- Not a fan of big cities but loves how the lights look at night

- Stacks of notebooks and loose paper, cannot keep anything organized

- Takes a nap everyday at exactly 2:38 without fail

- Freezes in the winter, man's house has no insulation whatsoever

- Doesn't like big crowds but also can't stand not being the center of attention

- Once picked fleas out of both MK's and his own hair and ate them, MK was and still is disgusted, he will never look at Monkey King the same way again

- Smells like Peaches (it's like the only fucking thing he eats)

- Love language is physical touch

- Kinda chubby (mostly around his stomach and thighs) but still has muscles

- Always teasing Redson about the fact that he's technically his uncle since he and DBK are sworn brothers, he finds Redson's overreactions to it funny but is secretly kinda hurt that Redson doesn't think of him as family anymore (He use to when he was a little kid but stopped seeing Wukong as family after he sealed DBK away. They've started to try and mend their relationship after the events of season 4, it's slow but it's progress)

- Sometimes the monkey's on FFM will come into his house through the windows at night to sleep with him for comfort

- Really bad with technology but pretends he's just too good for the internet so he can avoid using it without looking old

- He/Him

- Bisexual

- Says his "S"'s really sharply

- If you ask him anything about himself he'll give you a different answer to the exact same question everytime (he thinks it makes him mysterious,  it does not)

- Lower lid eyeliner >>>

- If you say something stupid or weird he'll just stare judgingly until you take it back

- Actually lost his mind when he found out what blowing bubbles were

- Drinks tea with an ungodly amount of sugar

- Chronic eye pain + headaches. It's gotten significantly better over the years but.. yk, eye gouged out

- Has a deeply relaxing voice, strangely enough

- Has tried to compliment people before but it always ends up coming off as an insult

- Classical music or heavy rock, no in-between

- It is literally impossible to take a bad picture of him

- Puts his hair up in a bun whe he doesn't wanna deal with it

- Has patches of freeze burns from LBD, along his right side (mostly just his arm).

- Theater kid

- Rose tea enjoyer

- Likes to bake sometimes and frequently exchanges recipes with Pigsy and DBK

- Like to watch the sunrise and sunset

- Hates being out in the sun too long, not having a shaded area nearby for an easy escape stresses him

- Will stare out the window while it rains, Mei once said he looked like he was pretending to be in a cringey early 2010 music video

- Hard of hearing, his six ears are very sensitive and all the fighting and screaming has definitely done some damage to them by now

- Follow up on the last HC, despite being hard of hearing he will either absolutely refuse to wear hearing aids, or will wear them (albeit begrudgingly) but cover them with glamor

- Septum and snake bite piercings he got during his emo phase

- Smells like grapes, don't ask

- Love language is quality time, he doesn't care to actually have a conversation, though, he's fine just sitting in comfortable silence

- Will use his shadow transport for the dumbest things when he's lazy, like teleporting the TV remote to him if it's on the other side of the couch, teleport a bag of chips from the pantry to him in his bedroom,  etc

- Room is covered in scented candles

- Sandy has invited him over to work out some of his problems multiple times, he doesn't really care to open up though, he just goes for the cats (Sandy let's him)

- His hair is always soft and he refuses to tell anyone what he washes with, MK has asked multiple times and he gets a different, vague answer everytime

[quitealotofsodapop]

"Xiaotian..."

...

"Xiaotian!"

MK groaned, blinking open blurry eyes for but a moment, an all too familiar blue of ginger hair and the kind, if blurry to the point of unrecognizable face of his mother appearing before him for but a moment before his eyes became too heavy and he had to close them once more.

"MK!"

When MK woke again, he realized the face before him was not his long lost, never before seen or met mother... but rather his Zhǔrénwēng leaning over him in concern, his golden eyes swimming with worry. When he noticed MK awake, he sighed, visibly relaxing.

"Monkey... King?" MK groaned, "What happened?"

"We overdid it in training today, went and threw you too hard into the mountain." Was Wukong's answer as he helped MK up, a furry paw wrapping around his waist as he slung MK's arm over his armored shoulder to help him walk the pounding of his head off, "Needless to say were stopping here. Pretty sure you have a concussion, so doctor's orders are to rest up. And don't you dare try to fly home, I called Jangles and the Chef, they'll be here shortly to pick you up... and probably make my ears bleed from their yelling."

Prev.

Yes yes yes!!!

MK is dazed, dizzy, and his heart flutters for a moment. He swears that he sees his "Mama" infront of him. The same person who occupies his earliest and fuzziest memories.

He smells apricots?

MK's mouth doesn't find the word "Mama" - but an odd chirping sound. Like what he's heard the littlest monkeys use.

The figure before him stutters a bit, as if surprised.

Wukong: "Xiaotian? MK? Can you hear me bud?"

MK, bleary: "buh...?"

Wukong: "Phew! New training rule; no more tossing eachother into mountains. This has to be the first time you ever got concussed on me. You're reflexes are normal, thank Buddha. But I'm prescribing you strict bedrest, no bright lights, and some tylenol. Your dads are yelling at me on the phone right now. They're already on the boat over with Sandy."

MK, a little slurred: "Since when you're my mothe- doctor?"

Wukong, toussles MK's hair: "Ever since I first took responsibility for you, kiddo."

MK isn't sure which part of his words Wukong was referring to. He doesn't have long to wonder on it, as Pigsy is quick to arrive and fret over him. Tang arrives moments later, a little more winded, but equally worried.

MK is happy that his parents are here.

[googleitlol]

If Dove's store went into the Lmk universe/storyline, how whould dove react to Mk? And Wukong being put into another circlet??

I'm sorry for how off the rails this ask is going to get, I'm including a lot of other stuff besides your questions cuz I've already thought about this a lot.

@marcu-bug and I have brought it up to each other before, and in LMK… Dove is reincarnated. Will I explain why?

…Not yet :D

For this, Dove is sort of like a maternal figure to MK (He's got so many dads, why not add a mom friend?). I have a oneshot planned where I'll go more into her character, but I imagine in the lmk universe, she’d be a paramedic that usually stops by Pigsy’s for lunch. Dinner too if she’s had a long day. Which is most days.

She definitely gets a lot of those ‘worried-parent’ feelings around MK and Mei, with how often they go jumping at the chance to do dumb shit. She’s seen a lot of things, but dear lord do those to take the cake for number of calls she’s had to respond to. Actually, that’s probably how she first discovered the noodle shop, responding to a call Pigsy made when Mei took MK for a ride on her motorcycle and they crashed. I imagine like an old bartender, Pigsy would listen to her rants about her shift with Tang enjoying a bowl next to her. Being a paramedic is tough, having her gift is helpful but sometimes Dove is running into hostile situations on the job. Sometimes she sees something that shakes her, but Pigsy and Tang are there to listen at the end of the day. It also helped her to unwind by hearing Tang tell MK all about the Journey to the West and the Monkey King. It'd be a lie to say she wasn't a little intrigued by his stories, just a bit.

She joins the monkie gang when the pilot begins and helps out when she can, and funnily enough, Red Son gets pretty uncomfortable around her. Not that she gets to join her friends too often, and for a very specific reason. Sun Wukong. At first, Dove thinks he's a generally cold guy, he's always on his mountain, doesn't socialize much, and he's pretty standoff-ish around her. But after seeing how he is with MK, she quickly realizes that isn't the case.

Okay, he's just an ass, then. A confusing one, at that.

It seems like Monkey King will do whatever it takes to avoid her, but at the same time, he pushes himself into her life in the most frustrating ways imaginable. Nearly anytime she's invited to do anything fun with her friends or go on any sort of adventure, she gets a call from her building manager that something is leaking in her apartment, or a strange call from her boss asking if she can do another shift last-minute, only for them to be none the wiser about ever asking her to do that. Dove didn't realize who was behind these strange happenings, but when she figured it out, boy was she pissed.

It's not uncommon to see Dove and Wukong arguing, much to MK's dismay. She just doesn't get why he's decided to hate her, he doesn't even know her! One time, he asked her to help a monkey of Flower Fruit Mountain that needed medical help, but when she got there, he left her stranded on the mountain while he went on vacation! Dove couldn't see the mainland for days until MK and Tang visited the mountain for a separate reason about some giant dumpling. It doesn't get much better when the team has to go looking for the Samadhi rings. If anything, it gets worse. Monkey King is so aggravated to even have Dove with them, she'd half-expect that he wanted her left to be frozen in the city with Lady Bone Demon! He doesn't want her anywhere near the ritual where they form the fire. The unfriendly behaviour doesn't stop until, well, Amnesia Rules…

When Monkey King loses his memory and gives her this look of shock, the last thing she expects is for him to scoop her into his arms with the tightest hug she's ever experienced. A flip switched in his attitude towards her, and it's made all the more confusing after he explains that Pigsy is Zhu Bajie and Tang is Tang Sanzang

"Who do you think I am, then?"

"You're my one and only, Love-Dove!"

She's not sure what's worse, that god-awful nickname or the fact that he thinks he's in love with her! Although, as the day goes by… she can't say she's unopposed to seeing this much friendlier side of him. Even if she only got to see it for a little while.

It likely wouldn't be until Wukong is about to face LBD that he finally admits to her why he was so upset about her being there, how she was the reincarnation of his one and only love. A love he lost, in a way that he could only blame himself. He couldn't bear the thought of putting her near harm's way again, not when their mission revolved around a power that was responsible for her past life's death (I might go into it in another ask/post, this is getting long)

After learning all of what they'd gone through in her past life, Dove is… apprehensive, to say the least. Some of his actions from the past, they make sense to her now, but it doesn't make her forgive him completely. Still, she remembers how Sun Wukong was when he had lost his memory… she would like to see that side of him more.

It takes them time to get past their rocky start (these two can never just start off liking each other smh), but in time, Dove starts to see more of that side she'd seen during Amnesia Rules. And she starts to fall for him all over again. He tells her about her past life, their time together on the journey, all of it. He admits how he robbed her of immortality… and how she tricked him into wearing the circlet. Their ups and their downs, he tells her everything. By the time season 5 rolls around, they're happy together. He's even offered her an immortal peach from the tree he's grown on FFM, so that he can finally make up for the mistake he made all those years ago.

Then… Li Jing puts the circlet on Wukong, again.

The moment Dove finds out, she's furious. How could they hurt him like that again?! Wukong tries to put her mind at ease, but it takes a lot to calm her down. "It's fine, Dove… I was honestly pretty disappointed. He put it on and just left, at least you were creative about it back in the day." That night, in the back of Sandy's van, Dove is littering his head in kisses, she can hardly imagine how painful it must feel. You best believe the moment they see Li Jing chasing them, she's aiming whatever she can find straight for his head. If he thinks he can induce some magic migraine on her man like that, she'll find a way to pay back the favour, tenfold. Nobody touches her Sun Wukong but her.

[luciusdaskel]

Clone theory

Ok! So this idea was HEAVILY influenced by this post, which is kind outdated BUT THE POINTS ARE FASCINATING!!! So! What caught my attention and how does it still apply? Well for starters, I fully agree with their thoughts on Porty MK; he sounds like a child's view on adulthood.

(From the original post btw-)

They say that Porty's behavior sounds like he grew up with a strict, drill sergeant parent. ... Well, as much as I love Pigsy, I can see him being a strict parent, but that could just be because in the show we see him as both MK's dad AND boss. Regardless, I wouldn't be surprised if when Pigsy got mad he'd often limit MK on things, not blowing up at him and not hurting MK but restricting MK. Idk how to describe it. One quote they say, well part of it, fits Pigsy in my opinion, "I am in charge and you will do what I say." Which tell me what you want but Pigsy is definitely a parent who'd say "You can't do it because I told you so! My word is law in this house." I doubt he ever meant anything mean but definitely did not help when MK felt unfair and maybe as a kid got this warped view on adults.

Let's be real, lil MK had moments where he hated Pigsy, that's just how it is with kids and parents, you love them and you hate them sometimes. But I think Pigsy was loving enough to make sure MK knew he cares for him.

Now onto Artist, my boy! Now I do agree with the post on multiple parts of Artist, him conforming and wanting praise and to be perfect, I do have my own thoughts on him. I feel the most like Artist and it's not just because I lose my crap if a hand doesn't look right (but that does help lol) but because I feel that anger and even self hatred if things don't work.

My interpretation of Artist is that, it's possible Pigsy's love of noodles often had a side effect of outbursts when growing up. You dare touch the bowl Pigsy needed and cover it with something, possibly a loud scolding of not touching Pigsy's kitchen. Maybe as a tot MK wanted to help but Pigsy was always working at this time and no one would want toddler noodles served in their bowl, and I can see Pigsy, being stressed, telling that to MK.

That feeling of being unable to help hurts, I'm sure we've all been there. Also that attitude of cooking might've made an impression on MK, Pigsy's noodles need to be perfect. Now while MK's not always a perfectionist at everything, Artist probably is, and OG is also, like any artist, somewhat perfectionistic as we see in season 3 episode 8, Benched.

Like bro- you did not have to do that to Tang-

So coupled with being an artist, having a dad who's a perfectionist with food, leads to possibly an unhinged drive to be better. Oh nearly forgot the praise part! Growing up my mom praised me well, and my dad? He did, sometimes, but I didn't feel the pride. So based on my own experience it's possible MK seeked Pigsy out a lot but he was always busy and he might've went to Tang and Tang might've gotten him the praise he wanted but still didn't add up to what he wanted from Pigsy. So that led to MK wanting to perfect the craft of art, one way or another. Now after years of doing art, his perfectionism died down and also Pigsy I think has gotten better at shown is pride as the two of them grew up. The perfectionism doesn't go away forever, you live with it and you adjust to it. Something MK learned, but Artist hasn't.

Earlier I mentioned self-hatred, which might have something to do with the pain splatters lowkey looking like a replacement for blood.

Sometimes if something is not going to plan, instead of placing it on the time, the craft, or something else, I place that anger onto myself. "I can't draw good." "I'm shit at art." "I need to be better!" "I will to better! And if I don't I can't draw good, and if I can't draw good then I fail at the one thing I like." ... Spiraled a bit but you can see how it can go from "Ugh! This hand isn't working" to "I am failing myself" which, I can see Artist MK having that but a bit worse because that is literally why he was made, to draw, to help Sandy paint. If he fails at being good at that then he fails at his ENTIRE purpose for existing.

Anyways, that's my thoughts for Artist lol- Clearly he's my favorite lol

Now Delivery. Reading it over again, I feel like we have a similar thought but different paths to get there.

I feel like with Pigsy's growing order pile, Delivery messed up (think like focus episode) then panicked. I see the clones as slightly based on MK's friends, with Porty as Mei, Artist as Pigsy, and Delivery as Tang. Why Tang? Well who do we see eat the most? Tang. Who's nervous and would 100% stress eat noodles? Tang. I feel like they did Delivery dirty but oh well. So I feel like it's a representation of MK's need to help the shop but he has one meltdown and he gets too stressed. Which explains the focus episode, and the fact it's not ADHD focus (because Wukong's advice is NOT compatible with ADHD), but anxiety and panicking focus. "Take in everything then focus on what you want to do", and the moment MK was surrounded by vines is a great visual to what it's like to nearly not be able to breath and have an attack (either panic or anxiety attack I can't recall). Overall, this clone could show the other side of Artist, the need to be perfect and the anxiety/expectations of being perfect. Artist is like the drive, and Delivery is the emotions that go with it.

Also on top of possible undiagnosed ADHD for MK, the reason why Delivery fights against Pigsy is to get regulated again so he can calm down enough to do his job again. I know I fight back to have my own time and way of calming down and I would fight anyone who'd try to take that away from me.

Overall, I do agree with the bit at the end here.

And it has been shown time and time again, MK values his friends, his family. In the past it was to hold on and never let go, and when they fly off he breaks down. Now, he's at a point where he feels like he needs to push them away, a full 180 turn.

To me it's accurate to how mental health fucks you over. I've been there, I've felt what MK has and so this could be projection but I feel like it has some weight. I had a dark time where I used to make friends with ease and cling to them, but one mistake and one bad person made me turn around and struggle to cling like I did. Now I feel like I either cling or I accidentally push people away. Which isn't a good feeling, because, like MK, I value my friends. I haven't gotten to the point MK did (seek death), but still. When you seek that, those people tend to sell things they once treasured, and I'm sure that can apply to pushing people away, specifically the people you value the most and have the most memories.

ANYWAYS THAT IS AN ANALYSIS FOR ANOTHER TIME- BYE BYE!

Hope ya'll enjoyed my analysis ramblings!

[angelcake10023]

How old is MK in the au when Pigsy and Tang get hitched? How does it happen? Who proposes to who? Who's invited? I love freenoodles bestie I need answers---

MK is about 7-8 when Tang and Pigsy get married, so about 3 years after the past story : ) he gets to be the flower boy 🩷

Pigsy officially proposed to Tang, but Tang had been trying to drop hints that he wanted to get married for a while. They’ve just been so close ever since they got together, and didn’t even think of dating elsewhere for the longest time.

The only reason Tang doesn’t propose first is because whenever he brought up the idea of marriage Pigsy was always hesitant. Pigsy’s still has that insecurity and is worried about officially being MK’s dad (even though he’s already practically his dad), and also the fact that he’s a demon and things could get messy.

Sandy eventually talks him out of his insecurities and reminds him how much he loves Tang and MK and that eventually makes Pigsy confident enough to propose

They have a “spare no expense” type of wedding on flower fruit mountain 💖 little mei gets to hold the rings and Wukong officiates fhdjdhsksdjdjdn

That’s the idea I have currently at least : 3

[akuma-lmklover]

RedSon and MK +SpicyNoodles HCs!

1. RedSon-20-22

RedSon has cute little bull ears hidden by glamours, the short (yet very soft) fur the same blazing red as his hair. Accompanying the ears are horns, being a few inches long, but thick and sturdy. They're a creamy, bone white.

He has an extensive self care routine. Expensive shampoos, conditioner, body scrubs.. All of which are either scentless, or lavender. Helps soothe after a long day.

Due to his routine, his hair and skin are soft to the touch. He's quite proud of how well he takes care of himself. He puts a lot of pride in his outward appearance, and spends a few hours every other day taking care of his hair.

He has a small waist, which is normally hidden by his signature red jacket. (MK swears he can touch his fingers around it.) His despite his thin waist, he's quite muscular. He works out and trains often. He has to be able to assist his father in world domination, after all!

Loves cooking, but rarely decides to. Often is too busy burying himself in work, or is being dragged around by that Noodle Boy and Dragon Horse Girl. When he does cook, he also plates the food amazingly. It was a hobby when he was younger.

Speaking of work, he enjoys making complex gadgets. Phone from scratch? Right on it, and it's better than any on the market. TV? Already done. He also managed to make a VR headset once, but it broke after Mei found it. He was seething for hours..

Back to his bull features, he has a tail. Sort of like a cats in a way, it moves and reacts to his emotions. Swishing lazily when he's relaxed, still and ridged when scared or shocked. Lashing from side to side when he's angry. Limp and tucked between his legs when he cries.

RedSon's bad habits include forgetting meals as he works, scrubbing at his skin too hard in the shower when he's mad.. Sometimes tearing a few thin layers of skin. Rarely, but still happens. He often runs his hand through his fluffy hair when stressed, which on it's own is okay.. It's bad when he grips and pulls, but he never pulls hair out. Not much anyways.

2. MK/Qi Xiaotian-20-21

Unlike RedSon, MK has a frankly.. Shit self care routine. No skincare, yet somehow has clear skin.. Cheap, drugstore shampoo, no conditioner. But yet, it works for him. Yeah, his hair isn't very soft, and has dead ends.. But it cleans him, no? His bathroom has a few odd bottles of some product Mei gave him that he rarely, if ever, uses.

His monkey form is still unstable, and he avoids it like the plague. Yet, he often wakes up with monkey ears and a fluffy tail, covered in soft fur. He hates it, but keeps it to himself. It's a bad habit of his by now.

Is much smarter than he seems, and is quite skilled when it comes to art. Acts dumb to lighten the mood. He often sits at a cafe during his free time, or any local restaurants and draws people he sees walking by, or food from the menu, sometimes the inside of the building, or the sight of the street outside the window.

He used to draw RedSon before they even became allies. He shamefully hides a thick sketchbook of RedSon doodles under his bed. He uses a mix of cartoony styles and more realistic ones. He enjoys adding little cartoony details to more realistic sketches.

MK, while he does enjoy his job, finds his breaks to be too short, but doesn't want to bother nor burden Pigsy to extend them. Once again tying into his bad habit of keeping his feelings to himself.

He hasn't told anyone but his dads, Pigsy and Tang, Sun Wukong and Macaque, about his real name, Qi Xiaotian. He knows he should be able to trust Mei, and feels bad for not telling her, but chooses to keep it to himself regardless.

He's a bleeding heart, always sympathizing with others. He listens to his friend's problem, yet bottles up and ignores all of his. That will totally never come back to bite him. Never. It can't, he's MK, the monkie kid!

Can cook, but gets distracted. Often burns his meals. Though, when it's not burnt to a black chunk of coal, his food is amazing. ..For instant noodles, chicken nuggets and other easy foods, that is.

Monkeys are touchy. MK is a monkey. So, he's quite touchy. One of his love languages is definitely physical touch. Whether it be sitting close to a friend or holding his partner close and snuggling in bed, he enjoys it all.

Relationship!!

[Pre-Dating]

MK likes to draw, that much is obvious. It's just a hobby he enjoys. Hm? Noo, he doesn't still have that sketchbook with only RedSon.. There's another. Whether he knew it or not, he adored drawing RedSon. Secretly snapping a quick photo to use as a reference, drawing and stashing his second sketchbook of RedSon under his bed with the first.

RedSon, whenever he would visit MK, would almost always use the bathroom, as one does. Seeing MK's... Atrocious lack of any good shampoos or soaps made him cringe and grimace. So, whenever he visited, he replaced MK's products, one by one. Switching out cheap for fancy and expensive.

Neither realized they had begun to court one another, MK through buying RedSon food and little gifts often, and RedSon through switching out MK's things for newer, better stuff. His shampoo, his ragged old pillow.. He even went through the trouble of getting MK a whole new fridge. He used to just have a mini fridge, but now his kitchen has a full fridge. Don't ask how RedSon got it in. Or about the scuffs on MK's windowsill.

[Beginnings]

MK had been the one to shoot the awkward text, asking RedSon out on a date. 'heyyy, red!'

'just wanted to know if you wanted to go out for lunch' 'totally not a date haha' 'unless a date is okay'

He was worried for the reply, curled up in the blankets as he drew, waiting. '...' 'Sure, noodlebrain. I'm paying though. You're dirt poor.' was the reply that he got.

The date was awkward and silent at first, until MK sneakily stole one of RedSon's fries, and RedSon stole a sip of MK's drink in return. More food snatching, then a walk around Megapolis.

A few dates later, and as it gets less and less awkward, both of their courtings gets more and more bold. Fancy jewlery from RedSon, a short, stolen kiss on the cheek before a retreat into his apartment from MK.. It was truly adorable.

-A/N-

Thanks for reading this hc list! I'll be writing a story on ao3 sometime so i'll link that when the first chapter is out :3 i am in highschool, so updates mayy be a tad slow but i will not abandon a story i begin! i will try not to make you guys wait for chapters for too long, trust me i know how annoying it is

i take a lott of inspo, and will prob continue to, from PittedPeaches on ao3! i recommend you read their stuff! their spicynoodles stuff is soo cute. i will take requests! any lmk chars is okay! oneshots or hcs!

[starrclown]

I've see ALOT of LMK angst and I have nothing better to do (cause it's late at night) and I'm not working on my LMK apocalypse au right now sooo-

LMK ANGST HEADCANNONS

Triggerwarning for Violence, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and other general upsetting topics.

(Feel free to leave yours below. Let's make these characters sad together!)

:D

Pigsy gets upset when people joke about Wukong being Mk's dad. It's insulting to him, the one that raises Mk since he was so little.

Wukong is someone that craves physically touch but also can't stand it. It stems from all the violence he's been apart of + the crown messed him up alot. He was SUPER uncomfortable with Mk touching him in the beginning. It has to be on his terms if you wanna touch him.

Macaque doesn't have a heart beat anymore.

Because of Macaque never coming back when Wukong needed him, Wukong had no trust that Macaque will come back if they have a argument. He assumes that Macaque is just gone and gets upset about it. Eventually Macaque comes back and realizes Wukong's upset but he doesn't bring it up cause he doesn't know how.

Redson doesn't really understand why his father doesn't seem to like him. He assumed that his dad would be overjoyed to see him again, not how he's acting now.

Mei had many breakdowns because of her grades and the pressure to be a spectacular student.

Pigsy got bullied alot in school for being a pig demon. It wasn't everyone, most people liked him, just a specific group of kids.

To add on to #7, Tang used to beat himself up over not being able to help Pigsy. He HATED seeing Pigsy getting bullied but he knew that if he tried to start a fight he would either get beat because he can't fight or get himself kicked out of school.

Mk gets nightmares of Wukong getting forced into the scroll. Sometimes he wonders what would of happened if Wukong never got out. He usually ends up crying.

The closest thing Sandy ever got to being violent is when one of his cats scared him and he accidently dropped Mo. He cried. Alot. (Mo was fine but he just hates his cats being hurt.)

Sandy still doesn't know Hunstman is dead. He just thinks that Huntsman was scared of him so he never came back. (Guess Hunstmans my favorite and he's dead and i hate it here god dammit.)

No one can say anything about Azure or Azure's death around Wukong because he will get upset. Macaque made a joke one time and Wukong lost his shit. He's still kinda shooken up about it.

Some of the baby monkies recognize Macaque as the one disguised as Wukong that ate the monkey and passed it around. Those monkies REFUSE to be around him. They get violent if they have to be around him.

Nezha wants to see Wukong, Redson, and the others more but his job is so demanding he barely gets to leave.

Wukong physically couldn't be around Tang for long periods of time when they first met. He got more comfortable with him over time but Tang reminded him to much of Tripitaka and he couldn't handle it.

Mei doesn't yell out of anger, like serious anger alot. When she finally yelled at Wukong because of the fire, all Wukong saw was Ao Lie screaming at him. (Stole that headcannon from a friend of mine. Thanks Ainnur you ruined my life.)

Mk brought up the fact that Wukong was willing to put the fire into himself and sacrifice himself, almost certainly killing himself in the process one time. Wukong kinda laughed and just said "Yeah, had to save the world bud. It's a shame Macaque messed up my plan, the world woulda been a little bit more peaceful if me AND Lady Bone Demon died." He wasn't even trying to admit suicidal feelings, he was just being honest. This scared the SHIT out of Mk because Wukong just admitted that he can and will kill himself if he feel he needs too.

Sandy often feels left out of the group and not as important but he doesn't wanna ruin everyone's fun so he stays quiet.

Bai he was ready to die when she was found by the Monkie Gang. She wasn't scared of death anymore.

Bai he was scared of Wukong when they first met face to face. Wukong apologized and explained himself. Over time she got a little more comfortable with him. She understands why he's apologizing but at that point she was so ready to die she didn't care who did it.

Redson wants to be around Sun Wukong again but he doesn't know how to start the relationship again. Same on Wukongs part but he's a bit more forward.

Macaque gets physical in fights fast. Partly cause his fights with Peng, Partly cause of his life before Wukong, Partly cause of Lady Bone Demon. If Macaque thinks a situation will get rough, he'll try to fight but if he thinks he'll lose he'll dip.

Princess Iron Fan unintentionally critiques Redsons's looks all the time. It messes with him alot so he's quite insecure.

Mei feels the need to always be upbeat and cheerful so Mk doesn't sink to far into depression. She can tell when he does this for her but she doesn't bring it up.

Pigsy's worst fear is that Mk won't come back home. The nightmares he's had of this is brutal.

I could make more but I'm sleeeeepppy. I'll make a part two one day though. Leave your own headcannons cause seeing other people break down these characters is so fun.

(How some people think Mk will be in season 5)

- ⭐️StarClown⭐️

[qingyingpocketlirary]

Written, never said; From A Daughter. To her Parents.

These letters were found in a desk drawer and relocated to a locked box beneath the mother’s lock and key where the father can not burn the last words of the daughter away. This was done after a worried mother sought to try and better understand the child she had failed to better protect from a stern and unwavering father’s dominance. 

One of these letters is unread, ignored and slightly crumpled from being tossed aside, the other is pristinely kept and cherished. The handwriting is cursive and neat, written with care and intent, and at the foot of the cherished letter, there are traces of tears that were shed during the writing process.

The Forgotten Letter reads;

‘Dad,

I know that you will never bother to read this, but at least by writing it down, I can get it all off my chest and not have it all bottled up inside me anymore, something mom taught me.

Let me start off with the usual answers.

No. I do not care about all the rules and regulations you have tried to drum into my head over the years, and despite what you think of my friendship with MK, he is one of if not the only good thing to happen to me. He actually listens when I talk to him, he lets me be who I want to be when we’re out at the arcade or when we go racing and no matter what you or anyone else thinks, no, we are not dating nor do I see him as a potential husband. He is my best friend, and that’s it.

Yes, I understand, even if you don’t think I do, that we have a legacy to uphold. But let me take this time to remind you both that it was once upon a time our ancestors, the same ones you so love to try and compare me to, rebelled against Heaven and it took Third Lotus Prince Nezha to bring them all to heel again.

Is that how you wish me to be? To become cruel and wicked just to impress you? To challenge Heaven as the Monkey King did to try and earn you some fame? Or would you rather I was some weak willed maiden who you could marry off to some distant cousin or uncle who could force me to submit?

Don’t be shocked. I have heard you talking on the phone at night when you think I am asleep. I know the only reason you haven’t sent me away to be married is because you know I have fans who will riot if I suddenly turn up missing from races and you don’t want the bad publicity like our Northern relatives did when their daughter spoke out about the abusive marriage they forced her into two years ago. You can’t stand my hobbies, but now I know that it's because of them and my popularity that you can’t ship me off.

Since you’ve made your stance on my life choices perfectly clear as of late, I’m going to do something I should have done when I finished college. But don’t worry, you’ll figure it out if you ever actually bother to watch my stream vods, or read the life updates on my racing profile page.

Pigsy and Mr. Tang helped me find a studio apartment with space for me to keep streaming and closer to the race course. By the end of the month, I’ll be officially living on my own and you won’t have to worry about me bringing trouble to your doorstep.

Consider this unsent letter, if you find it should you ever bother to come into my room and look through my stuff, as my goodbye to you. I know by doing this, you will cut me off from the family’s wealth. As if that would somehow scare me into returning. But I can assure you, I make enough from race winnings and my streams to survive on my own.

I don’t need you to survive in the world Dad, I have friends, fans and MK to help me should I ever need them. And that is worth far more than the praise you’ll never give me.

From your daughter,

Long Xiaojiao.’

The Cherished Letter reads;

‘Mom,

I am so sorry.

I know I am not the daughter you wanted, ladylike and proper, a true flower of the garden and all that. But I just can’t live that way Mom, I can’t be like my cousins and you, I can’t just ignore a whole other life I can live where I don’t need to rely on someone else to pay for me, to treat me like I’m some kind of decorative doll to be paraded around for show and tell.

I know my leaving is going to hurt you, and I wish, so badly I wish you would just stand up and tell Dad to come out of the ancient past and realise being a Long isn’t all it's cracked up to be anymore. But I know you won’t, for whatever reason, you love him more than you love yourself, and so I know even if I offered, you wouldn’t come with me.

Please don’t worry, Mom. Mr Tang has helped me install the very best security cameras for the apartment, and MK went with me to find deadbolts for the door and window locks. Pigsy even took me shopping to find a good stove and the best quality kitchen utensils, and he’s been teaching me how to cook more meals since I told him I was moving out. The apartment is right across from Mr Tang’s workplace, so if I need anything he can come by and help out. MK is going to help with grocery shopping once a week and when he's on deliveries he’s gonna make sure to double check everything is good around my place too.

I promise I will email you once every week, just like I do now, so you’ll know I’m ok. And I promise, if Dad doesn’t block my number, I'll call you once a month so we can talk, even if it’s not for a long time. 

Again, I’m sorry I’m not the daughter you wanted. 

But at least I can take pride in the fact you loved me, and raised me to be independent and free. 

Love, kisses and hugs,

Mei.’

The Mother reads her daughter’s letter often and weeps silent tears as she cradles it to her heart.

The Father ignores the letter and does not speak beyond brief pleasantries of the child in passing conversation with relatives.

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This bit in to my brain and refused to let go until I wrote it out.

Enjoy!

[violetjedisylveon]

Grinning Shadow AU:

Sun Wukong: Thank you for taking care of my son, Pigsy... you are a better dad then I ever was.

Pigsy's reactions to Sun Wukong saying this? =)

oh this is a fun one

It would come at some point between season 4 and 5, because that's when Macaque remembers his arts and craft afternoon with Nuwa and wonders what she did with the clay monkey he made.

Then takes a hard look at MK and puts two and two together. He's a little confused at first because he's pretty sure he made a baby girl monkey, or at least he intended it to be a girl, confusion is solved quickly. MK's trans, so is Macaque and Wukong. Yay! He found (one of) his baby(ies)! Now he just needs Wukong to tell him what happened to the other two, seriously why's he being so cagey about them?

And then Wukong tells the group that MK was gifted to him (he doesn't bring up MK's intended purpose as a depression fix) and he obviously couldn't take care of a baby, especially not one that was so clearly his lost mate's child, so he went to someone he could trust with something so important.

That changes a lot of things for Pigsy.

Ever since Pigsy found MK seemingly abandoned, he's sworn to give whoever abandon that sweet kid a piece of his mind, and a punch in the face. But now that he knows the situation MK was born into, and that Wukong really was doing what was best for the kid, he didn't abandon him, he chose the best people he could to raise the kid, and that was him and Tang.

Pigsy's touched that his ancestor/past life's brother thought so highly of him, and he's glad that Wukong gave MK to them, they got to raise that little kid and have MK in their lives, and they were much better for it.

Which makes it even more painful when MK considers himself a burden to everyone in his life in season 5 😈.

Pigsy tells Wukong he's too hard on himself, he would've been a perfectly fine father if he had kept the kid, Wukong silently disagrees, he wasn't even there for the birth of his other cubs and he couldn't save them, but he lets Pigsy think he convinced them.

Someone does crack a joke about owing Pigsy and Tang child support, which falls more to macaque than Wukong because of how MK got made, he's more Macaque than Wukong in terms of construction. Macaque doesn't know what child support is and is a very confused monkey, he just wants to cuddle his baby.

MK has lots of babying in his future, Pigsy encourages it because MK won't take care of himself.

MK's Dad's squad unite!

Thanks for asking!

Grinning Shadow AU Masterpost

[couldpolyamorysavethem]

PIGSY, TANG, and SANDY from LEGO MONKIE KID

Justification:

"Nobody thinks about them enough, a lot of people recognize freenoodles (pigsy x tang) as a ship, but sandy gets sidelined despite all the amazing potential they could have!! Theyre really healthy together, Pigsy and Sandy have History(TM), everyone already agrees Pigsy and Tang are MK's dads, and Sandy helps Tang calm down often. Pigsy is the soul, Sandy is the heart, and Tang is the mind!!! They're such an underrated trio!!! I couldn't even find any tumblr posts with them as a polycule!!! I have seen a whopping 2 tiktoks with them!!! Maybe it's because Sandy gets hardcore sidelined, but I think Pigsy trying to bring him back from being dormant inside his ancestor by telling him about how they don't have to be what everyone tells them they need to be is amazing, actually. They should be the gay dad polycule ever I think." - @silviaflowers

[quitealotofsodapop]

Hi! It's me again :3, I don't know (and remember) if anyone has asked this before but I would like to know:

How did OG!MK feel when he found out that SW is his father in another dimension (I feel like Mei would say something like "See? I told you he was your dad" or something)

If it happens before S4, I feel like Mk would be a little jealous of his other self seeing that he doesn't have the problem of not knowing who his biological parents.

(The idea occurred to me when I remembered a tiktok that said MK used any type of editing app to get an idea of ​​what his parents would look like 🥲)

omg if you have that tiktok I'd love a link XD

Think i did do a post like that ages ago, but only with an earlier draft of TMKATI and canon. Now I have like three more verses to torment MK with >:)

When the Canon verse and the other verses collide, the quickest thing the MKs would notice is their appearances.

OG!MK: "Whoa!! These me's are monkey demons!" TMKATI!MK: "And you guys are... human???" SlowBoiled!MK: "Yeah, why wouldn't him- I mean me be?" CenturyEgg!MK: "I don't know about you guys - but my parents are monkey demons. Then again my gūtā [dad's gender neutral older sibling] is human, I think???" JTTWEgg!MK: "My parents are monkey demons! The coolest monkey demons ever I may brag." TMKATI!MK: "Oh no way! My parents are monkey demons too! i have a bunch of adopted siblings though. Does your dad work with Bóbo[dad's older brother] Pigsy too?" CenturyEgg!MK: "No cus Uncle Pigsy and Tang lives in the city. We all live on Flower Fruit Mountain - but we visit as often as possible! Uncle Sandy ferries us across all the time." :3 OG!MK: "Wow!! You two live on the mountain!? What's it like?" JTTWEgg!MK, shrugging: "It's cool." CenturyEgg!MK: "Sometimes feel pressured by my role as Heir to the Stone Throne - but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I really don't like having to visit the Celestial Realm though. The nobles are kinda mean about my dad cus he caused a bunch of havoc a long time ago." The Other MKs: "wut" OG!MK: "Uh... Please explain who your parents are?" CenturyEgg!MK, confused by their confusion: "Sun Wukong the Monkey King, and Liu'er Mihou the Sage of Wind??? I thought you guys were too???" JTTWEgg!MK: "Yeah, mine are too. I thought you guys knew??" SlowBoiled!MK: "No- well kind- it's complicated! Ok!?" TMKATI!MK: "Not me. My parents are normal monkey demons, dude." OG!MK: "Oh my gods the Monkey King *is* our dad in another universe! Mei is never gonna let me forget this!" CenturyEgg!MK: "Well techinically he's my mom too so..." The Other MKs: "lol wat?" JTTWEgg!MK: "lol same."

The different MKs collaborate to tell stories about themselves (and get a solid PSA on Stone Eggs) while their respective Meis are snapping photos with eachother.

The different monkeys watch on nervously. The different monkey kings are sitting politely as their Macaques hiss at eachother from across the room.

OG!SWK: "So uh... did you tell him yet?" Other Monkeys: "Tell him what?" SlowBoiled!SWK: "About him being made by Nuwa, or the fact that we were forced to abandon him?" The CenturyEgg and TMKATI monkeys: "What." TMKATI!SWK, laughing nervously: "What? Oh gods no. I thought you guys meant telling him who we are!" The Other Monkeys: "Wut" CenturyEgg!SWK: "Your MK doesn't know that you guys are... Us?" TMKATI!LEM: "Nah, we've sorta been off-the-grid ever since genius here [thumb-points at his SWK] got me pregnant with our MK." The Stone Egg au SWKs: "Hah!" "Uno reverse card, plums!" Stone Egg LEMs: *all three have varying looks of horror, indignance, and bashfulness* SlowBoiled!LEM: "I said I was sorry!" OG!LEM: "Wait... what do you mean by sorry?" SlowBoiled!LEM, looking uncomfortable: "Cus of our uh... fight under the Mountain, and me not returning to feed him, I sorta caused Wukong's body to create a Stone Egg... and then I sorta died before I found out so..." JTTWEgg!LEM: "Ooof. Glad I learned early then." CenturyEgg!SWK, to his SlowBoiled counterpart: "Oh bummer, you got left with Stone Egg all the way back then? I started up the process willingly after I had to seal away DBK. When was the little guy born?" SlowBoiled!SWK: "Little lady actually. Yuebei was born about six months ago. Our MK was crafted by Nuwa - then again I did raise him the first year until I became too weak to care for him..." *looks sad* TMKATI and CenturyEgg monkeys: "Oh no..." :( "Stone eggs are super dangerous to the people around them. I don't blame you." JTTWEgg!SWK: "Odd. I got an Egg from the mountain too - but mine was born shortly after I completed the Journey. And mine was our MK. Did losing Mihou make the process longer??" OG Monkeys: "What?" "How many of you have MK as your kid!?" (*Cue them having to make a Venn Diagram of Whos' MK is What to Whom*) OG!SWK: "Ok so! Mine and the guy with the super-adorbs baby got our MKs dumped on us." SlowBoiled Monkeys: *proudly showing photos of their Yuebei* OG!LEM: "The me in sweatpants had him cus of a comet /slash/ stone egg soul mishap." TMKATI!LEM: "Oh, my Wukong was still responsible there. He sealed the Harbringer's soul inside me after using a sealing spell. TMKATI!SWK: "I panicked, ok!" OG!SWK, pointing at the remaining universes: "Annnd you two literally birthed him yourselves." CenturyEgg and JttwEgg SWKs: "Yup." "Stone shell and all." OG!SWK: "...is there anything else I'm missing?" The other universes: (*scratching their chins in thought*) SlowBoiled!LEM, slyly: "So are you guys back together yet, or what?" OG Monkeys: "What!?" "As if!"

Laughter just erupts around the room as the canon shadowpeach pairing realises that they're the odd ones out as *not* being together.

Complete and utter chaos reigns when the parent and MK groups reunite, and they recognise some sort of connection...