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i love asks :3

You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

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DEVOURS RED SON.

I finally had time to make proper designs for the Trio!

Redson: Ver 1

Ver 2

I couldn't decide on if I liked it better with the braids or not so I just posted both, but anyways!

I gotta admit, I used to not like the idea of redson having Bull features (except for a small pair of horn maybe) but the concept really grew on me and now I really love it and wanted to try making my own design and I'm really proud with how it turned out.

I would've added more scars, since Guanyins throne pierced his entire body, but there came a point where it just looked like there was too much going on so I had to get rid of a few scars to tone it down, so we're just gonna say they faded over time, okay? Okay.

I also made him Miao (one of the largest ethnic minorities in southwest China) on PIF's side, and Mongolian on DBK's.

The Miao ethnicity of China has a long history, rich culture, and an ancient folk religion. Adorned in beautiful traditional clothes, possessing natural talent for singing and dancing, they live in uniquely designed indigenous architecture, which I think fits perfectly with how I imagined Princess Iron Fan and with her; Redson.

As for DBK being Mongolian, I saw someone else talking about this headcanon and I just liked it so I decided to use it, I don't really have a specific reason for it, I just thought it fit, not sure why though, it's just one of those things that makes sense even if you don't know why, you know?

Mei:

I made her tall and gave her a long dragon tail (like really long, it drags along the floor if she's not holding it up), though her scales are pretty much everywhere across her body they're most noticeable on her shoulders, thighs, and face (they're a bit hard to see in this photo because they're kinda hidden behind her hair, but I did give her scales beside her eyes)

I also gave her horns these little spiral designs around them, gave her sharper nails, and designed her ears to look like coral, since she's a water dragon and I thought they looked cool.

Honestly idk what else to say about her design, I didn't have anything specific in mind when designing her, I kinda just had to wing it, but I'm happy with how it turned out :)

(I also made her Bengali, on her dad's side, but it's not really important or has any reason behind it, just a headcanon I've had for a while, don't know where it came from though)

MK:

Alot of people have speculated that the monkey form we see during the fight against Azure in season 4 isn't MK's full form yet, that we're just seeing a fraction of what he's yet to become, based on the fact that while he has the weird side burns, the tail and the face marking, he also lacks a natural skin tone, they didn't give him a proper nose etc, so I wanted to play with the idea.

I decided to make him this strange mix between human and monkey, leaving him pretty much human with the addition of his tail(s), and weird li'l monkey feet.

(I was also gonna give MK more arm/leg hair, it was in my first sketch, but I forgot to add them when I was doing the line art and didn't realize until after I saved it as a jpeg, so that's my bad, but I'm gonna add it in to any other art I make)

It's also a bit hard to see in this, but I designed his staff with more details, specifically adding dragon-esque imagery to the Golden ends, this is because (for anyone who's new to the fandom/hasn't read JTTW) Wukong's staff was originally one of the several pillars that held up the sea in the dragon palace, until he stole it and shrunk it down to use as his weapon.

I also did MK's clones :)

Porty MK:

I gave him stripes of coloured hair and gave his tails all different colours, though I don't think he would actually dye it, instead I like to think that he would use that really crappy dollar store spray in hair dye (or hair chalk). I kept the fishnet clothes that I added in my originally design of him for my headcanons post, and decided to give him striped elbow length fingerless gloves.

I also gave him a cropped shirt, ripped shorts and these weird fingerless glove-esque shoes for convenience, since regular shows seem like they would be uncomfortable.

Artist MK:

For Artist MK I gave him overalls and a jacket over it, which he wears specifically for when he's doing paintings so he doesn't ruin too many of his actual clothes (I know I said that this was inspod by Circusapple, which it still is, but this is almost exactly what I wear when I'm painting too, just in different colours).

I also gave him those gloves that digital artists wear so they're hands don't accidently trigger something on the screen because everyone knows that every artist just walks around with their art glove on even when it's not necessary.

Delivery MK:

I have to admit, I was never a big fan of MK's work uniform just being his regular clothes with a work jacket thrown over it so I wanted to try and make him look a little more professional and decided to instead give him a chef coat (similar to the one Pigsy wears on the show as well), with a logo for the restaurant on the chest, along with it I gave him plain black pants, since casual red jeans didn't seem very professional (I know he's just a delivery person, but if you were to look at pretty much any food corporation, even people who do deliveries have to wear uniform, so it's always been kinda strange to me that he's just in regular clothes). 

The shoes were harder to make professional given the whole "half-monkey" thing so I opted to give him the same strange fingerless glove-esque shoes for comfort and convenience, but made them plain black as well.

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AU ideas

mental illness is me thinking of more projects despite having many many others. anyway

Bad Dog AU: MK finds two bedraggled strays during a delivery and can't help but bring them home. Turns out his impulsive kindness grants him the protection of two very infamous demons (Macaque and Wukong).

Visitations AU: MK accidentally connects with a cursed object and is haunted by Macaque.

Beast Arena AU: in which the gang has to participate in a demented arena in order to escape.

Happy World-Purification Day AU: in which LBD succeeds in purifying the world and, in her infinite mercy, allows MK and co. to live; with some precautions, of course.

anyway idk if i'll actually use these AUs but,, if i do they'll end up on my AU blog!! tbh BD-AU is like 70% gonna happen bc i love shapeshifter shenanigans so. if y'all have specific hankerings towards any of these lmk,,

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hum! au with macaque ghost

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I don't understand interacting w Chinese media (or any media actually) if you're going to ignore the fact that it's Chinese? Like all the characters are Chinese. They live in China. Everything is Chinese,, idk I'm just 💀

It has come to my attention that the LMK fandom is presently allowing the use of sinophobic slurs as well as removing the Chinese heritage of numerous characters. I’ve said that I have dissociated myself from the fandom and anything that occurs, but I don’t believe this can simply be ignored or looked over.

Despite my gripes and personal concerns, I feel it’s necessary to not only confirm the latest depravity, but to ensure that it’s established this kind of behavior is unacceptable and should not be tolerated under any circumstances.

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I FOUND IT (i think). it's ming zhongshi :3

okay what's this fucker's name. istg i've seen a generally accepted name for him but i can't find it 😭😭

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okay what's this fucker's name. istg i've seen a generally accepted name for him but i can't find it 😭😭

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Immortality Ramble

okay so Wukong is 8x immortal. here's how:

Patriarch Subodhi's training makes Wukong invulnerable to death by old age, lightning, and fire (as I understand it).

Crossing his name out of the Book of Life which "frees him from the jurisdiction of the underworld gods" (as put by Overly Sarcastic Productions), meaning they can't take him to the afterlife. So invulnerable to death as a being ig lol.

Eating the heavenly peaches of immortality. This tacks 3,000+ years on to his lifespan unless he ate the 3rd time of peach, where he'd be "eternal as heaven and earth, as long-lived as the sun and moon" (Wikipedia). So honestly this doesn't really matter if he was already ageless LMAO.

Drinking immortal wine. I can't find what it grants specifically but my guess is more years on his lifespan 💀

Eating immortality pills. Similarly to the wine, I assume this just adds more years.

Surviving Lao Tzu (or Laozi)'s furnace. This apparently "extracts yet more of the impurities of mortality and leaves him with another immortality" (Wikipedia). So I would say this means he's invulnerable to sickness and the like (bc "impurities of immortality"?).

Last but not least, the Ginseng or "man-fruit", which gives him 47,000 years.

So anyway. The reason I'm here.

In most fanfiction/art I've seen, Wukong convinces the others (namely MK) to become immortal via the peaches. But unless they eat the 3rd type, they're not timeless. So consider:

At 100, it's like you were 20 just yesterday. 300, 500? You blink and you miss a few decades. Maybe you forget to keep track of how long you have, now that you've lived a handful of centuries with more to come. Maybe you even forget that your time, though prolonged, is still limited at all. And since you're as handsome and spry as you were all those years ago, you have no reminder that time is steadily ticking on.

Until, of course, that time is up.

Just a thought :)

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on account of the fact i have been dead as hell... feel free to send me requests :3 i have 3 slots

remember to read the welcome page so you don't break any rules!!

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me when someone i look up to likes my stuff (i'm exploding)

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KAIJU 💀💀💀

Please assure me that Erlang didn't find out she was pregnant in the middle of a fight-

.....UHM-

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HELP I GOT JUMPSCARED 💀💀 but thank you for the clarification

Das his mama. v w v

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PEEPING MAMA OR PAPA (i think it's a lady based on the facial markings but 👀👀)

Rare image of Six Eared Macaque in his least bastardly arc.

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DISCIPLINE NIBBLE

Here's my earlier studies because baby macaques are VERY shaped.

Very wet cat aeshtetic mixed with bobble heads.

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AMEN

sorry MK but you aren't really yourself right now

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50 years added to my lifespan from this alone honestly

Rin Rin fussing over her adopted baby boy Clover, getting him ready to go see Mulberry and Apple most likely. <3

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fuck it, maybe i'd throw macaque in, too. mac would be yīn, wukong would be yáng, and MK would be the harmony between them,, before it gets all fucked up lol

au where nuwa created wukong and MK to exist as beings of yin and yang (bc in JTTW, wukong's rock feeds of the forces of yin and yang before it hatches) and heaven was basically like "🤨 no thank you" and tried to get rid of them.

unfortunately for them, they just ended up misplacing wukong in the mortal realm and creating two VERY unstable monkey creatures because nuwa created them to exist together to balance each other out