Well I just found the saddest screenshot of season 5....
I never noticed Macaque on the left.
He's literally surrounded by both his Monkey Mentors in his absolute worst moment.
As much as they fight, they come together for him. I don't care that Mk is in his 20s; compared to Macaque and Wukong, and in their eyes, he's a baby monkey who's traumatized beyond belief.
Like going into a parent's room after a nightmare.
Au where Wukong is a famous artist and very influential at that, and Macaque is a very beloved and also famous actor, and somehow they're connected to Pigsy and Tang who are married and divorced and married and divorced and married again and adopted MK
(Wukong and Macaque keep on spoiling Mk with tremendous amounts of gifts )