#lmk macque

[reverintherevery]

Le wish be mine command. @kojiutfdyrst

started this with no idea what they would be fighting about until I started grinning like the Cheshire Cat when I remember the Wedding Fight from my Graves AU… and well made it intothat :).

The Graves AU basically- After the scroll MK finds more and more things about him, sadly Wukong and Macaque do it too. <- is just MK finds he is shadowpeach kid and this brings issues. Shadowpeach also comes out as trans lesbians. Ignore the bones and nightmares, no, nothing bad happens no. [ they don’t know peace].

[yanderelmk]

for the pokemon au, what would be Mk, Macaque, and Wukong's thoughts on a darling who always gets Sylveon?

I remember I think in x and y you could only get Sylveon if you gave your Eevee a lot of love so using that concept where it comes from a trainer being very loving and sweet?

-🪷

Wukong will hold up his Espeon!! He will ask you to let your Sylveon and his Espeon play. Wukong would also take this as a sign that you devotion and care to your Pokémon is a good reflection on who you are as a person. Someone with a good heart and gentle nature that he'd want to protect. Macaque will call you a sappy loser while internally being like "Can you imagine? Being a person so full of love to give and shower upon others that your trusted partner evolves because of that love. I love my Umbreon. Did she not evolve into Sylveon because I don't love her enough? But I do. I care for her, I feed her every day and teach her to hunt. Is it because there's something wrong with me?" as he has a blank expression externally. He wants to study you and figure out how in the world you were able to be open enough to gain such a level of trust with your Pokémon. MK squealing and petting Sylveon all over!! All the kisses for them!! He adores the Eeveelutions, and Sylveon has ribbons and that's just so cool!! Truthfully MK and you would be two peas in a pod, two people full of love to share to those they care about. It's what makes him care about you all the more!

[squidkid15]

GUYS LOOK WHAT I MADE

[tuusenarts]

casts spell to make you think about mk

[doshi-sukiru]

Wukong would talk about his crush with other monkeys or the baby monkeys for months and then he realizes that Macaque has super hearing

Wukong to the monkeys: How do I tell Macaque that I want to marry him again because of how beautiful he is?

Macaque, on the other side of the mountain, blushing: How did I fall in love with such a hopeless romantic?

[teatime-at-4]

Domestic headcanon:

MK, at some point during a Monkey Movie Night(TM) while Wukong is making the popcorn, is practicing his glamors and he mimics Macaque's appearance, who promptly mimics MK in return as a joke.

But then WuKong walks back in. There's just a moment of silence before he goes "something is wrong here" and walks back out.

Wukong couldn't place what was wrong exactly because while he could tell glamors were at play he of course could not see through them, because of how strong both MK and Macaque are.

after a few seconds of silence bth MK and Macaque lose their shit.

and now they at random unpredictable intervals, with no rhyme or reason, will just glamor themselves to look like each other and then change back after a while. They want to see how many times they can get away with it before WuKong realizes what they’re doing. He hasn't figured it out quite yet, but he now has a sneaking suspicion on what's going on after Macaque, disguised as MK, accidentally called him WuKong instead of monkey king. Mk is somewhat peeved that between the two of them, it's the master manipulator with a record of impersonating people who slipped up first. But as of now, the shtick is ongoing.

[phantom-rabbit]

[quitealotofsodapop]

[Wukong: "Then we would have shared that furnace. And we'd be two idiots chained beneath the mountain together."]

Hmmm…I am not a hundred percent sure, but I think when SWK was in the furnace – he was reduced to ash, more than once, he just regenerated each time it happened. And considering he had to have been like 5 times immortal by then…I really doubt Macaque would have survived the furnace. SWK would just be trapped in there with the ashes of his friend/mate.

Although, now I have the image of SWK collecting the ashes and carrying them around in a jar/vase/something and still treating it like Macaque is alright – “Oh, look, Mihou, think we should try that?” – like something between a comfort item and a security blanket, but his mind not dealing with his LEMs death well to a point he’s just…like that. Still himself, but broken in a way.

Tripitaka thought he would be in over his head with the Monkey King being his protector – but the stone monkey clearly not coping well at all with a dead friend and treating their ashes as if still alive…Man’s praying for wisdom every chance he gets.

Referencing a line from my post about Wukong's stage fright.

Thats an extremely sad concept and a great idea for an angst au. It brings the idea of how Monkey (representing the Mind) handles legitimate grief. Him having a Mary Shelley-esque co-dependance on his past mate's ashes is 100% in character for SWK. He clings to the vessel containing Mac's ashes like Guanyin to her vase, rarely if ever putting it down.

I imagine the vase/vessel/urn resembles like those found in Chinese dig sites, but instead of the Imperial Palace, it is topped with a model of Flower Fruit Mountain.

Tripitaka/Tang Sanzang can sympathise with the pain of losing someone dear. In Journey to the West, he sets out to retrieve the scriptures after losing his mother + solving his dad's murder (and thats after being separated from them since and before birth). He's going through his own form of unhealthy grief, similar to his attitude in "The Great Tang Man"; he doesn't want to get close to anyone because he fears losing another loved one. But he sees that Monkey is refusing to accept that someone he cared for is gone, and wishes to find wisdom to help them both.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing are also sympathetic, but a little unnerved by Wukong's obsession. Bajie was a witness to Wukong's Havoc in Heaven, and knows that the Six Eared Macaque fell to the Furnace when his king did not. He's the one to yell at Wukong when he's annoyed by the monkey's chattering to the ash vessel. Wujing is the one to gently suggest ways to include Macaque's memory in healthier ways, and frequently helps Wukong with tasks when the monkey refuses to put down the vessel. Wujing knows how important those things are.

The one who understands the most though, is Ao Lie. He witnessed how his family went nuts in the aftermath of Ao Bing's death. The ones who grieved loudly and silently. The pain that rebounded onto Nezha and his family. Ao Lie was quite young when the death occurred, and always felt like he was on "the outside" of what was happening. He understands that this is the way Sun Wukong choses to process what has happened to Macaque. Ao Lie feels no place to correct him on it - and just understanding Wukong's pain is enough to help the monkey heal even if it takes years.

Wukong in this AU would be far more hesistant to kill his mortal opponents. He knows that even the strongest warrior may fall to ruin. And that the most hated Kings have someone who will mourn their loss. Sometimes his personality of an unhealthly-grieving widower is enough for some threats to back off. Even a demon knows that it is shameful to harass someone who is mourning.

I imagine the most shocked of their encounters would be the monkeys former allies...

Azure: "Sun Wukong? I thought you threw your lot in with the Heavenly Host. Following the beck and call of the Tang Monk." SWK: "I have. But I figured me and Mihou should pay you guys a visit." Peng: "The Six Eared Macaque? So he has survived the Furnace. No doubt he slunk away into the shadows once the lid rose. Where is that coward hiding now?" SWK: "He isn't hiding. He's been here the whole time." (SWK pats the vessel in his arms) The Brotherhood, all realising: "OH." ( ;O_O) (O_O;) ( `−ㅿ−´) Yellow Tusk: "...I believe the Six Eared Macaque has sacrificed the most for our cause. We should show him and Sun Wukong some hospitality, and listen to their tales of travel." Azure, creeped out: "Agreed."

Others like DBK and PIF would also be in mourning. But I could see them almost finding Wukong's behavior romantic. After all, they don't know what they would do if the other had died in battle.

I feel like instead of a "Macaque Chapter" where Wukong encounters his doppleganger while him and Tripitaka aren't on good terms; it's Wukong becoming frustrated with the others' worrying and comments and wanting to prove that theres a way Macaque still lives. And if it involves harassing the Heavens, the Underworld, or the Buddha himself then he'll try.

Perhaps the crux of his Journey is SWK deciding to let go and release Mac's ashes (likely at Flower Fruit Mountain) and learning healthier ways to honor Mac's memory. Or perhaps requesting that the Buddha reunite them - whether as a revival, in death, or in the next life...

BUT ALSO CONSIDER THIS:

Sun Wukong was only able to legitimately survive the Eight Trigrams Furnace (even with peaches, wines, and pills) because;

He's a manifestation of both Earth and the Mind. All the Furnace did was harden him like a piece of coal becoming a diamond.

Wukong isnt dumb. He knows enough about Taoist Alchemy to know that no matter how hot the crucible gets, it will always be its weakest in the Xun/Sun/Wind Trigram. The theory being that while Air feeds Fire, Wind supresses it - in science terms the increased pressure caused by the pure Wind element suffocated the hottest flames but created a lot of smoke; forever reddening Wukong's eyes.

Above: Two separate translations I got.

Macaque is associated with Wind, especially in LMK and other Jttw-inspo works that merge his character with the Macaque King/Great Sage Informing Wind. And as a Celestial Primate/Mystic Monkey, he holds powers unknown to Heaven and himself.

If in Taoist Alchemy; Wind supresses Fire, then there's a chance that instead of becoming refined like a earthy diamond like Sun Wukong - the Six Eared Macaque would cause a different unholy reaction within the Furnace. Like a pressure cooker ready to burst, the Wind within would only expand/quicken until breeched.

Lao Tzu/Laozi opens the Furnance after 49 days, expecting the two monkey demons to be reduced to a pile of ashes and pills. He's met by a pair of monsters that burst forth from the crucible like Pandora's box.

Heaven weeps.

Even if Macaque's physical body was lost to the Furnace, he could retain enough magic to manipulate his ashes into a smokey ghost-like form. The Buddha would be forced to contain Macaque for those 500 years by sealing him in an air-tight vessel.

Wukong carrying around his mate's ashes and the pilgrims thinking him mad with grief, only for Macaque to reveal at an awkward time that he's still technically "alive". Pluming forth from the vessel and ensaring their foes with his ribbon-like tendrils.

And if you wonder what a Furnaced!Macaque would look like? He's already shown us;

[theechoingasteroid]

emo hottopic wannabe monkey guy idk

how is this my first lmk post on Tumblr i promise ill draw more monkies for this site at some point smh smh

[thesupernaturalhouse]

I would like to Gove my contribution for the mama/papa Macaque aus, here is the drawing I have cretaed, it cane back better then I expected!!! Enjoy!

[howdidigethere11]

monkie go brrrrr

[i-am-a-fan]

Macaque Training Redson

During the time that everyone else is trapped in the scroll, Redson heads over to the cabin to try and find the gang. What he’s met with instead is Macaque at the cabin.

Both of them being ‘ex-villains’ start talking. Redson reveals that he was looking for the gang to try and train so they can get stronger. (The reason might be due to their past failures or that they now have a reason to try and get stronger to protect their friends.)

Macaque offers to train her seeing how messed up MK is turning out with Wukong.

I think it’d help the both of them talk about why they became villains and what’s changed.

Macaque gets help with his abandonment issues, and Redson gets a ‘better’ parental figure.

WIN-WIN!

[junsei-draws-rotasu]

When I finish LMK let it be know imma make a reincarnation AU of LMK x TMNT

Is it’s ROTTMNT version, it’ll be so crack that Donnie would be reincarnated into MK.

But TMNT 2012 is easier for me since I already done some head story writing of how Mikey would be MK, and Splinter would be stealing some eggs here

[squidkid15]

Snapped is just cat. Bastard /fond

[tuusenarts]

meee and my monke...

[doshi-sukiru]

How would macaque deal with bai he's mortality?

He wouldn't see it bothersome until he realizes she's growing up faster than he expected.

He's scared when he sees Bai he walking about in her young 20s like Jῑnzi once did, except Bai he got there quicker, and she's already aging past that just as fast.

He doesn't want her to leave him, he just got something wonderful in his life, he doesn't want to let it die. But he can't force Bai he to become immortal, she doesn't deserve that kind of pain.

So he has to let it be, let it pass. He has to watch her grow up, fall in love with someone, maybe even start a family. He has to watch her grow old and weak, while he barely gets a wrinkle.

He has to stay by her side in her final moments, and anxiously wait for when her breath stops; when her hand goes limp, when the color in her skin fades away, when her body goes cold.

He can't do anything but let it happen. He has to bury her into the ground, softly and gently just like he did eons ago.

He has to sit in front of the grave, and wait for her reincarnation to return to him and repeat the cycle all over again.