#lotusmonkey

[lotusmonkey]

Shards fallen through

[acearohippo]

Li Ling once again proving he's actually the sweetest bf to Tang Xuan.

And Tang Xuan reminding Li Ling that he has no say in how things taste. Also, another reminder that Tang Xuan likes to drink tea! ଘ( ᐛ ) ଓ

[lmkcoreau]

"Mac- MAC- LOOK!"

"Wh-Peaches gerroff it's too early for this."

"Your sense of time concerns me. Look! Mei showed me this super cool thing and helped me set up an account and we can talk to the readers like this, Mac."

"'Too early' as in 'I don't want to be up right now.' Now...what am I looking at? Talk to-oh. Huh."

"Isn't it cool? Do you know what this means, Mac?"

"Uhh...you get more ways for people to fawn over you?"

"Wh- No! Man, somebody woke up grumpy. It means we get to answer asks now! Or, well.. there's actually a lot of us around, so it'd probably be best if the readers specified who they were asking/asking about. But yeah!! Doesn't it sound fun?"

"That's what happens when someone wakes you up suddenly. Not all of us have terrible sleep schedules.

"...sounds neat at least though. I'm guessing you could wrangle the kid in here too if they wanted. He likes people."

"Pshhhh, sleep schedule, smeep smedule. You sleep like eighteen hours a day, your schedule is sleep.

"Oh! Yeah! I think he'd have a blast! I gotta tell him!"

"There's a reason one of us looks better than the other. Called beauty sleep for a reason. Anyways, what all do you need to do with this thing? Just a button or whatever?"

"And you, my friend, need all the help you can get.

Buttons! There's lots of buttons, like this one right-"

[post uploading to lmkcoreau...]

"....Peaches I hope you meant to hit that one."

"Uhhh.. oops?"

[supernovaae]

I find it so wild how the word placements of a ship name can separate two different fandoms.

[aleexuu]

sorry for being gay but i think li ling and tang xuan should kiss

[majachee]

RUNS YOU OVER WITH MY CAR @feliadox @lotusmonkey

[spotsupstuff]

[peeks in] m..maybe Wukong and MK hug? 👀✨

-Lotusmonkey

[casadefreewill]

Alright I was just notified about a user @/whatdoyouwasstuff who is stealing art (mine and others) (thank you @mygoddave) so here's a list of every artist I could find on their blog (also come on guys there is quite literally no benefit to reposting, not even to the reposter, why do it????)

@crunchchute

@cuddlefishdreams

@astronnova ( hi again ;p )

@theaterkill

@plastersdotpng

@lotusmonkey

@sun-wukong-brain-rot

@gikuu-u

@aeroc-alt

@thesunrises12

@jam-blue

@d3rpydoods

@mariposiel

@roadkill-raccoons

@chardysstuff

@forgettin-my-legos

@dragon-subway

@peachburger

@squidkid15

@semisolidmind

@creators-island

@swagginmun

@azulscrown

@nikytale

@munchkinlatte

@hoooomray-69

@dumbbitch2-0

@puras-weas-737

@artedegwen

@ghostly-creator

@celestialkiri

@cuddlefishdreams

and more (but I have to actually do stuff today besides tracking down usernames and reverse image searching works :(

plus side is here's a list of artists who draw swk and lemh if you're into that (skewed towards lmk but not strictly)

(I would also like to thank @purble-turble, I was able to find most of the original posts through your blog, so thank you for being an active member of the community (and for google liking your blog for some reason) your art might be in there too but I didn't see it, it seems more focused on the monkey men)

If you're art's not on there I say just block them, if it is I've been told by other tumblr artists that a DMCA copyright claim works even for fanart

[d3rpydoods]

Eyo what’s poppin’ , drew some god slayer!Macaque from @squidkid15 and @lotusmonkey’s newest AU of the same name i think? Either way, it’s amazing, Mac tearing heaven a new one for killing his dear friend is such a good concept, the bittersweetness of it all makes it even better, on God 😩😭

[astronnova]

its about the mental illness @lotusmonkey @sun-wukong-brain-rot @squidkid15

[lotusmonkey]

Dreeeeeeeeeamer

[acearohippo]

I dunno if you've talked about this but what do you think about LiXuan being parents? Would they want kids? :3c

What do I think?? WHAT DO I THINK??? You do not know the can of worms you've just dashed onto the concrete.

Umm... Hmm... I guess there can be an mpreg warning?? *wavey hands* and, perhaps, a mild case of body dysphoria??? you'll see when you get to Tang Xuan's section.

But for now:

Li Ling ABSOLUTELY wants kids. He thought he didn't, then he was forced to volunteer at an elementary school after school program and was suddenly gripped with the intense desire to see a bunch of mini hims running around. He wants an ARMY'S WORTH of his own children.

Not babies though, man's terrified of babies. He's the type of parent that really excels at parenting once their kid enters school. Before that? Lost™, Confused™, Perpetually-in-an-Extistential-Crisis™™™. And once the kid hits the teenage years, they're practically ready and solid enough to tussle and throw hands with, so he goes from stern but nurturing and doting to "these hands rated e for everyone who don't CATCH THEY ATTITUDE". He gets along SO WELL with children, too, that while people are shocked at first on how enthusiasticly he wants to be a father, they realised rather quickly that it makes a lot of sense given how into it he gets when playing with children and how he has a permanent spot as a substitute teacher (which he did the work to get credentials for) at several local elementary schools.

As for Tang Xuan, I guess we have unlocked a Personal Backstory Headcannon. Many of you know that I have Tang Xuan's gender as intersex. What y'all don't know is I don't headcannon him as trans. It's a very long and drawn out backstory, but the gist is that Tang Xuan was raised a little boy, hit puberty, grew boobs and started getting (sporadicly) periods, which had people around him trying to "be progressive" and call him by feminine pronouns and Mei, and that caused a bit of an identity crisis. It's less that he transitioned and more that he had to really hammer it down to his folks and peers (at the time) that he wasn't a girl and the new additions didn't change his perception. And then he became an esper and that took way more precedence over trying to define who he was to others. This leaves our boy in a very strange sort of limbo. He loves his body and takes care of it. Sometimes he wears compression clothes to mask most of the curves, but that's mostly due to his active lifestyle, rather than any dysphoria or discomfort. But, growing up after reaching puberty, there were a lot of... Let's say dated remarks on his changes. Lots of "oh good, you can have babies!" And "now you'll be able to be a real woman". You know, nothing inherently wrong nor demeaning, just misplaced platitudes that didn't factor in how he might feel.

Does he want kids? Yeah, sure, it'd be nice in a decade or so. But does he want to have them? He's not sure. The idea doesn't entirely ick him, but he also doesn't feel comfortable "playing into the role" that others assigned for him. He could adopt but he knows he'd want a child or two that came from half of his genes.

All this to say, that LiXuan will be having their own kids, but not after some heavy discussion and planning. It helps that, once Tang Xuan gets pregnant, he is forced into solitude to be doted on by Li Ling and their families and closest friends. So when they do emerge in society, it causes mass confusion and the focus is more on "WHERE DID THIS BABY COME FROM???" rather than "TANG XUAN WAS PREGNANT???"

And, yes, they're both solid parents. Definitely awkward and young, making very common and- usually non life-threatening- mistakes. Yes they were those parents that shipped their toddlers off to daycare just so they can get a break from them. No shame there, they need it. Li Ling is that parent educators wish took disciplining more seriously (if no one ends up in the hospital, s'all good yeah?) and Tang Xuan is that parent educators think isn't invested enough in their kid (he's still a model, on top of being a high ranking union officer. hours are wild and free time is sporadic).

They both have to take up family counseling once their kids become teenagers because oh boy, karma is a b#tch and their kids- of course- have the worst of both of their personalities x10 due to raging teenage hormones.

But you know what? Their kids grow up well enough, knowing they are loved and will always have a safe space within their dads' arms (and extra arms) and once the hormones settle as they become adults and go through uni and enter the workforce, Li Ling and Tang Xuan are pleased to see that their kids still talk to them and seek them out for advice or randomly drop by to hang out (and steal their leftovers and tupperware). All that hard work pays off.

They, later on, decide to become foster parents so they can still impact a child's life without needing to relive the horrors of raising them from birth to graduation.

[squidkid15]

squid i am on my KNEES begging

tell me about the ghost au PLEASE

OKAY. OKAY SO.

Ghost AU.

First off.

TW: suicide, dark themes, death

Basically, ghost AU is...every Wukong's worst-case scenario. He spent too long alone, but this time...this time he didn't wait for a successor.

Sometime between Macaque's revival (that Wukong didn't know about) and the events of the show, Wukong ends his life.

It's gentle, it's quiet. It's calculated and planned. He set everything order, warded the mountain so that it would be safe even in his absence. And just let his power go.

Slowly, so the world could handle so much energy. So that it would be quiet and painless.

And, once the last of it was gone...the world remembers that much power.

He is dead. He is well and truly dead and gone. There is no bringing him back.

But the world remembers. And that's what the ghost is. The world's memory of what once was. The imprint of that much power that just...came back.

But it's not him, really. He doesn't remember anything, not even his name. He has vague feelings! The peach tree he woke up under - he likes those. And the mountain he's on, it has good vibes.

So does the warrior he searched for. He doesn't know why he looked for this monkey, but...but he feels familiar, even if he doesn't know his name.

Macaque is revived, and he's plotting what he's going to do. He's planning revenge, how to get back at the person that (he thinks) killed him.

And then one day his ghost shows up.

And...and Macaque can't be mad at him. Because the thing he's mad at is dead. This...this is a shell. That has no memory of what (macaque thinks) he did. This? The ghost? Is innocent, and did nothing wrong.

And Macaque realizes that, for as much as he was plotting how to take revenge on Wukong, that this? This isn't what he wanted. Now that he got what he was planning for - without having to do a thing - he realizes he didn't want this.

And...he's sort of stuck with the ghost now. Because it won't leave him, it recognizes some part of him, and just...follows him around.

We get to the show and MK is still a sort of accidental successor. All that magic that Wukong released before his death, eventually circles back and centers on MK, giving him the powers from the show. And that power is familiar to Wukong (who takes the name because that's what Macaque calls him) and he starts lingering around the noodle shop, till eventually MK notices. Mac gets sort of roped into being MK's mentor in the AU, since Wukong can't exactly do it in the state he's in.

But he's around.

The AU is so young but it already has me and @lotusmonkey in a gentle chokehold. So we don't have too many specifics about it once the show starts, but the meat of the AU is just...sort of littler moments. The dynamic between Mac and what's left of Wukong. Because Macaque never got closure, he never got to be angry about what happened, because there's nothing left to be angry at. The ghost did nothing wrong, but...he's all there's left to be angry at, so it's...complicated between them. At least for a little.

[real-sun-wukong-fan01]

So! For our new au...

I was thinking, why not put some lore in it? i mean, there must be a reason why there are two kids, powerful enough, to match celestial beings, demons and more, right?

Why not put some lore in our silly character in cosplay 👀

@rixeu @lotusmonkey @squidkid15 @bi-pisces07 @kcakes-the-artist @d3rpydoods @yanderefathernezha @astronnova @lulu-nightbon @mk-orchestra @asteroidtoaster

[chippedtoons]

okay so yall know that au that @sun-wukong-brain-rot came up with where we replace the respective characters in lmk??

@lotusmonkey @squidkid15 @asteroidtoaster i have an idea for matching pfps

[criticaaaaaaaal]

I ADORE your Samadhi Fire AU, I stuff it into my treasure hoard of LMK things

How's Mr crispy monkey man doin? 👀

Is he stuck permanently with it now, or will he stuff it back into the rings later? 🤔

-Lotusmonkey

(using anon bc can't ask as a sideblog [strangles it] /lh)

HI HI HI!!!!!!!! why hello!!!!!!!!!!

samadhi fire wukong lives in my head rent free all the time everyday. i think about him often. hes so angsty

as for now, it's. a bit of a permanent problem. it's possible to take the fire out of him but that would mean they'd have to corner him and hold him down long enough for him to give up the flames which seems reeeaaally impossible

mei's practically BEGGING for him to just give the rings back, at least give her her one ring back. she needs that one to live. unfortunately wukong's spiraling mentally and there doesnt seem to be an end in sight LOL RIP

he's like one of those stars that blows up, its a really pretty light show from far away but dont be near it PLEAAASE cause that'll hurt.

BASICALLY the fire's constantly burning at him and it's turning him really ashy from the inside out. he's making his last stand against the lady bone demon and hoping that he can control the fire enough to take her down while not damaging the host. the plan is to drag lbd (kicking & screaming) to the afterlife with him. but MK isnt happy about that plan and also the fact that if he dies with the flames mei is never getting her ring back