#referenced shadowpeach

[phantom-playdough]

Macaque x GN!Reader: Comforting

EDITOR NOTE FOR TITLE

Changed the title cause I WANTED to use the quote: "You're worrying me..." But I completely FORGOT about that line, LOL

Didn't know what else to call it, but it is LITERALLY 2:00 am, so this is the best I could come up with.

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This is my first post on this Tumblr blog, and I thought it would be super fun to write something for Macaque cause I adore this boi. I also noticed that there is a distinct lack of hurt/comfort fanfics for him on every platform I am on. So I will do it myself.

TWs: Mentions of nightmares, a lot of trouble eating and sleeping, the reader struggling with self-care in general, angst(?) in the beginning and middle, but there will be sweet fluff and confessions at the end to make up for it! I will add to these warnings if need be.

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Macaque tried to let it slide at first. He really did. But it was almost 3pm and Y/n was still sleeping...! Normally, he would probably just assume they went to sleep late the night before or something. But the thing is... this has been happening for over a month now.

It worried Macaque because his first thought was that something was wrong with Y/n’s sleep.

As the clock ticked on, closer and closer to late afternoon, he decided he couldn’t wait anymore and went to wake Y/n up.

When Macaque opened the door, he realized he had not been in Y/n’s room in a while. It was rather messy, to say the least. Clothes were thrown on the chair and desk and were lying on the floor. There were small wrappers all over the dresser.

Even though Y/n was lying in bed, it was super messy. Some of the blankets and pillows were lying on the floor around the bed, and one of the plushies that previously was on the bed was somehow thrown to the other side of the room, in front of Macaque's feet at the bedroom door.

Macaque picked up the plushie and slowly approached the bed, placing it by Y/n's feet. When he looked at Y/n's face, Macaque noticed their face twist into a look of discomfort. Their eyes were screwed shut and they groaned like a zombie.

It didn't take a brain scientist or rocket surgeon to figure out what was happening to Y/n in their mind. Macaque wanted nothing more than to wake them up; he wanted to relieve them of whatever horrors they were dreaming about. But he bit his tongue and held back, knowing better than he probably should that being woken up during a nightmare can cause more harm than good.

The mental image of Y/n being woken up, crying or even screaming because Macaque was too selfish made his heart clench. He just decided to wait by his best friend's side, even though his heart raced so fast it almost made his ears ring.

Macaque gently grabbed Y/n's hand, swallowing his pride, and rubbed gentle circles onto their skin. He couldn't say how much time had passed as he watched Y/n, his heart breaking as he saw them grow antsier in their dream.

Finally, Y/n opened their eyes. They squinted at the sun shining through their bedroom window. They looked over at Macaque, seeing that he didn't even bother trying to hide the fear on his face. It was only then that they noticed Macaque's hand on their own as his grip tightened slightly. It wasn't enough to hurt, but it showed that he was very scared.

Y/n simply spoke in a hoarse voice, "Hey, Macaque." They then cleared their throat. "What are you doing in my room? Is something wrong?"

Macaque adverted his eyes, glancing around. He had a smirk on his face to try and hide his anxiety. "I, uh... I was actually kinda hoping you could tell me that."

Y/n shrugged. "Nothing new." They said as they slowly sat up. Before Macaque could question what they meant, Y/n turned to him and spoke with a slight blush. "Mind if I get dressed?"

Macaque blushed and cleared his throat. "Yeah, sure. Take your time. I'll go make you some lunch."

"Don't you mean breakfast?" Y/n asked, clearly unaware of the time.

"Breakfast doesn't happen past three, Y/n." Macaque said with a smirk. He then left the room. Y/n sighed as they checked the clock.

Sure enough, 3:15pm.

Y/n dug through the piles of clothes on their desk and chair. They finally landed on an outfit they had worn a few days this week. While they were aware they should do laundry, the thought was too depressing to commit to. The idea of all the clothes to sort through and self-loathing over not doing the laundry sooner made Y/n shiver in discomfort.

The aroma of eggs on the frying pan, mango juice, and waffles filled the air in the kitchen. Y/n felt their mouth water, their stomach growled so loudly that it alerted Macaque of their presence.

"Hungry?" Macaque asked with a chuckle. Y/n nodded sheepishly.

"I thought you said breakfast doesn't happen past three." Y/n pointed out with a sweet smile. Macaque found himself staring at that perfect smile for longer than he should've been. He snapped out of his trance and cleared his throat, turning his attention back to the eggs.

"I don't remember saying that!" Macaque played dumb to see if he could get a reaction from Y/n. He did.

Y/n laughed lightly, before their expression turned soft. "Thanks, Macaroni." Y/n was the ONLY person that could call him that. Period.

There was a small silence that followed as Macaque focused on finishing the cooking.

Eventually, it was all done, and the pair started eating. Although, Y/n suddenly felt very full, despite only eating less than five bites. They pushed the food on their plate around, trying to motivate themself to eat. But for some strange reason, the smell of delicious food that made them want to eat a mountain suddenly made them never want to touch food again.

It was all so confusing, these feelings. Macaque noticed that Y/n lacked the sparkle in their eyes as they stared down at their plate. He heard another loud gurgle from Y/n's stomach, but they didn't make an effort to eat.

"Does it taste that bad?" Macaque chuckled as he asked to hide his disappointment.

"No! No, no, no! I-it tastes good, I swear!" Y/n yelled, their hands waving in front of them frantically. "I just have been having trouble eating lately! Sometimes I feel really hungry and everything, but I--"

Macaque grabbed Y/n's hands in an attempt to stop their loud rambling. It worked, thankfully. "It's okay, Y/n. I'm not mad." Macaque said a soft and sweet tone in his voice. "How about I save your food for you?" Macaque was reaching for Y/n's plate, but he still waited for them to say something, to not pressure them.

There were a couple seconds of small silence, but eventually, Y/n nodded once. Macaque frowned for a moment, but he smiled again as fast as he could to hide his fear deep inside. He took the plate and saved the food; the two were worried, even if for different reasons.

Y/n felt scared of the idea of telling Macaque was wrong because they didn't even know what was wrong!

Meanwhile, Macaque was trying to figure out just that. Things were so good only a month ago, but slowly, Y/n fell back. It worried him so much because Y/n and he had become so close over the time they had known each other.

Macaque hadn't expressed it much, but Y/n had helped him in ways he never thought possible! They helped him overcome his insecurities. They helped him grow more comfortable with touches that didn't involve fighting. Heck, they even helped him become friendly enough to do things like offer a stranger on the street a small smile!

Macaque didn't like the fact that he was unable to help Y/n at the moment. He felt that problems were meant to be solved. He wanted nothing more than to scoop Y/n up and pepper them with kisses. To give them comfort for whatever was troubling them. But he didn't want to scare them off.

The two of them had been friends for so long. Macaque didn't know he could feel this level of love for someone since...him. Even though Macaque knew Y/n long enough to know that he loved them, he didn't know if that was reciprocated.

But it was. Y/n was just as afraid of the idea of Macaque not feeling the same way, so they made their affection as subtle as possible so they wouldn't ruin the friendship. When they first met Macaque, he was so bruised deep inside. Y/n refused to call him broken the entire time they had known him. Because he was so much stronger inside than he ever thought.

But now, Y/n felt much more bruised than they had in a long time. It scared them.

Eventually, everything was cleaned up and put away. Y/n was still sitting at the table when Macaque walked over to them and offered them his hand.

Y/n gave him a confused look. But they trusted him and placed their hand in his. Macaque pulled them out of their chair and led them to the couch. He sat the two of them down and very gently wrapped an arm around Y/n's shoulder to pull them close to him. He leaned them back, and Y/n curled their legs up onto the couch and leaned on him.

The two of them stayed like that for a while, their faces beet red and hearts racing a million miles a second. But eventually, Macaque couldn't handle the silence anymore. He turned his head to look at Y/n, bringing a hand up to hold their face to meet his gaze.

"You know you can tell me if something is wrong, right...?" Macaque whispered the last word so softly that it made Y/n's stomach flip.

They nodded one time. But they knew that kind of response just wouldn't cut it. Y/n sighed and pulled their head away from Macaque's grip.

"I know I can tell you. But I don't even know what I know to tell you. For some reason, I have felt really out of it the past couple of weeks. I want to eat, but I can't. I need to sleep, but I get nightmares. I...I want to hug you, but I am scared."

Not even a second after that last sentence left Y/n's lips, Macaque grabbed them and hugged them as though they would disappear. "You don't have to be scared, Y/n. I...I don't usually do this. Expressing myself, I mean. But with you, it's different." Macaque laughed just a little bit. "I don't usually let people get as close to me as you. I trust you to call me Macaroni. I let you touch me. I...I let myself love you."

At that moment, Y/n smiled wider than they had probably all their life. They pulled away and looked Macaque in his gorgeous eyes. "I let myself love you too." Macaque smiled, and he looked from Y/n's eyes to their lips. Y/n got the hint pretty quickly, and the two of them slowly leaned in.

Macaque and Y/n were a hair away from kissing, but Macaque still mumbled over the thick silence, "Are you sure?" Y/n answered by closing the distance and kissing him. It was short, and they pulled away too soon for Macaque's liking. He pulled them back in but gave Y/n room to break away should they choose to.

They didn't.

Eventually, the pair parted for air. Macaque took Y/n's hands and held a look of love on his face that made Y/n feel like royalty. How many people got to see this side of him? Sadly, not enough.

"I'm willing to work with you on what's bothering you. I can't fix this overnight," Macaque said sadly but smiled as he continued. "But I mean, you helped me. I might as well try and return the favor."

Y/n smiled, kissed one of his ears, and whispered, "I'd like that."

[fellow-fandom-fruitifier]

The hero and the warrior were like the sun and the moon. (Spoiler: They mean gay.)

(Sketches & stuff under the cut)

Sketch 1 & 2

Line art, BKG, & shading layer cause it’s cool

[maiaawhimsy]

Have this for Hispanic Heritage Month! Mis monitos bailando cueca :3

Es "Llorando Ausencia" de Maihuen de los Angeles, es un omen, les digo!

Ok so I made a whole au out of this lmao it's telenovela level tragic too, Idk what it would be called edit: it's magical heritage au

but I probably got lore in @maiawhimsicalt

[fluffypotatey]

Imagine your what? OTP? Also funny that you mention the smell, we need more corpse!Macaque fic, I should write one of those too. I'll go write up a tite and summary for it rn, maybe an outline since my other series needs a bit more effort. But anyways, didn't Macky say SWK was stinky? "Like Wukong doesn't smell enough already." + "I can recognize him by scent." Bud, I love how you haven't forgotten this scent after reviving. No factory reset on that sniffer of yours, lmao? I don't think I hallucinated it, but did the LMK twitter say Macky had an apartment but he didn't pay the bills and got kicked out? hence, homeless wet rat. does he transform into a cat for scraps outside Pigsy's Noodle Shop.

we DO need more corpse!macky 😤 i forget everything that was said but there was a post by @shadowpeachyuri that talks about how we need more corpse!Macky

also: DO PLEASE SHARE THE FIC WHEN YOU’RE DONE!!!

i honestly love fics that explore Macky’s death and how he’s technically not supposed to be here. like in s3, they say that his whole reason for being back is because of a deal he makes with LBD (but that just implies that what was happening to him in the Diyu wasn’t fun. like he was a restless spirit or still being punished 👀👀👀 because why else would a dead spirit agree for revenge centuries/millennia later) also side note: y’all gotta read @cloud-somersault’s fic The Constellations Within Us bc it does a really good job handling the questions behind Macky’s death and resurrection (tho the epilogue focuses on Macky more bc it’s in his POV but the epilogue won’t make any sense without reading the first one)

as for the lmk twt, they may have mentioned that but i’m not on twt much so i can’t confirm that 😔 it does sound like him tho lol

[breathlessmonkie]

He Was Ruined By A King Once.

Summary: Macaque once lived a life of envy; ruling Flower Fruit Mountain alongside the great and powerful Monkey King. Take that away, and where does that leave him? A shadow with nowhere to go.

Except that this shadow has a few tricks up his sleeve, and knows how to play a convincing part. After all, he was ruined by a king once.

Read on Ao3 here.

[burning-thistles-bt]

That moment when you hyperfixate so hard on burning thistles you literally associate everything with it (sees thistles "HOLY SHIT BT REFERENCE", sees dogs "HOLY SHIT BT REFERENCE" please help)

lmaooo i do that with all my fixations

[quitealotofsodapop]

Erlang does tell, that's how the Peach Maidens and Gold Star learned about the baby. Or rather, that the baby had arrived. They all zip over to Lao Tzu's lab for congratulations. When the Emperor and Queen Mother learn, they also send a courtesy congratulatory visit, 'Twas the least they could do after everything

referencing.

Yesss! Btw I had no idea that the seven maidens mentioned in JTTW were supposed to be JE and the Queen Mother's daughters until I drafted up the Celestial Family tree XD

The Orchard Maidens immediately drop whatever they were doing (fruit baskets, wine cups, ladders etc) to zoom over to Lao Tzu's lab and finally get a look at the baby!

The sheer amount of delighted squealing and awes that fill the room when the Maidens reach the lab nearly deafens Mac.

Yuebei is tiny, and has such lovely black fur and glowing ears. The Maidens praise and fret over Wukong as when he was a fellow attendant. Wukong is just smiling and wagging his tail like a happy dog getting praised. Yes! His baby is so cute and strong!

Meanwhile, Macaque is covering his ears and hiding at Wukong's side cus he isn't sure how welcome he is in Heaven rn... only for the Maidens to immediately recognise him as "their littlest sister's [PIF] friend!" and immediately start praising him for being so protective of his mate and baby!

And ofc the second the girls see MK, they are asking so many questions! Who is this handsome little cub? Is he their son? Oh! His babas are the pig-man and the teacher outside? How adorable! A lovely mixed family! They are overall super adoring of their adoptive little brother's new troop, and act like delighted aunties towards Yuebei, MK, and Bai He (someone they swear that they recognise).

Erlang ofc got eye-lazered by a startled Yuebei, so he just left his congrats card and "It's a Girl!" balloon at the lab before heading off to inform the Emperor and Queen Mother. Lao Tzu jokingly suggests getting the shadowpeach couple eye protection incase Yuebei has "trigger eyes".

The Queen Mother is super intriuged by Yuebei's arrival, especially since it's become common knowlegde *why* Sun Wukong sought out so many immortalities. She is the first of the royal couple to come get a look and offer her blessing - she briefly stops at the sight of the baby girl's midnight-black hair and big blue eyes; the little face reminding her of her own daughters. She certainly guffaws at the knowledge that Yuebei tried to eat the Samadhi Fire before she was even born! Wukong is pleasantly surprised at how kind the Queen is to him given the circumstances, but evidently Yuebei's presence quells at lot of anger. The Queen Mother makes a point of sending many gifts for Yuebei's man yue (one month celebration) to show her good faith.

The Jade Emperor sends a bottle of peach wine in the mail. He's currently holed up in his office teriffed of what Yuebei will grow up to be/what his wife will do to him when she gets back from hearing about Wukong's troubles during the Journey.

[imminent-danger-came]

how is shadowpeach aspec?

I think there are very few shadowpeach scenes that actually read as romantic—one of them being in 4x11 ("Everything I did was for us!" "You did it for yourself!") and the other being Macaque's look of awe as Wukong races towards MK in 4x14 (but even that can be read as platonic).

I think ultimately what mattered to the both of them was their friendship, and that there's more than just romance there, you know. In plenty of scenes I've seen referenced as Macaque doing "heart eyes" towards Wukong, he has an expression that I've seen on MK towards Wukong as well, case in point:

I talked about it in this post, but in the special both Macaque and MK have their loyalty/love of Wukong questioned, and that's a very intentional parallel:

Peng: "The six-eared Macaque fighting side by side with his own replacements! Is there anything Wukong could do that would break his hold over you?" (4x13 Rip and Tear)

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Azure Lion: "After all Sun Wukong has put you through, after how much he's let you down, you would still meet your fate trying to protect him? He doesn't deserve such loyalty, yet you insist on learning the hard way just as I did! I should have NEVER trusted the Monkey King! The false sage, equal to nothing!" (4x13 Rip and Tear)

To me, Wukong and Macaque read as characters who didn't know what they were—but that didn't matter, because they were together, and they were going to get the life they always wanted....until they didn't get that life, until they knew they were enemies.

[cloud-somersault]

This is in reference to your most recent post, but I honestly get so confused when people who watch LMK haven't read or at least done research on the source material(JTTW) because I feel like it dampens their experience of appreciating the characters. 

JTTW, which is what LMK is referenced from, is rich with tradition, meaning, and culture. Not understanding JTTW gives you a very one dimensional approach to all the characters but especially Wukong since he is currently one of the only original JTTW figures from the main cast. And in misunderstanding Wukong’s source material means that people really don’t understand shadowpeach like they should. 

Even if we were to only go from the context of the show, shadowpeach started out super toxic. LMAO! These guys were at each other’s throat constantly and were not amicable at all. The appeal is the fact that it is alluded to/shown that these two used to have a very close relationship but something happened to separate them. That’s where the intrigue begins, that’s what gets the gears turning in the viewer’s head. Something happened to make them this way and we want to know! In JTTW canon, Wukong did kill Macaque and it was actively against Buddha’s requests not to. Bro did not care, lol.  I think it is also important to realize that LMK and JTTW are still different BUT it’s honestly quite foolish, in my opinion, to completely disregard the book it is based on. And there’s nothing wrong with fans taking canon things from JTTW and applying it to LMK. Especially if it’s their own fanfiction or interpretation(like your fic). It has been a common theory that Wukong killed Macaque(pretty much since the show started), especially given a lot of the evidence we have been presented with. Disregarding one of the writer’s statements, it’s completely reasonable to make the connection between JTTW and LMK that Wukong did kill Macaque. Especially considering we are shown in the third season a flashback that they did have a violent brawl before his supposed death and subsequent resurrection. 

Shadowpeach IS inherently toxic, especially before there’s any character growth between them, and I personally feel like it’s okay to acknowledge that and embrace it. I understand people tend to gravitate away from any forms of toxicity because, yeah, it feels weird saying you like a ship of two people who hate each other. But that’s the fun thing about enemies to lovers! And shadowpeach has so much more depth to it because it can be interpreted in so many different ways. I wholeheartedly believe that their versatility and depth as a ship is largely the reason why they are one of the biggest ships in the fandom. And their depth comes from the fact that they are inherently flawed characters.  

This need to uphold Sun Wukong on a pedestal he does not deserve ultimately ruins the thing that makes them special. And that's how undeniably human he is. Someone wouldn’t know that just from watching LMK, especially since the show either glosses over the darker parts of JTTW or alters them entirely. Stripping Wukong specifically of the overflowing amount of wonderful source material he has completely dumbs down the beauty of his character. I think playing around with the idea that he did kill Macaque(in regards to LMK canon) doesn’t really change where they come from very much. Idk if anyone else has noticed, but the season 4 special is obviously still not the full picture. That little fight in the mountain is 100% not what makes them hate each other so much. That much animosity for an altercation like that?? It doesn’t make any sense. We still don’t have the full picture, and people are basing their attitude towards each in seasons 1-3 on insufficient evidence. 

Anyway, sorry lol. Seeing people not appreciate shadowpeach for the mess it is makes me so unbelievably disappointed and frustrated(especially if they know nothing about JTTW) and the internet is a great place to bounce off opinions. I promise this isn’t directed towards anyone in particular and it doesn’t come out of anger, I just think there is a common misunderstanding of shadowpeach’s complex foundation and I refuse to stand for it. /lh /nm

Okay, my weird rant is over, haha. I completely understand your irritation with comments like that, though, and I am so sorry you have to deal with them. 

Damn, I don't really have anything to add to this. I think you said it all. I can pack it up and go home LMFAO Can this be my new pinned post

Oh, I will say one thing. The fandom is def afraid or in denial that shadowpeach, in any iteration, is toxic. In order for it not to be, they'd have to be grossly out of character, and then guess what friends? That's not shadowpeach!

But a lot of people do that and are content with that. Which, okay, but stay off my porch LMFAO

[phantom-playdough]

Macaque x GN!Reader: Studies Over Me

Of course, I’d do a studying/overworked reader with Macaque after doing one with Wukong. It seemed only fair since I have been gone for so long. Hope you guys enjoy~~~

Warnings: Angst with fluffy ending!!! Also literally one line referencing potential Shadowpeach, but it could be read as platonic or romantic, if you so choose. Just generally Macaque being a petty bish because he’s a sad monkey baby.

College was a handful, no matter how many classes you take. It’s everything hard about regular school, but now you’re paying money to go, and professors sneer at you if you have even one C level grade on your transcript. The pressure was hard for Y/n. This was the semester they took English Composition, which basically was code for: Essay Class.

Macaque knew that Y/n was stressed with school, as he had known them since they took their first semester before this one. But even if he knew the that they were struggling, he didn’t really understand how the struggles felt. What made it tricker for him was the fact that this was the first semester Y/n had started since they and Macaque had begun dating. As much as he didn’t want to admit it, Macaque felt sad bitter that he wasn’t getting as much attention from Y/n because they were so focused on their class.

When they weren’t in class, Y/n seemed to only be able to talk about school. Did they hear about that new movie coming out? They won’t be able to go see it since they have class and homework. Read any new books? Only their textbooks. Write anything fun? Only essays. Talk to anyone interesting? Their group dropped the ball on a project together. Seriously, Macaque loved cared about Y/n so much. But jeez, he wished he could get them to maybe talk about his shadow plays. Or maybe the crazy shenanigans MK’s crew had going on with their last adventure. Perhaps talk about having another date night movie night and cuddle.

One thing that anyone could guess is that Macaque is new to dating, let alone dating someone as amazing as Y/n. How had he gotten lucky enough to be with them when he had all these issues? How had he been so lucky to be with someone so smart, kind, and affirming of him and his traumas. Even though Macaque would always worry deep down that he would scare them them away, Y/n stuck around and reassured him that they always would stay. They promised that they would always stand by him. That they would never leave him.

But why did it feel like that was exactly what they were doing now that they were back in school again? Macaque got so used to having Y/n with him almost always when they were off for a semester. Now though, he would be lucky to get to hang out with them for a few hours once a week!! Macaque tried desperately to keep the tightness in his heart at bay when he thought of these facts. He missed Y/n. He missed them so much. He really did. He didn’t want to admit it, and would probably deny it to his next death, but it just made him think of…him…But as he stared at his phone, laying on his couch, looking at the message he typed out a minute or two before, he felt conflicted.

‘Hey, u wanna come over? Wanna talk.’

As much as he wanted to send the message, Macaque was nervous about doing so. But he felt the tightness in his chest turn almost into a festering ball of emotion in his stomach, so he was between a rock and crazy place. He sighed and pressed send, missing the button once or thrice from his thumb shaking. He held his phone close as he waited for his loving partner read the message and hopefully respond quickly. After about ten seconds, he saw that Y/n read the message. But what rose a tiny bit annoyance in Macaque’s stomach, further growing the ball of emotion settling there, was that Y/n just sent a thumbs up emoji. Nothing else. He sighed and sat up on his couch, slamming his phone face down onto the table harder than he meant to, which made him flinch slightly at the loud noise made. Macaque decided to just get a glass of mango juice and try to wait for Y/n as patiently as he could.

When Y/n made it to Macaque’s tiny hut, they immediately noticed his salty expression on his face. To be fair, he had that expression often, but not around them. “Hey, Macaque.” They said, closing the door behind them and looking around. Something was different. “Did you clean the hut before I came here?”

Macaque huffed, a smirk on his face, but it was clear he was annoyed by something. “Yeah, maybe I did. I can be busy, sometimes!”

The way he said that rubbed Y/n the wrong way, but they tried to not pry. Not right away, at least. “Have you been busy with your shadow plays or something?” Y/n asked as they kicked their shoes off and put them to the side.

Macaque’s eyebrow twitched. “Oh, you wanna know?” His tone was unconvinced.

“Okay, what’s wrong, Macaque?” Y/n was getting fed up with this fast and this was barely five minutes into the conversation.

“Nothing!”

“Don’t lie to me. You look like you’re trying to be passive aggressive and I want to know why.”

“Do you care?”

Y/n scoffed. “What do you mean ‘do I care’? Of course I care. You’re my partner and something I did is clearly making you upset but you’re not telling me what.”

“Well, I don’t know. You seem very interested in talking about school stuff lately and not much else! I’d hate to have ya talk about something else.” Macaque gave a fake smile, his body language and voice pulling out all of the fake innocence and theatrics.

“I-what? Is that what this is about?” Y/n was flabbergasted at this point, but Macaque clearly was just getting the argument started.

“Come on, Y/n. You may not have all my ears, but I know you heard me!”

“No, I heard you. But…you didn’t think to just say that this was bothering you?” Y/n asked, incredulously.

That made Macaque pause. He didn’t have a good rebuttal to that, given the shocked look on his face.

“Macaque, you could’ve just said that you wanted to talk about something else besides me in school, or you could’ve said that you wanted to spend more time with me, and I would’ve—”

Macaque covered Y/n’s mouth, effectively making them stop talking, his face beet red enough to blend in with the red markings on his face. He kept his hand there for a second, before he pulled Y/n into his chest with his tail, summoning a shadow portal underneath the pair to end up on the couch. Macaque pulled Y/n in close to him, laying the both of them back on the couch.

“You’re right…I’m sorry…” He said softly, his eyes downcast to the floor. “I-I’m not used to…this…” Macaque gestured between the two of them. “Not like I really ever had the chance to try this kind of thing much before.” He sighed. “I-I…I’m sorry.” He finally said, an embarrassed look on Macaque’s face.

Y/n smiled lovingly. “Macaque, I know you’ve been through a lot. I know you haven’t dated much.” Macaque blushed at that word, making Y/n laugh a bit. “And I know that you needed to spend time with me, too. Just next time, you can ask me. I promise you, I will never leave you just because you ask me to spend some more time with you.” Y/n sealed the promise with a kiss on his cheek.

Macaque flushed a bit more, a small smile on his face. Carefully, almost as if he was nervous, Macaque placed a hand on the side of Y/n’s face. He was a little surprised when Y/n snuggled into his hand, but his growing smile showed that he wasn’t one to complain. “What did I do to deserve someone as amazing as you?” He asked more to himself, then to Y/n. They laughed, kissing his nose, before whispering very softly in three of his ears.

“You were yourself.”

[icy-watch]

Good lord, Icy. What have you been drinking and where can I get some?? I mean, when you start analyzing the wood?? Hello??? And you mention the Underworld??? 😭 Okay those meanings are kind of insane, maybe hold onto them. Interpretive freedom and all. Is it too late to convince you this has nothing to do with Wukong (as if all of LMK hasn't already had to do with him) and is just a reference to the opening theme lyrics Familiar Tales, New Adventures? XD I referenced it before because I knew it was sneaky enough heh. Last episode, Mac dragged in the Not-Mayor like your street cat bringing dead things into the house, this episode he is the house cat caught 10 seconds before disaster tied up in a ball of yarn. Kidding kidding, but true as well. Remember the "tied up in his own shadows and chains?" Yeah, weird. So apparently (and keep in mind, sometimes flashbacks can be biased!) that bit really did happen and Wukong was there to see it. It's not just everyone they've fought against, it seems to be...a memory almost, wouldn't you say, Icy? Macaque tied up like that, the tear/blood drop I promised you? The especially evident "Monkey, no violence!" you hear after? Tripitaka and the fillet??? Also Wukong's face when seeing his friend <3 <3 <3 and his instinctive yell when hearing Tripitaka OOOH 👀 omg. I'm all over that. Does it still bother him? I mean with how often the headband dug into his head, how much it hurt, oh he's got lasting issues. Rip </3 your turn to get trauma triggered. Oh yeah, also the translation. Mac here says, "You're nothing!" Like, I think I said it reflected what he told MK in The Winning Side. As a theory for what he told Wukong. "Your staff's gone, your power and freedom's gone. You're not the Monkey King, you're nothing!" if he found him with the pilgrims. But his line and Nezha's are taken from previous episodes, so are they meant to be parallels of the further/not recent past or, just chosen from there? We're pretty split on how Mac reacted tbh, and the Chinese dub has him say "You abandoned me!" which changes the meaning entirely. And falls in line with Shadow Play. The new characters' lines are pretty solidly from the past so eh. Maybe both. I talk a lot about the monkeys (and I'll probably refer to them as shadowpeach for convenience's sake when speaking of their scenes together despite it being a ship name, their duo name is eclipse/sundial duo but we're all just too used to the former.) anyways, this is meant to say that this season, for the sake of a certain someone in your note's favorite antagonist, I will be rewatching s4 to sort them out :P I think its worth the effort, what with fandom repeatedly being extra weird with your fav, I get it, so may as well explain what the heck might be going on.

Little teenage Icy went thru a witch phase to try and curse people. I learned about different woods and stuff. My tarot knowledge came out of this time in my life too.

Miiiiiiight be a little too late lol.

Oh, that's interesting. Memories. Hmmmm...

[fluffypotatey]

A Meeting at the Beach

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category: Other

Fandom: LEGO Monkie Kid

Relationships: Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque/Sun Wukong | Monkey King, Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque & Qi Xiaotian | MK, Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque & Sun Wukong | Monkey King

Characters:

Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque, Qi Xiaotian | MK

Additional Tags: Liu Er Mihou | Six-Eared Macaque-Centric, The Inherent Need to Always Deny When Old Feelings Overwhelm, Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque Needs A Hug, Qi Xiaotian | MK Needs a Hug, TFW Your Comfort Abandons You Since You are with Another that Used to Bring Comfort, The Beautiful Pain of Never Saying Goodbye Until You No Longer Can, Older Qi Xiaotian | MK, as in man’s in his 50s, Post-Canon, Far Future, Alternate Universe - Future, Implied/Referenced Character Death, season 4 special spoilers, (Ish) - Freeform, mostly bc setting, The Author Regrets Nothing, Heavy Angst, Angst and Feels, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Emotionally Unstable Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque, Character Study, bc it seems that all my works circle back to studies, Minor Sun Wukong | Monkey King & Qi Xiaotian | MK, Background Relationships, Shadowpeach can be viewed as platonic

Summary:

“Hey there,” he started, thankful that his voice sounded even. “You missed MK’s birthday, but, uh”– there’s a cough and a short kick to the sand– “he probably already told you about that. It was weeks ago anyway.” The wind brushed softly, causing his scarf to trail behind it. Macaque adjusted it when the breeze left. It needed to be loosened a bit. For some reason, its usual position was too tight. Felt suffocating.

[real-sun-wukong-fan01]

<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/42847563"><strong>After Dark</strong></a> (107 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/Rixeu"><strong>Rixeu</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/?<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Xi%20You%20Ji%20%7C%20Journey%20to%20the%20West%20-%20Wu%20Cheng&#39;en">Xi You Ji | Journey to the West - Wu Cheng&#39;en</a>, <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/LEGO%20Monkie%20Kid">LEGO Monkie Kid</a><br />Rating: Mature<br />Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence<br />Relationships: Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque/Sun Wukong | Monkey King, Bai Long Ma | White Dragon Horse & Sun Wukong | Monkey King, Liu er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque & Qi Xiaotian | MK & Sun Wukong | Monkey King, Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque/Sun Wukong | Monkey King/Tang/Zhu Bajie | Pigsy (Monkie Kid), Qi Xiaotian | MK/Red Son, Long Xiaojiao | Mei & Red Son<br />Characters: Sun Wukong | Monkey King, Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque, Tang Sanzang | Tripitaka, Tang (Monkie Kid), Sha Wujing | Sandy (Monkie Kid), Sha Wujing | Sandy, Zhu Bajie | Eight-Precepts Pig, Zhu Bajie | Pigsy (Monkie Kid), Tieshan Gongzhu | Princess Iron Fan, Niu Mo Wang | Bull Demon King, Xiezi Jing | The Scorpion Spirit, Jin | Gold Horn Demon (Monkie Kid), Yin | Silver Horn Demon (Monkie Kid), Spider Queen (Monkie Kid), Strong Spider (Monkie Kid), Original Characters, Background & Cameo Characters, chimerashipping- freeform, Spicynoodles - freeform - Character, Freenoodles - freeform - Character, Lady Bone Demon's Host (Monkie Kid), Hong Hai'er | Red Boy, Red Son (Monkie Kid)<br />Additional Tags: Heavy Angst, References to Depression, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Non-Linear Narrative, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, generous description of violence, Sun Wukong | Monkey King Being an Asshole, Traumatized Sun Wukong | Monkey King, implied ShadowPeach if you squint hard enough, Aro/Ace sun wukong, Trans Sun Wukong, Trans Character, sun WuKong uses any pronouns, He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Qi Xiaotian | MK, Liu Er Mihou | Six-eared Macaque Being an Asshole, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Genderfluid sun wukong<br />Summary: <p>After an accident happened while hanging out with the gang.</p><p>They were sent to to the past by an ancient time pool called </p><p>An ancient lake that Qi Xiao was instructed NOT to go near</p><p>Join the hero’s on a journey they never thought they would be on.</p><p>A journey back to the past.</p>

Here’s a little demo 🤗

OH FUCK THAT'S LONG

but THANK YOU!!!!

[shadowpeachyuri]

I'm wheezing and pounding my fist on the floor, airpods in all six of his ears my ribs ow, hahahaha. how do you come up with this stuff, who is MAKING that stuff, "average celestial monkey listens to 100 spotify songs a day, Macaque is an outlier who should not have been counted" I don't think he even knows what spotify or airpods are lol. Do you think he cries to his ShadowPeach divorce playlist every night/j no seriously, if we give him a music box he can play his villain theme for the drama. What theatre kid doesn't have some sick beats to go along with their show? Shadow Play, but if it was a broadway musical /j. I came here to talk about how deliciously evil it is how much these two affect each other yet never say it to their faces because they're too busy rolling over like quarreling lion cubs but now I think I will slapping your posts with a tumblr hall of fame sticker you are SO funny omg. I love your energy. So much inspo to be found here. But also on that: (Mac yelling that SWK always drags people into his messes and SWK repeating those same words to MK as an apology and saying he needs to stop doing that?? Ugh, you two are SO impacted by that fight. Yet you will sooner punch in the face of person whose words you've internalized. The words that cause you guilt. Punch generallyyy isn't the first instinct of the average person towards the source there.) I like how different their responses are tho. It might be harder to notice with SWK because he isn't having trauma flashes like Mac, but it is there in his present day characteristics. They are 50% on the same page when that fight is referenced, but 50% I think comes from what happened when they were apart. Like if the journey failed, if flower fruit burned, and what killed Mac bc if it wasn't SWK I REALLY want to know where he thought Mac was all this time and what he was doing. That "are you ever going to get tired of living in my shadow? + "always did have a sidekick kind of vibe" + "on brand to have a worse version of everyone else's powers." is very, not SWK if he accidentally killed his bud. in fact, it almost doesn't feel like the kind of response post-Monk fight either. This kind of animosity is REALLY strange between them. I wonder how much is forced habit bc SWK kept Saying Things he didn't fully mean bc of emotion in the fight if that "I really wanted that peach" meant anything, and how much is fueled by the Hypothetical Some Other Not-Quite-Imposter Adjacent Crime Mac might have done towards him.

macaque doesn’t know what spotify is or how to use a smartphone but at the same time i do firmly believe he would listen to cheesy pop stuff.

ALSO YEAH THE PARALLELS. THE THEMES MAN. THE ECHOES

[reroscherries]

that one scene in VNC but with them

[quitealotofsodapop]

Ok, but for real, Wukong is the easily flustered guy who tries to hide it behind an aggressive mask. It took thousands of years for Macaque to realize Wukong was secretly extremely shy and easily flustered, but once he knew it's game over for the Monkey King. Macaque very much likes making his King red as his own facial marking and flustered, thinks it's cute

Referencing this post.

Wukong does become flustered easily... but only for Macaque.

Theres a scene in Jttw where Guanyin sets up a "trap/character test" on Tripitaka, Wukong, and Bajie with three beautiful rich women looking for husbands. Bajie's all for it, Tripitaka is super flustered/uncomfy, and Wukong is just like "whatever".

I hc that if Wukong has no pre-existing interest in someone, he don't care. Super demi-sexual/romantic vibes.

But with Macaque?

Heart eyes, blushing, completely boneless within seconds. This man has gone full Tex Avery-character. Loud involuntary monkey hoots/chittering like howling wolf. It's super embarassing.

Doesnt help that Macaque is *mega-flirty* once he gains a little confidence. By the time of LMK, Macaque has developed enough rizz that Wukong has to pause mid-battle to cover his bright-red face.

All the shadow monkey has to do is run his tail under Wukong's chin and the King melts like butter. You can see the hearts in his firey-gold eyes as Wukong tries his best to form coherent thoughts.

It gets worse even if Shadowpeach has been established for many years. Wukong will never not be flustered like a school girl by Macaque!

Macaque isn't immune though. Wukong is ridiculously good at forming romantic conversations when he tries - in Jttw its like his go-to disguise plan. So Macaque could be smirking to himself thinking he's got the upperhand when...

(Wukong and Macaque are locked in battle, hands clasping one another in the struggle) Wukong: *fond chuckle* Macaque: "Whats so funny?" Wukong, looking away shyly: "I didn't think I'd have to tear apart this mountain... just to hold your hand again." Macaque, blush as red as his face marking: "You... ugh!!" *shadow portals away* Wukong: *gets portal-ed too cus Mac forgot to un-lock hands* MK, saw the whole fight: "Dafuq did I just witness???"

Cus when the Monkey King wanna express romantic feelings, he goes full sappy.