#theres a point where the six eared macaque stops being the six eared macaque once u start removing the problematic traits yanno

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Thoughts on dad macaque with his son MK?

If we thinkin an au where canon show events don't happen at all and LMK!Six Ear is not really LMK!Six Ear anymore in the sense that he has calmed his tits down at last and settled somewhere n just does his own thing, then sure yeah, could be a fun AU. I bet Xiaotian would annoy the fuck outta him with his enthusiasm about SWK n the JT/TW story For years, scientists have wondered, can you make a grown monkey man jump canon ball style into the ocean without him coming back up to the surface until the late hours of a tender evening by presenting a singular human child; and the answer is yes, you can, as long as the human child in question is Qi Xiaotian and his endless enthusiasm for the Monkey King (aka I do believe that Six Ear is prone to being angry and easily fed up and kinda constantly a bitsy shitty guy no matter how much redemption you throw at him)

OTHER THAN THAT,,,, It's a cute idea at the surface but it's a big hard no from me cuz if you go deeper into the concept it becomes kinda... E 😬

The most I'm willing to accept (and what I'm doin in Fruit Twins too) is that Six Ear kinda becomes to Xiaotian that one uncle you see once a year who smells suspiciously of cigs, alcohol and whatever drugs he got his hands on in the last week and like he's fun to hang out with for the day but you are 100% certain that if he stayed for longer he would bring catastrophe upon the physical, psychological, spiritual and emotional well-beings for everyone under the roof just by his mere presence

What he does to Xiaotian in canon seems rather very severe to me n like something that Xiaotian shouldn't Just Shake Off like nothin happened (I wouldn't shake it off at all I'd just delete a guy like that from my life but Xiaotian seems to have an almost Steven Universe thing goin on) so those two havin a dad n son relationship sounds like a horrorshow to my ears sdlkgjslakgmsld

TLDR; under the JUST RIGHT conditions and well handled characterizations- a lot of fun! Can be cute with Six trynna navigate his emotions and flaws so he could be something of a proper dad to Xiaotian n not a complete abusive asshole. And he struggles and he sucks at it sometimes, sometimes he yells and gets angry and goes into his room and doesn't come out for a long time but he does try his best so he always makes sure the kid has a warm meal ready and if Xiaotian comes to him lookin sad n shaken he lets the kid cuddle into his chest and if he can't hear the kid playin for too long he comes in to ask if everything's fine. The interest in the concept for me would prolly be Six's struggle of loving while being painfully human in how much emotionally driven he is to the point of unhealthy status, oftentimes