Spared!Au

An ask blog dedicated to the Spared version of Macaque! Illustrated using the OverlySarcasticProductions style! /INACTIVE- soz :P \

[ask-thesparedau]

Welcome!!

Welcome to an ask blog dedicated entirely to an AU illustrated in an imitation of the Overly Sarcastic Productions style!

This is NOT an official blog made by the original creators, it is completely fan-made and the style is wholly unoriginal. Please support the actual creators below!

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About

This AU is dedicated to an interpretation of The Six Eared Macaque if he had been spared in the original story!

It is important to note that this is Canon Inspired, not Canon based. Journey to the West is a largely allegorical story that could be interpreted in various ways, and has a lot of cultural implications that may be lost on Western readers.

I, the creator of this blog, am a Western reader who is not at all a reliable source of information.

Rules

Be Respectful. The original story is a classic Chinese novel. I make a lot of jokes and goofs but be mindful of what you are asking

Criticism is Constructive. As mentioned before I am a Western reader! And a novice at best when it comes to understanding this classic novel. Therefore I wholly accept criticism and advice when it comes to applying certain aspects of the story to my au. However I won’t tolerate insults. If a post comes off as offensive you are free to address it privately and I will either correct myself or delete the post.

No NSFW. Heavy themes will have trigger warnings! However blatant smut or nsfw will not be tolerated in the ask box

No spam. If I have not answered your ask please do not repeat the same question. I do indeed read them all! However I can only pick and choose what I respond to.

No Commissions. I will not be profiting off of the OSP style in any way! And will not accept commissions specific to this AU. If you want to see my original works please visit my art blog!

(Any other rules will be added in the future)

Tags to Follow!

#Main Story

#Side Stuff

#Ask Mac

[ask-thesparedau]

Waaaaa don’t worry I am not on ANOTHER hiatus. I just got Covid.

请原谅 🙇‍♂️ Macaque will be returning soon! Thank you for all of your asks <3

[ask-thesparedau]

Does Macaque ever become immobilized because of his enhanced hearing? Such as in loud thunderstorms or if a sound based demon attacked the group and shrieked at him? I’d think the team would be rather worried to find him catatonic.

“I haven’t encountered a sound Yaogui yet— but I’m sure Wukong can handle it if I am immobilized!”

[ask-thesparedau]

*Boops Macaque's nose* hehe you've been booped! Now you gotta boop the next person you see 🫶🏻

ALSO I came with gifts! *Drops 2 sacks filled with Macaque's favourite fruits* this is my offering to you... FOR GIVING ME CUTENESS AGGRESSION

(also ask to the creator/owner of the blog: what technique did you use to be able to do OSP's artstyle cause if I didn't see your warning I would have thought you ARE the artist for OSP 😭)

In regards to a ‘technique’ I mostly just found an expression/ pose of something Red already made, and then added a few tweaks to suit what I wanted to make.

Other than that colored linework with an ink brush, gradients, and exaggerated poses on a chibi base does the trick!

[ask-thesparedau]

Hello all!

First and foremost I would like to apologize for my impromptu hiatus. There was no specific reason for it other than me finding new interests and growing burnt out of making content for this blog.

That said it currently stands as my most successful account! And after a full year of radio silence I still get questions and queries asking about my little silly AU. Which is honestly very touching and I cannot thank you guys enough for all the support <3

As such I wanna reward you all for your patience with a Mass Q&A to respond to old questions, and answer some new ones!

I will be making as much responses as possible ^^ but know that content from here on will be sporadic. I may have a burst of inspiration or nostalgia but I won’t be forcing myself to maintain a schedule.

I still very much love JTTW tho, so besides asks you are also free to share your own thoughts as well!

[frankydman]

Lore time;

Freed from his time displaced prison chamber at Wuxing Mountain, the reawakens to roam free again in the mortal realm.

A bit of thanks to a passing Monk sent by the Kai (Goddess) Kuanyin to recruit the monkey to a journey of great importance.

However, for the Tripp the Monk to convince the Saiyan seemed troublesome at first.....

[ask-thesparedau]

Check this out!!! A totally underrated artist working on a refreshing reimagining of jttw.

I am so excited to see what they do with this

[sixears-macaque-yt]

Have you seen the JTTW summary/series by Overly Sarcastic Productions? Thoughts?

"EVERYTIME SOMEONE ASKS FOR THE NEXT EPISODE THEY DELAY IT ANOTHER SEASON! SUPPORT THEIR OTHER VIDEOS AND THEIR DAMN BOOK!"

"...ahem. OSP does a great job at summarizing JTTW with some great hunor.. If you like them, or appreciate the style of that, I recommend @ask-thesparedau to fill that void."

[ask-thesparedau]

and fill the void I shall—— when I am not a months long hiatus

[ask-thesparedau]

I hope Shanghai is treating you well!!

Yes! It is precisely why I have been on (yet another) hiatus lately. But for good reason!

Some cool photos of the experience:

[ask-thesparedau]

Now that your back may I ask if you headcanon Macaque as aroace if your comfortable with that

Simple answer: no

Complex answer: yes!!

It depends on which version of the six eared macaque I am conveying. But for the spared!au I try to remain as close to canon as possible while adding my own flare for a taste of something new.

There is no evident sexuality for either of the monkeys. So in regards to this ask blog—- maybe?

Being both aromantic and asexual is a spectrum, as an ace I can say the experience is different for everyone. So even if I was to say yes, I cannot properly describe my own interpretation for macaque lol

[ask-thesparedau]

Question for macaque

Macaque did you befriend wukong yet?

“‘Befriend’ is a strong term. But I’d like to think I am at least on his ‘good side’ now! I’d be dead if I wasn’t.”

“I don’t think he likes the artistic liberties I’ve taken with his form though.”

[ask-thesparedau]

I must confess something.

I have the urge to make a c.ai of Macaque but I need your permission first :)

I just wanna be a mother to him in c.ai :(

Or traumatize him more.

Thanks for asking!

I have a love hate relationship with c.ai, as an avid role player for years it was kinda impressive to see all my favs automated by a computer

However I think rp would be far more fulfilling with an actual person.

Either way, I don’t mind! Just be mindful of the fact that this version of Macaque may not be entirely genuine on a chat site!

[ask-thesparedau]

Sorry I meant to ask this anonymously

Mr.macaque

Have you ever met ne zha

If so what do you think of him

“We’ve never met, but I know him. He is really good at fighting I hear…. “

[[“Also… Mr Macaque…? Is that what you guys have been calling me?” ]]

[ask-thesparedau]

(1/?)

[MUN- Hello all! As you can tell I am trying something new. From now on the storyline from before will be referenced as a ‘past event’ and the present is where asks will take place! Thank you all for patiently waiting]

[ask-thesparedau]

ITS BEEN SO LONG!!!

If you didn’t know, I have been on an impromptu hiatus for a little less than a year now. It started out as me extending my comic dates and ended up being a massive break.

Despite this, many of you still waited for me! Giving me frequent asks and commenting on my posts, which I am endlessly thankful for.

I would be lying if I said there was a specific reason behind my disappearance, but it wasn’t for nothing!

I was getting more and more discouraged with my own work. Although pretty easy to do, I didn’t feel confident in my ability to stay true to the book and its characters. A lot of JTTW is interpretational, so I failed to understand certain nuisances present without cultural context.

So in my break I took the time to actually work on getting more involved with the culture!

I decided to take a Chinese Language course! Then with the encouragement of my professor, joined their Chinese club. Many of my assignments involved cultural engagement, which I also attended to make some new friends.

Eventually my professor recommended me for a scholarship opportunity, which takes place in Shanghai! (上海）

I will be going in June

Thank you all for your patience <3

Now that I am a bit more confident, i will be returning to this blog. There may be some upcoming changes though, so watch out for those!

[ask-thesparedau]

~~Returning soon~~

:)

[ask-thesparedau]

Hello there

I see you are inactive for a month and kinda got me worried I mean I can wait but kinda worried in the same time for your health but if your taking a break sorry for disturbing you

Btw

Your still kewl

Hello! Yes indeed I’ve decided to take a little bit of a break! So I am completely fine. Thank you for your concern

But have no fear! I’ve not forgotten about this beloved blog of mine.

It’s the largest I have on tumblr, which I have OverlySarcasticProductions’ Red to thank, as the familiarity of her artsyle has attracted a lot of you to my Spared!Macaque. However, because of this I don’t pay as much attention to it as I do for my other projects, I tend to leave it be until I manage to finish my other works.

Why? Well, the main reason being that I don’t want to take the attention away from Red’s current works. I never directly asked them if I could use her art to make this blog, and so there’s some personal discomfort as an artist to utilize a style that isn’t mine.

I appreciate all the support regardless, as I never expected to garner this much attention! But also I recognize that I’m not being original. So unless Red pms me to shut my blog down then it remains a side project ^^

[ask-thesparedau]

What do the JTTW crew think about the six eared Macaque joining the journey?

He hasn’t officially ‘joined’ yet, but has been following them for a good couple of days at a distance. (Trying to be polite)

None of them really know why, but Sandy and Wukong are pretty sure he won’t attack them.

[no1knzme]

Just them <3 @ask-thesparedau

[ask-thesparedau]

WOAHHHH

Love your style op dhdjdjd

Mac looks so silly!!! Just a tiny guy <3