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the angst!!! loved xu shaohua staggering to his feet after wukong removes the tiger transformation from sanzang. the way he plays sanzang as being out of it and needing a moment to adjust, until his eyes refocus on wukong, who can't even bear to make eye contact with him again ;(((

it really is kind of amazing that wukong is willing to fight with so many deadly demons and monsters and gods yet he's terrified of confronting sanzang again after being banished before. he was literally about to run away!

bumblingbeees

I have a very silly question that I could probably easily find the answer to by googling it or something, but I’m going to ask tumblr instead because I can. Please forgive me if this is extremely obvious I’m very tired at the moment and my brain is choosing to be baffled instead of helpful.

So if someone, let’s say a certain monkey for instance, is caring something extremely heavy, say… a multi-ton staff, and someone else picks up said monkey… are they now having to support the multiple tons of weight, or is monkey still doing all the lifting?

tuima11

I debated this same problem for a scene I was writing and decided: there are definitely some physics-bending shenanigans going on with that staff. Because there are several different points in the book where Monkey is climbing trees or rooftops, or crossing a frozen lake, and he has his staff in his ear all those times. Since the trees and buildings in question did not immediately shatter to splinters & sawdust, and the ice doesn't break until (what else) a demon shows up to snatch Tripitaka, my only conclusion is that the staff's weight somehow Does Not Count when Monkey's holding it. (???)

I know the whole thing about the staff weighing 8+tons is a comedic reference/ spoof of previous Chinese heroic tales, but I still feel like all that weight can't just vanish, right? Like, it definitely counts when he's hitting people with it!

Maybe it truly is the Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod, and it just weighs whatever Monkey thinks it should weigh, in the same way that it's the size he tells it to be? That would explain all the various movie adaptations that portray the staff being noticeably heavier/ harder for Monkey to wield when it's huge, even though technically it's been that heavy this whole time and he's been spinning it around like the blades of an attack helicopter.

...Anyone else? Thoughts? Actual research instead of this rampant speculation? XD

britt-kageryuu

Wonder how many times Sun Wukong even thought about making counterfeit travel papers just to get them through a place that was annoying him.

fuckyeahchinesefashion

A stunning arcus cloud appeared over Zhangjiakou, Hebei on July 4th.

Chinese netizen: There’s a yaoguai in the cloud coming to eat me!

eaglesorrowgorge

skimming jttw chapter 27 and omg this honeypot maneater wukong lore??:

jenner translation:

yu translation:

tuima11

Wukong. Sweetheart. This might not be the bEST way to convince your Master that you have the moral high ground in this situation...

allthedrugsforcreativity

He thinks Nezha is a baby monkey 💔

singeamon-arts

Yep 😌👍

He also matches Sandy now 🫰

igallbladder

eaglesorrowgorge

the way they rush to each other and hesitate for a moment before sanzang bursts out, "wukong, i wronged you," before they collapse in each other's arms to the ground as the episode fades to black 😭

eaglesorrowgorge

soooo cute seeing them sharing a laugh over bajie's antics

eaglesorrowgorge

so many good microexpressions and gestures here... xu shaohua absolutely knocking it out of the park as sanzang, holding out his shaking hands towards wukong, beckoning him to return. lxlt as wukong halting immediately at the sound of his name, so scared to turn around until he sees sanzang's distraught face and realizes that sanzang really did miss him ;(((

harharhar29

that awkward moment where your now exhusband finally signs the papers 💔💔💔💔

is ok wukong is keeping the island and the monkeys

hanfugallery

Chinese hanfu inspired by The Northern Wei dancing and music figurines from Luoyang Museum (photos by 落池)

abowlofmoe

I wanna post more Monkie Kid content so I'm trying out a new way of drawing these guys. I think I like this chibier style more! Also some stableboys because they're so sweet! 😚