#monkey talk

[doshi-sukiru]

The little monkeys see wukong as a grandfather bc wukong sees them as his grandchildren according to the book! I think they would see macaque as the other parent figure or the "mother". Plus, they will probably gossip about everything wukong thinks about him. They tell macaque everything 👀

Macaque: Wukong. Wukong: Yeah? Macaque, summoning his staff: Why have the monkeys been telling me how observant you are of my ass? Wukong: Macaque: Wukong: *runs* Macaque: oH NO YOU DON'T-

Don't worry they made up in the end

[tauriatalksmonkeys]

The monkeys' bedrooms?

:D thanks so much for sending this in!

Antauri’s is very natural. There are, as we see in Antauri’s Masters, streams and murals there, as well as some rock gardens. I think he also has some plants --- possibly bamboo & ferns --- which are both great for the Robot’s oxygen supply, and also soothing.

Nova’s has lots of fitness equipment (weights, a punching bag, etc.) but also lots of pink & stuffed toys. (which she obviously stores in her closet when she’s not in there! can’t let the boys know she’s Soft after all :P.) i like to think she also has lots of pictures of the team on the wall!

Sprx’s has a lot of model ships & flight magazines. he also has some posters / ads for various types of ships he would love to get his hands on. & pictures of the team, of course!

Gibson’s room is rather plain. not because he doesn’t want to personalize it, but because he spends most of his time in his lab! he has a few medical journals, but prefers to keep most of his stuff on a tablet / electronic device, for ease of carrying it about.

Otto’s room is pretty messy. sometimes he’ll start a project in his room instead of leaving them in his workshop! he has lots of pictures of the team, too. a lot of them capture the others making funny faces or in the middle of laughing. they’re not necessarily “pretty” but they’re real and Otto loves them!

BONUS: Mandarin’s room was almost obsessively cleaned. military clean, really. like Nova, he did have some fitness equipment (and perhaps his own personal coffee pot), but mostly kept his room very bare and plain. which. did make cleaning it out easier.

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[ladytauria]

Speaking of the team recovering from Mandarin's betrayal; I imagine getting a kid for a leader was probably the best thing for their mental state back then. It's often said, for a lot of people who've experienced loss taking care of something/one is the best way to properly heal. They at least got to nurture and invest in something positive to get their minds off what Mandarin tried to do (Antauri eventually came around).

^^^^^

You’re absolutely right, Anon. I know that, for me personally, having other people or animals to take care of in times of grief or stress is almost like a coping mechanism. So, I can definitely see it!

Antauri refrained—it took him seeing that, even though Chiro was just a boy, he wasn’t going to fall to the carefully whispered promises of evil. He came around, but it took him a while.

The others, though, they threw themselves into it. Both as a distraction/balm from Mandarin’s betrayal, and because Chiro was so young.

[tauriatalksmonkeys]

I was rewatching Stranded Seven and I noticed a tiny detail: when the Monkeys and Chiro are sitting down for a meal, there’s a shot of Sprx glaring towards the camera. I always thought that it was because of him being irritated by the food in front of them, but, nope, I’m pretty sure it’s because he was annoyed by Nova and Tiqudo sitting next to each other across the table (or it could be just because of the food and I’m looking too much into it).

SO. i decided to go pull this episode up bc i wanted to make sure i remembered the look you’re talking about and--- so many good sprx expressions in that scene, ngl. & tbh given that everyone else is actually looking at the food when they make their faces, while sprx appears to be staring across the table... i’m gonna go ahead and guess that. yeah. somebody’s mad nova’s sitting next to tiqudo XD

[tauriatalksmonkeys]

I've talked a lot about them in the past but I have a soft spot for Chiro and Gibson's dynamic. Sonetimes it seems like they don't get as much acknowledgment. But the two are really tight. As you said Chiro translates for Gibson and can recognize him by his monkey screech alone. Their teamwork is probably a personal favorite of mine. They work so well together and they've been MVP together in saving the team in some of the darkest times. Such as Mandarin kidnapping the others and Chiro and -

2 Gibson had to pilot the Super Robot by themselves, come up w/a plain to outsmart SK so they can sneak into his heavily guarded base and basically just wing it the rest of the way while trying to keep each other alive. Which they did and managed to save the others. Then you have NoF ep. I typically consider this Chiro and Sprx's MVP ep. But all things considered Gibson was pretty impressive too. Despite being oppressed by his worst fear and unable to think properly. He never left Chiro's side-

3 side and was useful helping them get away from danger (compare that to Nova and Otto who ran off and Antauri who had to be shut down). Chiro himself in that ep always kept an eye on Gibson and pulled him along so they wouldn't be separated much like how Nova did Sprx. I definitely see a pattern a lot of times when the team is facing a really stressful adversary, Chiro and Gibson end up sticking close to each other if they can. The two genuinely like and understand the other. Gibson's always-

4 been fair to Chiro. Not minding when he goofs off instead of helping him or even pulling the 'young man' card when Chiro needs some boundaries. Overall I also think it's cute and thoughtful of Gibson to care about Chiro's education. Even when there's a war looming Gibson still gives him homework so he's never behind (aka far ahead of everyone else his age). Likewise it's cute how Chiro gets Gibson's limits and never faults him for it. Chiro's typically the one who watches out for Gibson and-

5 protects him from danger. Such as grabbing him when he falls or picking him up to carry him out of danger. Chiro's pretty protective of Gibson while still knowing he's highly capable as a fighter. Overall they have this nice subtle protective relationship where they share a lot of interests (science, video games) and like having fun w/each other. Though they make a lethal team w/good balance. But you know everybody on team has a great and interesting dybamic w/each other.

Ahhh anon! I’m so sorry this has taken me so long to respond to: I wanted to wait until I was at my computer & not tired out of my mind.

This is such an excellent analysis of Gibson and Chiro’s relationship! I love how you pointed out how often Chiro carries Gibson out of danger; that’s a thread I didn’t appreciate in the show when I was younger, but now, every time I see it I can’t help but internally squee a bit inside.

(Especially since Gibson is normally a monkey who prides himself on looking professional and calm, yet he submits to being carried around like a football by Chiro. [I know that like. In battle he rarely seems to worry about appearances but. It’s such a cute little note I can’t help but point it out anyway!])

Gibson is such like---it’s hard to really put found family dynamics into strict family roles but!! Gibson is such like a dad type figure. A very Soft & supportive dad, and I love it!!

Thanks so much for sending this in :D

[tauriatalksmonkeys]

I find it interesting how nervous Sprx was about trying to confess his feelings for Nova back in “Ghost in the Machinder,” but by “Wormhole,” he was suddenly a lot calmer. I personally think that he only just realized that he was in love with her early into Season 3. By the season finale, I believe, is him coming to that final acceptance.

ohhhh i love that thought tbh!

see, i like to subscribe to the idea that he figured it out during the mandarin days—but your thought / headcanon makes a lot more since with what we see in canon. as… a lot of s1 & s2 could just be interpreted as platonic / light crushing, or pigtail pulling.

i love the idea of him reaching acceptance / realization during wormhole/belly of the beast! his approach to a confession was calmer—though now i’m kind of imagining him practicing in front of a mirror / picture of nova for days beforehand…

[tauriatalksmonkeys]

Headcanon ask, any of Nova's time in the Wormhole?

oooh! this isn’t something i’ve really thought about before 🤔

i do like @formless-monkeys (apologies if i got the wrong blog) analysis of Nova’s time in the Wormhole, and how she may have died & been brought back! however!!!! i’m also going to take a stab at adding / contributing my own thoughts :D

i think it was very overwhelming. lots of lights and colors and sounds, some of which she wouldn’t normally be able to see/experience, which is difficult for her to process.

i also think she would have seen a lot of things---things from planets long collapsed, galaxies lost or swallowed by time; species that once traveled through space themselves before ending. she might have seen things from shuggazoom’s start; or the verans; all of them snippets too chaotic to really keep track of.

maybe she visited another galaxy; maybe time wasn’t the same, maybe she lived out entire adventures there, making a name for herself before being brought back. (maybe one of these adventures is what caused her to grow to the giant size we saw in Belly of the Beast!)

> tbh i don’t really think this one happened but it sounds like a fun concept 👀

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