various unfounded sha wujing headcanons go
I am stuck between delight at the opportunity to yell about Wujing and the fear that I am just going to be rehashing old territory, because I think I put most of my good Sha Wujing headcanons into The New Recruit.
But okay uhhh let's see what haven't I really covered yet...
Okay so I did touch on this in my fic but I haven't really gotten to talk about it as much as I want to: Wujing is poison resistant. Not immune, as he still experiences some effects, but poisons that could kill people within days just make him feel sick, and neurotoxins would probably give him a seizure or two but he'd survive. I'd imagine that the centipede demon who poisoned the pilgrims in ch. 73 wouldn't actually succeed in killing Wujing with the spiked tea, but probably just knocked him out for a while.
Speaking of poison, Wujing's blood is poisonous! This is because I took a lot of inspiration from eels while writing him, and eels have a type of ichthyotoxin in their blood. The poison can be rendered harmless by cooking and also by the digestive process (still don't recommend trying it) but that's boring and Wujing is a cool demon so I'm gonna say his blood is super toxic and most digestive systems are not enough to handle it. So. Don't bite him.
Wujing's favourite foods are the really iron and protein dense foods like legumes and mushrooms— while he'll eat basically anything, he'll admit he finds most fruits and vegetables a bit too light for his liking. Man also loves his carbs because they make him feel nice and full which is something he isn't particularly used to, especially at the beginning of the journey.
He gets quite slow and sleepy during winter, because back when he lived in the river the surface would freeze over and Wujing would make like a frog and hibernate until the weather warmed up again. Of course on the journey he doesn't need to conserve his energy and slow his metabolism so drastically to survive— he has plenty of food and warm clothes and fire and things, but he still gets quite drowsy in the really cold weather. He doesn't like when this happens and is convinced the others hate it as well, which couldn't be farther from the truth— Wujing isn't really cute very often, but, well, he gets all soft and sweet and puts on a lot of weight and is often bundling himself up in blankets and can barely keep his eyes open they've all got to admit that yeah, that's pretty cute. Wukong takes full advantage of his little brother's severe and acute cuddliness during this time.
