I have such a love hate relationship with this rarepair hell thing. Its a feed yourself kind of thing, paired with my art block. I doubt anyone else likes them but me
love the meme you did for best divorcees niuhou 😭 if its not too much against the aroace king agenda, would you do zhuhou for the opinion bingo too?
ARG so sorry it's taken me awhile to get to this ask anon, though in all fairness this was the second zhuhou ask that I got for the opinion bingo (honestly hoping that means interest in this ship is growing lol). As is though answer still stays the same. While aroace king SWK reigns supreme in my heart, I've come to think of zhuhou as actually a pretty great and dare I say very unique ship when allowed to go full sillay (i.e. canon-compliant) with how astonishingly violent & fucked up but getting better together and even eventually becoming protectors for those who need it Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie are <3
(with fully apologies for the yaoiful zhuhou based on @bonkalore art and lgbt elders zhuhou based on art from blizzard entertainment)
"Retrieving the scriptures from the Western Heaven can be hard work.
Look at how sleepy this pair of 师兄弟 are."
Coloring practice that I ended up thinking looked like a storybook page
[ID: A fully colored illustration of Sun Wukong napping while reclining against a rock underneath a tree. He has one arm behind his head and one arm resting atop Zhu Bajie's back, a long piece of grass dangling from one hand. ZBJ is sleeping on his stomach, with his head rested against SWK's chestplate and his arms hugging SWK's abdomen. Above them are written the words "西天取经可幸苦 看着对师兄弟多眼困" End ID]
i think it's cute how (to my knowledge) zbj is the only one of the pilgrims who has a spinoff story where swk erases his name from the death ledgers :> i think it pairs well with the semi-common post-canon narrative of zbj going to live on huaguo shan. it's like he's really part of the family now ❤️ (story is 十八罗汉斗悟空:孙悟空两情猪八戒)
I've never heard of this story before but WUKONG starting shit just cause the Arhots were getting more attention PLEASE!
He just drags Bajie with him XD
I love they immediately go to get Wujing to come help but hate that it was all a trap because this imagine is so cute of the three of them just hanging out.
THEY ARE SO SWEET TOGETHER! I love stories where after the journey they are still such close friends/family. Drop of a hat would just join each other to beat up some guys no questions asked. But boooo this guy turns out to be the Arhat after their butts.
But still a lot of great moments of Bajie and Wukong fighting together! Do love that they still continue the trend that Wukong has trouble fighting under water and him asking Bajie for that help makes a lot of sense with him used to be the Marshall of the Heavenly Reeds.
But still Bajie isn't nearly as immune to elements nor has the same stamina as Wukong does, making him tire out quickly and being more prone to magical attacks.
Wukong is such a homie, he knows that Bajie doesn't have the same immunities as him and even pushes him out of the way when he is prone.
八戒虽然惧怕罗汉法宝，但他就盯住过江罗汉，俩人正是对手，拳来耙去，直斗得愁云惨雾，日头偏西。
But also good on Bajie for not backing down either! He is clearly scared and feels outmatched but he refuses to back down. Love that about him, always a coward but he ain't a doormat.
Also that even when Bajie does go to hide in the river Wukong sees this as more advantageous than anything as he can finally go all out. He was holding back cause Bajie was in his line of fire but now he is out of friendly-fire range he can do maximum damage without worry!
悟空战退了四罗汉，再来寻八戒，发现八戒已不在荷花池，连连高叫无人回应。
不知八戒吉凶如何？请看下回分解。
Is Bajie okay? I can't tell in the end if he was passed out or he scampered off completely.... I hope he is okay...
But still this was a great story! Thank you so much for recommending me this I had such a great read! I love seeing stories where the pilgrims still get together and get into trouble at times! Especially when it is still very in character and so much fun!
If someone can tell if Bajie okay thought :'-) please I have to know!
