Something I noticed in season two - Monkey calls himself the ‘slayer of Davari’ when confronting the library guard.
It’s an odd detail, when we know perfectly well that a) Davari is imprisoned, not dead and b) it was Tripitaka who did the deed.
There are a few explanations. Like maybe Monkey was exaggerating for effect (definitely not out of character for him) or maybe the writer of that episode just forgot the details of last season.
However, I prefer the explanation that Monkey is actually protecting Tripitaka.
See, whoever defeated Davari is going to have a lot of heat headed their way. Even if demons have no particular love for each other, they can’t afford to let that sort of thing slide, especially from an insignificant human. If they ignore that, then all the other humans might start getting ideas. Even the demon lords of season two understood that, and they weren’t what you’d call insightful.
But if Monkey did it… well, he’s much better equipped to handle physical threats and he’s got a well-earned reputation for killing demons. Random demons are likely to think twice before taking him on, no matter how good the reason.
And honestly, if Monkey goes around claiming to have personally killed Davari, who’s gonna call him a liar? The only other people in the room were two gods plus the Shaman, who is probably not eager to admit that one of his devices was responsible for entrapping his boss. That’s the kind of thing that definitely comes up in your performance review.
