Journeying West

She/ her. Writer of words. Here are some of them! https://archiveofourown.org/users/Tuima11/works This blog is primarily for and about the classical Chinese novel XiYouJi

[soft-galaxies]

when the bodhisattva guanyin understandably has some reservations about freeing you after you've committed monstrous crimes

[fodart]

I’m using @tuima11 ‘s headcannons as a way to practice drawing Sandy’s head at different angles

I want to get all of these but that would require me to draw Pigsy and I don’t have the constitution for that /j I’ll get to him eventually

[superkat500]

Imagining Sanzang’s mother sending flowers down the same river she gave her son to every year on his birthday

[icaros-fell]

Im bored at work, have a master and jis scary disciple

[dipchit-with-a-golden-headband]

Artfight attack for @singeamon-arts ! Yk I had to take the opportunity to draw some jttw guys having fun >:)

[shrimpymoonnoodles]

a scene I doodled from chapter 92

more comic strips maybe coming someday 🥹

[tuima11]

the most underrated tragedy in JttW

“When the monkeys heard this, they all clapped their hands and shouted happily, ‘If the great king is Elder Sun, then we are all Junior Suns, Suns the Third, small Suns, tiny Suns—the Sun Family, the Sun Nation, and the Sun Cave!’” ~JttW ch 2

“Displaying his martial skill, he made extensive visits to various heroes and warriors; performing his magic, he made many good friends. At this time, moreover, he entered into fraternal alliance with six other monarchs…Day after day they discussed civil and military arts, exchanged wine cups and goblets, sang and danced…there was not a single pleasure that they overlooked.” ~JttW ch 3

“He was free and content to tour the mansions and meet friends, to make new acquaintances and form new alliances at his leisure. The numerous gods…he called them all brother and treated them in a fraternal manner.” ~JttW ch 5

And then, after five centuries beneath a mountain:

“You are the Great Compassionate Bodhisattva Guanyin…Thank you, thank you for coming to see me! At this place every day is like a year, for not a single acquaintance has ever come to visit me.” ~JttW ch 8

[cosmicdisorder2026]

my submission for @journeythroughjourneytothewest's book club! thank you so, so much for the "at your own pace" addition 🙏 you're a lifesaver

I think it'd be funny if the Dragon Queen got really pissed at her husband even though, his defense, didn't really seem that much of a deal. He's just a little guy! Totally unassuming and harmless! (Until he starts to wield weapons of enumerable power and indeed turns out to be assuming and harmful). also, shout-out to her for connecting point A (Sun Wukong) to point B (Ruyi Jingu Bang). I can't imagine JttW where Wukong doesn't have his murder stick.

Oh, another thought I wanted to throw out is how we start to see Wukong's violent tendencies. When he doesn't get things his way he immediately resorts to beating the shit of the others, like, no diplomacy or bargaining. I know it gets played for laughs, and it is iconic, but not really the kind of behavior that should be endorsed. it's subtle but it's there.

Something I really love about this chapter is how, despite his ego and preferred option of getting things his way, he still really loves his monkeys. they call him "Father" and it's just. I melt into a puddle. that's his family, he's their family, and they love each other dearly. The Sun Family..

[allthedrugsforcreativity]

Permission to claim goldenpeach as a platonic Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang duo tag because as far as I can tell there’s not one?

[allthedrugsforcreativity]

Okay okay JTTW fandom let’s sort this out

Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong JTTW platonic duo name?

Sunnyscribe (brought to my attention by @public-amateur but used by a few peps)

Triphazard (this one is so cute suggested by @tuima11

Goldenpeach (stolen from the ship community since they already have tripsun)

Other (comment below!)

Remaining time: 5 days 13 hours

[eaglesorrowgorge]

so, they cut off wukong's head:

and (almost) everyone is horrified:

but wait! it was just temporary :')

moments that definitely probably won't haunt sanzang's nightmares afterwards

[cdplayer]

"sound of the summer is this song" WRONG. its cicadas

[cdplayer]

for the 40th to 200th million summer in a row

[tuima11]

he really is immortal

[cortisolandnoroepinephrinetoxin]

Was bored so I drew them on that one Roblox art game 😭 immensely different vibes here

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

This came to me in a dream like five months ago

[shrimpymoonnoodles]

[bumblingbeees]

A little tidbit that I love! So I was reading this from chapter 5 a while back:

And I just love the fact that when Wukong is given his title as “Great Sage Equal to Heaven” (and a palace and aids and all that) the thing he does with free time is just go around making friends. And he was SO good at making friends that his “burgeoning social network” gets clocked as a THREAT to the social order and the emperor’s power. I just love the picture of Wukong bouncing around heaven meeting people and making connections, totally unaware of all the pomp and circumstance that should be getting in the way. Who did he meet during this time? Could be anyone, everyone!

Seeing this delightful post from @thecinnamoncheese got me thinking about potential crossover in the pilgrims time in heaven. Did they see each other? Did Wujing and Bajie ever run into each other? Did Wukong ever cross paths with Wujing on the way to the stables or gossip with Chang’e about Bajie being a creep? So much potential for fabulous chaos in this.

[kungfuwushuworld]

A monk’s spade,also called a Shaolin Spade, is a Chinese pole weapon consisting of a long pole with a flat spade-like blade on one end and a smaller crescent shaped blade on the other. Neither blade was designed to be sharpened. In old China, Buddhist monks often carried spades (shovels) with them when travelling. This served two purposes: if they came upon a corpse on the road, they could properly bury it with Buddhist rites, and the large implement could serve as a weapon for defence against bandits. The crescent was designed as defense against small to medium-sized predators such as wild dogs and leopards. The way it is used is to hold the animal at bay by positioning the crescent at the animal’s neck and pushing it away if needed. Over time, they were stylised into the monk’s spade weapon.

Scene from the tv series “All Men Are Brothers”(2011)

[bobapoopa]

he's so sillyyyy :((