Thoughts on Azure Lion and Sun Wukong's relationship? I know a lot of people think Azure was and still is very gay for Wukong (which, yes, obviously,).
so, obviously this is without the official english version, but i personally think its more meaningful if azure had a lot of admiration but not a thing for swk, you know?
because azure lion actually looks at a lot of people like that
it seems to me like he really cares for people, he gives all his friends the same soft expression that says 'im glad youre here'. he avoids hurting mk and tells the others to back off and not hurt them unnecessarily, he hugs elephant outright when he sees him, these arent soldiers to help him accomplish his goal, these are his friends. and i think that makes his goal and reasons all the more poignant, because he doesnt seem like hes doing it for himself. hes not doing it for swk, hes doing it for everyone, because he cares about them and thinks this is the way to keep them safe.
its what makes him so dangerous. he comes from something like a warped heros perspective, he fully believes hes right, hes there because heaven has proven to him that they cant lead fairly. hes doing this for everyone that was hurt when their safe haven was attacked, and for his friends who were imprisoned for thousands of years replaying their mistakes over and over, he really believes hes right, which is why he wont stop.
I have read theories about what from sun wukong's point of view he was abandoned by the brotherhood, I like that theory
But what if it is not only from their SWK point of view,
what if the whole celestial court thinks that the brotherhood left SWK to its fate?
What if in the middle of the battle when the brotherhood was surrounded
they would see sun wukong "surrender" to the Jade Emperor and thought he betrayed them
macaque opened a portal to escape They thought the Monkey King betrayed them first, so they have no problem leaving
But Monkey King didn't betray them...
Sun wukong, the heavenly court army, Erlang shen even the Jade Emperor everyone thinks they fled
Something funny thing is that all the achievements of azure, peng and yellow tusk when working for the celestial court were forgotten over time and became known as the cowards who fled in the battle of havoc in heavenly
So I can understand why azure enshrine almost the entire heavenly court in the Scroll of memory.