about the Monkeys being monkeys

this is a super nitpicky thing but bare with me, but please remember that not all primates are the same. Monkeys and apes are not the same thing. they are in fact both primates, but they are still different animals and aren't interchangeable

rule of thumb; Monkeys have tails, apes don't.

Monkey King/Macaque/MK are macaques, different species of monkeys. The correct terminology for them are monkey, simian, or even primate if you want to be broad.

apes/chimps would be like orangutans or chimpanzees.

this is why in the jttw the four spiritual/celestial primates are grouped together as primates and not as either monkeys or apes definitively, because 3/4 of them are monkeys (stone monkey/macaque/baboon) and 1/4 is an ape (gibbon), meaning that both are present so a broader term is needed when referring to the four as a whole.

this is mainly something I noticed when reading LMK fanfics, where authors will sometimes call the MK/SWK/6EM chimps or apes as descriptors. I can understand having other characters calling them by the wrong species if its out of ignorance or even as a direct insult, but it should also be acknowledged that if a character does this then said character is factually incorrect.

part of the confusion in authors may have come from the fact that some characters in LMK have called them the wrong thing, an example off the top of my head is Huntsman calling MK a chimp in 02x03. this might have been a mistake on the writers part, but it also may have been a way of showing that Huntsman doesn't know the difference.

I noticed something in the "benched" episode of Lmk, during the talent show, Mk's painted face markings have small red spikes at the end of them. And then there's macaque who ALSO has spiky face markings. AND BOTH OF THEM ARE RED

It could just maybe be some foreshadowing or some type of hint?? Because otherwise they could've just given Mk a heart or a rounded face painting like wukong, but they didnt

Idk my brain is still in its harbinger and soldier phase and I haven't seen people other than myself talking abt it lol

Omg yea! Thats Macaques face marking!

And here is also a nice little detail...

He also has red face markings in some of the Lego Sets!

Our little Harbinger of Chaos is a mix of our two dear celistial monkeys! How? I have no idea-

Anyway thanks for the ask! Means a lot! <3

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Found this on Pinterest and just kinda wanted to share it 😭

so i was watching lmk s4(still not done, will probably finish it tomorrow but i'm 15 minutes in the special of the season so yay!) and, after knowing more about wukong,i have a much deeper apreetiation for him because i honeslty relate to him.

ok so backstory time but when i was younger, i used to be extremely afraid of death(still am but it almost used ot be a phobia, which honeslty still kinda is(i need therapy)). i wanted to be immortal or at least not be forgotten, so when i died people would still know my name. i wanted to be the greatest so my face wouldt just be another face in a family picture

i was such a normal 7 year old but ANYWAY-

so yeah, i relate to wukong's fear of mortality because of that, and its interesting to see a character with that fear and being able to fight the thing that is suppsed to bring said fear but still not being able to win it. i like how it seems like wukong is not simply power hungry like some people say, but he's mortally afraid(ha) of leavign this world for good. because as much as he is immortal, he always has that uncertainty of 'what if this is not enough?'. so he keeps seeking for more, so he can finally live peacefully with no worries about death, his nor his friends, but in doing so, he sacrified so much. he wasnt able to truly enjoy life like he did before discovering death until he had lost so much and was it worth it in the end? because i belive it will never feel like its enough to him. no matter how many celestial peachers or training or anything he does to gain more immortality, it will never be enough

wukong's fear controls almost every action he takes before the journey and even after that, really shows how much it is part of his life and i want to see him fight that fear and win in the future season, if not others. i guess i just want to see him do it so i can look at my life and see a way to fight it off too:D like 'if he can do it so can i' sort of mentality

wukong would say skill issue we all know it

this scene's dialogue is shadowpeach coded ok

Thinking a lot about what Peng said

They’re very normal about each other

"I just wanted to protect the people I care about, to be strong enough...I lost side of why I was doing any of it... I know I've made a few lifetimes worth of mistakes but..."

A spar by the sunset ☀️

I hope you liked this post and have a wonderful night 💖

Great sage equal to heaven

I was listening to my sun wukong playlist and let all hell break loose as I got possessed and drew this

OK OK as much as I like shadowpeach starting as friends consider… hate at first sight <3

Whoooooow... where did you get this...?

It wasn't enough?