ITS BEEN SO LONG!!!
If you didn’t know, I have been on an impromptu hiatus for a little less than a year now. It started out as me extending my comic dates and ended up being a massive break.
Despite this, many of you still waited for me! Giving me frequent asks and commenting on my posts, which I am endlessly thankful for.
I would be lying if I said there was a specific reason behind my disappearance, but it wasn’t for nothing!
I was getting more and more discouraged with my own work. Although pretty easy to do, I didn’t feel confident in my ability to stay true to the book and its characters. A lot of JTTW is interpretational, so I failed to understand certain nuisances present without cultural context.
So in my break I took the time to actually work on getting more involved with the culture!
I decided to take a Chinese Language course! Then with the encouragement of my professor, joined their Chinese club. Many of my assignments involved cultural engagement, which I also attended to make some new friends.
Eventually my professor recommended me for a scholarship opportunity, which takes place in Shanghai! (上海)
I will be going in June
Thank you all for your patience <3
Now that I am a bit more confident, i will be returning to this blog. There may be some upcoming changes though, so watch out for those!
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wait wait! i also have another cool idea!
Na, and Wukong, and Na and Macaque, but their roles are reversed, so Na but flirtatious mystic monkey who pulled 2 handsome, powerful husbands from her sheer rizz
oooohhhhhhhhh this one was fun to do heheh
Drawing Nà in a monkey form was a fun lil thing to do while I listened to some videos for my classes hehe
her two goofy lil guys
(Also it didn’t specify if swk and Mac needed to be human in this but I thought it would be cool too hehehehehehhe)
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Really unpopular opinion that arose after rewatching season 3 and 4 of LMK, but it annoys me to no end that Macaque barely did anything to improve (hasn't even apologized to MK lol) and basically got no consequences for his actions and yet he still got his redemption served to him on a silver platter.
Not to mention how much the fandom sugarcoats what he did, but I can't really blame them because the show is kinda doing it by itself considering the other characters' reactions. Like, you mean to tell me that Mei, of all people, would gladly fight side by side with Macaque?
Actually, why is the entire group so… casual around him as if they didn't watch the mf beat the shit out of MK right in front of them?
Highlight to Mei and Pigsy cause they are the first ones to call out Wukong about his mistakes, and them doing that while also giving Macaque a pass after everything he did to them makes no sense.
And it annoys me even more because there were villains/antagonists who could have easily had a redemption arc but got killed off instead.
Also the same thing happened with the Demon Bull Family: They hurt and tried to kill MK and many lives were at risk because of them, but guess what? No consequences lmao they're all besties now.
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The six eared macaque is spared!!
Now he has the opportunity to pester the group (in a less lethal manner).
[ it is important to note that I am heavily referencing OverlySarcasticProductions’ style, as they served as an inspiration. These are not the actual events of the story, and I do not claim their work as my own! ]
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