#monkey rambles

So. Mateo’s the one who starts Cooper on his “What would Wheelie do?” mindset. Mateo who lost Z-Blob. Mateo who lost Z-Blob and for several episodes straight could only dreamcraft bad Z-Blob rip offs.

Call Mateo a “bad friend” for getting Cooper hooked on the “what would Wheelie do” mindset if you want, sure, but I genuinely would not be surprised if Mateo’s just trying to help Cooper cope but by giving Cooper his own bad coping mechanisms

Ok, so disclaimer before i get yapping: most of this is based off of quick wikipedia/article scrolls and posts by @/journeytothewestresearch and content that already exists in Lego Monkie Kid that my brain then took and through together for au content so it all should as au canon or at least with a heavy grain of salt.

Anyways As immortal as the Monkey King may seem he was once a part of the same reincarnation cycle as others. In fact this almost straight up confirmed by the Jade Emperor and Buddha in Journey to the West when they each mention something about Monkey King's past lives/reincarnation:

Jade Emperor: "...he has only recently acquired the form of a human being" Buddha: "You are merely a beast who has just attained human form in this incarnation"

So Monkey King having once been a part of Karmic laws and reincarnation is entirely possible if not fact but then who could've been one of Monkey King's past lives?

Well it's a stretch but I believe that Yu the Great could have possibly been one of these past lives; but why? Yu the Great is known for "the first successful state efforts at flood control" and it is said in some iterations that he used to wield Ruyi Jingu Bang (Monkey King's staff) to set or measure the depths during flood(s). Why would wielding the staff be such an important connection, especially since MK can wield the staff and he clearly isn't Monkey King. When Monkey King originally gets the staff from Ao Guang it's claimed that before Monkey King had come to take the staff as his own said staff had emitted a heavenly light days prior thus suggesting that the Monkey King was fated to own Ruyi Jingu Bang. Additionally a similar thing can be seen when MK sees the staff for the first time; it calls out to him and if recent events of MK and Monkey King both coming from the same birth stone is anything to go off of then these monkey bros seem to have a "blood" deep connection. So with that said it seems that our dear staff prefers to be wielded by people with connections to Wukong which brings me back around to Yu the Great, who also wielded this staff. Wouldn't it make just a bit too much sense for the staff to be wielded by the past life of Monkey King if it already seems to have a liking to be wielded by those of the same "blood"? Timeline wise it would also work as Yu the Great and his history with the staff would fit in nicely just before Ao Guang acquisition of the staff and Monkey King's birth.

As two added bonuses both Yu the Great and Monkey King are depicted as being born from some type of stone but they're also legendary hero-kings. How about that? He just couldn't stay away from that type of lifestyle.

So that's one past life Monkey King could've possibly had but it wouldn't be me if I didn't have more to say: (r lore below)

I don't know whether it's the mobile app playing up again tho, cause they were fine when I posted it on the PC earlier today...

If any of you that are on my tag list aren't getting tag notifs, or they're not appearing then lemme know and I'll try to re-tag you on the mobile app (if I can)

I can only apologise. The Tumblr mobile app isn't the greatest at all.

*insert grumpy Nick gif*

if they really are going to push the “Dream Keepers keep the balance in the dream world between nightmares and dreams because both are needed”

Watched:

Lego City Adventures ✅

Lego City: No Limits ✅

Lego Ninjago ✅

Lego Dragons Rising ✅

Lego Dreamzzz ✅

Lego Nexo Knights (all but two or three episodes i could not find) ✅

Lego Monkie Kid (all but s5) ✅

Hidden Side ✅

Lego Elves: Secrets of Elvendale ✅

Not Watched/Cant remember watching/Cant find: ❌

Other Lego Elves content

Lego Chima

Lego Friends (All Media types) (tho did try to start Lego Friends: The Next Chapter)

Bionicle

Unikitty