Honestly, my running crack theory is than Shanzha *really* didn’t take losing Yue well + her magic being boosted by her spark of divinity, so now we know where that apocalyptic winter outside the robot came from lmao
I'll only confirm one thing: Shanzha *really* didn't take losing Yue well.
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I will say Yue really dodge a bullet(temporarily) in most of her AUs. I'm pretty curious about the game timelines when Shanza dies by Macaque, leaving Yue at the mercy of LoES and LBD. Too bad he'll never realize that not only did he destroy what's left of his (good)family but he also had Yue become a host... Macaque really would have realize the consequences of his actions right up his face(parallel to Wukong).
If Macaque was met with the realization that he played a big part in hurting the only family he had left with his actions, it would be enough to send him over the edge.
Could you make a family tree/timeline specifically with Macaque, Shanzha, Yue, and the Zodiac Monkey? It doesn’t have to be polished, I’m just a bit confused to how they are all related. Like ZM is excited to be reunited with Shanzha because she’s his daughter, but not Macaque (who is his son then? I think? Is he not?). Shanzha is descended from their powerful ancestor (but not politically powerful at the beginning of the story) and is sisters with Yue’s mom (deceased) which is why Yue has six ears? Or is she Yue’s mom’s “husband’s” sister which is why the gene is passed down, it’s through the dad’s blood, and Shanzha has no political standing at the beginning because it went to her brother? I’m kind of confused about the Zodiac Monkey line familial connections.
That's understandable! A lot of things happened in the fic.
Here's the timeline/family tree of Yue's family:
A monkey participates in a race with 11 other animals. He ascends to the Celestial Realm as the Zodiac Monkey and leaves his mortal spouse and children behind to establish the Zodiac Monkey Clan in his honor.
Another monkey (completely unrelated to the Zodiac Monkey) makes it his mission to free a trapped Primordial Wind Spirit from a calabash. His success establishes the Spirit Macaque Clan and he ascends as the first Spirit Macaque King. He and his direct descendants are gifted with six ears.
Sometime up in the Celestial Realm, the Zodiac Monkey meets Jiayi, a Celestial General's daughter, and starts a romance with her. Jiayi gets pregnant and is sequestered away while the Zodiac Monkey is forbidden to see her.
Centuries after the first Spirit Macaque King's passing in the Mortal Realm, a young Princess Sangshen of the Spirit Macaque Clan approached the Primordial Wind Spirit (who visits once every century to grant a wish) to wish for a little brother. The Primordial Wind Spirit grants the wish but loses its form to turn itself into a baby Macaque.
The Spirit Macaque Clan falls to war and is ransacked. Sangshen desperately tries to protect her little brother by placing him in a giant lotus flower. As slavers capture her, she learns that a storm came and washed all the flowers to sea and assumes that her little brother is lost.
Up in the Celestial Realm, Jiayi gives birth to Shanzha and dies. Heaven hands the baby off to the Zodiac Monkey Clan to be raised since Jiayi's father wants nothing to do with the baby and the Zodiac Monkey is forbidden from seeing her.
Shanzha grows up unaware of her true parentage as she is raised as the only daughter of the Zodiac Monkey Clan Head of that time (Yue's Grandfather).
[Some context]: The Clan Head viewed Shanzha as a threat to his position since she is a direct descendant from the Zodiac Monkey and half Celestial while he's only a yaoguai descendant. Outsiders simply assumed that Shanzha was an illegitimate daughter with no power or favor so thought nothing of it when she was sent over to the Clan Temple to be its tender and priestess.
Sangshen, who had been passed from cruel master to cruel master, winds up serving at a party hosted by the Zodiac Monkey Clan and catches the eye of Yishan, the eldest and heir of the Clan Head. He frees her from slavery and takes her as his concubine.
Yue is conceived and born not long afterward.
So, to make it clear to who's who with Yue as the focal point in this family tree:
Zodiac Monkey: Yue's ancestor from her father's side
First Spirit Macaque King: Yue's ancestor from her mother's side
Primordial Wind Spirit: Guardian Spirit of Yue's maternal side of the family and possibly another form of Macaque
Jiayi: The lover of Yue's ancestor and the mother of Yue's Aunt Shanzha
Sangshen: Yue's mother and Macaque's older sister
Macaque: Yue's maternal uncle and Sangshen's little brother
Shanzha: Zodiac Monkey and Jiayi's daughter, assumed daughter of the Zodiac Monkey Clan Head, Yue's paternal aunt (but is actually Yue's great, great, great, many great aunt)
Yue's Grandfather: The Zodiac Monkey Clan Head at the time when Queen of the Mountain starts. He's a miserable asshole
Yishan: Yue's biological father, Shanzha's (assumed) older brother, and Sangshen's husband. Another asshole
Shanzha: my brother has a friend???? He trusts someone he doesn't have power over??? He seems happy??? He's less of an asshole?!?! (Random ffm monkey- "it's possible to be more of an asshole!?)
Shanzha is aghast. Her opinion of her eldest half-brother isn't the highest, but even she can admit that living in FFM has been good for him. It's good for her too. Yishan and Shanzha may never be the closest of siblings, but they're not at each other's throats.
He's still an asshole though. Case in point, this was their first interaction when they reunited after many years:
Macaque/rinrin/wukong would probably be a culture shock for Shanzha. Yeah her land has powerful demons with concubines, but I doubt any concubine is an equal in the relationship with love and respect (closest probably yue's parents, but that is probably not very healthy or equal)
Shanzha, like Yue, is so, so traumatized. There is so much culture shock - and it's not just the relationship dynamics. Since RinRin is all moony-eyed with Wukong's new concubine, everyone is kinder to her here and they are more open to hearing Shanzha out. It's a Hurt/Comfort genre when bringing Shanzha into the poly. It's a slow process.
Also, they know about Yue and want to stage a rescue mission, which puts the entire War Against Heaven on hold.
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Not as a a bride, but would heaven give Shanzha as a consort since wukong has at least one
Absolutely not. It would be humiliating for a Celestial Bride to be a mere concubine while a yaoguai is the legal wife. And Heaven aren't fools to demand Wukong to demote his wife just to make this "deal" work.
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