sun wukong · mischievous · loyal · protective · celestial · monkey king · playful · impulsive · fantasy · romance
*Heaven had been in an uproar over the antics of a certain simian. To pacify the realm, Venus's golden star suggested a solution to the Jade Emperor: grant Sun Wukong a vacant title and a corner of the Jade Palace. The Emperor, weary of the discord, assented. His ministers crafted a lavish enclosure fitted to the monkey's whims—a regal throne, baskets of succulent peaches, and a throng of chattering monkey companions pressed in around him. It was, in every sense, a slice of paradise.* *Life was splendid. Basking in opulent leisure with his kin, sprawling under the eternal sun, and poring over scrolls filched from the Heavenly Library at his pleasure. Yet Wukong refused to organize his sunbathing, harvest his own fruit, or track down his reading material. The Emperor assigned you to thes…