#…I have my priorities straight

[lavaflowe]

JTTW BOOK CLUB

CHPT 7-9

@journeythroughjourneytothewest

Chpt 7

•”All this was probably refined in his stomach by the Samadhi fire to form a single solid mass” I know other deities can use the fire but I’m wracking my brain for when it used before(this point) specifically- My understanding was the furnace refined the immortal elixirs and fruit- I’m going to assume Laozi is just theorizing and doesn’t know what actually happened

•Diamond body….👀

•Erlang gets absolutely DRIPPED out, he earned it FR

•eyes permanently irritated by the smoke churned up the the Xun trigram, someone get this man some eye drops

•he is extra pissed

•HE JUST BODIES LAOZI IM YELLING😂

•”this cosmic being fully fused with nature’s gifts passes with ease through 10,000 toils and tests”

•Big war form out to beat serious ass, he’s not jokin bitch

•” bright and luminous; ….illustrious pearl of mani he is indeed” MMMMM comparing him to a mani- a flaming (wish granting) jewel is hilarious 💀

•Tathagata bringing in the big guns (himself)

•”how tf do you know The Way and not know who I am?? And you’re so….violent” I can sense the side eye

•I wonder if Wukong has previous incarnations?? Buddha says he just reached human form this incarnation but if his rock was there at the beginning of creation, wouldn’t his soul be ‘baking’ (for lack of a better term) the whole time until he hatched?

•” and with a total lack of respect he left a bubbling pool of monkey urine” Iconic moment LMAOOOO

•smart for Wukong to leave a momento- too bad it didn’t matter lol

•ah so he was jumping to visit the pillars again, not run away(supposedly)- he’d rather prove he’s right than escape💀 that checks out

•monkey has been squished, it is now party o’clock

•are you allowed to give the Buddha drugs if it’s an offering? Like wine??🤔 “wtf is this allowed? Wtf”

•”Wukong is wiggling out”

“Dw, take this”

*slaps tag on the mountain like flex tape*

•enough room to breathe and move his hands- I would lose my mind

•Molten copper & iron pellets mimic punishments in hell (just learned this🙏), shedding the Karma like water -I feel like 500 years is pretty good tbh considering everything

Woe molten metal and iron upon ye

Chpt 8 + 9 under cut:

Chpt 8:

•lots of lovely poems in this chapter

•a paragraph recap of the past 7 chapters

•wonder what Feast of the Ullambana Bowl is? (the notes say it’s a mass for the dead and is also know as the Ghost festival, practiced by Taoists and Buddhists)

•”the Chan mind shines bright like a thousand rivers’ moon; true nature’s pure and great as an unclouded sky.”

Lovely poem, and I’m beginning to realize this book is very heavily focused on the Chan school, which I don’t know why I didn’t pick up on sooner? White-Robed Guan Yin is a Chan specific form, usually depicted in their bamboo grove

•Tathagata reveals his 3 baskets of scripture after everyone is done presenting their poems, feels almost like he suggested the celebration to announce these

•Each basket corresponds to scriptures of Heaven, Earth, and the Damned- a total of 15,144 FUCKING SCROLLS

•oooo Guanyin poem!! “ a golden body filled with wisdom, fringes of dangling pearls and jade, …dark hair piled smartly in a coiled-dragon bun. With brows of new moon shape and eyes like two bright stars, her jadelike face beams natural joy. …Her orchid heart delights in green bamboos; her chaste nature loves the wisteria. The living Guanyin from the Cave of Tidal Sound.”

•5 Talismans: Embroidered Cassock that will protect him from falling back into the Wheel of Transmigration, a 9 ring priestly staff that will protect him from poison or harm, 3 tightening fillets- the Golden, the Constructive, and the Prohibitive Spell.

•Guanyin thinks this will take about 2 to 3 years💀 hooooo boy….

•FLOWING SAND RIVER!!! MY 2ND FAV BOY!!!

•Green and Black complexion, Gleaming eyes like the lights beneath a stove, forked mouth with teeth like knives and swords, and disheveled red hair

•like that Wujing is using a priest staff he def took from one of the monks he ate lol

•Wujing fighting Moksa for his life only to drop everything to apologize and talk to Guanyin LMAO

•MOKSA PICKS HIM UP BY THE COLLAR AKFKAKDJDJ

•ah, so Wujing didn’t reincarnate, he was changed, STABBED OVER 100 TIMES EVERY 7 DAYS AND FORCED TO COMMIT CANNABILSM SO HE DOESNT STARVE AS PUNISHMENT- THATS JUST LOVELY😭

•I like the interpretation that he could have been trying to signal a coup by breaking the crystal cup

•Guanyin hearing about Wujing’s string of skulls: it’s a surprise tool that will help us later

•BAJIE TIME

•this idiot bro “HOW DARE YOU TRY TO GET FLOWER PETALS IN MY EYES!!” “IDIOT THAT WAS GUANYIN” “…Guanyin is here??” “LOOK UP”

•Wuneng is reincarnated, he got beat to death in Heaven for hitting on Chang’e LMAOOOOO GET REKT

•ah yes, casually mentions killing his pig family and then his life of eating humans. Lovely.

•AO LIE TIME

•I committed a little accidental arson, please bail me out

•Damn, he got a really short intro

•interesting that Guanyin id’s the Peach Banquet as Wukongs fall from grace. I would def agree with this- eating the peaches like he did was extremely reckless and the beginning of the end imo

•”who tf is talking shit up there”

•No one has ever visited Wukong, I’m guessing the Guards were horrible company

•I like how both Guanyin and Sanzang try to give Wukong a religious name- Guanyin is very happy to hear he has the Wu- prefix as well lol

•arrived in Chang’an, let the hunt begin

Chpt 9:

•Chang’an bb, all blooming flowers surrounded by 8 rivers (DAMN, that’s a lot of water)

•Guangrui got first place in the examination, good for him UwU

•SURPRISE WIFE

•”gave the girl to Guangrui as his bride” UM I THINK SHES THE ONE WHO GRABBED HIM LMAO

•Guangrui has some fated beef with these two random boatmen, Liu Hong and Li Biao- states that he was destined in a previous incarnation to be enemies with them, is this a result of bad karma?

•NOOOOOO MY GUY GUANGRUI

•Liu Hong reminds me of Liu’er Mi-*gunshot*

•since they’re at the bottom of the Hong river, which Dragon King is this?

•Golden Carp coming in clutch, nice

•LADY YIN IS SO METAL LETS GO “she hated the bandit so bitterly that she wished she could devour his flesh and sleep on his skin” DO IT GURL, KILL HIM

•damn, too bad she’s pregnant with Sanzang….dw Girl I know you would kick his ass otherwise…

•there goes his toe…

•get named River Float idiot

•damn bro chill, that wasn’t very monk-like of you

•homie got called an orphan and cried JAKDJSJFJ I FEEL BAD

•she didn’t even check the toe I THOUGHT SHE DID- WHAT WAS THE POINT LMAO

•nvmnd

•I guess licking the eyes is better than spitting on them…sigh…

•GODDAMN THEY RIPPED LIU HONG AND LI BAIO APART….good for them, deserved in fact

•Lady Yin committing suicide even after she was reunited with her husband makes sense, as there was a trend where wives whose husbands died or they were assaulted, killed themselves. This was show loyalty to their husbands and add weight to their claim of SA- Lady Yin’s husband coming back does not change the fact that everyone knows she was forcefully married :((

(I use the term ‘trend’ only as a way to describe the rise and fall in wife suicides tied to either a husbands death or as a response to SA)

#FINALLY CAUGHT UP YIPPEE #I CAN… I CAN DRAW MKRE FOR THESE #<- I say this but I intentionally didn’t post last Sunday so I could make that animation for chapter 7 LMAO #…I have my priorities straight #tho the animation prevented me from doing anything for Sanzang’s chapter RIP #I would have done Lady Yin Justice I swear- she deserves soemthing nice #jttw #jttw book club #<- still not sure about that tag LMAO #Journey to the west #I’ll probably slap all my doodles in one post at some point… #Sun Wukong #tang sanzang #my art #jttw meme #tw: sui mention

[berrysquared]

Fishy

#geminitay fanart #hermitcraft #mcyt fanart #hermitcraft fanart #hermitcraft season 10 #i love this base #I KNOW THE SHADOWS MAKE NO SENSE I DONT CARE #I WAS WAY TOO PREOCCUPIED WITH THE GIANT FISH ON HER BASE TO THINK ABT WHERE THE SUN IS #I HAVE MY PRIORITIES STRAIGHT #berry art

[bryverros]

pretty sure both photos are from dallas’s ig (the first one definitely is, don’t remember where the second one’s from)

#i have my priorities straight: drawing zukka > sleep #on an entirely irrelevant note does anyone know good ways to force oneself to stay awake #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla fanart #zuko #sokka #zukka #zukka fanart #ceesar(t)

[mariposiel]

Here’s some more LMK meme drawings because apparently, I have no self control LMAO

#no peasants?? #*blows you up with mind* #I’m cryingg #I have my priorities straight I promise #added some little details to the monkey men :) #I love when artists add a little turquoise eyeliner for Wukong <33 #mari’s doodles #lmk red son #lmk fanart #lmk #lego monkie kid fanart #Lego monkie kid #monkie kid #monkie kid fanart #red son #red son lmk #red son fanart #lmk red son fanart #lmk sun wukong #lmk monkey king #sun wukong #monkey king fanart #lmk meme #lmk macaque #lmk six eared macaque #lmk macaque fanart #monkie kid macaque #macaque fanart

[yourslimeybuddy]

don’t ask me what i’ve been doing this is all i can give you

#my art #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk qi xiaotian #lmk mk #lmk monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk sun wukong #lmk monkey king #do you see this shit applejack #artists on tumblr #shitpost #i finished three assignments today #and then immediately did this #i have my priorities straight #day 8000 of slapping my watermark all over whatever i do #cuz my shit still poppin up on pinterest #i see u motherfuckers

[error0mindunretrievable-blog]

I'll be real an unexpected broken phone incident occurred and I'm low on funds to feed my bad habits shit in the dark but any penny helps hahaha

#i suck at life #spun #methamaphine #meth friends #i've accepted my fate #i have my priorities straight #tweakergirl #tweak clouds #spun tweak #tweakernation #inconsistent consistently #drugs are bad mmkay #meth spun #girls who blow meth #methamphematine #it's definitely the dope #in case you were wondering

[moonlightperseus]

it BETTER move kipperlily from an A+ to a failing grade once it gets out she’s killed TWO of her own party members

#like come on. COME ON #that’s GOTTA be a massive failure for adventuring party school #like sure buddy will probably be revived and lucy’s death seems…complicated #but that girl slit her own teammates throat with a SMILE on her face and ZERO hesitation #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #dimension 20 #fhjy spoilers #kipperlilly copperkettle #yeah obviously i have my priorities straight here demanding she be failed at school for murder

[seawherethesunsets]

FRANKLY SPEAKING (2024)

#frankly speaking #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #asiandramanet #userdramas #kdramaladies #bysya #franklyspeakingedit #ep 2 #cats #im enjoying this but i have no energy to gif more on a weekday aft work #but know for sure my priorities are set straight to gif these scene with cats first #would totally be me when i see stray cats #soo prettyyy #with pretty hanna #the last cat's tail!!!

[wren-of-the-woods]

Netflix: Here's an elaborate new story, full of interesting plot, special effects, and lots of characters for you to enjoy :)

Me, every time without fail:

#jaskier #the witcher #joey batey #blood origin #i have my priorities straight #wren talks #wren makes low-effort memes

[fuckyeah-bears]

So my dumb ass managed to lock myself out of my apartment without my phone for a solid few hours today 🥸. Hooray to me finally getting back inside!

#it sucked #but ngl I was lowkey stressing over not being able to set up my queued content on bearotonin for tomorrow #because obviously I have my priorities straight lmao #anyways I’m back inside now #and very happy about it

[kiisaes]

mp100 s1 vol.1 cover redraw 🔦

(original below the cut:)

#i really like the original drawing so i tried my hand at it ... #also i avoided my hw for this. i love having my priorities straight. #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #reigen arataka #kageyama shigeo #fan art #redraw #becki draws stuff n stuff #rendered

[spocks-kaathyra]

folks, allow me to present: risa julian!! first of many gay little outfits I intend to make for my @gryphll garashir plushies

#I spent 9 hours straight hand sewing this instead of doing my college applications #clearly I have the right priorities #next up is watermelon garak I think #julian bashir #ds9 #star trek #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #garashir #star trek fanart #star trek deep space 9 #narcissus's echoes #my art

[septic-shock-on-a-tuesday]

dang bro you're looking rough, want a cigarette?

#adam faulkner stanheight #Saw 2004 #Saw fanart #Saw movies #My art #Adam saw #Love that i drew rhis after a very rough cent page i have my priorities straight

[areyoudoingthis]

upon some reflection I actually really love ofmd's take on stede and parenthood. I love that he's not a great dad. I love that the show said this man was not allowed real freedom to choose and these are the consequences, and that it didn't paint stede as evil or blameless. I love that the idea is "this man probably shouldn't have had children, but he did because it's what was expected of him and he couldn't break away from those expectations sooner, so here's what happened to him and his children." I love that he was more friend than father to his kids, and that ultimately they all agreed that the right choice was for him to walk away from an arrangement that was making them all miserable instead of staying out of obligation and making everyone even more miserable. I love that doug is literally dad shaped and the kids get someone who actively chose to be their dad and who is ultimately gonna help them grow up as far more healthy people than stede if he had stayed and been a shell of his real self as a result. I love that the show acknowledges the shitty circumstances without trying to argue that stede is a blameless victim or making him a monster

parenthood is hard and complicated and a lot of people who have kids shouldn't and every parent fucks up, some more than others, but admitting it is always the best way to go, and trying to find a way forward that makes everyone happy is the only real option that doesn't result in children not talking to their parents as soon as they're old enough to choose

#ofmd #i read the weirdest fic yesterday where stede straight up ignored ed for two weeks to focus on his children and i was left scratching my #head wondering what show this person was watching #i wish the fic had been more clearly tagged cause I'd have skipped it if so #like you do you fic writers owe us nothing etc etc but it read more like someone's parent fantasies than ofmd fic #and that's not my thing #like at all #but it led me to realize that i love this about ofmd too #stede's n1 priority is ed and he's completely extra and unhinged about it and i love him for it

[illbringyousolace]

I have something very important to say:

Jure's collarbones

Thank you for listening.

#joker out #jure maček #see you soon #yes this is what i have to say after seeing them live #i have my priorities straight #...well not straight but #mine

[tatekane]

Aw, look at Etho trying to be in Bdubs' good books. At first I was wondering what was Bdubs and Etho were talkin about, then I see Etho on the horse... The boys are being adorable again D:

#bdubs #etho #hermitcraft #horse boys since horses were added in MC(2013) lol #I have my priorities straight #listening to Bdubs and Etho