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incognitopolls · 4 months
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Can you please tell me what abilities sun wukong have because am always confused about it i even hear some people says that sun wukong is omniscient and omnipresent and can control time or that he is is a boundless character
At no point in JTTW is Monkey ever depicted as a boundless character with omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time. Anyone claiming that has never read the novel. Never ever trust any online claims about Sun Wukong unless a cited quote is provided.
Having said that, I am slowly compiling a comprehensive list of all of Monkey's magical abilities and skills, complete with corresponding Chinese terms and citations. However, I am nowhere close to being done (and won't be for years), so I can only give you a general list at this time. But I will link to my past articles where applicable.
The following is based on a list I wrote a few months ago for someone looking to make their D&D campaign more authentic.
Immortality - He has six layers of immortality. But these are more like layers of invulnerability. As a "bogus immortal" (yaoxian, 妖仙) he is still susceptible to injury and death because he hasn’t yet achieved Buddha-nature and broken free of the wheel of rebirth (see note #1 here for an explanation).
Invulnerability - He has an adamantine hide that can't be pierced or hurt by earthly or heavenly weapons and elements (this doesn't count the times that he allows himself to be cut). This is thanks to all of the immortal foodstuff he had eaten in heaven being refined within his body by his samadhi fire, giving him a "diamond body" (jingang zhi qu, 金鋼之軀). Sometimes he uses this invulnerability to freak out demons by blocking a sword strike with his bald head. However, he can still be hurt. For example, he is twice wounded by special elements born from spiritual cultivation, samadhi fire and wind (the book treats cultivated and heavenly elements as two different things). Also, one villain, a scorpion demoness energized with Buddhist dharma power, is able to successfully penetrate his skin by stinging him in the face with her tail.
72 changes - He can transform into anything. The only flaw is his tail, which doesn't always change the way he wants it to. Or, a character recognizes him because of his red butt.
Cloud somersault - This allows him to fly 108,000 li (33,554 mi / 54,000 km) in a single leap. The skill is actually a metaphor for instantaneous enlightenment, for those who achieve it will immediately arrive in the Buddha's paradise.
Magic hairs - He can change any one of his 84,000 hairs into anything he wants (tools, random objects, living creatures, etc.) These include hair clones, which are autonomous copies of himself that can range into the tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, or even billions. However, he only deploys these on a small scale in the novel. He never uses the power to its full stated extent.
Super strength - His greatest feat is carrying two mountains while running "with the speed of a meteor." But there are characters physically stronger than him. For instance, Monkey cannot escape the grip of the Great Peng bird once he is caught in his powerful talons.
Martial arts - He is proficient in armed and unarmed combat, being able to go toe-to-toe with deities with centuries more combat experience than him. "Short Fist," a historical style, is listed as his preferred boxing method. But he mainly relies on his magic iron staff for fighting.
General magic - Monkey is shown capable of calling forth gods and spirits, growing or shrinking to any size, parting fire and water, creating impassable barriers, conjuring wind storms, casting illusions, freezing people in place, putting anyone to sleep, unlocking any lock, bestowing superhuman strength, bringing the dead back to life, turning invisible, changing someone's appearance, traveling to and from heaven and hell, etc.
Magic Eyes - He can see through illusions. But this isn't always portrayed consistently, for I know of several times where Guanyin fools him, and even a god of the soil, a lesser deity, is once able to do the same thing.
Medicine - He can diagnose maladies and concoct medicines to solve the issue.
You can see that omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time are not listed. I think the problem is that people are confusing Sun Wukong at two different points in his character arc. The powers listed above come from the journey itself (ch. 13 to 100). The omni-level powers would come after he achieves Buddhahood at the end of the novel (ch. 100). However, it's very, very important to know that the story ends before Sun Wukong, now the "Victorious Fighting Buddha," performs any feats (i.e. he has no feats as a Buddha). I'm sure people could assign him powers ascribed to other Buddhas in religious literature, but what happens after the story ends is beyond canon.
I hope this helps.
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jessi-skylark · 4 months
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Frozen concept art: Elsa merges powers with Bruni and starts unleashing the Fire Spirit to Let It Go…
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acasualcrossfade · 7 months
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You Need the Rest
Sicktember Day 5: "Preventative Measures (Not Taken)"
Stranger Things: Steve Harrington/ Eddie Munson
Words: 500 | Rating: T | CW: nosebleeds, mentions of blood
@sicktember | divider art by @saradika
Summary: Steve's a wizard and is physically and magically exhausted after defeating Vecna with El. Eddie tries to get him to rest.
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Eddie descended the stairs to see Steve heavily leaning over the kitchen sink. He was slumped over the basin, and Eddie could see the blood dripping from between his fingers.
 “Shit, Steve, I said to wait,” Eddie scolded, helping the weak man into one of the chairs in the kitchen. “You can’t handle doing anything right now.”
Eddie quickly grabbed a paper towel from the roll above the sink and pressed it to Steve’s nose, and pinched, holding his head down.
“W-water,” Steve rasped, his voice muffled and stuffy against the paper towel. “S-simple.”
“Yeah, but considering you almost died a few days ago, it’s not,” Eddie reminded him. “You shouldn’t be standing, let alone walking.”
He helped Steve sip from a glass of water, his own anxiety calming. Steve was a wizard, born with powers, but it was El that helped him hone and strengthen them. And like hers, his magic took energy. Defeating Vecna, then helping heal El afterwards sapped not only Steve’s magic, but nearly his entire life force. 
Robin had kept them both conscious when they’d found them; Eddie’s stomach had dropped at Steve’s appearance. Steve had been gaunt and pale, and his lips and chin were streaked with fresh blood. His jaw was stained with blood that had dripped from his ears. Steve’s eyes were half-lidded and his head had lolled over to the side, only acknowledging Robin’s touch to his cheek with quiet grunts.
Eddie had offered for Steve to tap into his life force and Steve had, but had broken off seconds later. Eddie had urged him to please, take more, you need it. 
Won’t hurt you to help me, Steve had mumbled.
Eddie begged, but Steve refused.
So instead, Eddie tasked himself with caring for the weakened man instead. That meant both bed rest and sleep were in order, but Steve had seemed to want nothing to do with either. 
“Can do it. ” Steve’s voice was gruff, but annoyed. His skin was still a deathly white, making his moles more prominent, and his frame still trembled.
“I know you can,” Eddie said, his voice softening. “But Stevie, you’ve got to rest.” He reached for the man’s hand to start softly wiping away the blood from Steve's fingers. 
“C-can’t,” Steve quietly moaned. 
“Can’t?”
“R-rest,” Steve whispered, his voice shaking. “N-need to p-protect th-them.”
Some piece of Eddie’s heart shattered. He stroked Steve’s hand before lifting it to kiss the man’s clean knuckles. “But we need you to heal, to rest. That’s how you can protect us,” Eddie assured. 
Steve’s shoulders sagged  in exhaustion or relief, Eddie wasn’t sure. 
“Couch?”
Steve’s single word request made relief wash through Eddie. 
“Yeah, I’ve got ya.” Eddie lifted him into his arms in one smooth motion. “You good there, big boy?”
“M’good,” Steve whispered, head already heavy on Eddie’s shoulder.
And as Eddie made him comfortable with plush pillows and knitted blankets, Steve, for the first time in a long time, fell into a comfortable, dreamless sleep.
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grizzabella-02 · 8 months
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You know if we think about it, BSD really is just a really AU-ed fanfic
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Monkey King Misconception
There's a misconception about Sun Wukong that has been going around since at least 2021. It states that Monkey can transform into an even stronger version of an opponent he is facing, thereby giving himself more power and enabling him to win the battle. See the attached examples, one from Quora and two from Twitter. I think this mistaken belief is based on a misreading of Wukong's battle with Nezha in chapter 5.
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During their battle, Nezha takes on a three-headed, six-armed form. Wukong responds by taking on a similar form. The battle is finally decided when Monkey creates a hair clone of himself and performs a sneak attack, thus wounding the child-god.
Young Nata grew angry. "Change!" he yelled loudly, and he changed at once into a fearsome person having three heads and six arms. In his hands he held six kinds of weapons: a monster-stabbing sword, a monster-cleaving scimitar, a monster-binding rope, a monster-taming club, an embroidered ball, and a fiery wheel. Brandishing these weapons, he mounted a frontal attack. "This little brother does know a few tricks!" said Wukong, somewhat alarmed by what he saw. "But don't be rash. Watch my magic!" Dear Great Sage! He shouted, "Change!" and he too transformed himself into a creature with three heads and six arms. One wave of the golden-hooped rod and it became three staffs, which were held with six hands (Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 1, p. 155). [...] They clashed like raindrops and meteors in the air, but victory or defeat was not yet determined. Wukong, however, proved to be the one swifter of eye and hand. Right in the midst of the confusion, he plucked a piece of hair and shouted, "Change!" It changed into a copy of him, also wielding a rod in its hands and deceiving Nata. His real person leaped behind Nata and struck his left shoulder with the rod. Nata, still performing his magic, heard the rod whizzing through the air and tried desperately to dodge it. Unable to move quickly enough, he took the blow and fled in pain. Breaking off his magic and gathering up his six weapons, he returned to his camp in defeat (Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 1, p. 156).
Both characters obviously have the ability to magically manipulate their bodies. Therefore, this is not the same as copying the magical skills and strength of an adversary.
Source:
Wu, C., & Yu, A. C. (2012). The Journey to the West (Vols. 1-4) (Rev. ed.). Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press.
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