#that is not sun wukong. thats michael

[rangerdew]

(CONTEXT a mutual of mine is making stuff for an au about tripitaka & sun wukong being in an abusive rship & it got this anon but i didnt want to bother it by going in its inbox & also just wanted to ramble. its late)

PART 1: this is dumb bc anon’s criticism is non-engagement w both the source material & what they’re criticizing in the first place.

i dont think that this anon is treating jttw as a Work that is to be engaged with and deconstructed. it’s true that it’s really difficult to engage with asian works in a way that doesn’t end up falling into IMO patterns of racism bc we live in a society but this mode of non-engagement out of ‘respect’ is imo disrespectful in and of itself. we shouldn’t shy from engaging with things because we’re scared of being disrespectful. not engaging will make it harder to break any patterns of racism bc understanding and engaging is where that kind work lives

PART 2: but also if you’ve even seen op’s au its an active act of engagement with the work. it’s a very INTERESTING reinterpretation/interpretation of subjects presented in the work. it rekindled my interest in jttw as an adult! & i honestly think it’s really cool that someone is making things like that.

like this is killing me its like Getting me the more i look at it. initially i wasnt gonna comment bc it seemed like a Dumb observation to make like Dumb as in ‘man i dont really care about this’ type & also because honestly i think a part of me was thinking about the modes of engagement/reinterpretation with culturally significant works like jttw thru ‘western’ lens & how that could possibly spell in problematic ways like what those freaks did with Lore Olympus (JOKE THIS IS A JOKE I WOULD TALK MORE ABOUT THIS BUT LIKE I DO NOT MEAN THAT AS A DIRECT COMPARISON) but anon is like not it. like this is crazy. i just get embarrassed bc sun wukong is the name of the guy from all the shows i watched when i was 5. im not like. [staggers weakly] my cultural figurehead sun wukong has been defiled 

#YOU KNOW WHAT IS CRINGE THO! RWBY #RWBY SUN WUKONG #hes not like racist or whatever i just think hes embarrassing #that is not sun wukong. thats michael #ask to tag #also @nerves nebula let me know if u want me to take this down!!!!!!!!!!! #sorry to my friends who i told i was going to sleep #i have to get up at 9 for laundry and its like 12am falls to my knees #i need at least 12 hours of sleep every day #its fine