AESOP CARL ICONS - DEFAULT, TRICKSTER, HAMLET
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Before S4 I would have thought Pigsy to be a decendant of Zu Baije rather than an reincarnation and this is entirely because Zu Baije was said to have been cursed with never having a happy love life due to the way he'd creep on Chang'e. Which we all know he and Tang are basically married.
true.
I personally hc that Pigsy is more of a decendant, especially with his line in S4 with "The Roast of the Monkie Kids";
Pigsy: Oh, what, you think we're the same, just 'cause we're pigs, huh? Bet you think I'm just a disgusting little monster too."
Pigsy probably grew up with seeing images and critiscisms of Zhu Bajie his whole life. A lazy, gluttonous, lech who didn't even obtain enlightenment at the end of his Journey.
Imagine if your most celebrated cultural icon was pretty much a Aesop-esque caricature of what "pigs" are.
And then imagine you're *related* to the guy. Scratch that; you might BE the guy in a new life 'cus he didn't break the cycle of reincarnation.
Fun fact! In the 17th century fan-sequel "Later Journey to the West"; Zhu Bajie has a son... one he only managed to meet after the Journey because he unknowingly (unwillingly mind you) left Gao Cuilan when she was pregnant. The son is named Zhu Yijie/豬一戒 (meaning "one commandment" a ref to Bajie being named for another buddhist principle, it can also mean "joy").
Imagine if Pigsy came from that son's lineage. A son who grew up with not only an absent father, but also as a half-demon in a family/village that already resented him as a reminder of Cuilan's marriage to a demon. In a time where the life of a demon was valued far less than even an animal. Thats some generational trauma fuel right there.
Pigsy having a birthname that, without doubt, marks him as one of many resentful decendants of Zhu Bajie - hence why he's far more comfortable being called just "Pigsy" even by close friends.
Pigsy, accidentally breaking the cycle of love tragedies by looking fate in the eye and saying he's not his predecesor, and that he'll love who he'll damn well pleases and they will love him back. And if that person happens to be the reincarnation of a super power buddhist deity that the gods can't touch, then thats just good luck. Or Yue Lao laughing to himself as the pig demon and his scholar soulmate meet for the first time, the red string of fate winding around their feet so hard that they tripped over it. XD
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Being in fandoms where the characters are clearly based on other pieces of media/famous figures is so much fun because then some of my ships look like this:
Parentified Goldilocks who is also The Beast x Avoidance attachment Beauty who is ALSO also The Beast, one of my fav moments with them is when they off the Minotaur together who is ALSO also also The Beast
Little Red Riding Hood if she was also the Wolf and has galloons of repressed trauma x Snow White but she’s heavily knight coded and the poster child of daddy issues
Edgar Allen Poe’s Lenore x Annabel Lee but they’re in gay ghost love
The poem ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ x Odin’s raven Huginn but they’re exes still in love in a milf yuri divorce that ends super mega tragically and domino effects mommy issues out the ass
Historical figures Cleopatra x Frida Kahlo with the most chef’s kiss height difference you’ve ever seen
A polycule with Joan of Arc x Mulan x Thor x Achilles but they’re all genderbent/trans
The Velveteen Rabbit x fashion icon Coco Chanel if she was a lesbian with a gun
Frankenstein’s monster x a different sapphic Cleopatra bc baby gays <3333
Okay okay that black cat from Poe’s, well, The Black Cat x Poe’s Eulalie is cute yes
But I actually really REALLY love Poe’s Eulalie x Poe’s Berenice bc they’re “me and the bad bitch I pulled by being autistic” personified
The Snow Queen with mega daddy issues x Robin Hood if he was a socialist lesbian I SAIDDDD ITTTT
Imma say it historical figures JFK x Confucius were adorable bros
Aesop’s Fisherman x Odin’s other bird Munin you will always be famous my tragic old man yaoi <////3
Y’all will really have to hear me out here when I say Cinderella if she fucken snapped x ice cream Mad Hatter because couples who are terrible to each other but in a “only I’m allowed to be a horrid to them” way can be so funny
And I could go o n fer ages but the point is imagine explaining these ships to someone like 30 years ago with ZERO context their heads would explode and it’d be so funny
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villain discourse is so annoying.
every once in a while when i scroll through the notes on a post about a villain or antagonist who's a fandom favourite, the notes are filled with 'but you know he killed people, right... killing people is bad... if you think this fictional guy is cool and funny and iconic then you're basically a hybristophile because they're a serial killer. you're normalizing serial killers omg. murder is baddddd'
yes, i know that murder is bad, i'm not six months old. and excuse me? it's giving 'women will read books and get ideas' which is maybe not far off because most fic writers and readers are female, and the stereotypical fanfic writer is a teenage girl.
besides, literature and drama always loved the bad guy. re: greek tragedies, crime and punishment, etc. i think everyone on tumblr needs to read some actual books for once.
so many people have this disney-fied, marvel-i-fied idea of what storytelling is, they believe that every story has to be an aesop's fable and adhere to the hays code.
if you're looking to fiction for a moral compass instead of (sometimes ugly!) truths about the human condition, you're looking in the wrong place.
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