Mk is a Yaoguai
I came across some interesting information while I was researching another theory. The concept of a being not quite demon, human or celestial demon in Chinese mythology called a Yaoguai. The number of similarities MK shares with them is uncanny.
First of all, how Mk being refered to as the Harbringer of Chaos connects to him being a Yao:Within Chinese mytholgy, Yāo have a tendency to be "blamed for sudden outbreaks of confused and erratic action, or transgressive behaviour" with there literally being a Chinese saying saying that goes"when affairs go awry, there must have been a yāo (acting)" ("事出反必有妖") Quite like how Mk seems to cause a lot of chaos around himself, without even meaning to and feeling a lot of guilt for it. ie- Lady Bone Demon, Demon Bull King, Spider Queen, Azule Lion, and maybe even Macaque gaining power due to his (direct or indirect) actions. As well as other unfortunate things that have happened around him, like Mei's Samadi Fire getting activated and Wukong getting trapped in the scroll.
Secondly, tying in the concept of him being a Yaoguai to his creation: Mk was born from a rock, a clay rock made by someone unknown to us but presumed to be the goddess Nuwa. And guess where most Yao originate from? From unsentient natural items- "yāo refers to natural objects (animals, plants, or rocks) which have acquired sentience (lit. spiritual awareness)," That spiritual awareness might’ve been gifted knowingly or unknowingly by Nuwa.
Yao also only appear in human or near-human forms, and that is after all MK's original form that we see him in the show with. But they also share an "essential nature with an animal or plant." and that is there actual true form. Which since MK was carved into a monkey by Nuwa, it natural that that is the the animal he would share an "essential nature" with and would explain why he has a monkey form.
Mk also tends to have very atypical powers, which also aligns with the concept of him being a Yao since they tend to be born with unsual powers and with the ability to cultivate immortality. This explains why he was able to be immortal when we first met him, how he got that "invincibility" in the first place is still up for debate. I also wonder if this goes the other way where Yao can be born with immortality and cultivate others' powers... because that would explain how Mk is very easily able to adapt to others' powers. I'm not sure, though, since I've only done surface level research on this.
If that cultivation of powers is not possible then he may be unknowingly utilizing another common power of the Yao, shapeshifting to very accurately "mimic"(I'm not sure if that's the right word for it) others powers. Such as Wukong's, Macaque's and possibly LBD's.
Just some other cool tidbits about Yaoguai:
Yaoguai (妖怪) are distinct creatures from ghosts (鬼, pinyin: gui) and demons (魔, pinyin: mo). Ghosts are the spirits of the deceased, whereas demons are often described as fallen immortals and gods.(Mk is neither of those I think)
Sun Wukong uses this term often to insult his (demonic) adversaries(Huh that'd be ironic wouldn't it. To seemingly hate Yaoguai in JTTW, and then end up with one as his succesor.)
In Taoist folklore, yaoguai come from "an imbalance in the Tao" and "any combination of [atypical] powers, including mind control, shapeshifting and the ability to create illusions.(well our boy sure does have an atypical set of powers but if you all want to add on to this I would love to know if you've noticed some instances of these powers happening because I can see how Mk could be using shapeshifting powers but mind control and illusions? I'm not sure if there is any instance of him using those.)
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I am delusional
Joel: Boat boys? Boat boys are gone guys
Also Joel: Etho's first MCC? YES. I can't wait to absolutely destroy washed up Etho at MCC. Like he's so washed, I'm saying this right now I'm team Gem on this. Etho's washed...he's gonna get-I'm going to kill him everytime I see him, I'm targeting him. I'm just kidding, but he did break my trust in the last life series after we had such a nice time together as Boat Boys and...he just...it wasn't the same.
HE'S STILL NOT OVER IT, HE STILL MISSES ETHO. NO ONE CAN TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME, BOAT BOYS ISN'T GONE TILL I SAY THEY'RE GONE.
(sobbing noises)
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almost 8 years ago, 15 year old me sat crying on the floor of my bedroom after getting my heart broken and utterly destroyed by the blatant queerbaiting from BBC Sherlock, and I am truly trying to not make that happen again. I won’t hope for anything
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HERES HOW HOOKHAUSEN CAN WIN AND RISE BACK FROM THE DEAD:
THE FIRST PIECE OF EVIDENCE
DANHAUSEN HAD CLAIMED THAT THERE MAY BE A RETURN OF HOOKHAUSEN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. SO WE CAN ASSURE THAT THEY WILL MAKE A DEFINITE RETURN, (AND HOPEFULLY ITS SOONER THAN I WOULD ASSUME BC I CANT MANAGE LIKE THIS ANYMORE.)
ANYWAYS, BASED OFF OF THIS AND DANHAUSEN CONFIRMING THAT THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE A RETURN. I WOULD LIKE TO ASSUME THAT DANAHAUSEN WOULD SHOW UP AS A SORT OF BACKUP FOR HOOK IN CASE JUNGLE BOY EVER AMBUSHES HIM. THIS WAS IT CAN SET A FUED BETWEEN THEM, AND I AM SURE OF THIS BASED OFF OF AN INTERACTION DANHAUSEN AND JB HAD ON TWITTER.COM
BASE OFF OF THIS, I SEE THIS AS AN OPENING FOR DANHAUSEN TO COME BACK AND SAVE HOOK FROM JB. DANHAUSEN REACHING OUT TO HOOK ONCE MORE AFTER FORBIDDEN DOOR GIVES A STRONG FEELING THAT THEY WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER AAT SOME POINT. WHETHER IT BE A VERY SLOW BURN OR IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, THEY WILL REUNITE. SND THEY WILL GO AFTER JB.
DANHAUSEN WOULD BE IN HOOKS CORNER AS HE DEALS HIS ISSUES WITH JB. AND HE WILL COME OUT VICTORIOUS!!!
ALSO‼️‼️‼️ I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE SAME SILLY LOVERBOYS FROM THEIR FIRST TAGTEAM. AS DANHAUSEN HAS BEEN SENDING CRYPTIC MESSAGES ON BOTH HIS TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM
AS SHOWN HERE
WE ARE, OR AT LEAST I HOPE WE ARE GETTING EVILHAUSEN (I LOVE EVILHAUSEN SO FCUKING MUCH AAAAAA)
BUT SAFE TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO PERCEIVE THESE MESSAGES SAYING THAT HE IS COMING BACK AS HIS OFFICIALLY ONCE MORE. MEANING THAT WE WILL BE GETTING A BADASS VERSION OF HOOKHAUSEN☺️☺️☺️ AND I AM HERE FOR IT, THEY MAY STILL BE THE SAME SILLIES BUT DANHAUSEN WILL HOPEFULLY BE MORE OF A BRUTE AND WILL HAVE MORE ACTION RATHER THAN IT JUST BEING HOOK. (IF THAT MAKES SENSE)
BUT I REALLY JUST HOPE THAT HOOKHAUSEN COMES BACK BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT BECAME AN OBSESSION. THEY ARE ALL I HAVE NOW THAT RKBRO IS OVER, AND IS MOST LIKELY NEVER COMING BACK. SO HOOKHAUSEN IS ALL I HAVE TO KEEP ME FROM GOING OFF THE DEEPEND SO I NEED THEM BACK. THESE SILLIES ARE WHAT MAKES MY DAY😫😫😭😭😭😭
Am I delusional for this
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I have seen a lot of ppl despairing the way Ahsoka seems to be characterized in the new show (nothing like the snarky teenager she was in the clone wars) but the thing about Ahsoka is that the trademark Disney-female-protag-stone-cold-stoicism COULD ACTUALLY WORK ***IF THEY DID IT RIGHT*** (Now they won’t, obviously, but I will explain)
During her Padawan-ship, everybody and their master compares her to Anakin. How she’s become so much like him, in her manner, her brashness, her caution-to-the-wild attitude, how emotional (/attached) she is, etc. And at the time she’s all about this because she looks up to him so much, even though the Jedi warn that these things can lead to darkness.
And Anakin does fall to the darkness (due to some extenuating circumstances + untreated mental illness, but Ahsoka doesn’t know that.) Those characteristics are no longer the endearing quirks of her maverick older brother—from her perspective, they are the seeds of darkness that her future self told her about on Mortis so long ago.
So when she finds out how far Anakin has fallen, it would be natural for this to change her perspective on herself too. She wanted to be just like him as a little kid—now she wants to be as far from him as possible. So she essentially decides that she needs to shut down those parts of herself that are most like him—the spunk, the impulsiveness, the wearing of her emotions on her sleeve—in an attempt to distance herself from him. To reassure herself that she is not, despite what everyone said, like him, and therefore will not *become* him.
From this perspective, her subdued, jaded air from the Mando and Ahsoka series are perfectly in character. It is the kind, selfless, Jedi thing to do, if you believe that your personality type / way of being is at fault for such a catastrophe.
Is this what I think Dave Felony is trying to do? Absolutely not!! I am not confident that Star Wars is capable of any sort of emotional subtlety. But this cold untouchable stoicism of hers being a mask, a trauma response to finding out that your childhood idol has ruined the galaxy, makes perfect sense—Ahsoka feels like her own true nature, the one we saw in the Clone Wars, is too dangerous to continue existing.
She is terrified of herself, because she is terrified of what Anakin became.
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Besides the general incredulousness, I have no other reaction than to laugh my ass off when people say things like 'st*ddie makes way more sense than stancy' LIKREOKWRFLFAEIGSKFSD I CAN'T EVEN TYPE IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE LMAO HOW DO THEY DO IT
one is a lovers-to-exes-to-rekindled flames narration with a storyline linked to the show's themes of trauma exploration, and the other is two dudes who spoke to each other a handful of times
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