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Lego Monkie Kid Rewatch: Special

Embrace Your Destiny 4/5

Last Time: Tang yelled at a homeless dude, MK had enough of Macaque's BS, all villains could have been really stand up people if not for the wanton and murderous tentencies, and Macaque proudly came out of the closet (er- shadow) as a drama queen.

And now- ON WITH THE SHOW!!!

Only the best and the brightest for this rescue mission, am I right!

“Dragon Girl!”

YEs yes yesy eys yes yes yes yes! Go free her so you can burn your enemies into ash together!!!

They’re dead…. Definitely dead. 

Oh Huntsmen. I still grieve you.

I know what it looks like. Was Wukong really about to hit MK? My answer is no. He was not, because his fist wasn’t even aimed at MK.

‘But look!’ you say, ‘Look how close it got. How could he have not been aiming for MK! The film clearly shows his fist right up in MK’s face.’

‘Ha-ha!’ I say, ‘You have fallen right into the animator's perspective trap! A trap which I, of course, did not fall for the first time I watched this. Perish the thought, I tell you.’

First, really look at this shot.

MK does not move his head. Macaque does not push MK out of the way. Yet somehow his whole arm is able to get between MK and the fist. Not even in between! Their hands are overlapping with MK’s face, suggesting that this is happening next to the kid, not in front of him.

And further proof, look at this next scene.

Macaque caught the fist with the hand that would have been furthest from MK. Meaning he had to fit his whole body between MK and Wukong without pushing either of them back.

I’ve made a very rough and poorly done representation of a bird's eye view of the fight scene so you can see what I mean by perspective.

Look, this is what the animators want you to think is happening.

And this is what Macaque would have had to do to his arm to stop the fist from hitting MK’s face.

Broken elbow anybody?

But, if we shift Wukong over just a bit, we get a much more plausible set of action sequences.

And this is why I think Wukong was aiming for Macaque the whole time. Lady Bone Demon can make Wukong walk menacingly toward MK, she can make him throw a punch in MK’s general direction, but she cannot actually force Wukong to hurt MK.

Now Macaque on the other hand. Wukong seems totally fine with diverting her violent tendencies toward the shadow monkey. 

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

Macaque looks his most fierce when he is most afraid. 

Why is he moving so slow?

Seriously! I know you can’t tell through just pictures, but rewatch this scene and you’ll see. Wukong just got done having a shapeshifting battle against Macaque where they were moving so fast they were having a freaking light battle.

But then Lady Bone Demon directs Wukong to attack MK and the guy is moving like an elephant doped up on anesthetics. Heavy, clanking steps. Slow, painfully so. It would seem deliberate, another scare tactic by Lady Bone Demon, except for the literal cracks in her facade of power.

Trying to force Wukong to attack MK is breaking her.

There’s that misleading perspective again. Which I love.

Just look at that confidence. This kid keeping his back to the most destructive force the world has ever known, believing with all of his heart that his lǎoshī would never hurt him.

And isn’t that tragic in a way. MK will believe in others so easily and completely, but can hardly believe in himself.

Oh how I love you, animators and writers of this show.

Wait! WAit wait wait!

She was still in him?! He was still possessed?! I thought the moment his eyes became gold and he was able to talk again that she had lost her foothold with him. 

But… if we see this ghostly projection being thrown out of him after he pulls the staff, that means she was still possessing him. So was he just ignoring her? Brute force stubbornly pretending not to hear the voice inside his head?

Wukong, you beast.

Macaque: I’m not a hero.

Also Macaque:

What's funnier to me is that he only just stood up after getting tossed around like a ragdoll by Wukong. Only in it for yourself my hair follicles. This is why I say don’t trust what he says about people and their motivations. His perspective on people is so faulty he doesn’t even read himself correctly.

I forgot about the big robot battle.

Wukong keeps Pigsy and the others from trying to stop MK when he steps forward to face LBD. 

Why? Certainly not because he knew what the kid was doing. Just look at the surprise on his face when MK holds back two mountain sized flaming swords of samadhi fire with just his Monkey Mech.

No, Wukong trusts MK. He believes in MK just as strongly as MK believed in him.

Man, I really wish I had remembered all of this. It would have made season 5 make so much more sense. 

It is so important when watching season 5 to remember that the team had knowledge and previous experience using their magic/soul to boost MK and amplify his power. It makes a certain scene in the future seem less cheesy to me, less ‘we pulled this out of nowhere with no build up or explanation’ and more ‘see how this previous battle skill is now going to become so crucial to solving the big problem we built up this season.’

“As long as I have my friends by my side, this world is perfect!”

Ah, thank you MK for spelling out exactly what you need to lose in order to want to change the world. I’m sure those words won’t haunt you later.

“Don’t use the flame, Mei-”

“-Be the Flame.”

I love that Red Son keeps talking to her, encouraging her in his own special way. Reminding her who is truly the one with the power.

But it is Mei who says the final line, not him.

Be the flame.

That guy. 

Can I be that guy? No, he’s too cool, I could never. Can I be friends with him at least? I want to be his friend.

Dragon Mech Magic Battle! Dragon Mech Magic Battle! Dragon Mech Magic Battle!

“I try not to think too hard.”

“So it would seem.”

On paper, this sounds sarcastic. Another dig at MK’s silly naive stupidity.

But the voice acting makes it clear, she’s not dismissing MK. She’s catching onto him.

What do you MEAN I can't fit anymore PICTURES onto this post!!!!! WHY DOES TUMBLRY LIMIT ME SO?!!!! ITS NOT FAIR!!!

Ugh... guess I have to make another post. Man, and I was so close this time.