tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584465046053664401.post3944409074461688314..comments2024-03-24T09:52:01.274-07:00Comments on Of Slugs and Silver : The Monkey King and the GLOG FunnelAncalagon_TBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13602961033235852856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584465046053664401.post-39506265215770604482020-08-25T15:10:01.653-07:002020-08-25T15:10:01.653-07:00Interesting - I must admit my familiarity with the...Interesting - I must admit my familiarity with the source material is limited. In the show the Monkey King is *definitely* not a great magician - in fact he can't read the language of the gods. I should grab these books one day.Ancalagon_TBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602961033235852856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584465046053664401.post-26886651737519473872020-08-25T00:28:23.985-07:002020-08-25T00:28:23.985-07:00In the books (as I'm sure you're fully awa...In the books (as I'm sure you're fully aware, but just to add to the discussion), despite being a rowdy villain of a stick-wielding monkey, Sun Wukung primarily was a highly trained taoist philosopher and an extremely accomplished magician. He could do the requisite 72 transformations etc. etc., the whole thing. He absolutely could do what amounts to teleportation all over the world and only travelled by foot because the boddhisatva personally told him to. Although it takes years for Tripitaka to finally get there, Son Goku leaps to Buddha's palace and back multiple times.CatOrBathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511945668697103720noreply@blogger.com