indicates he DOESNT use this power often . imean . stolen by a demon ? at worst , he can teleport . HE ACTIVRLY REFUSES to use it unless it is a shield to protect himself from immediate harm && yet not doing anything to fight back.. THE SANZANG DEMONS ARE OJT TO HET ME HELP
https://t.co/tzjL7MCv8P sanzang having so much potential, knowledge AND the power to back it up && yet refusing to use it . he literally stands & helps separate the fire from red son . AMONGST GODS . a mortal man . he does that . and the pilgrims going " knew you could do it "
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https://t.co/tzjL7MD2Yn following this i like to think sanzang would have been the favourite until he started giving the silent treatment to gold cicada,, because he's the 10th reincarnation , the LAST time cicada has to walk as a mortal . coincidentally , i like to think
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https://t.co/tzjL7MCv8P tang is cicadas favourite bc sanzang was too much of a pacifist to make proper use of the powers ๐น ,, methinks at some point sanzang even gave gc the silent treatment because in scriptures gold cicada is ,, like a more law breaker / his soul forced to
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out of all the 10 reincarnations , the veil between cicada && the reincarnations was the thinnest with sanzang . he was the last , the MOST proper one that was deemed worthy to be the last . he is , in a way , cicada's " behaved & transformed " . like how a person
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before allowed back up . those 10 reincarnations is a punishment . but tang ?? tang is the WILLING 11 .
he is cicada's favourite , while sanzang is like a sibling you argue with
reincarnate as a mortal around 10 times if i rmemeber correctly , before he would be allowed back into paradise .
and sanzang IS actually the 10th reincarnation . in the books he sheds his mortal form to become a buddha ,,, stay with me i'm taking shit from books lightly
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and mixing it into my own canon for lmk as i go,, sanzang , and the gold cicada is meant to achieve nirvana . BUT tang becomes the 11th reincarnation . he is not a FORCED reincarnation,,, gold cicada doesn't HAVE to , because as buddha tells gold cicada , " ten pious lives "
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