Inkypages

Inkypages is the slash ship between Macaque and Tang from the Lego Monkie Kid fandom.

Canon
Macque and Tang first properly met inside the big lantern of lantern city. Tang was on his way to retrieve the ring of Samadhi Fire, but Macaque interrupts his quest as he emerges from his shadow and starts talking to him. Tang tries to reach the ring, but Macaque kicks him back. Tang tries to convince Macaque to stop and help them, but Macaque reminds him how his friends had just left him behind. Despite this, Tang steps up and tells him he's wrong because his friends will always be there for him despite his lack of usefulness. Suddenly, Pigsy's loud singing hurts Macaque's hearing, and he charges a punch at Tang. A whoosh of air sends them both flying to the air, where Tang grabs the ring and escapes, leaving Macaque behind in the lantern. When he lands, he warns his friends about Macaque.

When Tang accidentally starts the samadhi fire ritual, Macaque attacks him and his friends, and forces him to continue the ritual. When Wukong arrives and raises a fist to Macaque, Tang is the one who tell him to stop, taking the blame. He admits that Macaque had forced him to do it, but also admits that he felt like it was his destiny to do so.

Moments

 * Macaque puts an arm around Tangs' shoulder when he talks to him.
 * Tang smiles at Macaque briefly when he stepped up to help the others defeat Azure Lion.

Fanon
Inkypages is considered a rarepair in the Lego Monkie Kid fandom. Despite not having many interactions, it's considered one of the most popular rarepairs in the fandom, having 120 works on AO3. Many fans like this ship because of their similiraties. Both characters feel like outcasts, and they both get left behind by their groups. Fans believe that, if these two were to interact more, they'd genuienly get along and become friends.

However, putting aside their similarties, the two have very different personalities. Macaque has an angrier and darker personality, while Tang has a brighter and more joyful one. Tang is very open about his love for his friends, while Macaque resents love as it has left him betrayed and alone in the past. These clashing personalities have fans even more intrigued as to what their future interactions can be. As stated by a previous showrunner, Tang loves Monkey King but seemingly 'hates' Macaque despite the two monkeys being similar. If given enough time to flesh out their dynamic, Tang could easily adore Macaque as much asa he adores Monkey King.

Some Fics also included the pairing PeachTea in their works for some interesting interaction and tension, with most of the fics using this pair along with Inkypages which focus's on Wukong and his past or former relationship with Tripitaka, along with Wukong growing feelings or can't shake them off towards Tang because of knowing that Tang is the reincarnation of Tang Sanzang and with Inkypages being thrown in, it usually consists of Wukong being jealous of the sorts or just not liking Macaque being with Tang (includes both in an non-peachtea way or in a peachtea way) which results fans of Inkypages to  make some memes on that.

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Trivia

 * Macaque and Tang wear same colored scarfs.