Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-70.160.219.131-20150605214325/@comment-12.27.66.8-20151027210314

Hawkeye2701 wrote: Am I the only one that thinks the team is just straight up based on Journey to the West?

Sun Wukong, based on Sun Wukong, has his staff, monkey theme, the whole scchtick.

Neptune could be based on Sha Wuxing, the river demon who wields a spade, often depicted as a guandao.

Scarlet could then be Zhu Bajie, in a turn about being made really bishi in response to the character's ugliness.

Then Sage... Whose name is Sage, a title often associated with Xuanzang, the other principle character in the story alongside Sun. There are obvious correlations to JttW, yes. If Scarlet is a pirate or the Scarlet Pimpernel, it suggests an affinity for women, thus Pigsy (although Neptune hits on the girls too, maybe he's Pigsy). Tripitaka should be easiliy correlated to Sage given sage is like a tier of monk. Sandy, on the other hand. Well, let's see, aside from a vaguely similar weapon, him and Neptune have nothing in common. Sha Wujing is usually depicted as a beef-brained stoic with no personality to speak of. Probably our first impression of Sage actually. Okay then... if Sun is Sun, and Sage is... Sandy... Neptune is Pigsy... then Scarlet is... Tripitaka?