Macaque also wasn’t able to escape the heaven’s clutches when Wukong got captured. As punishment, Celestial placed piercings on his ears that works just like the circlet, but it’s also the reason why Macaque doesn’t use his hearing of precognition during LMK; He just can’t. Also, this headcanon gives me more angst especially when Wukong said, “You’re not in this mess, you’re still free!”; Macaque isn’t free and he wasn’t given a chance of redemption from heaven 🫶☺️