MBP+External display - slow to wake up and re-recognize the 2nd screen

I am looking for a workaround to a minor annoyance that our windows counterparts don't suffer...
When I connect an external display to my MBP The MBP display goes blue, then the external one does and finally both are back to normal and I can see apps, background etc..
Not a big deal, until my laptop goes to sleep.
When I wake it, it goes through that whole routine again.
I assume this is a 'rediscovery' going on.
Is there any way to keep it from doing this when waking from sleep?
I promise not to secretly replace my external display for another while the machine is sleeping!

I promise not to secretly replace my external display for another while the machine is sleeping!
But that's precisely what the Mac thinks is going on. What happens if you power cycle the monitor immediately before waking the Mac? Does it alter the behavior?

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