#eagle fang

Here’s some headcanon ideas:

*Johnny is a doctor who’s well respected cause he’s one of the best. Outside the life as a doctor and working, he’s not as social as he used to and the conversations he has with robby tend to be awkward but meaningful because he sits down and listens to his son’s concerns, curiosity, or anything in mind. Robby still trains with daniel and they both have mutual respect. When robby is injured from his first tournament from an opponent from a different dojo, both get all overprotective parent on him. Robby is not all confused cause he knows there’s been a weird tension between the two adults but it makes him feel good to know they are supportive and caring. They told him it’s okay if he doesn’t want to compete but he says he’s good and want to finish the match. They let him as Daniel looks at Johnny, “He’s a tough kid just like you” and Johnny feels appreciated and replied with robby continuing to fight the match like his sensei.

*So remember when robby lied about that father-son road trip for his school abscence. Instead of being mad, Johnny actually takes Robby on this road trip as robby only agreed to go if he can choose the places. Then it’s like the goofy movie as they are going from L.A. to Las Vegas and more while surviving on $200 bucks left. Needing money they go to a casino as Johnny teaches robby a few tricks up his sleeve and they win a lot of money which they spoil themselves. Throughout the trip, Johnny was honest with robby about not arriving to his birth to now. Robby expressed his anger towards him as he wishes he was around more. Johnny feels shitty but he gives robby his phone number and a copy to his keys if he wanted to stay or come by once in a while. On their way back, Johnny asks if he wanted to stay as it’s not the perfect apartment but he has an extra room for him to stay. Robby thinks about it. The day when the lights were off at his place was the day he went to Johnny’s place as robby declined the ham.

*Daniel may not look like he was the athlete type but he does become a soccer coach for younger teens as it just made his luck to find out that robby is Johnny’s son. Of course, he’s not gonna kick the poor kid off the team but him and Johnny exchange a few words and looks that make people think they got a thing goin on. At one point, Sam who’s also on the team says to robby on the sidelines, “I think my dad likes your dad” before running into the soccer field as robby is confused a little since he’s never seen his dad date anyone. Johnny explained to him that nothing is going on between him and Daniel. Robby jokes saying “Not yet”

*Johnny and Sharron get cleaned up and decided to co-parent when they had robby. Robby mostly stayed with Johnny and best friends with miguel. When they’re older, the diaz family and robby and johnny have their usual family dinners as Johnny adopted miguel as his second son which carmen didn’t mind. She was happy to know that miguel has a father that he can look up to and a brother who looks out for him. Sharron gets invited here and there. Miguel and Robby often tease johnny of his blatant crush on Daniel on the car rides to the dojo. They each take turns talking to Daniel and johnny to get a clue and help push the lovers closer. It worked when they were on the training wheel and managed to keep steady, looking at each other’s eyes and moving as one after falling into the cold water too many times.

*Johnny continued being a handyman to fix stuff while Daniel is working as a mechanic while being a part-time student to become a lawyer. Both have robby and sam from a one night stand but good terms with sharron and amanda. They live in a huge loft as it’s spacious for the kids since they’re only 2 years old at this time. Both are still young themselves as they often come to each other’s job for lunch and plan where they should go to spend some time with the kids. Whenever Johnny is off from work early and picks up the kids from daycare, he comes at daniel’s job to bring to surprise him with cute gifts. It makes Daniel’s heart flutter and laugh inside to see Johnny using the baby carrier (With the cobra logo on it) as him and the kids are wearing black sunglasses.

*Daniel and Mr. Miyagi continued with their bonsai shop after the tournament in KK3. Mr. Miyagi was firm with daniel going to college as they agreed that daniel can take a gap year but he needs to put money to the side for when he goes back. Daniel just wants to show his appreciation for Mr. Miyagi and the business to be blooming with customers so he makes flyers to spread all over places he knows. He went to the Golf n’ Stuff as he finds Johnny working at the go-carts race track. Johnny’s taking some time off away from college and living with his step dad. Yes, daniel did poke fun at him but they talk while he was on break and finally apologized for everything. Johnny’s boss told him not to go over his 10-min break as Johnny told Daniel that it kinda sucks if you’re working for an asshole. Daniel tells him that he can apply to work for him and Mr. Miyagi as he promise they’re not assholes while giving him a flyer and left. Johnny thinks about it since he hasn’t thank Mr. Miyagi for saving him. Next week, Daniel sees Johnny coming in the shop asking if they still need one more employee.

If life finally lets them be happy for once, sam and tory should go get tattoos together. Both are playing it off as if it doesn’t hurt but deep down they know it hurts like hell. Idk it could parallel to when kreese and terry got tattoos. Whatever design it is, sam has hers on her wrist and tory’s is on under her chest.

Like this one for example

I love how Johnny instantly adopts sam and devon. Some of his influence rubs off on sam as she’s just flicking bottle caps and striking first. As Devon makes sure she’s not to give up so easily and keeps going to not make the same mistake. He didn’t have much students but he was like a proud dad cheering on for his kids and even spoke out to the ref if needed. The handshake he has with devon and when she lost to tory, he comforts her and sam at the tournament

The discourse about “Miguel is the karate kid!” Or “Robby is the karate kid!!” Should be talked about a little further because to me, it’s possible that both could be karate kids. They happen to go through similarities that Daniel went through when he was their age like

*No father/ father figure throughout their whole life.

*Found a sensei who filled in that role as a father who teaches them valuable things that could apply to real life.

*No knowledge of karate to being one of the best fighters from their distinctive dojos.

*Has their own bullies (Kyler and his friends/ Trey and cruz)

*Made close friends who soon joined the team as them.

*Not living the luxurious life like some rich kids as they live(ed) in shitty apartments.

*Mothers who only want best for them (From Shannon’s case, she wasn’t the best mom either until she learned that she needed help and got better)

As Robby and miguel themselves have things in common.

*Both are now involved in a “karate war” that had nothing to do with them and shouldn’t have been involved in the first place.

*Their relationship with ex-girlfriends didn’t end so well.

*Both were taught by kreese for a certain time

*They learn cobra kai as the offense and Miyagi do as defense. In which, Cobra kai let them release the anger they bottled inside and strike first to a situation. Meanwhile, with Miyagi do is where they find peace within themselves and learn how to de-escalate a situation without needing to get into a uproar fight. Despite, both ways has some fallbacks because it also depends on how the person is going about it, it’s like the balance they needed in their life.

As Miguel is aware that you can strike first but you also have the ability to show mercy and no everyone is an enemy. For example, when johnny wanted miguel to put hawk down at the tournament, miguel was skeptical about it cause hawk was not only his best friend but he’s not his enemy to put down just because johnny said so. He left in a hurry, he didn’t want to live his life of regret like his sensei. Striking first find his real father and going on this dangerous journey.

Whereas robby (he shouldn’t have to) went out of his zone to reach out to his father, seeing how his influence on kenny made him reflect and expressed of being so tired of being angry and angry towards his dad. Since we all know the reason he joined karate and by taught by daniel was to get back at his dad. Now, he’s just a teenager who wants his dad in this time of need. He’s letting go of bottled up anger and possibly felt good expressing his feelings and soon feel at peace that the person who wasn’t in his life knows. Letting himself embrace the father he needed and cried.

-I feel like I’m missing some details but hopefully I’ll remember.

Idc to me both are the karate kid in their own way. Both deserve more than better from how things are turning out now and what the future will hold.

Idk how or when but a fanfic idea I had was when kreese giving johnny the second place trophy, imagine if it was daniel giving it to johnny instead along the line, “You’re alright, Lawrence” as he never thought the man was a second place-loser like kreese did. It’s a passage for them to become closer as johnny is reminded that daniel witnessed what happened in the parking lot.

just a little self-indulgent charm design :^) will throw a few of these up on the store next month!