I see that Terry wants to expand cobra kai all over the valley but if he does that, who’s gonna be the sensei to all these locations?? Like does he have people lined up that he can call to take over one location of the valley or what??? Or is he going to each location to train students?
Idk I might be overdoing it but it’s just stuck on my mind.
Also Tory is receiving the Daniel treatment from terry to hit the wood dummy? Between her and sam, it’s like they want to see the girls hurt more emotionally, mentally, and a little physically.
Is all the kids this season gonna suffer before they finally win something for the first time in their life???
Honestly, miguel and robby are literally lawrusso with their own style in the mix. Plus with them fighting again it’s like we’ll have to wait til the last moment before they can find some common ground.
Cobra Kai Season 5 trailer just came out *SPOILER*
Idk how to feel honestly.
*Like that road trip Johnny and robby are gonna take to find miguel is really happening.
*Chozen is giving that energy back to Terry as he is not fazed at all. I feel like this is just like a walk in the park for him.
*Daniel telling chozen to put the sai down was funny.
—> also Daniel looks pretty in that one shot between him, chozen, and terry.
*Sam might be facing her own demons and has a new haircut.
*Tory still has the trophy and knows Terry basically paid that referee yet still training in cobra kai??
*I really want kenny to get out of cobra kai before he’s far too deep. He’s only a child, your honor
*Terry wants to expand cobra kai all over the valley I guess.
*Another Miguel vs Robby fight in which I do feel like it’s need because they need to get out their system and hopefully talk it out in the end or someone with sense sits them down to talk because they never had a one on one conversation.
Ralph and Billy are itching to kiss each other. So why not make Daniel and johnny have an accidental kiss that brings out so many unresolved feelings they have for each other?
I haven’t seen much about season 5 spoilers. So, it’s possible that johnny and robby might go out their way to find miguel. I’m on board with that. I want see tory coming to the larusso’s house to see Amanda and tell her progress in therapy right before she reveals why she really came.
It could start off with tory seeing sam on the couch depressed and feeling confused and angry with everything that’s been going on. Sam heads to her room and then tory follows after with the trophy she brought. Of course, sam gets startled because she didn’t expect tory in her room, asking what does she want. Tory just looks at her before the trophy and remembers terry paying off the ref. She just tells her, “You would’ve won” before placing the trophy on sam’s desk.
Sam is just confused until tory revealed the truth. Both are now feeling more upset, angry, and confused. Sam looks at the trophy before tory’s face who looks like she wants to cry. She sees how much this could’ve meant to tory, to finally win something. All she could say is “There’s nothing we could do, the tournaments over and our dojos shutdown.” Tory just snickered, “Yeah. Except one dojo owned by a phony.” They cried for a small moment before sam made a comment how terry would just pretend nothing happened.
That gave tory an idea. She knows that terry thinks paying off the ref is swept under the rug and would pretend nothing happened. She tells sam of her pretending to not know everything and continue to be an undercover in cobra kai to get enough evidence to shut terry down. As much as this idea sounds good, Sam has little doubts that two of them could take terry down. Tory stands up straight while crossing her arms, “I thought you were a tough badass, Larusso.” Sam told her how she’s retired as a joke.
“Besides who said we’re doing this alone. Doesn’t that nerd know more with hacking and all that stuff?”
Sam knew what “nerd” she was talking about as demitri and hawk worked together to build space for their dojo. She hopped out of her bed to grab her phone from the desk and thanks tory. This plan might work and new friendships might blossom.
Idk I’m all for this little group to work on taking down terry. Since demitri did reveal about terry’s old job of dumping waste and the controversy behind it. It could work since Johnny will be gone and Daniel is gonna be busy working with Chozen. I do want to see Johnny a little jealous but then him and Chozen start to talk and laugh about Daniel.
I know it’s in character for terry but he really snuck johnny. We need a rematch with these two again. Maybe terry could say “Ready to get your ass kicked, pretty boy?” Or taunt johnny with a similar line along with calling him “pretty boy.” HOWEVER, this fight takes place in front of daniel as he’s nervous for how this might go down. Him and johnny are on good terms again so he’s gonna be worried for any trick terry might pull to mess with johnny. He would take johnny’s place to fight him but now johnny has a personal score to settle.
I laugh at fact that daniel is a magnet when it comes to being called names especially if it’s feminine like “danielle” or “primadonna” yet this primadonna has no problem kicking your ass if provoked.
* It’s no surprise that Daniel became a car salesman as this movie is evident enough to show that he has potential to persuade people to see a vision that could be in store for them.
*What do dennis and snake do if mike didn’t arrive? Just errand boys?
* I love that orange pufferjacket that Daniel wears throughout the movie. It just suits him in a way.
*I enjoy the friendship with daniel and jessica while it lasted. It’s also a good thing that she told daniel about her relationship and didn’t want to lead him on. There’s reassurance on both ends that they are only friends.
*Now that it’s confirmed that terry did drugs around this time, it makes much sense that he had a shady business that could be more than just dumping toxic waste anywhere he pleased. Also the way he dressed at home with the slick ponytail does give a hint that he did coke. A bonus if he had an accessory where he stores a little coke and snort it when he was taking a bubble bath.
*mac n’ cheese. That’s all imma say
*Daniel’s been trained by 4 people in which 3 were his “archenemies” and 2 helped him after years have gone by and for his own good to get better than what he’s been taught. With one who taught him for self-defense only as karate would be meaningless if daniel did the opposite of what he was trained for.
* Mr. Miyagi’s prayer for daniel as he just misses his son
*Mr. Miyagi is such a patient man and much better than me cause Idk what I would’ve done had daniel yell at me like he did to Miyagi.
*every time daniel and Mr. Miyagi train together I’m instantly reminded of Daniel and robby/miguel training together.
*I love how much terry goes on about daniel having a little “cobra kai” inside him and thinks he made him into something he’s not. Although it doesn’t last because daniel acted but freaked out when he punched a guy making him bleed. It wasn’t Daniel’s nature to hurt someone as he wanted to make things right w/ the guy and apologize.
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*The soundtrack hits every time especially when terry tells daniel to prepare for the real pain.
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.
Can we all admit that Daniel would’ve have further character development and less of being a hypocrite if the writers took the time instead of pushing the narratives from characters who hurt him physically and mentality that caused trauma and carried with him throughout his life. For example, he was the “asshole/bully” from Johnny’s perspective. They pushed aside his trauma. Cause in terry’s perspective, he “liked it” and has a little “cobra kai” inside him despite how daniel literally spazzed the fuck out in KK3 for punching a dude (who deserved it) and went out his way calling up the hospital to see if he was okay and lead him into a identity crisis and lost of what path should he take. Whether those want to admit it or not, Johnny was the bully. Terry was a grown man who tortured a minor cause his pal couldn’t take a loss and blamed daniel and Mr. Miyagi for Johnny’s failure and his own failure that students didn’t want to be taught by him especially after witnessing a possible murder in a parking lot.
I get it that Daniel could be annoying as hell who is just so stubborn and stuck in his way that prevents him to be open-minded and learn a couple of things in order to progress. However, it’s the writers who write the characters in their favor and throw Daniel in the ring to not be taken seriously and barely his character making any progress.
Also that saying of how Daniel just couldn’t “leave well enough alone” at the beach scene but he was actually the only one standing up to johnny who broke ali’s radio and keep bothering her. I bet everyone was just gonna let johnny go off on ali if daniel didn’t come in.
It’s like juggling between they blame daniel or feel sorry for daniel for the trauma that was inflicted onto him at such a young age. Yet, it’s not fully acknowledged and gets overshadowed. Daniel has every right not to accept an apology who’s been gone after years and hasn’t proven that they’re sincerely sorry for what they did to him. As soon as the apology turned down, terry went instant “Okay. Well, I apologized so fuck this guy.” As if the victim should instantly accept their abusers apology but if they don’t well then they’re the asshole. What type of narrative is that?
No one isn’t a perfect writer and it’s okay to learn and improve one’s work but I think the reason this season didn’t excel like it should’ve because the writers themselves didn’t push themselves to strive to the next level of writing.
There’s narratives that changed to benefit a character or characters themselves who have a chance to do better and they just don’t let the character to become a better person who has faults but is self aware of those faults and seek out solutions. Idk if the writers want to have a slow pace/slowburn because no one can change their faults and mistakes in one day and want to give characters a chance to face difficult obstacles where they’re gonna face a lost (since life isn’t fair) or it’s just straight bullshit in writing for different reasoning.
We thought Daniel and Johnny would finally sit down and understand their mistakes before accepting that what they did or happened to them in the past can no longer take over their life and do right for the kids….but we got Johnny who kept imputing “manliness” into daniel and juggling his relationships with Miguel and robby (who also made little to no effort to see him) and Daniel is took Mr. Miyagi’s teachings a little far than what it is and believed his way of karate is the right way cause it is how he beat cobra kai the last time. Giving out principles but forgot the one of the main principles that it is up to the student to take what was taught and make it their own as they make the choice. It wasn’t until the very end for these two to see that and finally unite as a team which was bitter sweet.
I’d take Billy’s word a little bit since he said he likes season five. I pray it’s even better than season four.
I know Miyagi-Do is supposedly the good side and represent the “light” but the way we could’ve come to a full circle
Both Daniel and Johnny wore wear representing their dojos when they were young teens.
To adults as Johnny has eagle fang and daniel would wear white like he always did for Miyagi-Do. However, just for the one time Daniel brings back the red but it would be a shade darker than Johnny’s gi. It was a missed opportunity but I understand that it would throw some people off if Daniel was wearing red while his students wore white. In the end, they joined together last minute and became miyagi-fang
I’m not sorry, sting ray was irrelevant and it’s pathetic to keep this GROWN man around young teens and try partying with them. The person who I remember questioning why is he around young teenagers is that annoying neighbor. Everyone else doesn’t bat an eye and his little story arc this season wasn’t needed as that time could’ve been used to put into something that was needed like johnny realizing that he could love miguel like if he was his own son while he loves robby as well. Or Johnny and Daniel put their stubborn pride to the side and let the kids take charge and express how they feel with everything going on since it was last minute for the two to realize it was up to the kids to make their own choice.
dearest ck writers, may we please have robby or tory winning the all valley in s4 and then slowly turning on kreese and silver in s5 because they’re tired of being the villains? please?
This post was brought to you by Eli Moskowitz, this classic, classicpostby@mochisquish , and my own refusal to stop drawing the handjob metaphor tattoo
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