A sokka I drew instead of focusing on my chemistry lesson 👀👀.
peace at last.
I have this urge to write a Billy Walsh fanfic for no reason.
The idea popped up in my mind after finishing the movie and I haven't been able to get it out of my head ever since.
And now I am considering rewriting the movie.. Again for no reason other than the fact that I can..
Me too girl tf
"It's better than always coming in second" but Robby isn't going to win
"It would be nice to stand on that podium, and side by side for the entire world to see" but Robby isn't going to win
"Your male captain, Robby Keene" but Robby isn't going to win
"I wanna see you on that podium next to me, just like we said" but Robby isn't going to win
"He doesn't have what you have. He's not going to college. Sekai Taikai is the biggest thing he's got going for him" but Robby isn't going to win
"You earned that spot" but Robby isn't going to win
I don't know what to think about all this and if the SA or anything else in Robby's story will be addressed.
Take Billy's interview. They act like Robby's side of the story doesn't matter. He is inconsequential. It's about Johnny and Miguel. In canon, Robby is framed as wrong and at fault for how Johnny treats him and for having trauma, even though Johnny is the parent and his behavior is immensely traumatic for Robby. Johnny has done nothing to make things right with/for Robby, while Robby is the one who was abused by Johnny while he prioritized his new family and Robby had to put all of his trauma aside to be a part of Johnny's new family, that narratively Robby's still not treated as completely part of.
Take the SA ig reel. They act like Robby's side of the story doesn't matter. He is inconsequential. It's about Tory and Zara. In canon, Robby is framed as the cheating boyfriend who got drunk and "made a mistake" because he "got played", although he was drunk and can't remember what happened while Zara intentionally targeted him, can remember, and doesn't care that he can't. Robby should be focused on as the one who can't catch a break, but he's not.
Take the apartment fight marketing posts calling it a "therapy session". They act like Robby's side of the story doesn't matter. In canon, they only show Miguel's flashbacks and have Robby take all fault too. The marketing was for Miguel's side of the story. (Tanner wasn't there for interviews for s5, but still no one brought up Robby's side.) They act like Robby's side of the story doesn't matter. He is inconsequential. It's about Miguel only, although the school fight was traumatic for Robby too. Robby does admit this in canon, but it was still in service of the apology to Miguel. Not to mention, the apartment fight itself was plain abuse on Robby by Johnny to force him to be friends with Miguel. This was abuse, not therapy.
Even the school fight was framed as if Miguel didn't do anything wrong, his "I'm sorry" instantly made him innocent, and Robby's the one at fault for it all because of the kick and accidental injury. Miguel had done so much to Robby in that fight, but Robby's side is inconsequential. It's all about Miguel. Robby was and is still scapegoated, that is still shown and hinted at (like in the college essay) but it remains unaddressed. I don't have any of the post s2 or post s3 marketing on hand, but no doubt the marketing would not have shown Robby's side of the story.
There's more to address in Robby's story, but you see...
In a way, how they handled the SA isn't isolated because they literally handle Robby's whole story this way. I mean, child abandonment and replacement are even more recognizable as traumas for the child, but people still are taking the parent's side and are happy he replaced his son, and the show has marketing material promoting it.
I have yet to watch cobra kai season 6 part 3 but I have to ask, is the ending satisfactory? Does it do the main characters justice?
Feel free to give your thoughts in the comments, I don't mind spoilers.
That is the look of a man, who is ready to risk it all
always fucking LOOKING at him you need to stop this nonsense bro
Don't forget this iconic pic form peyton's Instagram
So I hc Tory as a great photographer, and that means:
She took those pictures.
✭𝐒𝟏𝐄𝟐𝟎: "𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐦" - 𝐙𝐮𝐤𝐨✭
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