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hanniballover67 · 1 month

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“Daniel!!”

Daniel skipped down the damaged, uneven concrete steps two at a time, ducking under the balconies to avoid his mom locking on.

“I don’t want you hanging out with that no-good hoodlum!”

Daniel stopped in his tracks. Anger coursed through his veins, he tasted metallic. He’s bitten his tongue near enough in half.

He turned and pounded up the stairs, uncaring that his fingers splintered on the peeling paint of the handrail.

“Do you know how many of these Valley ass-hats have shouted hoodlum at me? How many have spat at me?” He knew he was coasting with the curse-word but right now getting grounded didn’t matter.

Lucille Larusso shocked Daniel. It wasn’t often his Ma could say something that truly shocked the “runt from Jersey” but today was apparently the day.

“How many of those fuckers gave you a black eye, huh Daniel?”

Daniel blinked. His Ma’s face was puce, specks of spit at the side of her thin mouth.

Daniel took in a shaky breath as his lips trembled.

His mother pulled him in close, breathing in the scent of his cheap drug-store shampoo. They’d ran out of conditioner and Daniel hadn’t been able to steal anymore yet.

“I’m so happy you’re dating Daniel, but why did it have to be him?”

That was a query he’d tried to solve. He’d even roped Johnny’s few brain cells into finding the answer.

They kept coming back to the same reasoning: Johnny couldn’t kiss him so he’d pummeled Daniel - a touch was still a touch.

“He’s apologised, Ma! He’s shown me every day he’s sorry. He’s never laid a hand on me since. He’s even stopped drinking!”

Lucille’s breath caught. Shit! Daniel hadn’t meant to disclose his boyfriend’s alcoholism. Well, can’t back out now.

“He’s been sober for five weeks, Ma. He’s trying. Even the days Sid is extra Sid he hasn’t had anything.”

Daniel was treading on thin ice. He was okay as long as -

“Had this Sid ever said anything to you?”

Daniel wanted to say No! Of course he hasn’t! But he couldn’t. Sid had said it to his face, shouted at his back and screamed it down the phone.

Daniel nodded, timid and suddenly so small.

Lucille’s grip tightened against his t-shirt.

“Has he hit you?”

Daniel shook his head no. Two karate trained teenagers versus his middle-ages indulgence. Apparently Sid was a prick but not a stupid prick.

“Has he hit Johnny?”

Daniel hesitated. Johnny had never told him outright but there was an edginess about him that he’d seen in his mom after Big Jerry moved in. Thankfully that was only for a few months before the guys from the deli downstairs came round to talk about the noise complaint. Daniel hadn’t seen Big Jerry in the hospital but he’d heard those six months in intensive care were tough. He had walked with a limp the last time Daniel saw him.

“Tell him that he’s always got a bed here.”

Daniel sobbed against her shoulder as her tears soaked her cleaning shirt - the pink one that was ripped in the back from the tree she’d had to rescue Daniel from when he was seven.

A motorbike’s engine revved outside their window.

Lucille sighed at Johnny’s admittedly hoodlum behaviour.

Daniel hiccoughed a laugh back.

Typical Jonny!

The thought gave him a swirly tug in his belly. His Johnny.

Lucile have a last stroke to Daniel’s hair as the rev’s intensified.

“Tell him he’s always got a bed here and if he revs that goddamn bike so loudly again he’ll be wearing it!”

Daniel nodded as he stepped back before leaving in to kiss her soft makeup free cheek.

“Thanks, Ma.”

Lucille wiped his tears away, yet again, and yet again because of Johnny.

Only this time it was kinda different.

Daniel silently asked the question and she silently replied - their eyes equally as expressive.

He grabbed his jacket and shades and retraced his steps outside. He heard his mom’s voice floating down to the street. He didn’t hear Johnnys reply.

Crouching to cut under Mr Garbazo’s window rather than walking all the way round Daniel came face-to-face with his smiling boyfriend. The blonde looked more relaxed than he’d ever been picking Daniel up.

“Hey baby.”

Johnny’s big blue eyes widened as he realised he’d said that in front of Lucille. Daniel laughed kindly.

“We’re from Jersey, Johnny. Ain’t nothing I ever heard before. You make sure he wears a helmet. You too!” She winked and Johnny turned as red as his jacket “And I don’t want you getting home any later than 11, ya hear me?”

Lucille was giving Daniel The Look that meant she was going to work and she didn’t want the neighbours complaining about that “loud-ass fucking motorcycle waking me up at 3am” again.

Daniel realised he’d forgotten his key.

“Daniel!!! Wait there.”

Daniel gave his boyfriend a quick peck on the lips as he fastened the helmet underneath Daniel’s chin. He wasn’t wearing one, as usual. He was cool but dumb!

“Catch!”

Lucille threw the disintegrating Mickey Mouse key ring underarm and Johnny caught it perfectly. He passed it back to Daniel who slid it into his front pocket.

“Have fun! Stay safe, the both of you!”

Johnny’s back straightened.

“Yes ma’am. I swear!”

Lucille and Johnny observed each other for a long moment.

Daniel nervously scratched the tip of his nose.

“I’ll leave the spare duvet on the settee. As an option.”

Johnny looked at Daniel over his shoulder, a myriad of emotions chasing them across his perfect porcelain features. He looked like a doll at times.

Daniel blushed as he fumbled for words.

Johnny shook his head, his eyes misty with unused emotions.

“Thank you.” He turned his face back up to the woman above, imposing wasn’t generally a word you associated with Lucille but was perfect for this moment. “You too, Mrs Larusso.”

Daniel and his Ma locked eyes before both laughing good-naturedly.

“Ain’t Mrs Larusso your Ma’s Ma?”

Lucile’s face was just as cheeky.

“Nah, I think it was her Ma’s Ma!”

Johnny looked between them.

“This is Johnny. Johnny, this is Lucille. Never Lucy and DEFINITELY not Mrs Larusso!”

Johnny looked relieved.

“ I’ll have him back at a decent hour, Lucille. Have a good night at work.”

With that Daniel and Johnny slowly pulled away from the complex and made their way into the late afternoon traffic, the sun at their back as they made their way to nowhere in particular, stopping off for burgers and shakes on the way.

“Charming hoodlum” ricocheted off the crumbling once-white walls of their apartments block.

Later on the beach Daniel explained what it meant as he snuggled further under Johnny’s red jacket, their eyes looking out to the universe as the traced lazy shapes against each others naked body. Safe and together.

#karate kid #Johnny lawrence #dnaiel Larusso #lucille Larusso #lawrusso #teenagers in love #Sid Weinberg #homophobia #not from Lucille #bully to friend to lover #johnny lawrence is trying #lucille is a legend #Ralphy Macchio #Ralph Macchio #Billy Zabka #William Zabka

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bisexualmultifandommess · 11 months

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This man is gay 🏳️‍🌈

During his teen years he had a lot of internalised homophobia due to Sid and Kreese. They influenced him a lot when he was younger.

He dated Ali because his friends were there at the time they started dating and he felt pressured. Ali found out pretty quickly and agreed to stay with him for a bit because she knew it was something he was struggling with.

He didn’t want to accept it at first and it lead to him trying to act too macho which lead to him acting like a dick and Ali eventually broke up with him. She didn’t say anything about him being gay but was still upset about the way he treated her because she thought he was her friend.

Bobby definitely knew about his sexuality but didn’t say anything because he didn’t want to scare him.

The big struggle started the day he met Daniel LaRusso.

He took one look into those brown doe eyes and was instantly gone for him. This angered him and he went into denial because he was also scared of Kreese finding out and hurting him. His anger and fear lead to him acting the way he did. His major feelings for Daniel confused him and he tried to convince himself he was jealous because Daniel started dating his ex-girlfriend.

He became a little obsessed with Daniel.

To be fair all of Cobra Kai we’re obsessed with Daniel.

He felt so angry at Halloween but also really guilty and pissed off at himself too when he later went home.

He still wasn’t able to admit it until he got much older and by then he had already had a relationship with Shannon and they’d had Robby.

He’s always felt something for Daniel and seeing him again ignited it.

Miguel often explains modern lgbt terms to him and can probably tell that Johnny has it bad for Daniel but doesn’t want to push it.

I think becoming a mentor to so many kids in the lgbt community and becoming proper friends with Daniel helped him come to terms with his sexuality. It was a journey but once he realised that Kreese was toxic and he needed to drop him he was able to heal and eventually his internalised homophobia started to fade. He was able to become more comfortable with himself.

Johnny still doesn’t know anything about queer people despite being one himself but he’s trying.

He’s shocked when he finds out that Daniel is bisexual and even more shocked when Daniel reveals that even back in high school when they hated each other he found Johnny attractive.

Once they start getting cool with each other they definitely start dating (Amanda and Daniel divorced but are still besties). Both of them still have a rivalry but it has more blatant flirting and sometimes their bickering ends in them making out.

They literally talk about each other all the time.

Johnny finally comes out about being gay and his relationship with Daniel after spending the day with Ali.

He considers Sam and Anthony his kids too after a while (he still finds Anthony annoying but finds the kid is growing on him).

To celebrate him coming out the kids get him a pride flag headband (I don’t know what it’s called lmao the thing Daniel wears) and he acts like it’s stupid but they can tell he’s a little touched. He doesn’t wear it but he keeps it in a special place.

He went to his first pride parade with some of the kids and Daniel to see what it’s like.

He gets a little giddy when he gets to refer to Daniel as his boyfriend. He once got drunk and started telling everyone that he has “the hottest boyfriend ever” and claiming that his boyfriend is better than anyone else’s. Daniel was mortified and kept apologising to everyone as he followed him but was really pleased at the same time.

They’re both referred to as the Karate Boyfriends by the kids.

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legocobrakai · 5 months

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You know those little red stickers that say further reduced? That means spoiled. You know that, right? You're eating bad meat, boy.

#cobra kai #johnny lawrence #sid weinberg #Rhonda #lego #lego cobra kai #cobra kai season 1

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mochisquish · 1 year

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#Cobra Kai #Terry Silver #John Kreese #cobra husbands #Johnny Lawrence #Sid Weinberg #moedit

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forbiddenfandom · 2 years

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Cobra Kai - T1:E8

"Just because you live in a nice house doesn't mean nice things are going on inside" - Johnny Lawrence

#cobra kai #johnny lawrence #sid weinberg #seems appropriate #for this week #lord help me mantain the little thats left of my mental health #by lord i mean our lord and saviour johnny lawrence #william zabka

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beheworthy · 2 years

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I'm not afraid of anything. You lying to me or yourself?

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wicked-jade · 1 year

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@allvalley100 For the Boys Don’t Cry prompt. Y’all didn’t really think I was gonna let this one go without providing some baby Johnny angst, did you?

Trigger warning for verbal abuse and Sid being Sid.

“What’re you crying for now?!”

“Sid…”

“Don’t ‘Sid’ me, Laura! He wanted a bike, I got him a goddamn bike! So why the hell is the ungrateful little bastard crying? What, is it the wrong color? You wanted one with a pretty pink basket and streamers on the handle bars?” Sid sneered in Johnny’s face.

“Sid! Stop it!”

“What? If he’s gonna weep like a little girl, he might as well ride around like one.”

Johnny choked back another sob as Sid knocked over the bike and stomped away.

The only think he’d wanted for his birthday was his dad.

#allvalley100 #johnny lawrence #laura lawrence #sid weinberg #the karate kid #cobra kai #drabbles are like gremlins #tw verbal abuse #tw child abuse

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i-am-literal-nightmare-fuel · 8 months

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so I tend to write when I am not meant to be, so it’s 12 AM, let’s write some angst.

(Short fic under cut, nothing nsft (unless you count one day of the word sex as nsft, then 🤷‍♀️) about it I just put it under a cut)

Johnny never did well with feelings. The cobra’s could barely get a word about he he felt out of him but they did try their hardest, to no avail. Laura dropped him off at a therapist one time and one time only after he snuck out when the therapist wasn’t paying attention, causing Laura to get a very panicked call right when Johnny showed up on the doorstep. That was an argument that Johnny did not win.

Karate was always sort of an outlet for Johnny, a way to get all that anger and stress out there and away from him only for it to come flooding back when he saw LaRusso holding hands with the girl who was meant to be his girlfriend. He never did like Daniel for that reason, among others.

Ali was supposed to be his, so it hurt knowing she wasn’t, or that’s what he told himself. In reality, Johnny was happy knowing that someone was taking care of Ali properly, treating her how he should have. He didn’t have a good relationship to model off of, so their relationship was about as rocky as Sid and his mother’s but he doesn’t let that excuse how he treated her. He guesses that’s one of the reasons he get’s so angry about Daniel being with Ali, because seeing her being in a relationship and being happy makes him happy for her and Johnny doesn’t want that. He knows how bad that sounds, but he doesn’t want to see her happy with somebody else, let alone be okay with it.

Girls have always been infatuated with Johnny and he’s never quite understood it until he got to know them. The reasons range from his popularity, to the ‘I have a hot boyfriend’ card or his family’s money. Occasionally he gets some fucked up girl who wants people to be afraid of her, so she pulls the scary guy but aside from that, it’s always those first three. He’s been used for almost everything teenage girls can use boyfriends for. Money, revenge, popularity, bragging rights, trying to get their ex back, covering insecurities, sex. He’s been there, done that with a lot of the girls in this hell of a school and every single one of them pulls more energy from him.

There went a time before Ali came along that the Cobra’s had to come to Johnny’s house to drag him to school, Bobby couldn’t bear the sight of his best friend laying in bed, blank expression, used like a doll and discarded like one too. And that was when he needed karate more than ever, he’d show up 3 hours early to start training some days. He was motivated because he was hurting, and that was his outlet.

and then Ali came along.

Johnny had expected another girl who wanted some sick revenge on her boyfriend or to make herself look hotter, something of the like. Sure, he had always had his eyes set on Ali but it was different when he approached her. When he approached her, he was in control instead of her. He hated not being in control.

Ali was way out of what Johnny thought was his league, but she wanted to be with him and that somewhat terrified Johnny. He was so afraid he’d mess up, make her cry and she’d never come back. That maybe it was all a big joke on him, he’d had that happen once. But no, Ali liked Johnny and she liked him for him, he’d never had that happen so it was a shock to the system. He’d liked her for a long time and she actually liked him too, like heaven on earth.

Then the fights started and Johnny realised that he didn’t know what a healthy relationship was, Sid and Laura weren’t a good example, his past with girls wasn’t either. He tried to make up with her the way that he saw people do it on TV, buying gifts or half assed apologies because he didn’t know how to say what he meant but the fights just got more frequent until Ali snapped.

“That’s IT! I’m done with you!” Johnny would never forget feeling like he’d been stabbed when she said that, gasping at air he couldn’t get down but still remaining statue still. “Every. Single. Day! You’re not even good at apologising! Writing a half assed letter and buying me a fancy gemstone ring doesn’t magically make it better, Johnny!” He’d exceeded his allowance with those gifts by a lot, praying that Sid had enough money that he wouldn’t notice. But Ali had been right and she always was.

“I’m not good at apologising.”

At some point he remembers uttering those words to himself sitting on a cliff edge with the Cobra’s and some beer after a fight between himself and Bobby that had split the Cobra’s into two groups, Tommy on Bobby’s side, Dutch on Johnny’s and Jimmy who didn’t really know what to do. He always found something to fight over, with anyone. Hell, he’d had a fight with his mom not long before she passed. He’d fight anyone, over anything, at any time only because it made him feel like he was winning something when he won the argument.

Sure, he won the all valley twice, but he lost to Daniel. Sure, he had more girlfriends than most people he knew in high school, but he lost the only one he loved. He’s had a lot of things, And he’s lost them too. He’d never complain, of course.

after all he put everyone else through? He’d never let himself complain.

#it came to me in a vision #I’ve been writing this for so long and I want to write so much more #Vee’s fic snippets #Vee’s fics #I love Johnny Lawrence and relate to him on an unhealthy level.#This could make bullshit sense. Don’t care #I have a lot of strong feelings about his character #Wanted to write something vaguely Ali/Johnny because I never really liked them together.#Johnny was a ‘player’ except instead of coming on to all of the girls. They were coming on to him and he HATED it #Argumentative Johnny my beloved #Considering making an Ao3 to post my silly fics that I never share #Like the phantom in the valley fics #Anyways #it’s almost 1 AM #johnny lawrence #daniel larusso #Ali Mills #laura lawrence #Sid Weinberg #(Wow I didn’t know he had a last name)#Bobby brown #dutch karate kid #tommy karate kid #jimmy karate kid #He’s bad at apologising #the karate kid #the tags are mainly just for me sorry

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diningwiththeasquiths · 1 year

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Wrote this for all you lovely Cobra Kai fans here on Tumblr (if you are reading this, hello, happy holidays, this is for you! 😊❤) Johnny's Christmas miracle in '83 (Gen, no warnings except for Sid being his usual shitty self)

It's been on Johnny's mind all week. Sensei Kreese's offhand remark about not having any Christmas plans. Johnny can't help but feel bad for him, which is stupid because Sensei probably enjoys time to himself, where he can do whatever he feels like. But still, even at their lowest, dirt-poor point, his mom and him have always been able to celebrate Christmas together and make something special out of it. He thinks Kreese deserves something like that too.

A light bulb goes off in his head. The idea fills him with equal amounts of restless anxiety and excitement. He agonizes about the right way to ask his mom and Sid. (Let's be real, it's still Sid's house and he's the one who makes all the final decisions around here. It's already a miracle that he allows them their 'silly little tradition'.) At the same time he tries not to think about the very real possibility that Kreese will turn down his offer in the end anyway.

The next day, when Sid returns from the country club in one of his rare good moods, Johnny decides that the timing is as perfect as it will ever be. During dinner he fidgets in his chair until he finds to courage to ask for what he wants.

"Mom? Sensei Kreese said he'll be all alone at Christmas, and well, I was just wondering, wouldn't it be nice to invite him to Christmas dinner? If it's okay with you and Sid," he blurts out.

"Christmas dinner with your karate teacher? Hah, that's the stupidest thing I've heard from you yet."

His mom, bless her, tries to counter Sid's mocking words.

"I think it's sweet of you honey, that you don't want Mr. Kreese to be alone during the holidays."

Sid grumbles and is probably about to cancel the whole thing just to spite them, but Johnny prepared for this.

"What about a Christmas lunch instead? That way he won't stay for very long."

He can hardly believe his ears when, after a pleading look from Laura, Sid says, "Fine, he can come over for a quick luncheon. We'll see what he has to say about you and if he agrees that your karate lessons are a waste of money."

Johnny is so excited he barely registers the threatening second sentence.

Though when he tells Kreese about it the following day, he is so fully convinced his offer is about to be rejected—already thinking about having to face his stepdad's ridicule when he tells him the lunch is off—that when Kreese accepts the invitation with a bemused look on his face his first reaction is a "Huh?"

He quickly recovers, beaming up at his Sensei and shoving a nervously crumpled piece of paper into his hands. "Okay, great! Lunch is served at 1 PM. Here's the address, it's easy to find. See you then!"

The day of the lunch has arrived, and Johnny has already checked his hair, outfit and decorations a million times. Just like his commitment, movements and performance in the dojo, everything has to be perfect. The doorbell chimes right when he gets sent out of the kitchen for hovering. He walks to the door as quickly as he can without messing up his hair or making him seem out of breath.

It's still weird seeing Kreese in anything but a gi, he'll never get used to the sight. And these are definitely the nicest-looking clothes he's ever seen his Sensei wearing. Not overly formal, and Sid will probably think Kreese didn't make an effort, but Johnny can tell that he did.

The lunch is slightly awkward but nice, with Johnny providing entertainment by blabbering excitedly about anything and everything, his eyes bright and fixated on their visitor. Whenever Johnny has to pause to take a breath, Laura asks Kreese polite questions. Everything is going smoothly.

Leave it to Sid to find a way to ruin it.

To be fair, Johnny gestures wildly during one of his tales and knocks over his glass of water. Sid is quick to scold him for it, starting a tirade about how Johnny is good for nothing, always making messes, always screwing around and making a fool of himself.

Johnny can feel himself shrink with every word coming out of Sid's mouth. He stares at the festive table cloth. Usually he would have teared up by now, but the presence of his Sensei at least ensures that his eyes remain dry. Anger and shame well up inside him in lieu of the usual misery. Before he has time to decide how he's going to react to Sid's scorn, Kreese speaks up in a voice he usually reserves for his students.

"You and I have a very different view of Johnny, Mr. Weinberg. He's my best student, and recently became the first ever two-time back-to-back All Valley Under 18 Karate Champion, all without losing a single point. But I guess Johnny only excels under the right kind of guidance, so of course you wouldn't know what the boy is capable of."

Sid silently seethes during the remainder of the lunch, and even though Johnny knows what to expect once Kreese leaves, he still glows warm inside, like being near a bonfire. At the end of the lunch his cheeks hurt from smiling.

#hope y'all like this! ❤#(if anyone even sees this...)#it's my way of showing my appreciation for this lovely and fun fandom during the holidays 😊#(since Secret Santas are too stressful for me 🙈)#dining writes #johnny lawrence #john kreese #laura lawrence #sid weinberg #the karate kid #cobra kai

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terrence-silver · 2 years

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Iffy subject, but Terry Silver being Johnny Lawrence's dad as a theory is oddly distasteful to me because it means blonde, blue eyed, Waspy Johnny and his blonde, blue eyed, Waspy mother would've been both victimized, abused and abandoned by not one but two, get a load of this, villainous rich Jewish men, namely Sid Weinberg and Terry Silver (who did the abandoning in this case) respectively. I don't understand how people don't see it looks weird and plays into more offensive stereotypes than I can name.

Yeah, I think the show writers really ought to take a step back and have a moment to introspectively reflect.

#beloathed theories #tw; bad writing #terry silver #johnny lawrence #sid weinberg #laura lawrence #cobra kai #ck negativity

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variousqueerthings · 1 year

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some rambles below about the potential if johnny had had a biological dad in cobra kai instead of a stepfather (i stress “rambles” this isn’t organised)

wondering about the version of johnny who does have a bio-dad who’s just like... johnny-but-worse in a different way to how kreese is johnny-but-worse, that is while johnny was presented as a spoiled rich kid who’s kind of mindlessly aggressive/being encouraged in that by kreese, his dad could be a republican (homophobic) economist or stocktrader or smthin, some guy for whom all these trappings and johnny and laura are part of the scenery of his success (like a don draper type but less charismatic) --

which is sort of what they were trying to do with sid, but that messaging got lost the second they forgot that johnny was designed to be the blonde über-american foil to the immigration and outsider daniel and miyagi story, and sid of course cannot be that metaphor! (thinks also forever fondly about the fic about sid getting into the country club, but still being an outsider, and wonders if there’s some way of incorporating that idea into this story, but for now, placing his lost potential gently aside)

what would it mean for a johnny who really did have all the chances to do whatever he wanted, provided he played by his real life father’s rules and his dream was to... be gay do karate? was he disowned? has he essentially disowned himself? is his father dead or alive? is there still money to be had that johnny refuses to touch? does his real life father bail him out of jail over and over and that is the extent to which he’ll help him (while also being disgusted/disappointed by his continued alcoholism, not because he himself isn’t maybe an alcoholic in the correct way, but because johnny is so obvious about it or something along those lines)? would they bump into each other end s3 at the country club?

also I realise here that this is the narrative they gave to terry, and the parallel narrative would still work, considering terry did do what his family ordered him to and johnny just... couldn’t

love a good “karate is a phase” metaphor + it would have made the sources of johnny’s pain not be his jewish stepdad (reliably removed from having to be blood-related or have anything to do with johnny’s purpose in the original film) and instead be literally all the things that were put in place for boys like him to grow up into privilege and for some Unknown Reason he was unable to fulfil that expected goal

it also would have brought johnny’s parentage more to the front, because sid is never really particularly involved in the karate war and johnny cuts ties with him pretty fast (and then ed asner died, so idk if they were intending more), but if his actual, powerful, still-invested-in-his-stock-on-some-level father were in the plot there’d be way more you could do with that (maybe especially if he were dying? johnny is his final legacy?)

+ the core of Stuff that was increasingly forgotten by the show was also that daniel and miyagi were not related by blood, they became family by choice and to have that be a stronger bond in comparison to a johnny and his biological dad....? the idea that biological family ain’t everything and you can choose! (cries in s5.....)

laura could still have been someone either someone who came from a poor background and he married her for her looks/youth, but I also like the laura who kind of parallels ali, whose parents in the first movie ofc very much try to “push” her towards a more suitable boyfriend in... the violent and disrespectful of her boundaries johnny lawrence

there’d be a whole interesting subplot at that point of characters who didn’t come from money who were able to find a way to make their own way in life, vs characters who did come from money who got trapped in cycles of violence by doing what was expected and then visited that violence on people without as much power as them in order to assert control, and johnny attempting somehow to break that cycle without knowing how or why or even that he was really doing it by breaking from his father

ofc you coulda also killed the guy early on and had johnny’s main narrative revolve around laura, but that would assume a story that puts mothers on equal footing and it always struggled with that a bit, even back in the movie days -- tbh the only thing that I would really take from all of that, is that her maiden-name was lawrence and johnny used her name the whole time, and possibly that the full break between johnny and [insert father] was her death

bringing back sid for a sec, simply to wonder about fitting in a guy like him who’s managed to get into “the club” because off the top of my head I mainly think he belongs in a slightly different story, but if someone has something they’d like to say to that am all ears!

#johnny lawrence #sid weinberg #laura lawrence #cobra kai #ck #ck meta

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dream-beyond-the-fantasy · 9 months

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❄️🌤️🌧️

❄️Share a snippet from a WIP of your choosing.

Since I know that Never Knew is a favorite of yours, here is a snippet from Chapter 5. I really need to get back to writing that.

“This is one of my favorite recipes for strawberry and cream cheese pastries,” Jenny answers, pride and joy clear in her voice. “They’re great,” Jayden exclaims, popping a bit in his mouth. Alyssa didn’t hear anything after ‘strawberry’. She grabs her napkin, using it to shove the plate roughly away. The platter nearly topples Jordan’s glass.

🌤️Share your favorite piece of dialogue from your WIP.

Also from Never Knew Chapter 5. Full disclosure, I had some help from my fellow ficwippers CarCrash and RobynX.

As soon as Josh shuts the door, Alyssa scowls at him. “You’re aware that kidnapping is a felony, right?” He rolls his eyes as he turns the key in the ignition. “It’s not kidnapping if you’re home by eight. And I’m a mature and responsible adult.”

🌧️Share something angsty from your WIP.

I'm not sure if it quite fits the definition of "angsty", but it might be the best I can do without giving anything too spoilery or significant away. This is from a future chapter of Is This Love? that I haven't touched since 2021. I don't even think my beta reader has seen this and it hasn't been edited, so forgive the errors.

Julie inhales sharply, feeling like she has been hit again. In a choked voice, she bites back, “Then I guess I’m dropping out.” She turns toward the door. If Sid isn’t leaving, then she will. Sid is determined to have the last word. “If you walk out that door, you don’t have a home to come back to!” Her hand on the doorknob, Julie stops. “I’ll have the locks changed. You will only have the clothes on your back. Anything that belongs to you will end up in the garbage! Everything in MY house belongs to ME! You won’t be getting a single penny more from me, you ungrateful little bitch!” Julie feels more crying coming on. Her life as she knows it is over. She doesn’t want to give that bastard the satisfaction of any more of her tears. “Go to hell.” She throws the door open, running out.

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An excerpt from 4x4

(Episode written by Stacey Harman)

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Laura’s surprised to see her son awake and in the living room. She’d left him alone to go out on her date with Sid Weinberg (a very wealthy television producer at a studio called Lorimar), after arranging for a neighbour lady to check in on him and put him to bed.

LAURA: (greets Johnny in a puzzled voice-) Sweetie.

Johnny lowers his soldier toy down to the coffee table and glances over at his mom, as we hear Laura ask-

LAURA’S VOICE: What are you doing up?

We cut back to Laura, who’s putting her beaded clutch purse and keys down on the table in front of the owl figures.

LAURA: I called Mrs. Wilson. She says she tucked you in.

CHILD JOHNNY: (staring at his mom) I couldn’t sleep.

Laura doesn’t seem terribly upset. In fact, as she approaches Johnny, she says-

LAURA: Well. It’s good you’re up. (kisses her son’s head) Cuz I got some big news.

Laura sits down on an armchair close to where Johnny’s sitting on the floor, asking him with a smile-

LAURA: Do you remember that man Sid that we went out to dinner with?

Johnny doesn’t smile back or respond in a happy voice like the one his mom’s using, because he definitely remembers Sid.

CHILD JOHNNY: (displeased) The fat, bald guy?

Johnny’s careful not to tell his mom how on the night they went out to dinner, when she was in the ladies' room, Sid called him a little brat and yelled at him for accidentally knocking over a wine glass. Before Johnny's mom came back to the table, Sid warned Johnny that if he said anything to his mother, she wouldn’t love him anymore — and might even send him away to a place called boarding school.

LAURA: (scolds in a mild tone after Johnny’s comment about Sid-) Don’t say that. He’s a very accomplished man.

Johnny (who isn't sure what “accomplished” means) wishes his mom would stop talking about Sid. He remembers the other time he met Sid, around Christmas — when Sid came over to the apartment and brought him lots of new toys. At first, this made Johnny think Sid might be fun and nice.

But before Johnny could even remove his new toys from their packaging, Sid took all the toys away and said he was just playing a joke and they weren’t really for Johnny. Sid told Laura the toys were actually for less fortunate children. He convinced her that making Johnny think the presents were his was part of an important lesson about being selfish, and the lesson was Johnny’s real “present”. Sid even convinced Laura to take away most of the gifts she bought for Johnny!

Sid called Johnny a spoiled brat that day, too; he whispered the words into a crying Johnny’s ear when Laura was busy gathering up the gifts.

As Johnny remembers these encounters with Sid and looks worriedly at his mom, Laura says to him-

LAURA’S VOICE: Guess what.

Laura beams at Johnny and holds out her hand, revealing a diamond ring on her finger.

LAURA: (proudly tells Johnny-) He proposed!

Johnny frowns down at his mother’s new ring. He doesn’t know what “proposed” means, either; but he thinks from overhearing his mom say that same word to their neighbour Mrs. Wilson that his mother might be in a wedding.

Johnny has a general idea of what weddings are, and is pretty sure only girls like them. He wants to please his mom by smiling back at her; however, he isn't quite able to do so.

We briefly linger on Laura’s shiny, sparkling engagement ring as Laura says-

LAURA’S VOICE: Isn’t it beautiful? (adds casually-) This means you’re gonna have a new daddy.

Johnny stares at his mother in consternation and fear, realising she means Sid. He shakes his head.

CHILD JOHNNY: But I don’t want a new daddy!

Laura, smiling and nodding, replies-

LAURA: Trust me, sweetie. Things are gonna be better.

Johnny wants his real daddy to come back, though — and if that never happens, then he wants it to stay just him and his mom. The idea of mean old Sid becoming his new daddy makes Johnny very upset and very angry! He looks directly at his mom, his face mad as a thundercloud.

CHILD JOHNNY: (shouts-) NO!

Johnny gets up from the living room carpet and goes running down the hallway. Laura sighs, her eyes on her diamond ring. A few seconds later, Johnny slams his door with a loud bang; Laura winces at the impact.

Then we see Johnny in his bedroom -- sitting on the floor a few inches away from his green-and-white striped polo shirt (which Laura hasn't put in the laundry yet), and right next to his bed. Pensive music plays in the background, as Johnny pulls a cardboard box out from under the bed. The box is filled with things that Johnny's father left behind when he took off several months earlier.

Johnny doesn't know why his father went away. But he found some of his daddy's things around the apartment and saved them in an old cardboard box, just in case his father comes home and wants to have them back again. Johnny likes looking through the box when he most misses his daddy; the stuff inside helps him feel less sad.

We glimpse a big brown boot in the box, and a white clothing item with black and yellow stripes on it that looks like some type of scarf. There’s also a leathery object that might be a baseball glove, a camera, and a few 8-tracks — including one by Seals & Crofts.

In addition to the already-named items, we see a crushed Coors Banquet beer can. The can suggests that present-day Johnny inherited his alcohol addiction (or at least his penchant for Coors Banquet) from his father.

Six-year-old Johnny thinks the crushed Coors Banquet can is a sodapop can, though. He takes the can out of the battered old box and stares at it longingly for a second, before dropping it back in the box.

Laura comes into Johnny’s bedroom a moment later.

LAURA: Johnny, please.

Laura notices the cardboard box. Surprised and concerned, she walks over to examine it.

LAURA: (asks Johnny, her tone agitated-) What do you have there?

Johnny lifts up the scarf with the stripes on it and puts it back in the box, not answering his mom. Laura takes the box from Johnny and sits down on Johnny’s bed. She removes the Coors Banquet beer can and stares at it incredulously.

LAURA: You saved his things?

Johnny doesn’t know how to tell his mother that the things inside the box make him feel like his daddy’s still with him in some way. He stays silent, looking solemnly up at his mother as Laura says-

LAURA’S VOICE: Johnny. You shouldn’t hide this from me!

Laura holds the Coors Banquet can and the scarf in her hands for a second, and eyes the box on her lap in dismay.

LAURA: (tossing the can and scarf back into the box) We have to move on.

Johnny hangs his head. Laura rifles through the box, and for some reason picks up the can again along with the camera. Then she puts them right back in the box and says-

LAURA: (her mind made up) I’m…throwing it all away.

Panicked, Johnny looks back up at his mom and yells in protest-

CHILD JOHNNY: (reaching for the box) NOOO!

Johnny tries to take the box from Laura, causing it to fall from her lap. Johnny shouts something that sounds like Ugh! and Laura cries Oh! as the big brown boot and all the other items spill out of the box onto Johnny’s bedroom floor.

Laura's done dealing with Johnny for the night. She scoops the items back into the cardboard box and says in a very cross voice-

LAURA: Johnny! E-nough! (glares at Johnny) He left us!

Laura wags her finger at Johnny, who stares at her with a stunned expression. Laura grabs the box of things Johnny saved from and for his father, and yells-

LAURA: (worn-out and fed-up) You have a new daddy now! Now, go to bed!

Laura then stands up and carries the cardboard box over to the door of Johnny’s bedroom, adding sharply-

LAURA: Now!

Johnny watches his mother walk away with his daddy’s things. He waits for a moment — hoping she’ll bring the box back, tuck him into bed again, kiss him goodnight, maybe even tell him she was just pretending about Sid and the new diamond ring on her finger is really from his daddy. But Laura slams the door shut behind her without another word.

Johnny never saw the cardboard box or its contents again. Laura married Sid a short time later; and Johnny's "new daddy" started addressing Johnny by insults like Stupid and Loser, as if they were Johnny's actual first name. It only got worse over time; every day, Sid drilled into Johnny's head how much of useless disappointment he was, just like his no-good bum of a father.

Things improved for Johnny in his high-school years, though — when he was Ali’s boyfriend, Kreese's star student at Cobra Kai, and a two-time All Valley champion. Sure, Sid still treated him like he didn’t deserve to breathe. But Johnny’s relationship with Ali and his karate made him feel like he was worth something (even though Sid kept telling him the opposite).

Then Johnny lost the 1984 All Valley to Daniel LaRusso, and nearly got killed for it by the man he trusted more than anybody aside from his mom. Kreese’s betrayal sent Johnny into a chronic downward spiral that lasted for the next several decades. His life finally took a significant upward turn again after he met Miguel and got back into karate; yet even now, Johnny remains affected by the abusive behaviour of his father figures.

Meanwhile, Johnny mostly only has good memories of his late mother, Laura (who died of unknown causes shortly before Robby’s birth). Johnny misses her a lot, and keeps a framed photo of her in his apartment. He understands that she married Sid because Sid could provide for them, and she wanted to give Johnny a better life.

Still, little did Laura know on the evening she announced her engagement to Sid that nearly 50 years later, her son would remember the night as an unhappy one. Or remember it at all.

But present-day Johnny indeed remembers; and as his flashback ends, we get the sense that his past with Sid has something to do with why Johnny isn’t ready to break the news about his and Carmen’s new relationship to Miguel.

Johnny crushes the Coors Banquet beer can in his hand. Angered by lingering thoughts of Sid, he throws the can over his shoulder. Then he turns back to his computer with a weary sigh.

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