#like in previous seasons Johnny's alcoholism always had the aura of tragedy whenever it was shown on screen

[emletish-fish]

I’ve binge read your completed cobra Kai fics on AO3 and I just want to say you have an amazing gift and I am literally gonna go back and reread them now even tho I only finished yesterday! If you’re gonna write any more Robby-Johnny centered fics especially now that the newest season is out with the addition of a new baby, I would literally be the first reader!

Thank you for making my week better ❤️

Aww thank you so much!

Robby and Johnny really caught my attention. In this dumb karate soap opera, what those two had going on was genuinely riveting for me. I felt properly inspired. I really wanted them to have a better relationship and when the show wouldn't give it to me, I wrote it myself. I'm super fond of Good Boy and No Be There as writing projects.

But daaayyum, the babyplot in season 5 kinda killed my inspiration stone-dead.

I have an idea to re-write the way Robby and Johnny and Miguel work through their issues without the babyplot, simmilar to what I did with No Be There after season 4. I'd take the plot beats of the season 5 but re-work it to be more emotionally satisfying.

(I'd also like to re-introduce the continuity fairy, because the idea that Robby has healthy, well-adjusted grandparents that he normally spends the summer with going fishing and hiking was just thrown out there with no explanation this season, all to service the babyplot???? so, like, I want to be consistent with what has been established as canon prior to that).

So yeah, that's an idea I've been tossing around in my head, and hopefully I'll write it. But it's a bit of a struggle atm because the babyplot did Robby and Johnny so dirty - but in a way that sapped all the narrative tension out of their relationship. Lack of narrative payoff is a bit of an inspiration killer for me.

So I can't make you any promises, but I do have some ideas.

#Cobra Kai #Emletish writes #Fic: Good boy #Fic: No Be There #Johnny and Robby #The thing is I'm not even opposed to Johnny and Carmen having a family further down the line #I just haaate the way it was done to shove all the characters into an instant family without validating any of their emotions #like Johnny doesn't get to heal and move on from his issues. he's just magically better after cleaning his house.... #even though he's actually drinking a shit ton?? #nope it turns out that is meant to be funny? #like in previous seasons Johnny's alcoholism always had the aura of tragedy whenever it was shown on screen #but now ha ha. he drinks on the job so he's the world's worst uber. ha ha. #like the joke is empty and kinda mean #Don't even get me started on how this whole storyline devalues Robby's experiences #Robby doesn't get much outside of those two episodes in mexico to begin to sort through his stuff with his dad #his whole experience and trauma and identity crisis disappear because he's going to be a big brother for real #like Robby would be an adorable big brother but that is not the point #I don't even know what the point is #sorry this turned into a rant in the tags