#only to me!

[theinheriteddutchess]

I'm rewatching some episodes from cobra kai, and I just watched where it went wrong between Kreese And Silver.

It is fascinating to watch by just the expressions of these two alone.

When Kreese wanted Terry's help he came to his house after over 30 years, all judgemental that terry wasnt much of a fighter anymore. Terry, who worked on himself through therapy and long years of filing in his life with things that were non- violent and peaceful even.

Up comes kreese to crumble it, comes once again to ask terry to help him win this fight. To ask terry to put his life on hold, or in this case even expects him to turn off his whole life, for him. Because you owe me. Even when he doesn't say it, even when he pretends that isn't the reason, it is. He always plays with that thought. And terry knows it.

Does Kreese care how Terry's doing? Did he even thought of him in all this time? He only showed up when he needed something.

But terry owes him, and being triggered by kreese's words and his own guilt/loyalty/trauma he does go. He tries to play nice, to stay decent, but he falls back in his own ways.

But then the part I started talking about happened.

We see Kreese start to feel threatened very quickly. Terry shows up, energetic, charming, rich and the promise of better possibilities (better equipment, quality and promotions/ expensions). Already in physique alone he towers over kreese. Then terry starts speaking like an equal, with his own ideas, and Kreese does not like that! You see him looking everytime terry talks and it isn't mimicking his own words or actions.

It builds up and terry is unaware. Why would he be? They're friends, partners! Not enemies. But then the little bet was made. All in good fun right? Sure terry picks 2 weaker students at first.

But then kreese picks robby and terry unexpectedly chooses Kenny.

And kreese is amused. Poor Kenny, looked down upon again. He's new. He's still being trained by robby, he still scared and shy to act. But the fight starts and as terry expected, robby holds back to not hurt Kenny and Kenny uses it to his advantage! Just like Terry meant! Because this was a lesson about an opponent's weakness! And Kreese didn't really get that.

Terry wins and is happy, and Kreese...Kreese can't take it. Terry dared to talk about Kreese's weakness in front of the students, AND proves his point.

And then we get scene with the beer, where kreese comes to congratulate his buddy... by bringing up trauma and questioning (while silver is obviously vulnerable and reliving it all) his loyalty. Where he tells Terry that he isn't a friend after all, that he needs to learn his place. Beneath Kreese, always. They aren't equals, they aren't partners. Silver is supposed to be a lackey. Helpful, but never as good as.

(Then you get the next training scene where you see terry suddenly standing behind kreese, not next to him like he did before. It obviously had an immediate reaction in him.)

Which brings us to Terry feeling the need to prove his loyalty, to fix things.

He sets up Johnny, which is easy to be honest, but brilliant because it goes flawless. And terry starts beating up Johnny. He's so very happy to do so (it's both to show his fighting spirit, to show kreese his capabilities, and jealousy of the fondness kreese still has for Johnny), but he's stopped. By kreese. Who normally says no mercy. That there are no weaknesses.

Yet here he is. Helping Johnny. Saving Johnny. What a hypocrite! You stopped Terry proving himself and riding you off your weakness, for this loser?! Terry doesn't understand. He did everything right, everything kreese asked of him, and he only got it thrown back in his face, but kreese let's Johnny walk?

So he goes and gets drunk. And he's ranting to himself. Because everything he believed in was turned upside down. He gave up everything and he got bitten. He's mentally unwell here. He's thrown back into his ptsd, he's disillusioned by his friend who acts like he's the enemy, and his friend who just shown weakness he rejects in others. He's hurt, he's mad, he's lost. And then stingray shows up.

Poor stingray, at the wrong time and not very smart and very eager.

So when we get to the tournament and we hear kreese say this to robby:

And Kreese doesn't even know he's both the friend and the opponent, and he taught his lesson well.

#cobra kai #terry silver #john kreese #the karate kid 3 #this is long #no mercy #only to me! #murder senseis

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

#i often wonder about how many things would be considered classic or high art had they only received the marketing #how many short films that were made for class could have been the most powerful thing you'd ever seen? if you'd seen them? #“you know the greatest films of all time were never made” etc etc #but like. these works of art ARE being made. it's just enjoyed by a smaller audience with equal impact though #i think about this one furry i used to follow on insta who had the coolest worldbuilding ever. it's been years. #thought prompted by that sketch of nimona from ten years ago that was just for a character design #posted to the creator's tumblr and now it's nominated for best animated feature film at the oscars #and by the genuine emotional reaction a fan comic made me feel. how much work had gone into it. how beautiful it was to me. #idk what to tag this but i hope whoever needs to hear it does #writing #writer #fandom #fandom culture #artist

[nighthawkes]

I must sleep. Sleep is the mind-healer. Sleep is the big-life that brings total ability to fucking do anything. I will face my bed. I will permit the blankie to pass over me and snores to pass through me. And when sleep has gone past I will turn the outer eye to greet the new morning. When the sleep has gone there will be everything. Energy and will to live will remain.

#having a come to Jesus with myself about trying to work late #sleep is the only path to productivity. rest is the only thing that lets me get things done. #litany against not laying down

[cemeterything]

"you will look for themes and motifs in media that isn't worth the effort" i will look for themes and motifs in the dirt. on the ground.

#🐉 #sometimes its all i have. dont take my only joy from me.

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

#'your moon is here' things that make me explode like a supernova #UGHHHHHHH what if i was perpetually in your orbit. influencing the tides. protecting you from asteroids. and slowly drifting further away. #then you stopped moving and i was only pulse to your dead heart. orbiting you. right where ive been left. and so you started turning again. #ria.txt #personal #space opera au #(<- not about what you think is about) #hiiii this is gaining traction so glad we're all going insane :D your moon is here is SO fucked up. so good. #xkcd #randall munroe #space #moon #anyways xkcd comics are so good. entertaining witty and informative. check em out!

[astronomical-bagel]

#ok no but for real this is genuinely my friend group. #the only one that's a little iffy is the anime catgirl bc 98% of us are dudes. with the exception of me and one other #we even have a union guy 😭 #side note chilchuck's name would 100% be Chris if he was a real guy. he's such a Chris. (I mean it COULD be chuck but. Chris is better) #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #senshi of izganda #izutsumi #marcille donato #laios touden #chilchuck tims #chilchuck #falin touden #astronomically random

[yesokayiknow]

#tumblr pleasw give me evil boops before april fools is over please theres only 40 mins left #i can be trusted with them i prommy

[krash-8]

"what have you been doing on your phone for the past two fucking hours" hitting people leave me alone

#boop #krash 🗯️ #also for the record when I made this post I only had booping for two hours #it was not two hours in the end trust me

[bamsara]

"youve already written that trope" yesss. i like it a lots. i will be writing it again. 1000 stories of the same trope over and over again for ten million years

#'enemies to lovers' BANGER #'one is bridal carrying the other while theyre injured' BANGER #'sacrifice of something important' BANGER #'drunken chapter that results in at least one fist fight' BANGER #theres more but only me and readers who have read all of my fics througout fandoms will help me find the patterns #sara shush

[willowparkfanclub]

zeus is so bold commenting on poseidon having a forbidden kid as if he doesn't have TWO: one who is currently a tree and the other who's being raised by wolves. be serious

#at least poseidon only had one.... #like check yourself bud #pjo #pjotv #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #zeus #poseidon #me yapping

[cyborgrhodey]

THE BANANAS ARE GAY

THESE BANANAS

THE BANANAS IN PAJAMAS ARE GAY

BELATED HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE

#somebody shut me up #this news is 4 years old but forgive me i only learned of it now #THE BANANAS IN PAJAMAS ARE GAY YALL thats my childhood

[pc-98s]

i highly recommend developing an intense interest in some natural phenomenon or creature such as bugs or stars or mushrooms. you will be delighted every time you go outside

#10/10 the wonders of nature are the only thing keeping me together

[airinn]

cat girl save me.. cat girl.... save me cat girl (she would not)

#myartsystuff #dungeon meshi #izutsumi #fanart #illustration #artists on tumblr #she will in fact not save me and i love her for it anyway #i cant believe anime onlys will have to wait MONTHS for her

[specialagentartemis]

ngl I keep forgetting that Hobby Lobby is a real store that people go to. That people actually think of it as a craft store and not as a crazy Christian mass artifact smuggler. I google "Hobby Lobby" and get a page full of results that make me go "wtf is this craft supplies and operating hours shit, I thought we all knew this place for smuggling looted cuneiform tablets out of Iraq"

#Hobby Lobby #they are known for ONE THING and ONE THING ONLY. to me

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

having a child has taught me that every toddler is completely justified in their frustrations and tantrums because learning how to do something you have literally never encountered or heard of before is insane. and being expected to be completely calm in the face of this constant barrage of overwhelming information is doubly insane.

i got charlie a sticker activity book and it occurred to me i have to TEACH someone how to unpeel stickers. it's SKILL that requires DEXTERITY and FINE MOTOR ABILITY. i thought it was obvious that you have to curl the page a little bit to create a break in the cut so the sticker comes up.

obviously a fucking BABY wouldn't know that because they have no background experience to inform their thought process. OBVIOUSLY. and OBVIOUSLY the LITERAL BABY wouldn't get it right the first few times. it would OBVIOUSLY take practice. lots of it.

i hate this feeling. it's so obvious. why are children treated so badly when they're learning everything for the first fucking time. why do people treat children so horribly and expect so much. they're brand new. why didn't i get the same grace i give to my child? why did no one have patience for me? why, when it's this easy?

it's so easy. it's so fucking easy.

#ok2rb #op #babbyposting #apologizing to my child is second nature #i'm brand new at it too #obviously im gonna fuck up here and there #its only right to apologize #why did no one ever apologize to me #not until it was too late

[gertritude-art]

classic online experience

#its me #doodle #teenagers are fighting wars with each other that adults can only barely hope to comprehend