LOOK HOW FUCKING SMALL HE IS JESUS... JOHNNY'S HAND ON DANIEL'S SHOULDER I'M GONNA

i have so many things i want to say about how the thing… the thing about Miyagi and Daniel is that it was never supposed to be about teaching Daniel to fight- Until the confrontation next to the chain fence, Daniel doesn’t even know he knows karate, and Miyagi wasn’t planning on teaching him.

So, sure the movie is a sports movie and it ends with a fight and it’s very simple and reassuring and all that. There’s this message about proving that you can fight back. The underdog can win. And it is there, and it’s fine. Im not saying it isn’t, but…

But in between that structure, there’s a relationship that is based around an act of unconditional kindness. That’s how it’s starts. The first thing Mr Miyagi does for Daniel is fix his bike. After the the OG cobras have wrecked it and after Daniel has his emotional breakdown, Mr Miyagi goes and says: i’m going to fix this.

He’s not expecting anything in return. Maybe some company but. It’s still all about love. And then Daniel goes down to say thanks and they just. Have a quiet moment together. There’s the metaphor of the bonsais and thinking about who you want to be, which is part if the point. But it’s also just a moment where Daniel gets to be calm. The whole time he has been going from painful moment to painful moment, this is like.  It’s like. I wish I had the word or the metaphor for this. Es como el sol filtrandose por la ventana? 

And in that sense, the movie is  about the value of unconditional kindness in the face of unrelenting pain and loneliness. That’s the point of the teacher-student thing. He’s leading by example. he’s saying this is possible, even if its not always what you encounter. You don’t necessarily have to stand on your own, earn your place, show no fear. It is possible for people to care for each other without asking anything in return. it is possible. It is!

I got inspired to draw some Cowboy LawRusso because of @johnnysredjacket and her posts about a cowboy AU I never knew I needed. (Here and here for the posts that got my hands itching)

the sense of horror when you finish a book that was Ass Bad and you go to see what fellow haters are saying but all the reviews say it is the best thing they've ever read. feel like i just saw my reflection in the mirror move all by itself or something

Hey Lil Sammie

Bonus filter version that I liked:

The season finale of Season 4 when Terry has Kreese arrested he is SO HAPPY AND JOYFUL. Like this is not a man feeling guilty or bad about what he did, he is CELEBRATING.

and if that ain't telling about how Terry truly felt about Kreese, I dunno what would!

Al Pacino's omegaverse

After catching Scarface because apparently it's mob movie week, which of course got me thinking of my omegaverse mob au Knights and Pawns...

Michael LaRusso always feels that his life in the mob would have been easier if he'd been born Alpha. But baby.

If you take a gangster played by Al Pacino and you make him an Alpha, you get Tony Montana from Scarface.

Make him beta, you get Michael Corleone.

Make him omega, and you get Sonny from Dog Day Afternoon.

It is no contest who would both outrule and outlive the other two, and no, it's not Tony!

Actually, I think one of the main reasons the boat ending doesn't make sense to me is because Kreese has his whole "only the strong survive" way of thinking of natural selection. Like, that's his main character trait. He tries to kill Johnny twice for letting him down, so why would he suddenly be willing to sacrifice himself for him? If he was going to take down Terry, I don't think he would be willing to sacrifice himself either. His entire thing is that he does whatever it takes to survive.

High school drama

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silverusso nation how we feeling today! #poignant