#Devon rambles

[ginshi-san]

On another Gintama note (because I was starting to write another whole post in the tags of the other one lmao), Sorachi-sensei writes fantastic characters. Gintoki is a war veteran and his trauma is never played for laughs. There's also isn't any weird prying into his past by other characters. Instead, bits of his past are only revealed usually when other characters are going through things that are similar in themes. It's a fantastic way to show his past, instead of having a lore dump. Because of that, he's older than most shonen heroes. He also doesn't really have any flashy special moves except for whenever he gets dangerous with an actual katana (with his usual wooden sword). There's no padding with training montages, instead you see his extensive battle experience on display when it's time for a boss fight.

Kagura is a rare female protagonist that gets an opportunity to just be a 14 year old girl. Who happens to be super strong and her fight scenes are choreographed very similar to the male characters. She definitely gets more vulgar as the series goes on, thanks to Gintoki's influence.

In fact, most of the female characters are treated like actual people and get plenty of opportunity to help kick ass. It also seems that Sorachi-sensei takes plenty of opportunity to take pot shots at who write female characters in sexist ways. The interesting thing is, he manages to do so without it coming across as preachy. It just fits the story. Though, there is one character that was probably written specifically to lambast lolicons and he rightfully suffers for it.

Like, I don't think this series would work nearly as well as it does if Sorachi-sensei didn't deeply understand shonen tropes and had such a fantastic understanding of his characters. His characters really are what makes everything work. He also seems to deeply understand trauma and how that usually translates into humor. It's a great coping mechanism and usually a go to in order to break tension.

Then there's the setting which is very science fiction but one that's deeply Japanese that's refreshing. Especially how space ships are not sleek and shiny like in western media. Instead, they look like river boats that have adapted for space travel.

To wrap this up, I love this series because I found it exactly when I needed it. I had just moved out of my mother's house and had managed to survive a childhood filled with abuse and neglect (I know I have CPTSD and PTSD (that came from the 8 months after graduating high school when I came the closest to fully giving up)). I needed a blueprint to find my way in the world, even if I didn't know how to. The whole "keep living with an unblemished soul, even if the rest of you gets tarnished" is what truly helped. To me, that means trying to live the best I can and authentically, even if I stumble sometimes.

[wanderingmind11]

don't mind me rambling

You know what sucks?

Liking both Kawoshin and Asushin, because I have no problems with Kawoshin fans, but I don't hang around a lot of the Asushin fans because they're assholes, so it puts me in a very odd spot.

The few times I've joined an Asushin server, I turned around and left, because I don't vibe there

Kawoshin I've loved for a long time, Asushin is more recent. Things would be easier if I liked one over the other, but yeah

Being a multishipper can be rough

And while I'm at it? Shinji, Kaworu, Asuka, and Rei polycule YES GOOD

[clumsypuppy]

(guy who has never played cotl) haha au time

[hrngraystrs]

So was anyone going to tell me that the Herondale family's dislike for ducks is because Herons IRL get really territorial against ducks/eat them? Or was I just supposed to find that out from a friend not even in the fandom?

[scoutstulips]

I know most everyone has decided to ignore that Dan Erikson said that Devon is the younger sibling, and I totally get that she radiates older sister energy but I think it's so much more tragic if she is actually the younger sibling and had to step up into the older sister role after Gemma died because Mark was just so broken and the only person he had to take care of him was his little sister

[hackfixation]

rewatching episode 1

1) something about the detail of Mark swapping out his watches drives me mad. They're not even allowed a single *hint* of their external personalities. It's just a decal watch, but thats enough for it to be contraband

2) "You look hungover" Mark S. knows nothing about his outie, so this comment from Ms. Cobal is definitely a form of emotional manipulation.

3) This show really hits right in the feels of being an office employee

4) So much blue in this series. Blue is associated with calm & tranquility, a type of peace. On the other hand blue can also be associated with order, superstition and depression. Also associated with Medicine & Tech

5) "I've wanted to pummel mark myself bit I'm his employer" "one part of your orientation that mark can't possibly derail" Manipulative af. Scapegoating & Underminding Mark.

6) "Every time you find yourself here it's because you chose to come back" Mark S. sounds so dissociated while saying that line. As if he's tried to convince himself of it.

7) Imagine if he had hit Helena, the fucking shit show of a news circus. "Maybe his innie influenced him subconsciously?!"

8) Devon and Mark have such a great sibling dynamic, I love it

9) The Severance "Dinner" Talk is such an awkward and succinct display of College Educated Liberal-Progressive political conversations. They can easily discuss a topic in vague terms "Life & Food" but the minute you confront them with actual corrections "No one would've called it ww1 as ww2 hadn't happened yet", Mark wasn't questioning his intelligence but the look the man gave suggested that he took it that way. Plus the minute it's revealed he's severed through someone "outting" him, everyone stares at him as if he's something fascinating or horrifying. They care about the optics, ethics and politics of his lived experience than about him. "I stand by you with no reservation" yet lists all the reasons why its controversial? "So well said" "I definitely stand by mark" meaningless commentary, nobody there actually *cares* about Mark ( besides Devon ) because they're all just performing compassion

10) THEIR SIBLING DYNAMIC IS SO AMAZING

11) Ricken is so hard to describe. The actor captures that balance between well-meaning & self-aggrandozing liberal so well? Hes caring & compassionate but completely not reading social cues.

12) Racecar means something but couldn't tell ya

13) PETEY!

14) "Sorry, I had to drown out the memory of mom & dad switching out our beds when we were kids" I love these two so much

15) "Hi, Kids Whats for Dinner" Good try at the sleeper agent bit, Petey

16) "I'm your best friend, you're my very good friend" Love this line because if a stranger told me that, I would be mildly offended lowkey.

17 ) The Ms. Selvig reveal. Even if shes not severed, still a commentary about who we are in our personal lives vs our work lives.

[ashlinxsloves]

He's my boyfriend. My loser, pathetic emo boyfriend.

I'd make him whimper and beg–

I'm totally normal about him ☺️

[lynchianstoner]

Okay I guess people on the bird site are saying the latest episode of Severance was the worst one and I'm just like ????? It was so good and fills in a lot of gaps lmfao, I think it was amazing

[devondespresso]

FINALLY

after NINE. HOURS. (NOT including meals and sleep) ITS FUCKING DONE.

A complete floorplan of the entire Harrington house. Including too much thought about random, throw-away lines from characters and squint-to-see-it background glimpses inside.

plently of stuff in the actual house is altered or straight up ignored in favor of following the fiction logic and because I Wanted To. A lot of this is motivated by my headcanons for the Harringtons and how I'm writing them in my fic, but I'm also certainly not an architect so it's by no means perfect. It is, however, unreasonably canon compliant in the few bits we do see.

Thought Process (for context):

the darker shaded floor areas are lower than the rest, some bits like the garages having stairs and some areas like the sun and dining rooms list being like a step lower. Windows are marked with dashes along the outside, sliding doors are two thin lines slightly overlapping, stairs change color as they diverge from the level we're looking at, and furniture is eyeballed so don't look to closely a the scale.

not all closets are labeled, just the ones i figured could be confusing. Steve and the guest rooms have closets i promise.

the laundry room and pantry are not the same size but by the time i noticed i was exhausted. so pretend they're both more reasonably sized.

i don't know what the floorplan symbol for garage door is and then i forgot to look so the headlights point to where the doors are and you can see them clearly in photos so yeah.

The general layout is based on the idea that the Harringtons are or were into hosting dinner parties and business meetings in their home, especially as a young rich couple looking for respect in their circles (Mr. Harrington taking on his father's business and reinforcing that power, Mrs. Harrington climbing her own social ladder and building an image).

So the house is laid out with hosting areas towards the right with the office big and near the dining room because it's more than just a workplace, it represents him as a businessman. In canon the entryway and living room both have very high ceilings and no second-floor above them, so I'd imagine they're also aware of how the top floor looks from below, hence the fancy double/french doors to the master bedroom which is in plain view from below. Steve's room and the guest room are's nearly as visible.

As for the kitchen and sun/pool rooms, I see them more as secondary hosting areas that aren't used as the main location most of the time and are more this background setting to these events that still feel rich. The kitchen is massive and mostly for dinner-parties and Mrs. Harrington's social events.

The kitchen and main bathroom's placement is based on a line Steve said to Barb giving her directions to the bathroom: "down past the kitchen, to the left". With the massive living room on the left and wanting to keep the dining and office close by, i interpreted the "to the left" part being like "find the kitchen, then turn left". And with the rest of the area being open-concept, the bathroom would be the only normal door over there and easy to find. it's a bit of a stretch with just that line, but it makes sense to me with the rest of the context for the layout.

the basement is similar to this, though not as openly displayed so I imagine its for slightly closer friends. Theres a garage door down there so I figured Mr. Harrington might have a cool car he shows off, like he's letting people in on a personal detail about himself. There's also a guest room down there (the only one still considered 100% for guests, more on that later) for those people.

beside the basement garage, there was originally one main garage that holds two cars, obvious Mr. and Mrs. Harrington's cars. I imagine they bought the house before having kids, so a third one wasn't on the mind but after having Steve they added the front one (either turning the carport into a closed garage or they never had a carport and added a whole new addition, up to you)

Both garages lead to the same part of the house, and that area is the only one besides the water heater room that is purely function over effect. It still looks good like the rest of the house but it's not made to be fancy because guests would rarely need to be over there if at all and it's not noteworthy from other parts of the house.

In my headcanon, Steve's room used to be a guest room, staying his room from nursery to present with Mrs. Harrington renovating every now and then. Its one of those places in the house that doesn't have to look perfect for all to see, so she gets creative and has fun with it.

The upstairs guest room is also unofficially Mrs. Harrington's room, based on a line where Tommy mentions a fireplace in "his mom's room" instead of "guest room" or "parent's room" or "master bedroom". I belatedly realized this could be a solidarity thing with Steve hating his dad and calling the master bedroom his mom's room, but that was after 9 hours of this and im not changing it but there you go. In this version, I imagine she leaves the master some nights because her marriage with Mr. Harrington is failing (cheating and all, I wouldn't want to be in the same bed with someone who cheated either)

the master bathroom was an executive decision, just looking at the house in canon and not having enough space in my first attempts, i decided the triangle roof part above the dining and office could fit a master bathroom.

Feel free to use or reference this in your own fics! Feel free to block out my furniture or walls and make your own version. If you share my image please credit with an @ mention!! (again, 9 hours) (thank you fhalsfhd)

[ginshi-san]

I got back into crocheting shawls in a big way over the past few days and I moderately over did it lol. There's now a splotchy red spot near my right wrist. It isn't sore but my right thumb is definitely telling me to ease up. I have no idea how many yards of yarn I've used at this point but if it tells you anything, the wing span is almost over 6ft lol.

I'm a process crocheter and the end result is just kind of there for me lol. It is immensely satisfying to admire what I just finished but the end product is rarely something I'll keep for myself.

Though, I did crochet a rainbow pride shawl and that is absolutely my favorite thing I've ever made. While I was crocheting, I meditated on being trans and what queer pride feels like to me. It was transformative (ha).

Anyway, I'll post pictures of the new shawl when it's finished. I only have one more repeat left (approx 20hrs) before I can start on the edging and finishing.

[that-crazy-kid]

Let me put this here before I forget.

[iamsoldierpoetandking]

Devon, Simon is very righteous to feel that way about your dad. Just because he doesn't remember what he did doesn't mean she can't be angry for it

[stumblingalonglife]

HAUSHEHHEHEHEHEHE

[ominous-arcade]

I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR VERSION OF KELSEY AND DEVON

OKAY SO it's a little crazy to explain but just stick with me.

Kelsey and Devon are from my "Terror Tales" side au, where the book anthology stories are episodes of a show. Goosebumps style! Each episode has its protagonist and it's monster, with the two always being drawn to each other to complete their story.

In the canon of Kelsey's story, Kelsey is an embodiment of karma that exists to bring out the worst in his targets, testing them by embodying everything they envy and ramping up their emotions to see if they'll attempt to hurt him. if they do, he'll "die" and return whatever was done to him onto his target in an act of poetic justice before showing up again somewhere else. If they resist, Kelsey respects that and leaves them alive. He believes he's "weeding out the bad apples" before they can become adults and hurt people. Balancing the scales if you will.

Devon is just your average frustrated antisocial weirdo high school boy, unsure how to express himself in a productive way and unhappy with his lot in life. All he can do is fixate on what others have, and seethe. He's the perfect target! Someone with every potential to lash out, just needing a push. He's also a deeply DEEPLY closeted kid and Kelsey is basically rattling the doorknob to the closet door and it's freaking him the hell out!!!

They're doomed of course, Kelsey's affections are only surface level, a part of his act. Devon's feelings could never be returned if Kelsey wanted to. But at the same time they're so entwined and drawn to each other... they exist to kill each other, acting out the story as many times as you bother to watch it. It's so awesome and nobody wins!!

[misterbenzadrine]

♡ day 3: johnny lawrence ♡

JOHNNYYYYYYY

so ik the way i talked about him in previous posts made it seem like i didn't like him, and that's so not true !! i just hate the way he treats robby lmao

that much aside, i love johnny. i love miguel and he truly means the world to me but johnny was a close-second motivation to keep watching the show. i was familiar with the movie as much as most people but his personality in the show was truly so captivating like dude this guy was an asshole in the movie but he actually has a really good backstory and justification?? i love him. he is the man ever.

my fav s1 Johnny unhinged moments have to be:

"hey i'm miguel, my family and i just moved in next door!" "great, more immigrants."

"my doctor said i might be on the spectrum" "idk what that is but you better get off it pronto"

"the kids at school make fun of her" "that's what happens when you eat an entire box of twinkies every day"

bonus points for the audition reader reading the line "this is the after photo? that sucks, you should sue" as a mean mocking line but billy somehow makes it sound like he's genuinely concerned

so anyways, i love his character so much. and i maintain that he is a shitty deadbeat and has a weak excuse for not being robby's life. bc again, i reiterate from robby's post, ten-year-old robby isn't sitting there grateful johnny recognized he wasn't emotionally or mentally stable enough for a kid, he was just wondering why his dad didn't want him. however comma, as an adult and knowing that he recognizes that's the lowest time in his life, i understand where he's coming from.

despite his mom's best efforts, and how cocky he was in cobra kai, i don't think this man has had a day of comfort in his LIFE. the closest he got was definitely the s6 season premiere where he had carmen, his baby on the way, robby and miguel with him, kreese and silver locked away (at least he thought), and his dojo. then he found his dojo building torn down so the comfort was ripped from under him again lmao.

but how fitting that the character that's never thought he's worth anything and never felt good enough removed himself from his son's life for fear of screwing him up the same way his stepdad screwed with his head as a kid. (then unintentionally giving robby the same complex ABSOLUTE CINEMA)

and on that note, johnny's yearning and desperation is so addicting personally. i think that's what draws me to him so much. i mean he's inherently really funny and i know what i said about miguel in his post but obviously johnny and daniel (mainly johnny) take center stage in the show every time. i think miguel is a personification of the plot but johnny and daniel ARE the main characters (again mainly johnny, it literally started out as a redemption arc for johnny)

but what really sells that redemption for johnny is you can tell how much he wants good things but never tries for them. you can see even though he forgave daniel at the end of tkk, and he didn't fall back into kreese's manipulation at the beginning of tkk 2, he still passes by that karate trophy and has a disappointed look on his face. he knows daniel had enough skill to fight him well enough but he still wishes he'd won, still regrets losing. he has robby's picture on his fridge in a mostly photo-less apartment, why? he took himself out of robby's life. it's because he WISHES he could've been a better person, a better dad, someone who wouldn't be embarrassed to be present for his son. and he still loves and cares for robby, he just doesn't think it'll do either of them any good to see how and when johnny ruins his life. his apartment is lifeless, he wishes he had a family that could keep him company, a girlfriend/wife, something. he goes to work and you can see it on his face, he wishes he had a better life, a better job. HIS WHOLE CHARACTER IS FILLED WITH REGRET AND YEARNING.

but evidently, based on how much he holds onto that crappy car until it gets destroyed and how he never really tries to get a better job or meet new women or reach out to robby, he doesn't think he deserves that better life (probably a side effect from his stepdad and kreese telling him how much of a loser he is). he never tries to change his routine bc he believes he inherently ruins everything. no point in trying if you know how it'll end.

that is until miguel gets there. miguel's in a league of his own entirely. and this happens to be around the same time he encounters daniel (who is admittedly a BIG jerk) (maybe johnny deserves it) (idk i don't think so). so johnny gets fired, some girls (namely larusso's daughter) hit his car, larusso mocked and embarrassed him, and this dweeb miguel is begging him to pick up karate again and be his sensei. so even though his life was shitty and lonely before, it somehow gets even shittier and maybe he figures "what do i have to lose?" maybe he's just sick of not trying. maybe karate is the only good thing he ever had in his life (other than his mom and maybe ali) and he wants to feel that spark again. wants to feel like the greatest at something again. wants to feel good enough again.

so he picks it back up, leases the dojo, starts training miguel. and even through all the drama, his spark comes back in full force. he is getting respect from his students (plural !), he's training really good fighters, miguel sees the good in him, and larusso's smug smirk is finally wiped off his face, and that specifically brings johnny SO MUCH satisfaction. just seeing daniel not so perfect anymore. (oooh they are NEVER beating the lawrusso allegations)

so in s1, johnny's not feeling much regret aside from his relationship with robby, which he does try to mend but things are so badly damaged it'll take a bit. but even then, all those things he was yearning for, he was slowly getting them, just in ways he never expected. he FINALLY wins again at the all-valley as a sensei. he gets that father-son bonding with miguel, who sees him as this great and kind father figure. his students keep him company and look up to him, following his every word. he's found his dream job ! he gets to inspire kids to push toward being stronger and more confident people, day in and day out.

but he's still not satisfied. because that win at the all-valley was at his son's expense. miguel is great but he always wished to be that present with robby too. he still goes home to his empty apartment, to that empty fridge with a lone six-pack inside, to that old picture of his son, and sits alone with no one to keep him company. his job still isn't taken seriously, and in comes kreese, making his job that much more stressful. because teaching kids is great, 100%, but it's also one of the hardest jobs out there. bc kids are impressionable, kids are like clay, not even the sculpting kind but the play-doh kind, they're so soft and moldable, one little word, one unintentional message, it'll stick with them forever and they'll go down a path you didn't want for them.

so in s2 everything is kind of getting more complicated for johnny, he takes time to try to point his kids back in the right direction but kreese is just as manipulative as ever and all the kids breathe in every word he says (even miguel who sometimes questions it but does still fall into his trap like johnny did as a kid).

the school fight happens, johnny is a bottomless pit of self-hatred and regret. miguel wakes up but blames him for what happened to him (just for the moment, he eventually forgives him). but then johnny does something so uncharacteristic, he keeps pushing. he easily could've given up, ghost miguel like he did robby and resolve that he made his life worse and should stay away. but he doesn't. he goes back to miguel and decides it's his responsibility to help miguel walk again, to get him through this difficult time.

then he starts a new dojo (bc he just found a job he's passionate about), he eventually gets off his ass to reach out to robby (but robby by that point has emotionally sealed himself off again), he starts officially getting together with carmen, and things are looking great.

and that is because he is a YEARNER and a LOVER (lover used very loosely). he may think he's pathetic and doesn't deserve good things, and he may think the world is a crockpot of shit, but DAMN IT if he has a chance to do something good for everyone who's made his life worth living, now that he finally feels in control of his own life, he's gonna do it. (it's very much george bailey in It's a Wonderful Life) (WHICH SOMEONE ACTUALLY MADE A FIC OF AND I LOVED IT, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME BUT JOHNNY IS SO GEORGE BAILEY CODED THE PARALLEL WORKS SO WELL)

so yeah, johnny is the coolest bc he actually has really good progression and character development. while this can absolutely be said for all the other characters, johnny's is especially interesting for a character that started as a bit of an anti-hero. he was made to rival daniel, be his moral foil, be kind of an ass. but in the show, we see another side of him. he's flawed obviously, he's prone to mistakes, and he's not by any means perfect. but there is a steady progression, he gets better with each season. he grows and learns, which is an INCREDIBLE feat not only as a man in his MID-50s, but as a gen x-er. (as someone with gen x parents, it is NOT easy to change their ways of thinking, they are stubbornly addicted to nostalgia for some reason)

but johnny does grow. he's a little racist in the beginning, as a joke obvi, and makes jokes about miguel but he stops because he sees that miguel and his family are people just like him, that his jokes may even perpetuate the way other people see them just for being immigrants (in so many words obviously). he's fatphobic in the beginning but afterward doesn't comment on anyone's general weight (especially not the kids). he's sexist at the beginning but after training aisha, tory, sam, and devon, plus dating carmen, PLUS his new baby girl on the way, he unlearns all of that sexist language and way of thinking bc again, he learns to love these people at their level, and he understands (without the technical inclusion jargon) that everyone is different and he doesn't need to poke fun at it to make a point.

he knows the world is cruel and he does his best to prepare his students for that. but he knows how to do it without being a complete dick now. (plus most of his comments are genuinely from a place of ignorance/not knowing. i truly don't think most of what he says is to be mean, he just has no filter for his confusion dksfkj)

personally, as much as i give the writers grief for their whacko storylines and weird obsession with specific characters and tropes (AND STEADFAST REFUSAL TO PUT IN MORE ACCURATE FEMALE AND LGBTQ+ REPRESENTATION) i can really tell that they made this series as passionate johnny fans. because he feels like such a well-developed character. (again some of the stuff is stupid but i'm talking overarching characterization)

i truly feel like the johnny we see in tkk is the same johnny we see in ck. even though daniel and even mr. miyagi feel disconnected sometimes and way out of character, johnny feels like himself, just blossoming in a beautiful way that stays true to his character. and giving him that happily ever after is corny yeah but lowkey, i can forgive the cliché just this once bc i really feel like johnny deserves it. they've made a character that feels so accurate, so real, that it's easy to empathize with him.

well anywho, that's my rant :3

i love him with carmen. i think it's a little weird but also really cute, idk.

i also hope in pt 3 they give him more screen time with robby bc seriously that "you're my son too" speech was amazing (and ANOTHER sign of how much he's grown since s1 johnny wouldn't know how to convey all that so eloquently or even want to open up like that, especially to his son) (and the following moment where he doesn't immediately get violent with the plane guy, oh yeah, johnny's growing and maturing) but he really didn't spend that much time with robby. and that's his son so like...get on it mr. lawrence.

!! headcanons !!

johnny takes miguel and robby for a few "final" boy's nights before miguel leaves for college (this is all three's fondest father-son bonding memory)

(this is in direct contradiction to THAT leaked scene but idk maybe it'll be in pt 3, maybe i'll settle on being delusional) johnny doesn't know the first thing about how to research, he barely knows how to use his phone. but with carmen's help (meaning he brought the idea to carmen and she did most of the work), they research potential schools and programs for robby to apply to after graduation. they obviously don't know what he wants to do but they pick out some good options. carmen makes sure robby knows it was 100% his dad's idea. (johnny doesn't want robby settling like he did and wants him to get a good education/job) robby and johnny have a very tearful moment punctuated by a hug.

like robby, johnny gets along extremely well with rosa. unlike robby, he doesn't actually understand most of what she says, just picking up a few phrases and going based on her vibes alone (his favorite is "chinga tu madre". he doesn't understand fully what it means, and he can't personally pronounce it, but he knows madre is mother. and after hearing rosa mumble it enough about jerks in public, or the time that guy cut in front of her at the grocery store, he gets the idea)

he's so focused on not screwing up this relationship with carmen and his new daughter that he tries a little too hard sometimes ("johnny, you didn't need to make dinner. no, it was a nice gesture but now there's a burnt chicken in our oven.")

no one really tells him anything bc why would they? but he hears rumblings of the kids' sexualities and tries to be cool about it ("miguel i thought you said you can't call people queer anymore. the mouthy one obviously is but why do you get to say it?" "no, it's nice that your girlfriends are really close but going to prom together is a little weird, isn't it?")

devon definitely makes him do tiktok trends but he doesn't actually know what she's doing ("you want me to say what? scooby-doo toilet rizz?" "i'm not dancing" "this isn't going to the internet, is it? i better not see a picture of me with bedazzled chick glasses everywhere.")

he attends devon's graduation (he complains enough about the parking and security and how long it is but he's the one who wanted to go)

he doesn't like brussel sprouts. idk i feel it in my bones. not important, never comes up. he just hates them. or okra. it's probs a texture thing. maybe it's a daniel thing since he loves both.

he unconsciously gets closer to and more protective of tory after the sekai taikai, not realizing before how similar they were. even though he doesn't have much time with her at the dojo before she leaves to be an adult, he still asks robby about her and talks to her at family gatherings/parties

he ALSO checks in on sam from time to time, either hearing about her from miguel or daniel

although miguel and robby are quite social, neither them nor johnny particularly likes parties (miguel likes them but gets bored after making his rounds, robby gets overwhelmed by how many people there are, johnny just doesn't like being social bc he's awkward). so all three usually stick to a corner and talk to each other, occasionally leaving to talk to their gfs but eventually coming up with any excuse to leave together

he still exclusively listens to classic rock but robby introduced him to ghost and he likes hearing some of their songs on the radio (his favorite song from them is dance macabre)

even though his daughter grows up looking like carmen, obviously, he's always taken off-guard by how much she looks like his mom. (he hugs her a little tighter every time he notices).

while he spends the most time with his daughter (with carmen of course), there are times when he's genuinely really busy or needs a break and he reluctantly lets someone else watch her. it's usually family (miguel or robby with their girlfriends or rosa) but sometimes, if he stops by the dojo for a quick moment, chozen and/or daniel keep an eye on her. and she LOVES them. johnny's not at all annoyed when she asks him a million questions about mr. miyagi and when she can practice katas (not that she even knows what those are)

when she gets older, though, he does start to ease her into karate, really simple stuff, and really hammers in the message that she doesn't need to use karate to take her anger out on people (she doesn't know about the school fight) (they don't want to tell her about it) (idk maybe carmen tells her when she gets closer to adulthood) (and that's on johnny/robby/miguel never dealing with their trauma !)

conclusion: i love johnny. he is so flawed but so real, the writers have obviously put the most work and passion into him and it really shows. as goofy and random some storylines are, i genuinely always like what they do with johnny bc he seems like the one character allowed to be unpredictable. and i genuinely am glad they saw something in him in that first karate kid movie and decided to move forward with this project. they have cultivated something amazing and given incredible closure to one of pop culture history's most polarizing antagonists and i truly feel like even if there are future renditions, johnny's story is finally complete forty years later. johnny, you've been amazing, you've been thrilling, and if now is your time to go, what a perfect send-off.