#dre rambles about karate kid

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need to rewatch more cobra kai but get so disappointed when no one is gay. like... they're supposed to be gay 😭

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amnesia au part 177

Étienne had no idea how he managed to make it back home – no recollection. Couldn’t say if he had taken the bus, the métro or a cab back home. He could have walked, for all he knew. The fact of the matter remained that somehow or other, he made it home, managed to lock the door behind him and then collapsed against it, hands shaking, mind spinning. He let himself slide down against his front door and pressed his hands to his eyes, trying his best to chase the aftertaste of his failed visit from his mind. However, this too felt as though it would forever remain etched across the nebula of his brain, just like the accident, and just like every horrible day since then.

Luckily, this time around, he wasn’t quite as alone as the last and Mercury trotted up to him, excited as always to see him. She licked his face and wagged her tail and Étienne pulled her close and fisted his hands in her fur, trying his best to ground himself and to focus on the only good thing he had going on. He had to stay strong for her. She needed him – he couldn’t fall off the deep end again – not like last time. It wouldn’t be fair to her, when all she asked was for love and affection. He had no idea how long he remained seated against his door, back to it, with his dog held close as he slowly came apart where it was safe to do so, but he did as he shook and trembled from inside out, the words of the letter echoing in his mind on a bad loop, no off button in sight. Mercury seemed to have made it her job to lick every tear he shed away and he let her, holding on to the only thing that didn’t hurt.

At some point – days and hours and weeks later, maybe, he somehow or other managed to get his phone out of his pocket and even though his hands still stuttered, he found enough strength to send out an SOS message to Dre. Labonté, seeing if she could speak to him sooner rather than later and then he found himself pressing on the call button for Jacques, again.

He had no idea if it was late, no idea if his brother was busy, but he needed to speak to someone who would get it – who wouldn’t hold contempt or judgement for what he’d tried to do and who would listen to him ramble on, before his brother would slowly get him to calm down as he spoke of literally anything else.

Jacques was calm – as he predicted, and even though he asked Étienne if he was all right, and even though Étienne shook and trembled as he recapped his hell of an afternoon, Jacques let him talk and listened attentively. He checked in, because he always did, asked if Étienne was safe and if he needed to be picked up - and Étienne was too rattled to be bothered by it. He assured him he was fine that way that he didn’t need to be rescued and that he just needed to hear someone talk to him.

His brother delivered, because he always did, but Étienne was surprised when Jacques passed the phone off to Julien. Julien told him all about his week at school, about the project he was working on, his new karate classes and a myriad of other things. Étienne focused hard on the words, closed his eyes, and imagined that he was still at his brother’s house, sitting in his godchild’s room with him as he had for so many nights and slowly, slowly, he found that his breathing returned to normal and that he wasn’t gripping onto Mercury’s fur quite so tightly.

“Thank you, Ju,” He said, taking a large gulp of air that didn’t sting quite so much, “I needed that.”

“You okay, mononcle Étienne?” There was an edge of worry to the boy’s voice and Étienne grimaced, wishing the kids wouldn’t worry after him.

“Yeah, I’m fine, just a bad afternoon. Want me to video-chat with you so you can see Mercury?”

“Okay!”

Étienne managed a grin and exchanged a look with Mercury. He fiddled with his phone for a moment and then straightened up, before pointing his phone to Mercury. Again, and not for the first time, he was glad he had her, as he settled against her, while he chatted away with his nephew.

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her: what's been on your mind lately?

me: nothin'

her: nothing?

me, thinking about gay karate: yep, nothin'

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🥰 rotating him in my mind (daniel larusso)

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me: they don't make music like this anymore

friend: what, old as shit?

me: no, that i can imagine coming out of Johnny's boombox held up to Daniel's window

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The OG Cobras as Wrecking Ball by Mother Mother hold on I'm gonna have a fucking heart attack

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listening to Renegade by Styx and suddenly got this idea of a conmen au where Johnny and Daniel are scammers and use their well-known "rivalry" and "animosity" as a distraction tactic and Ali does the heavy lifting cuz let's be honest she's the brains of the operation. Johnny might flash his guns too as a distraction LMFAO. I vaguely feel like there already is a conmen au for kk? So if I'm stealing someone's idea WHOOPS.

But I'm Thinking and im sure they've got a bigger operation that extends to the cobras. I feel like Bobby and Ali are in it for political reasons, wealth redistribution perhaps. Maybe Daniel is in it for this reason too. The others though...LOL

This is just my imaginative word vomit right now but I am Thinking I am Thinking...i feel like there is an au like this??? Specifically 70s casino au?? If anyone has that fic if it exists LINK PLEASE 😫

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Daniel LaRusso...Daniel Daniel Daniel...Daniel...Daniel...Daniel Daniel Daniel...Daniel...Daniel...Daniel Daniel Daniel...Daniel...Daniel...Daniel Daniel Daniel...Daniel...Daniel...Daniel Daniel Daniel...Daniel...Daniel...Daniel Daniel Daniel...Daniel...Daniel...Daniel Daniel Daniel...Daniel LaRusso...Daniellllllllllllllllll

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I keep thinking about the submissive like a guard dog post and it is so johnny and daniel coded. like they're both aggressively loyal to each other the way a dog is loyal to its owner and they can't leave each other alone ever. like they're both like, "He is inconveniencing my life!! I am just minding my own business!!" while actively /trying/ to inconvenience each other's life like,,,they are so loyal and so stupid

FR!!!! Submissive like a guard dog...protecting one's person with sharp teeth, teeth that sometimes puncture where they're not supposed to; they're so chaotic in canon, constantly stepping on each other's toes even when they're mostly getting along - because they need to be in each other's presence all the time; this is how they thrive, but they're stupid about it! A mutual & I always like to say Johnny makes his life other people's business - namely Daniel's - then postures about wanting others "out of my business!"

Like Johnny...for Johnny in particular I love this submissive like a guard dog concept, & Daniel is the "no," the "leave it," HAH. But ALSO, I love it for Daniel too, though he doesn't always seem the type. But in the last season especially, we see him crack a bit; & Johnny is the "no," the "leave it," the hand pulling him back. (*cough cough* you see this in some kk3-era LawRusso fics)

I love this concept for them because it works in so many ways, highlighting the push and pull of peace and violence, exposing their sheer trust that they know each other, discussing the extent of loyalty &, depending how LawRusso we're talking here, devotion. Since LawRusso is at least 75% of my online personality, I simply must attribute this concept to the ship specifically.

It started out as a joke & still mostly is, but aforementioned moot & I consistently present Johnny as having dog-like (though not always positively) behaviors, particularly:

intense loyalty & devotion to his person (DANIEL)

clinginess & preoccupation with his person

willingness & great ability to harm others for his person but also,

willingness to step back & defer to the judgement of his person

tendency to get into trouble, but charmingly so

tendency to bare his teeth at people & things unaffiliated with his person, though he doesn't intend to bite

tendency to pout & grumble until he gets his way (usually in relevance to food & affection)

tendency to make messes in over-excitement, in never-ending playfulness

tendency to not realize how big/strong he is despite prancing about like The Biggest, Strongest Boy

THE LIST GOES ON!

But for Daniel - though I feel like there is significant overlap - where Johnny is a big hyper lap dog, Daniel is much the same, just smaller, normally a bit calmer, & a bit more serious about retaliation on the off chance he does bare his teeth.

Ironically, I would be more afraid of Daniel in Guard Dog Mode than I would be Johnny - because I can trust that Daniel will likely follow through, whereas Johnny often postures his aggression.

They're both dogs in the metaphorical sense. Both horribly loyal, horribly stupid, horribly affectionate even if they don't quite realize these things.

This response certainly got away from me, but I thank you, anon, for giving me an excuse to talk about my favorite old man yaoi 💞💞

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Its 3:30am and im rereading bootstrapping and trying not to CRY i am so sick in the head

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trying to read an academic journal but the words keep turning into lawrusso fanfiction in my mind...

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he has always been an Alice Cooper stannie in my mind, but i cant stop imagining Johnny Lawrence having a Teen Angst moment in his bedroom, listening to this banger and thinking about Daniel LaRusso

like HELLOOO...

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I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jet & the Blackhearts is literally sooooo lawrusso

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good friend bobby brown!!!

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me as a small child: im going to watch this movie, karate kid, i think it's called? it should be pretty inconsequential in my life

me, in my 20s: who can i subject to information about karate kid (1984) on this day and every day after?

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COMPUTER! show me a compilation of John Kreese getting the shit beat out of him