#not that i don’t think demetri is capable ofc

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Ahhhhh... I have a fix it for the serai takai fight scene. They ask Robby, Miguel and Hawk who of them will represent the combined dojo, but they say they agreed already that Demetri will represent them. Demetri is like who, me? and they all nod.

Reasoning: Miguel is still not fully recovered, its been weeks from All Valley max. Robby does not want to fight Kenny seriously, not again. (I guess those were also motivations in canon). Hawk had his place to shine already, and honestly he has never truly been MiyagiDo before, he did it for Demetri. Ok, so maybe now he is MiyagiDo, but still, he spent so much time as a Cobra. Meanwhile Demetri could really use having a time to shine, he did that a bit later in s5, but that would be more meaningful. He was MiyagiDo from the beginning, he knows what he is doing. It would be also super validating (hard work pays off) and by it being boys suggesting it, we get over Demetri being ignored as a fighter in s4 All Valley - he got dismissed and forgotten then by adults, doesn't have the confidence, now is his time to shine. Then again if he loses, as he narratively needs to, it would be embarrassing. Still, if he gave a super good fight...

Honestly at this point it’s been long enough since 2x10 that I can understand Miguel repping Miyagi-Do/Fang. Remember, his injury in 4x10 was stated to be a muscle spasm (the accuracy of which is dubious, but hey, in-universe it was said by an actual medic), and he doesn’t show much trouble in fighting this season, so I’d say he’s fine.

Also…Demetri in general hasn’t really had time to shine as a fighter period. Seeing his fighting during the kids’ keep-away fight in the finale would’ve been fantastic. Also it would help show how far he’s come and show how he’s qualified to step up as one of the Sekai Taikai fighters.