#Ck writers

[afoolishreader]

This comment on YouTube sums it up perfectly

[disbear]

like I know the CK writers will let me down in every other possible way but I KNEW IN MY SOUL they'd NEVER let me down by failing to bring Terry back for the finale they wanna suck TIG's dick more than I do lmao

[saintsir4n]

People are like why do the writers keep isolating Tory, they favor Sam over her like no honey they know you guys are gonna fall for the sympathy baiting trap every season

The writers constantly give Tory shit to deal with so the viewers feel sympathy for her and don’t hold her accountable for her long list of wrongful actions. And PEOPLE FALL FOR IT!

[afoolishreader]

As if they haven't done enough

Leave my babies alone god dammit!

But seriously haven't they done enough, the leaks, if true(probably are), only show lazy writing, producing a lazy finale.

Mischaracterizing almost all of the characters, an unnecessary SA plot line (especially since they most likely won't adress it), trying to convince me that some scenes happened when they didn't.

if one of the two ships or even both are not endgame, where do we go form here? Like no romance? I wouldn't mind it, but that means that all of those ship related scenes in the past seasons meant nothing? ( just like robby's scene about him being no. 2 always and how he hates it, will probably mean nothing,sorry I just can't get over how bad that was. )

Sorry if this doesn't make sense I am just writing what I feel.

[robbyykeene]

Do you believe your mother was wounded, and do you believe she passed on those wounds to you?

[meanderingstream]

Eliot at peace with being Damned

One of the things that makes Eliot hard to write for in-character (but also such an interesting character to explore) is that he believes he is damned to Hell and he is at peace with that. He has a lot of guilt, oceans of guilt, but it's not so much the tortured, anguished catholic guilt à la Nate or like, Daredevil. 

He has done monstrous, unforgivable things. But, on his own, he came to a realization of what he had done, and pulled away from that world. On his own, he left the worst person he ever worked for, and stopped using guns, and stopped killing. On his own, he switched from wetwork to retrievals. This all occurs before we ever meet him, so while there are many hints and inferences, the specifics of how that happened, how he came to those decisions, are left up to the audience’s imagination. 

Eliot wants to make the world a better place, and he works everyday with the team to help people, and he genuinely enjoys helping people and the work he does on the job. But he does not believe that he can be redeemed. (Not my own personal belief about him, but it is what he thinks). When he dies, he will go to Hell for his sins, and there is nothing that can possibly be done to change that. He doesn't need to angst over it, because it’s just a fact. It is what it is. There is no point agonizing over whether his soul can be saved, because he knows it cannot. This is both a keystone of his character, and also something he doesn't spend a lot of time thinking about day-to-day, because it’s a settled matter. 

And as much as we love Eliot the character, he has a point that lives are not tradable for equivalent exchange. If he killed a specific family 25 years ago, that was snuffing out the light and potential and future of those particular parents and children. The surviving extended family lost those particular relatives. Saving a family now does not balance that ledger, because each person is a unique life and not interchangeable for another. While I may have different beliefs about Hell and redemption than Eliot, I still want to acknowledge that he has a point. That changing now doesn't necessarily help the people he hurt in the past, and unlike Harry, he can’t work down a list of making amends, because almost all of his victims are dead. There is no atonement to the dead. 

Eliot’s redemption is in seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and helping others get to it. Particularly the team, and particularly the pair he’s going to protect until his dying day. He will stay down there in the dark forever (he believes), but getting the others out is his redemption. 

I do not believe that Eliot will actually go to Hell when he dies, but his belief that he is damned is fundamental to who he is as a character, and he is going to believe that for the rest of his life. It can be really challenging to balance that when writing his POV, particularly when delving into events that dredge this stuff up for him (which we writers love to do because it’s so delicious). Eliot doesn’t exactly have a low self-esteem. He knows he has many skills and is exceptional at them (cooking, fighting, grifting, guitar, sports, etc). He pretty much knows his teammates love him, and care about him, and want him to stay alive for them, and spend the rest of his life with them. He has professional pride, and he will argue when he wants something. He is certainly not a doormat. However, he also believes he is fundamentally and irrevocably a bad person. Balancing between him not being too self-deprecating in normal situations / about his usefulness to the team, with his inherent belief in his own moral depravity can be a thin blade to walk without falling to one side or another. But it is also one of the biggest aspects of his psyche that makes him such a fascinating and complex character to explore.

[riotpanther]

from miyagi-do’s first students to sekai taikai captains

the lawrusso babies sure have come a long way 🥹

[alteadelight]

so could this mean anthony and kenny were supposed to be the lgbtq+ couple that one of the co creators hinted at?? and now since they’re not (probably) gonna be canon then there’s no queer couple? or they changed it to a diff couple 🤨 (binary boyfriends please please please please please please please please please please)

[gaffney]

ANTHONY LARUSSO & KENNY PAYNE + the nod of acknowledgment

bonus

[embryoed]

[afoolishreader]

So yeah hayden is totally out of line and even his creator bestie (as the person who tweeted this put it) thinks so.

So not all creators are acting clueless ig, but they need to address it in part three else this will be very shitty, and robby would have been wronged in one of the worst ways possible. (I also don't get the point of having the SA rape plot line like we could have done without it)

Credits to @YEOPOP on twitter

[thedeadestmeme]

hold up. you’re telling me that the Sekai Taikai had an event where the kids have to kick each other off of a floating platform. and somehow, Miguel didn’t have a fucking breakdown??? like. did no one consider that having the kid that got *KICKED OFF A BALCONY* might have some issues with *KICKING OTHER KIDS OFF A FLOATING PLATFORM WITH THE EXACT HEIGHT OF THAT TWO-STORY BALCONY*???? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? NO ONE SAW AN ISSUE WITH THAT???

seriously. how the fuck did the writers that once knew to include Sam dealing with legitimate PTSD after her attack from Tori *somehow* forget that Miguel might be traumatized from the incident that LED HIM INTO A FUCKING COMA. AND PARALYZED HIM??? but somehow!!! they needed to write Miguel leaving the tournament for, i guess, shitty plot reasons??? and they chose “your mother had a complication with her pregnancy:(“ over a VERY LIKELY PTSD-INDUCED BREAKDOWN BC THEY HAD HIM REENACT HIS ACCIDENT TO OTHER FUCKING KIDS. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

and i know these fuckers remember that shit. they mentioned it last season, so how the ever-loving *FUCK* did they lose the plot so hard within this past season. absolutely insane.

[saintsir4n]

Sam told that girl to stay down and I was like I’m sat 🪑

She needs more edits of that one scene!

[lestapiastrisgirl]

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This year has been hard on Charles. Not only on the track but at home too. He loves Max to death, but he swears Max will be the death of him.

Part 1 of About It Series

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Love About It [Lestappen]

by lestapiastrisgirl | M | 3/? | WIP (ON HOLD)

This story picks up immediately after F*ck About It. New season. New team. New teammates. New obstacles. What could go wrong?

Part 2 of About It Series

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Please Notice [Lestapiastri]

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What starts as harmless teasing and friendly competition between three drivers slowly turns into something more complicated. Max and Charles have always had an unspoken connection, something the entire paddock seems to know but no one dares to acknowledge. But when Oscar unintentionally finds himself caught in their orbit, things begin to shift. Or 5 time Max and Charles are waiting for Oscar to figure it out and 1 time he actually does.

Part 1 of the Circuit of Love Series

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Circuit of Love [Lestapiastri]

by lestapiastrisgirl | E | 5/24 | WIP

Let's follow Charles, Max, and Oscar through the 2025 race season. This should be interesting.

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Poetry [Lestappen]

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In the winding streets of Monaco, Max finds himself drawn to a quiet bookstore—and to the reserved, thoughtful man who runs it. What begins as a simple encounter slowly unearths buried vulnerabilities, as both men grapple with the weight of their pasts and the fragile hope of connection. Their two lives collide, while moments of stillness and understanding challenge them to risk their carefully guarded hearts.

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Syndicate [lestappen]

by lestapiastrisgirl | E | 9/? | WIP

Max exhaled through his nose, slow and controlled, “Let’s get to the point. Why are you here, Leclerc?” Charles didn’t answer right away. Instead, he shifted again, the soft fabric of his sweater catching the light as he leaned forward. His lips curved into a smile that was almost shy—almost, but not quite, “Ferrari doesn’t know how to handle its assets anymore,” he said finally, his tone light. “They’ve grown… careless.” “Careless,” Max repeated, though his tone was anything but. “They’ve forgotten my worth,” Charles said, his voice lilting slightly, as though the words didn’t sting as much as they clearly did. His gaze flicked to his gold watch, the movement brief, deliberate. “And I don’t like being taken for granted.”

Part 1 of the Syndicate Series

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The Third Piece [Lestapiastri]

by lestapiastrisgirl | E | 21/21 | 132,100

Oscar forced himself to hold his gaze, even as his pulse hammered against his ribs. Charles crouched slightly, leaning in until they were at eye level. “I know what you’re thinking,” he murmured, his voice low and intimate. “You think Max is the one you should be afraid of.” Oscar swallowed hard, his throat tight. “You’re wrong,” Charles said simply, straightening with a smile that didn’t belong on someone so deadly. “But you’ll figure that out soon enough.”

Part 2 of the Syndicate Series

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What Happens Next [Lestapiastri]

by lestapiastrisgirl | E | 4/? | WIP

All of the juicy and highly sought after oneshots of nothing but lestapiastri FILTH from the Syndicate Universe. All take place after the ending of The Third Piece. (Mostly. For now.)

Part 3 of the Syndicate Series

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This Is What I Get [Landoscar]

by lestapiastrisgirl | M | 1/1 | 13,538

The thing about drowning, Oscar thought, was that it didn’t feel like drowning. Not at first. At first, it was just the sensation of being pulled under. Just a little. Not enough to panic. Not enough to thrash and scream. You told yourself you could hold your breath, that you’d float back to the surface eventually. But then came the pressure, that creeping weight pressing down on your chest, subtle and unrelenting. That was what no one told you: drowning wasn’t the struggle to breathe. It was the waiting. And waiting was all Oscar ever seemed to do these days.

Part 1 of Loved You Better Series

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This Is What I've Done [Landoscar]

by lestapiastrisgirl | M | 3/3 | 16,827

Oscar was the one who never expected anything from him—who never asked for anything in return, who never told him to be better, or stronger, or enough. And maybe that’s why Lando kept coming back to him. Because when everything else felt like it was slipping out of his control—when every lap felt slower, every race felt harder, and every smile in front of a camera felt more and more like a lie—Oscar was there. And Lando could take what he needed from him. This is Lando's POV of This Is What I Get

Part 2 of Loved You Better Series

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This is What We've Become [Landoscar]

by lestapiastrisgirl | M | 2/2 | 15,210

The weight of the evening hung heavy in the dimly lit living room. Oscar had arrived nearly an hour ago, eyes red and swollen, his backpack slung loosely over one shoulder like it might fall off at any moment. He hadn’t said much—barely anything, really—but the tears had started almost as soon as Charles opened the door.

Part 3 of Loved You Better Series

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[robbyykeene]

The thing is—I’ve been joking about Kreesedemption since season 2, and I knew it would happen this season to some degree. And I always expected this show to end with Johnny reclaiming Cobra Kai, but doing it right this time. Taking all the best parts of his lessons in season 1–building self-confidence, self-discipline, community—and leaving all the strike hard, strike first, no mercy bs behind. And I wanted to see this! I wanted to see Johnny returning to being a sensei, being an actual positive role model and influence in kids lives. Being the best version of himself. But never in my wildest nightmares did I think this show would attempt to redeem the Cobra Kai philosophy. The same mentality that ruined Johnny’s life. That led to so much trauma and pain for all of these characters. That literally killed a kid in the very same season.

Like. Robby tells Tory no mercy and she wins. Miguel is told to go “all in” and they actively flashback to him fighting dirty in the season 1 AVT and frame this as a victorious moment. In Johnny’s fight Daniel is possessed by the ghost of Kreese and word-for-word quotes him. And all of these things work! They’re all what the characters needed in order to emerge a winner. So what was the fucking point of any of it? Literally what were the last six seasons of this show even for? They could’ve ended it at season 1, with Cobra Kai winning and framing it as nothing but glorious—Hawk was right to kick Robby between rounds, Miguel was right to yank his shoulder when offered a hand up, and Johnny was right to teach his kids No Mercy, period. Johnny gets the trophy and is nothing but happy, and the show just ends there—or perhaps with a sentimental montage of Johnny, three years later, married to a pregnant Carmen, step-father to Miguel, and Sensei to dozens of new kids with the “Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy” creed still painted on the all behind him. It would’ve achieved the same exact thing, but without wasting all of this fucking time.

[emloafs]

"this may be the end..."

if this is their last scene together no one fucking touch me i-