#anti silverusso post

[hazel-eyedserpent]

!!!VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED: THIS IS AN ANTI-SILVERUSSO POST!!!!

No! STOP IT! I don’t like Daniel with Terry! He is literally the ONLY of Daniel’s former rivals/enemies, that has ABSOLUTELY ZERO redeeming qualities, or moments, at any point that I’ve seen him.

Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate that my friends know how much I love the Karate Kid series, and Cobra Kai. And I wouldn’t put someone down because they ship them.

But…this is how I feel when my friends send me pictures and posts about Silverusso….

[wantedtourist]

are you, like, ACTUALLY seeing those sorts of anti-silverusso sentiments? just outta curiosity. bc like, I know that ship isn’t for everyone but this fandom seems incredibly tolerant and chill. I’d hate to see a narrative of Anti behavior pushed where there really isn’t one, yknow? that only sets the stage for disharmony in what has thus far blessedly been a harmonious fandom. thanks in advance!

Short answer: yep! Longer answer: So, personally, I wasn't too aware of it before because tbh I am just not that involved in the wider fandom or other fandom ships. So for the longest I was kinda just in my own lil bubble and didn't see much anti sentiments apart from an occasional post here and there in the ship tag. (And I will never forget a rant I saw on twitter that said the ship shouldn't even have a ship name and fic for the ship should only be to explore trauma and abuse?? 'kay. That's not how shipping works but whatever.) Anyway. I typically ignored those anti posts. It ain't none of my business. (Though there are more of these now that the s4 trailer has dropped and the Terry/Daniel reunion excitement is reaching more parts of the fandom apparently.) BUT. Recently I'm coming across more and more "closeted shippers" who've shared with me the anti-silverusso shipping sentiment they see in their CK fandom/shipping circles (with receipts!), and how it's prevented them from openly shipping it, making content, etc. That's why I've been pushing the discord invite :). The server is a fun, safe and sexy space for silverusso shippers. I definitely can see that there is more and more curiosity and interest in the ship with s4 around the corner, and I think it's unfortunate that anyone should feel like they can't engage/join in the fun because of anti sentiments in their other shipping circles.

[thorniest-rose]

Hey! This is axistotle. Just saw your post and wanted to let you know that I’m okay, had to step away from social media to focus on mental health stuff. I appreciate your concern though💜 I wasn’t thinking anyone would even notice I had deactivated. Don’t know if I’ll remake but in any case, I still love your writing and am still looking forward to werewolf!Terry so I’ll probably be dropping in now and then/ maybe submitting fanart to you directly (if that’s ok w you)

hi omg thank you for reaching out!!! I was hoping you'd look at my tumblr and see my pinned post, I'm so glad you're okay! There were some nasty anti-silverusso posts going around the week you deactivated and I was so worried you had been affected by them.

I completely understand the need to step away from social media to focus on mental health, that should always be your priority, so I'm happy to hear that's the decision you made. You can definitely continue to enjoy CK but not actively take part in the fandom if it's draining or you need to focus on more important things. Just know that your art is beautiful and I loved the pieces you made that were inspired by me. But please don't feel any pressure to make more!! Knowing that you enjoy my fics is so lovely in itself.

I hope you start to feel better and stronger, and that you have the support you need. And thank you so much for reaching out to tell me you're okay, you can send me a message or anon whenever you like, but definitely continue to focus your energy and time on you, that's the most important thing 💜

[fangirlsuperhero]

Someone posted Silverusso discourse (the usual complaints), people/someone got upset, there was some sort of exchange, then OP deleted the posts. OP also posted a bragging type post that was still anti-silverusso and tagged it with lawrusso, people got upset, and now ALL of it has been deleted.

Full disclosure: I never saw the original posts (they were deleted by then), but I did see the post that was tagged Lawrusso and some other untagged posts about the ordeal.

You’re a peach! I don’t understand why people can’t just not read ships they don’t like. It’s so easy! Lol

[msfbgraves]

You're trying not to ship judge, OP? Thanks for the effort, but you're not quite there yet.

I can understand it if you've never been close to a relationship in your life where there was an attraction there but the people were not good for each other. Lucky you. I was not; my parents were married nearly forty years till my father died and they should not have been together. But they where. And they hurt each other. They hurt me. They extorted each other. And they never fucking broke up. Everyone thought they should. But no. It was an unending cycle of tainted love.

Love can be used as a weapon, a drug, a sick high. And people do. People can use love to entrap - don't tell me you have never heard of loverboys, or cult leaders. It's in songs, I Love The Way You Lie, it's in plays, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, it's in books, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, whether it's always straight up abusive, Daniel Deronda, or a crazed push and pull, Wurthering Heights. Can be wish fulfillment - what if my sick love got healthy? Beauty and the Beast, Hades and Persephone.

It's simply part of being human, and with Terry Silver and Daniel LaRusso, there has always been an attraction there. On both sides. It's completely counterproductive to shame people for exploring a part of love that isn't always happy, attractions going wrong, being unhealthy, like "I wish I knew how to quit you" from Brokeback Mountain. Silverusso allows for all these scenarios, and if you feel that the ugly parts of life or love should not be allowed to be explored, well, I disagree. My parents hardly saw any of the media that I've listed, but that doesn't keep it from happening over and over and over since thousands of years. If that's an aspect of humanity you do not wish to dwell on, don't do it, but don't try to call me out on simply exploring what is people's lived experience, or fascination, and if you do because you still think that is somehow the morally right thing to do - then don't fucking tag it in your callout post. Tag it anti-silverusso if you must. I don't browse that tag. And you can probably find all the people that agree with you, because you obviously think that a depiction of something is advocating for it, just like all the depictions of say, the passion of Christ are a one on one advertising campaign for execution by crucifixion (oh? They're not? You can explore something, then, without advocating for it? Gosh. Who knew.)

You could have blacklisted the tag. You could have made a personal post expressing your distaste without tagging. But no. You chose to shame others for enjoying something you do not wish to explore.

You of course have no obligation to want to explore it. You don't have to think it's healthy or even morally right. People's sense of what is appropriate vary wildly. You could have expressed that opinion, though -which you have every right to express - without specifically tagging fans who demonstrably don't share your views. But you didn't. You chose to publicly judge in such a way that fans - who gave you the opportunity to never have to see it again by blacklisting the tag - would find it and thus be confronted with your distaste, even when simply trying to enjoy themselves.

You did not have to do that. Please don't do it again.

just chilling vibing, scrolling on tiktok through the cobra kai hashtag cause i’ve recently binged all the karate kid movies and cobra kai

and i find my way on to the terry silver side and as i’m just scrolling i’m like.. lemme go see what tumblr has

why. why did i think that was a good idea 🙂

IM IMMEDIATELY MET WITH “SILVERUSSO” FAN ART????

ARE YALL LIKE?? OK 😭😭 I TRY NOT TO SHIP JUDGE A LOT BUT GUYS THE MAN IS A LITERAL CHILD ABUSER?? HOW ARE YOU SHIPPING THEM TOGETHER??? SPECIFICALLY KK3 DANIEL