#cobra kai said you'll never escape your abuser and why would you want to? we're so badass!

[gaffney]

I get that you’re not happy about Robby losing the tournament, but what do you think about the leak that Johnny retakes Cobra Kai? It feels like it completely undercuts his growth.

i fully agree, because it does 😭 he finally broke away from all the toxicity and abuse tied to kreese and cobra kai, and now he’s just walking right back into it. like, i would’ve much rather they lose with miyagi-do and have johnny actually accept it. find some peace in realizing it’s ok to lose and that it won’t destroy his life this time, because he's got his sons by his side, a newborn baby girl, a beautiful girlfriend, his old nemesis-turned-idk-frenemy & the rest of his team and students. but nope, instead they’re pushing that storyline onto robby again (for the third time.. 🙃 it is NOT robby who needs to learn that lesson) it’s hella frustrating because the show had the perfect opportunity to tell a story about how there's power in moving on, about letting go of something that’s fucked you up for decades. but instead, they’re going with the tired old narrative that you can’t escape your past. you HAVE to go back and let it define you, because apparently, you’ll never succeed without it. even if johnny decides to close down cobra kai after the sekai taikai, it doesn’t undo the message that he needed it to win. that he couldn’t move forward without crawling back to the thing that caused him and others so much pain. it’s just such a garbage message.