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annihilatius · 5 months

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As someone who hates Bioshock Infinite with all his heart, I kind of start to realize that this game would become absolutely unplayable if Rosalind and Robert Lutece didn't exist. I only really grew an appreciation for them once I painstakingly beat everything in the game. All the characters are either constantly reminding you of how racist they are entirely for shock value, or are all around completely insufferable people; depending on what disingenuous narrative the game wants to tell in that moment, it will either be shoved down your throat at every opportunity to remind you how BAAAD they are, or will be ignored and excused by lazy writing to act like they're actually a good person who's "trying to become better" when they never ever do. Oh yeah and theres this secret third trope where a character only exists as a racist caricature for the game to dehumanize and call slurs, but then say "oh but OBVIOUSLY the racism they face is bad!" After they literally kill them for no reason.

Rosalind and Robert Lutece are the only ones who don't fall into those categories. Every time they come on screen it feels like a breath of fresh air between all of the constant stream of bullshit. They're the only characters there to break the tension of the unbearably tone deaf centrist politics. I mean, judging by how this game has all the subtlety of a cannonball to the face, you can probably assume they're also just as racist as anyone else, but.. does it not *tell* you how awful this game is, that a character not screaming racial slurs 24/7 and actually having a character trait outside of being racist is something to be commended and rewarded as if it's some great impossible achievement? That a character that is actually funny and entertaining is the highlight of the entire experience? Meanwhile that was to be expected of every Bioshock character from previous games? Because all of them are all likeable in their own ways? That theres no one specific "highlight experience" for Bioshock 1 or 2 when all of the characters are so engaging and compelling? But with Bioshock Infinite it's ALWAYS them, because they are objectively the only well written characters in it?? Yeaaah..

#v.txt #bioshock #bioshit infinite #< new bioshock infinite criticism tag i came up with just now #i guess songbird kinda falls under this but it's generous to even call him a character #he's just a personality trait to make elizabeth (the most amazingest and bestest character to ever exist Btw) more interesting #also i do not respect people who see elizabeths and bookers relationship as the best part of the game because they either #1. just want to have sex with elizabeth (because who doesn't amiright... Sighs deeply)#or 2. ship elizabeth and booker but only on the most superficial level because they dont love each other in any meaningful way #this was kinda made in a fit of rage and it's also 4am so don't get mad at me if i made an ass of myself here......#i just want to post my own thoughts more even if they might be stupid

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vivitalks · 3 months

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take in every moment (hold it close again)

hiii this is for the "movie night" prompt on my jasico bingo card!! short sweet and silly the three best things a fanfiction can be. and im posting it in the MIDDLE OF THE DAY seriously who am i title from netflix trip by ajr :) read it here on ao3

It stands to reason that a demigod legion modeled on the Ancient Romans wouldn't think much of technology. And it's true that demigods and modern tech don't tend to get along. It really shouldn't surprise Nico when nobody knows where to find a TV.

And yet.

“Seriously,” he finally complains to Jason, walking Via Principalis with coffee courtesy of Bombilo, “it's like you're all trying to become social outcasts.”

“I think the whole demigod thing covers that,” Jason says.

“My point exactly! Nobody is even trying. Plus, monsters can't get into camp anyway, so who cares if you're using technology?”

Jason shrugs a shoulder. “Yeah, but why risk it?”

It's cool but sunny, the perfect weather for Jason. Not that Nico has any sort of bias. Jason looks great in all weather, in Nico's completely objective opinion, but gentle rays of sunlight make his hair as golden as his sword and give his skin an extra glow.

At least six times a day, Nico wonders how the most beautiful person in the world is his boyfriend. Some call it insecurity; Nico calls it a reality check.

He checks back into reality in time for Jason to be saying, “Besides, most of the people here spend their whole lives either in the legion or in New Rome. Nobody is missing out because nobody is on the Internet or watching movies or any of that. It's a pretty insular community.”

“Not anymore,” Nico says. “Now that there's the exchange program, Camp Jupiter is going to start getting Greeks, and most of them spend their years out in the real world, experiencing real-world things, like movies and music and all that fun stuff you Romans hate.”

“Don't ‘you Romans’ us,” Jason says, swatting playfully at Nico. Nico doesn't bother to dodge, but he does grin. “But you may have a point.”

“I do have a point. If you really want the Greeks and Romans to get along, there can't be this massive cultural gap. The Greeks will feel superior, the Romans will feel left out, and then we'll probably have another war and I'll have almost killed myself bringing the Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood for nothing.”

Jason lifts an eyebrow. “Oh, is that all?”

“Shut up. I'm serious!”

“I didn't realize you felt so strongly about this,” Jason says, looking bemused. “Wait, why do you feel so strongly about this?”

“In case you hadn't noticed, I'm a little behind on popular culture myself,” Nico says flatly.

“Really? Why is that?” Jason asks, with a straight face.

Bravely, Nico ignores him. “I'm trying to kill two birds with one stone here. Get some Vulcan kids to put together a TV. I'm sure they can work their magic and make it monster-repellent or whatever.”

“And do what with it?”

“Start a film class?” Nico suggests. “I would get a Greek demigod to help with the curriculum, though.”

“You can just say Will.”

“I don't think Will should come near the curriculum with a ten-foot pole. He'll just put every single Star Wars movie on there. I was actually thinking of Piper.”

“Piper?” Jason shakes his head. “Right. Duh. Movie star dad.”

“Yeah. She's probably our best bet.”

“We’re going to have to run this by the praetors before we get any further,” Jason says. He takes a long, considering sip of his coffee, which does not contain nearly enough sugar. Nico tried it earlier and almost choked.

“We?”

“Yeah. I'm in favor. You're not wrong about the cultural deficit.”

Nico grins. He kisses the corner of Jason's mouth — just because he can. That sunny glow shines even brighter in Jason's eyes.

“Lucky for us,” he says cheerfully, “we have some sway with the praetors.”

The film class proposal is met with conditional approval from Frank and Reyna. “Culture in Film: From Classic to Contemporary” becomes the most popular course in the legion within days. Piper helps them build a curriculum, which in this case means just choosing fifteen classic movies — all of which she vehemently describes as “must-sees” — and expressing profound shock at the revelation that neither Jason nor Nico have seen any of them.

“But it’s Princess Bride,” she keeps saying. “How can you not have seen it? ‘My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die’? Is nothing sacred?”

If anything, at least her attitude proves how absolutely necessary this class is.

The conditions of the class are sternly outlined for them by Reyna: (1) do not screen anything rated higher than PG-13; (2) only select movies with some relevant message or theme that can be transmitted to the legionnaires; and (3) do not use the forthcoming anti-monster television for anything other than class use.

Rule one is easy. Nico and Jason break the second and third rules within two weeks of the first course.

“I can’t believe you even suggested this,” Nico whispers.

The classroom where “Culture In Film” takes place is silent after hours. At the front of the room towers an 80-inch, Imperial Gold television, the most eye-catching thing in the room. Just below it, there's a box Nico distantly recognizes. A DVD player — Demigod Video Discs, optimized for playback on magical TV screens. This, too, is constructed out of Imperial Gold. No doubt the TV and DVD player combined are imbued with some combination of enchantments designed to make them undetectable to monsters.

“I'm not a praetor anymore,” Jason replies, approaching the DVD player. “What can they do? Kick me out of the legion? Half the time I'm at Camp Half-Blood anyway.”

“Not sure that argument will hold up in front of the Senate,” Nico theorizes, but he's not really worried. In fact, he kind of loves that Jason was so committed to having a movie night with Nico that he was willing to break the rules for it.

“Then let's just not get caught,” Jason says.

That works for Nico. Their emergency escape route is to shadow-travel out, but since Nico shadow-traveled them in, he's hoping it doesn't come to that. Even the short distance from barracks to classroom has his eyes drooping. If he tries it again, he's liable to pass out.

Jason kneels and examines the DVD player. “Do I just…put it in?”

“I guess?” Nico peers at the player and the TV. “We should probably turn on the TV.”

“That would be smart.”

Nico feels around for a button and finds it underneath the screen. When he presses it, the big black screen turns royal blue, and digital letters show a message onscreen: NO DISC DETECTED.

Nico and Jason exchange a look.

“Is it weird that I'm more stressed right now than I was when we fought Gaea?” Jason whispers.

Nico laughs. “We're not going to get caught, Jason.”

“I'm not worried about that. I just have no idea how to work this thing. What if I break it?”

“I'll do it,” Nico says, snatching the DVD case from Jason's hands. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, another “must-see” from Piper that didn't make the curriculum cut. According to Jason, when he told her he'd never even heard of it, she got Leo to modify a disc for their benefit and demanded he find some way to watch it. Nico, having also never heard of it, got roped into the deal by some combination of Charmspeak and standard-issue Jason Grace-ness.

Nico removes the disc and takes a breath. “Here goes nothing.”

As soon as the disc is in the player, the machine whirs. The screen turns black again. Nico and Jason take a united step backwards.

“Isn't there supposed to be a remote?” Jason asks. At the word remote, a panel from the top of the DVD player opens up. Inside is a remote. “Oh, sweet.”

“Come on,” Nico says, throwing himself onto the nearest couch. Romans and their couches. They're an indulgent breed, these Romans, but in times like these Nico appreciates that.

“Is it playing?” Jason questions, and just then, a deafening blast of orchestral sound erupts from the TV. Jason yelps and staggers backwards, and Nico cracks himself up. “Okay! It's playing!”

“Sit down, Superman.”

Jason sits down. He takes the spot right next to the armest. Nico would never take the armrest seat. He likes to have an escape route. He's special like that.

(“Traumatized,” whatever. Tomato, to-mah-to.)

“So far so good,” Jason says, offering an arm, kind of gesturing at Nico to come closer. Nico obliges. Jason doesn't mind being trapped, which is his own prerogative. So Nico takes up every inch of space on Jason's free side. He's not so small anymore, but he fits right up under Jason's arm like the dark half of a yin and yang symbol.

“Nothing's happened yet,” he points out.

Jason just squeezes his shoulders. “I'm having a movie night with my boyfriend. Like a regular teenager. Everything is great from where I'm standing.”

“Let's not be hasty. The movie could still suck.”

“Wouldn't matter.”

“It'd matter to me,” Nico says haughtily. “I'm putting a lot of faith in Piper.”

“She seemed absolutely confident we would both like this movie.”

“So imagine how foolish she'll feel if we don't.”

“I'm starting to think your attitude is the problem.” Jason grins. “Open your mind, Nico.”

“I'm open-minded!”

“And shut up,” Jason adds. “‘Cause we've already missed the beginning and I don't know how to rewind this thing.”

“Not my fault,” Nico says. “I was just—”

Jason shuts him up by occupying his mouth with Jason's mouth, which is a proven top-five strategy for getting Nico to stop talking.

“Okay,” he says. And kisses Jason again. It's never any less awesome. “Shutting up.”

The movie keeps playing. Nico settles into Jason with his whole body and thinks about how this is the first time he's ever watched a movie with a boyfriend, and how absolutely astonishing that is, by itself. Even if it does suck, he figures there are worse things in the world than watching a bad movie with your boyfriend.

In fact, there might not be many things better.

#jasicobingochallenge2024 #fanfiction #jasico #jason grace #nico di angelo #jasico fic #pjo #pjo fic #percy jackson fic #fic #my fic #if youre reading this grey...this isnt the fic i was dming you about last night #this one is fine but that one . ill post it later or more likely tomorrow #THAT one......get ready. this one just enjoy #ive been sitting on it for a couple days bc i was judging myself for my stupid decision making lmao #in doing this specific prompt canonverse #when it would have made INFINITELY more sense to make it an AU #literally any other au. that isnt the Demigods Who Have No Technology universe aka canon #but we make do #btw piper is definitely one of those people whos like 'you havent seen [popular movie]??? clear ur calendar we're watching it right tf now'#old man jason and older man nico versus the horrors (a regular television)

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katwritesthings · 1 year

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Why is it always the "Real World" or the "Human World" to differentiate between Earth and whatever your alternate reality is? Why does not-Earth get a cool name that makes sense?

Fuck that.

It's now the Physical World.

#danny phantom #infinite realms #meta #this wasnt originally about dp #but lets make it about dp #because just the real world is such a stupid name for not the ghost zone #i am tired and i am writing #and i am cranky about this #the giw are stupid people who dont understand #the ghost zone is just as real as the physical world #it just operates under different rules #is this all fanon and conjecture? probably #idk what im doing

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ghoulishautism · 3 months

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its pretty interesting seeing everyone's opinions on certain AUs or Fanon concepts in such a fanon-heavy fandom

#i think ghost king danny is funny on principle but you also have to understand that ghosts having a king overall makes zero sense #I prefer the ghost zone to be a wild west where everyone has their own stupid rules and territories #like Walker's rules are literally Made Up and ghosts only follow them to avoid him #I also forget phara dark or however you spell his name exists sometimes he just wasnt. a very compelling villain to me #I do like ghost obsessions though only because it doesnt make sense for only SOME people to become ghosts when they die like- they have-#-to be bounded by SOMETHING.#ghost obsessions come from 'real' ghost lore- unfinished business and whatnot #having a goal you can infinitely chase until the literal end of time is horrifying to me. A restless spirit that can never cease #Id like to hear the reasoning behind ghosts existing without obsessions though

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thatjewishzionistscout · 2 months

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Oh thing I find hilarious is that pro-Palestinians will always say Israel’s air strikes can’t kill hamas because they’re in the tunnels, but then believe hamas when they say hostages were killed because of said air strikes, despite hostages being hidden in tunnels.

Hypocrisy of the highest order.

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engie-the-profit · 10 months

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What are your thoughts on Infidget (the ship of Infinite and Gadget the Wolf)?

i think its fine? i dont inherently dislike it or anything, and i dont mind seeing it from time to time. the only thing that i dont like is like, a lot of the shipping community's interpretations of it. and by that i mean the people that twinkify and feminize gadget into being a little wooby baby that cant do anything without his big strong man and infinite is just the stereotypical scary-on-the-outside soft-on-the-inside masc/male/im a man/im he him boyfriend. either that or gadget is fine and its just infinite who is extremely out of character. i had a lot of "he would not fucking say that" moments with infinite when infidget was at its most popular bc these kinds of depictions were everywhere and it was really annoying

the only version of infidget ive ever shipped was a lovers to friends to enemies to... somethings type deal where they dont go back to how they used to be by the end but its not vitriolic, they just outgrew each other in their own ways during the events of forces. that or their relationship cant get mended at all and theres no closure bc infinite dies or whatever like he did in canon. and i know this is the best version of infidget bc i made it up, thanks

i actually shipped it before forces even came out bc i thought that that was sort of the route that sonic team was going to take with tying the avatar into the story. it made sense to me for the avatar (or in this case gadget) to have some sort of previous history or connection with infinite bc in my onion, that makes their dynamic a little spicier and more compelling. in my version, gadget and infinite (then zero) used to be very close until zero started getting more involved with a local gang, the jackal squad, which began to drive a wedge between them until they got more and more distant from each other. and then some more time passes and gadget hasnt heard from zero for a long time and then the events of forces start. i think part of the idea was from this dialogue that we got to hear when footage of infinites second battle came out before the game itself:

(image text reads as infinite saying "and those eyes.. i feel like we've met before.")

-which implied that the avatar and infinite had history. which was technically true, but it was within the timeline of the game bc it turned out he was referring to like. the flashback cutscene of the avatar being too scared to fight back the first time they ran into infinite before joining the resistance, so it wasnt what i was hoping for

another reason iirc was uhhhh whatshisface? sega scourge on youtube? they made a theory video about infinite getting his mind wiped by the ruby or something and that added fuel to the fire. its a really cool concept and while i dont think that the avatar wanting to avenge those they lost is necessarily bad, i feel like its just kind of meh for the kind of story forces was trying to tell, what with the friendship-is-cool themes and whatnot. so i thought the avatar/gadgets arc was going to be we get to find out how they and infinite (or at least just the former lol) know each other, and how infinite became infinite in the first place, and gadget wanted to both help put a stop to everything but also get his friend back through, you guessed it, the power of friendship. hooray! i read a really good fic that was like that called til we touch the sun on a03 (that fic still makes me go insane thinking about it) that went with a sidestory for gadget that was quite similar to what i just described

plus the idea of infinite and gadget having shared a past but only one of them remembers it and now has to deal with a monster that looks like who they used to be but is no longer the same in every other regard due to them going dark side (willingly or unwillingly) is super angsty. and i like my ships raw and some degree of brutal for the soul. it keeps me young

but yeah im overall neutral. tl;dr: infidget is a fine ship, i just wish it had more canon-supported flavour and i wish the majority of shippers would stop writing infinite so poorly to make him fit properly into their milquetoast domestic fluff romances, but whatever. we all get enjoyment out of different things, even if theyre wrong :3 (for safety reasons i have to disclose that the previous statement was a joke)

#he said ask #thats my new ask tag. nickisnotgreeners understand the reference #fortywholecakes #engie.txt #infidget #sonic forces #gadget the wolf #infinite the jackal #sth #and i just have to reiterate that i dont think that anyone who does twinkify gadget or any other chars for ships are bad people #i just think its really boring and heteronormative to make a male char excessively feminine just for the sake of a ship #like do we have to talk about how assigning hetero-relationship roles onto queer couples is weird and stupid #or can we not bc i thought that got left in 2015 #i should also add that i have not been in the infidget tag in years so idk what people are up to nowadays #hopefully more progressive than 2018 lol

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craycraybluejay · 4 months

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I know I am a sick person all over because everything always hurts and somehow I'm in love with the horror of protecting you. And the eternal wish that there is something as wrong with you as there is with me. For you to hurt me for every time I failed to protect you. For you to enjoy my hurt as I would yours. To smile at me like I am the only person in the entire world even as I fade to nothing. To put small fingers inside my throat and scratch it like an illness. Like swallowing glass. And laugh the whole way through as I struggle through blood to laugh with you. The desire to burn my sickness into you if by some miracle you are different, if by some cruel blessing I am really the only one like me. To bury you alive inside my love so that no matter what it will remain past the death of the sun. It's quiet and then it's loud. Something wrong with me. No one at all knows. I make myself sicker with my fixations. I am not capable of making any of it stop. Only of tucking myself away in a small dark corner like a diseased secret. Maybe I put too much value to things, even those that are altogether inconsequential. Too much romance and sentimentality to things that simply Are. All of the cosmos is unfeeling chaos, all of the humans are feeling order, I inherit the worst of both. Everything feels like a strange, heavy nightmare. Time is fast and slow. The sensation is of a subconscious eternally screaming for me to WAKE UP, that my head is hot enough to explode and my body is wasting away-- except there is nothing else to wake up to. Life is story after story and moments of thrilling clarity. And you.

I crave so badly to earnestly write you as a freakshow. I want to grab you and run you-- all clinging to my back and bothering me with questions of what all this is-- right into my world. Hold you out above the mountain like the Lion King and thank the stars for your existence. Initiate you into a madness that is mine, and only mine. Watch you turn in my time into a being in my space. But I know in truth it's a game of burdensome waiting. That I have to play my role forever if I must and simply wait for you to wander here. That in order to hold and cherish you in both my world and this other one I must wait for you to slither up my brainstem yourself-- as a being and not a thought. To leap into my arms a billion times until the atoms do something truly bizarre. I don't allow my hands on your wheel, but I enjoy sitting there and watching as we crash into trees and fly headlong off cliffs. It is more fun than smooth sailing. More real. You manage to shock me when nothing truly phases me anymore. Reach me in a place where I am all alone. I can't push you I can't pull you I can't weave your stories together with mine alone but I will happily take your hand and lead you through the beautiful surrealities when you offer yours first.

#waxing poetic #journal #delete later #this is private but considering no one can decipher what im saying even when i purposely try to talk in a way that appeals to others #which im not doing here because this is for me and mine #im not particularly worried #even the people i love could not understand a word of this in its context the way it is meant to me #it is like i am in an infinite thick mud behind thicker glass and nothing can see me or touch me #my writing #an exercise in honesty #i will read these silly little notes to you if and when you are ready for them-- sing them even #and if not. well. i will stay loyal and content beside you until i die and after too #i want a will where you keep me on your skin. a necklace or a piercing or even under your skin #press me into something you'd like to keep and wear me until you too return to stardust #and promise me you'll never take me off. not when you shower or sleep or get married or die.#promise me i will remain with you until our remains end together. if not i'll haunt your stupid ass

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istherewifiinhell · 2 months

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Rewatching jacob gellars Pinocchio video to rewatch tng measure of a man to watch metropolis to read rossums universal robots to better argue about why modern tf lore sucks.

#some shit #its not called cisformers #I HATE UR STUPID ROBOT JESUS RELIGION I HATE IT SO MUCH #why have you abandoned the idea of the robot as the worker.#why must our characters be divinely created and have souls in order to be compelling. or worse. alive.#they idea that any sufficiently complex machine might live might feel might fight for their freedom #is uhhhhhh INFINITELY MORE INTERESTING TO ME.#WHY DO U HATE THE PLIGHT OF THE ROBOT.#i mean theres even smth to be said about the derision towards blue collar labour being present in the text of some iterations.#and this is DISREGARDING. the bonkers yonkers sexism of it all.#even if u made it the most feminist gender parity & intelligently engaged with alien robot gender from a non binarist viewpoint #religious lore EVER. axe the fridging and the groundgina from EXISTENCE.#i still wouldnt think it more compelling than #the five faces of darkness quote 'we tf have looked into the face of our creator and we have seen an enemy'#<- creator Literal Sense. the people who Built labourer robots do NOT like those robots being a sentient autonomus species. go figure

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little-lost-canary · 10 months

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2 buck wild seasons, altered to fit the AU.

#ghost art #ninjago au #i try to be funny #but as a lil explanation #s5 instead of just kinda removing Lloyd him & morro’s interactions become equally as important as the ninjas #& turns out they are actually pretty similr people in a lot of ways & kinda like or at least respect each other by the end #s6 is still pointless & stupid but nya is a highschooler so now it’s Lloyd’s mom #his kingdom is gone so he must marry royalty to have all those infinite wishes. so he kidnappes empress iron dragon #who he fancied like 300 years ago before she married that demon brute instead of him the clearly superior option!#she has no idea who this legless man is…

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demetriandelibinaryboyfriends · 1 year

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@allvalley100

Prompt: Nice

Friendships: Miguel & Eli, Miguel & Demetri, Miguel & Demetri & Sam & Robby

This is a 6-parter--600 words total! Shockingly no prominent ships in this one (aside from some implied Samiguel).

Hey, y'all remember when Miguel admitted to Hawk that he'd cheated on Tory and Hawk immediately answered with "NICE!!!"??? Because I sure do -_____-

Anyways back in S2 Miguel was so CLEARLY not a fan of Hawk's increasingly douchey behavior, but I always got the feeling he swept a lot of it under the rug for the sake of their friendship. But had Tory not started the school fight, I got the impression things were leading up to a confrontation between them where Miguel really chews him out about being a dick to Demetri and being like. Gross and sexist in general. So these are some things I wrote for a "No School Fight" AU where that's exactly what happens!

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“What’s your problem? Are you really that upset you kissed Sa—”

“What’s your problem?” Miguel is finally awake enough for his temper to flare up. “You congratulated me for cheating on my girlfriend! What’s wrong with you?!”

Hawk scoffs. “You land all the bitches now. You should be proud.”

“I don’t want to ‘land all the bitches.’” Miguel groans, face in his hands. “You know shit like that is the reason Miyagi-Do thinks we’re all douchebags, right?”

“Good! They should be scared of us!”

“Oh, get over yourself, Hawk. The only one taking this karate war seriously is you.”

***

“We can’t sit there!”

Hawk grabs Miguel as he starts toward where Demetri’s eating alone.

Miguel frowns. “Why?”

Hawk’s nostrils flare, like he’s considering a rant.

“Demetri joined the enemy!” is all that comes out.

Miguel rolls his eyes. “You need to stop buying into Sensei Kreese’s every word. You don’t want to get yanked around by him like Sensei Lawrence did.”

“Just because you’ve gone soft—”

“This is ridiculous.” Miguel’s had enough. “You can come or not, but I’m going to sit with our friend.”

“He’s not my—”

Miguel’s halfway across the cafeteria before Hawk can finish.

***

“Hey.”

Demetri starts when Miguel puts his lunch tray down. He turns, worry morphing into pleasant surprise.

“Not with the Cobras?”

“You’re my friend, too.”

Demetri’s expression softens.

“Thanks for returning the medal. Sam told me.”

“No problem. Sorry Hawk’s been an asshole.”

“Is he...”

Demetri glances across the cafeteria.

“Not coming. Too busy sulking about me sitting with a Miyagi-Do.”

“Okay, well, there’s something you should know—”

That’s when Sam and Robby show up. Miguel realizes he’s made a terrible mistake.

“What’s he doing here?” Robby demands.

“Miguel isn’t like the others!” Demetri raises his hands. “He’s nice!”

***

With Sam and Demetri chatting away, off in their own world, Miguel wonders if Hawk’s megadouche rants would be preferable to Robby Keene’s stony silence.

“So.” Miguel can’t stand this any longer. “Do you have Mr. Henderson for Algebra II?”

“Yeah. Seems like a hardass.”

“Had him 3rd period. Dickwad already gave us homework.”

“Hoping I can transfer to precalc.” Robby chuckles awkwardly. “Demetri tutored me a bit this summer. I got an 85% on the pre-exam.”

Miguel’s admittedly impressed. “Nice.”

Strange. After the summer’s drama, this kind of mundanity’s almost comforting.

Still, Miguel wishes his hand was in Sam’s.

***

Miguel hardly expects an SOS text from Robby Keene, but he doesn’t refuse. When he hears Sam and Demetri are in trouble, he comes running.

The Miyagi-Dos were jumped after school—Tory, Hawk, the rest of Cobra Kai. Miguel’s too late to stop the worst of Tory’s attack, but he turns the tide.

Kreese is pissed at him for opposing his teammates. Sensei’s pissed because Kreese is. Miguel will live.

He dumps Tory. He’s always given her the benefit of the doubt, but...

Seeing her looming over Sam, murder in her eyes, Miguel wonders if he was being too nice.

***

“You’ve got nerve, throwing your lot in with them.”

Miguel sighs, more tired than angry. “You’re lucky the Miyagi-Dos didn’t press charges. Sam and Robby wanted to, but Demetri begged them not to. Said you ‘weren’t yourself.’”

Hawk sneers. “And what are you, Demetri’s bitch?”

“He’s worried about you, Hawk. I am, too. You’re being an asshole, and I know that’s not you—”

“Fuck you. Maybe your bleeding-hearted ass is too nice, huh?”

Hawk shoves his way into a crowd, disappearing.

Got our work cut out for us, Miguel texts Demetri.

Keep trying, Demetri immediately responds. He’ll come around.

#allvalley100 #miguel diaz #eli moskowitz #hawk #demetri alexopoulos #demetri cobra kai #robby keene #sam larusso #samantha larusso #tory nichols #cobra kai #cobra kai season 2 #cobra kai season 3 #continue to love how much Miguel Diaz absolutely did not give a metric shit about the Karate Wars in S2 #like he was like “hey this is stupid and Kreese is a psycho” in all of 5 minutes #he's probably one of the most mature characters in the show tbh #he gets caught up in his Johnny idolization sometimes but the kid has SUCH a good head on his shoulders #continually baffled by people who paint him out to be the exact same type of impulsive aggro idiot as Hawk #I love my stupid bird boy but Miguel has infinitely more common sense tbh #speaking of though #I kinda love the idea of Miguel just bailing on douchebag S2 Hawk to hang out with Demetri Sam and Robby ngl #like lmao get fucked asshole #talk shit get hit (emotionally)#fwiw I think the endgame of this AU would be Sam and Miguel rekindling a friendship via Demetri #and then Sam and Miguel eventually dumping Tory and Robby to get back together lmao #Idk if Eli would end up being as much of a menace but his two besties would both bail before he got the chance so #get rekt bird boy maybe take a chill pill #also enamored with the idea of Miguel refusing to call Kreese Sensei Kreese solely out of spite #literally so valid of him #oops realized too late I forgot to include Chris and Nate at the MD table

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