#though it could still be written off as his cynical mocking of the auctioneer & thus his own need for the artifacts as a collective mask
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could you imaaaaagine if they stuck with this idea & actually went the distance with the pathos they bothered to reinforce his character with in the first place instead of dialing back to Rich Guy Who Cheats woohoohoohehehehe 😃🔫
#cobra kai#terry silver#because there IS truth in their whole conversation! starting from the dinner table!#chozen was real about his upbringing which helped terry let his guard down and admit this to him#and theres the whole thing with the katana#how terry doesnt know whether its an authentic artifact or not or if he even gives a shit at the end of the day#but the point is he's using lavish collectibles to mask his emptiness Which is echoed when chozen points out how CK serves the same purpose#and that emptiness is his lack of love!!#its his fault that he's alone But if they wrote him as a gay man it would add a new level of bitterness to his loneliness#there is the idea of terry as a gluttonous racist who in all likelihood does not respect the artifacts in that room#which would be true either way tbh#but theres also the idea of a ''Rehabilitated'' terry who did take up a genuine interest in art and history#which is albeit slightly marred by his flippant disregard for the katana's authenticity#though it could still be written off as his cynical mocking of the auctioneer & thus his own need for the artifacts as a collective mask#but the latter version of terry (while not erasing his evil) redefines the symbolism of th katana in their fight#it would be a shard of that mask repurposed as a defense mechanism#the artifacts are as much his children as the CK kids#and conversely the kids are finely sharpened weapons themselves#and his version of love his building you up to perfection only to keep you on a trophy shelf#if he points out things he wants to fix about himself in you he'll be able to remold you into the perfection he thinks he never achieved#and theres only so many ways you can tinker with a toy before it becomes perfect & then you move onto the next#you collect & collect & polish & polish without confronting Why you have this compulsion in the first place#& when he starts losing the kids later in the season he reaches for their symbol during the fight as an extension of himself#as both a means of defense & a recursive admittance of defeat (without him realizing)#ouroboros moment!!#to finish: this is why im obsessed w the passion behind his anger at chozen later#he rolled over & showed his belly & realized his big moment of truth was buoyed entirely by falsehood#the ''i will pay TRIPLE'' is so powered by the shame of admitting something as vulnerable as ''i wanted children''
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