#afurioushawk

“Do I even wanna know how you got your hands on these?” asked Miguel, accepting a cold beer from the outstretched hand.

Hawk simply smirked and wagged his eyebrows. “Heh, I have my ways.”

Miguel shook his head, deciding not to press the matter. Sometimes, with Hawk, ignorance was bliss after all. He took a sip and closed his eyes, enjoying the early afternoon sun.

In lieu of beach towels, they’d managed to sneak the provided bath towels out of the motel. It was their first full day since Hawk had arrived and they’d spent nearly every waking minute at the beach.

When he’d headed down to Mexico, he’d done so without much of a plan. All he’d known is that he just needed to go and get away from all the bullshit facing him in the San Fernando Valley. Here, people could care less about karate. There was no pressure on him to fight, no expectations for him to live up to, no confusing authority figures with their conflicting advice. And after the year he’d had? That felt really fucking good.

“Exactly how long do you plan on hiding out down here?” asked Eli, who’d already finished most of his beer and was now laying down on his towel. The hawk tattoo taking over his back still sported its purple mohawk. Miguel wondered whether or not that was driving his friend crazy, the fact that the bird’s hairstyle no longer matched his own. But then, considering what had happened the last time he was at the tattoo parlor, maybe Hawk wasn’t so keen on going back.

Miguel shrugged. At his lack of verbal response, Hawk cracked one eye open to stare up at him and raised his eyebrow, waiting.

“I dunno. I didn’t come up with some strategic plan, I just needed to get away. Besides, that’s always been more of your M.O. anyways.”

Eli grinned in response, mischief sparking behind his eyes. “‘Bout time you recognized, El Serpiente.”

Rolling his eyes, Miguel chugged the rest of his beer before jumping up, wincing slightly at the remaining soreness in his back. “I’m gonna go for another dip, you coming?”

Hawk joined him and the pair walked out into the ocean. Miguel dove beneath a wave and popped up on the other side, shaking the water from his hair.

“Dude, what are you waiting for?” called Miguel. “It’s easier if you just duck all the way under.”

Hawk waved him off, continuing to wade out slowly. A slow mischievous grin appeared on Miguel’s face as he crept closer and splashed his friend, sending a huge spray of water in Eli’s direction.

FJDKSFJD I somehow missed this?? My bad, hoss. ANYWAY, so @cobrakaiforlife and I have thought that instead of going to college for coding, Hawk is obviously a WILD story teller (in part because of our speculation of what he tells his parents, as well as his version of events in the Cobra Kai game), and so he actually ends up in college for screen writing to write wild action movies and hacker scenes that aren’t total bullshit. And Miguel loves going to the movies, so I bet they’re big into going to the movies every single Saturday. And Miguel usually lets Hawk pick the movie because he’s pretty go with the flow and just likes hanging out with him, but Hawk is way more picky and has actors that he just cannot watch. And Hawk absolutely does not understand Miguel’s love of putting things *in* his popcorn, so they have to get separate popcorn containers, but they do put the arm up in between their seats to sit closer to one another. Hawk talks shit about scenes that are stupid, and Miguel splits his time between shaking his head over Hawk complaining about how unrealistic stuff is and mean mugging at people who shush them. One time Miguel tried to suggest they go to Golf N Stuff, and Hawk teased him about it mercilessly for like a week because he remembered Miguel telling him that Sensei said he takes all his babes there, and so there was a lot of “Oh, so you think I’m a babe, huh?” out of Hawk, and Miguel rolling his eyes but also turning scarlet because Hawk is calling him TF out. Anyway, they didn’t go to Golf N Stuff because Hawk also reminded Miguel that he got banned after what the Cobras did. Miguel *did* however call him ‘Babe’ for the first time after this, and Hawk didn’t tease him that time. It became Miguel’s go to pet name for Hawk after that. Other than that, I think their favorite place to just hang out is the beach. Sometimes they hit up a taco truck and park the Sentra and just chill on the hood eating, sometimes they end up in the water. One time Hawk told Miguel that he thought it would be cool to learn how to surf, until Miguel was like ‘Yeah, you say that until some wave ruins your ‘hawk,’ and Hawk flung sand at him after that because Miguel started teasing him about trying to beat up the ocean, and did an impression of Hawk calling the wave a pussy that was actually much better than Hawk would ever admit to because Miguel is a smug punk.

I want Johnny to get his dojo back but I have no clue how he’s gonna go about it. Doubt that this show is gonna turn into a legal drama and I doubt he’s just gonna challenge Kreese to a fight for the dojo like some anime character. So, I have no clue what their interactions will be like. 

I want Johnny to finally get rid of Kreese. I want him to tell him how much of a horrible person Kreese truly was all those years. I want him to really get him with words and the truth. 

13: Your characters are stranded on a deserted island. What happens?

All of them? Wow, that would be like Gilligan’s Island... or maybe not that fun.

My first guess is that Johnny and Daniel would organize two different settlements on the island, because at this point working together is not a thing for them. Johnny would want to be in charge of hunting and fishing, because deep down he’s an adorable caveman. And they would argue over all the silly things (naming the island, building a boat...)

The Cobra Kai and Miyagi kids would have a great time exploring (especially Rani, who loves swimming), and Amanda and Kate would try to keep the peace, as always. Not sure they would manage it.

How I feel about this character: I love him, especially his softer, more vulnerable moments behind the macho, tough guy exterior that he was taught to show the world.  I love his potential and the growth he has shown.  He makes me laugh with some of his backward views and his lack of understanding.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Ali Mills, Kate Williams in Counterpoint & Equilibrium, Kayla Brown Lawrence in The Long Road Back, and Bobby Brown in some of Rynn’s fics.  Depending on the writer, I occasionally ship Johnny and Daniel.  I halfway ship Johnny with Carmen, but I do feel it to be predictable.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: OG Cobras, especially Bobby and Tommy.  Also Miguel.

My unpopular opinion about this character:  I prefer him cleanshaven.

I mean at this point, I'm sure it's no small secret that I really want the catfights and bitchy banter to continue. We get little teases of it in S3, from the hospital to the soccer field to the cafeteria, but I hope we get to see those moments magnified. One, because I'm really jonesing for some non-angsty conflict and it's so entertaining to watch those two throw witty barbs at each other. Two, because it's this great dichotomy of the extremes in both the original rival dojos.

Anytime I try to picture the initial practices for the combined dojo, I'm just imagining Sam and Hawk being kept, like, as far from each other as possible. Hawk's on one end muttering grievances under his breath about having to learn yet another breathing technique and Miguel is trying to keep a straight face and also trying to get him to shut up so Sam doesn't hear it and put him in his place. Hawk's never really been around Sam when she and Miguel were together, so that's already a new dynamic. I'm excited about the comedic potential of merged dojo shenanigans in general but I really want some funny scenes out of the Hawk/Sam rivalry.

And then eventually, the team's gotta come together, right? They can't take down Cobra Kai if it's just endless infighting so, I also look forward to a very reluctant alliance. Well, maybe even alliance is too strong lol I don't see a world where they're ever friends but I could see them begrudgingly calling a ceasefire for the sake of getting the dojos in the best shape possible. Or even because poor Miguel is just at his absolute wits end trying to keep his best friends from killing each other.

ABSOLUTELY, yes.

I'm completely with you on one of your earlier posts about how this is a great start to Hawk's growth, not the final product. Again, incredible props to him for making such a difficult choice. He's been so concerned about being seen as weak for so long. So deciding to stand by all the people that he viewed as quitters is a really big deal. I hope it means he's starting to shift his view on what weakness actually looks like.

But all the issues that built up to his explosions this season are still there and his anger is a massive part of that. That scene with Brucks SHOOK me. He was completely unhinged. It was pure rage and nothing else. Once you've tapped into that, once you know you're capable of losing complete control like that... it's gotta fuck with you. He still has a lot of work to do in terms of finding healthy ways to process his pain and aggression. The thought of him being in a dojo that's co-run by Daniel is still really tripping me out but, dare I say, maybe some emphasis on balance would be helpful at this point?