#anthenny

We were stolen from them as a duo

The Good:

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YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE THESE GUYS PULL OUT THE MOST APT STAR WARS PREQUEL MEMES OF ALL TIME

AND NOT THINK I'M GONNA SHIP THE SHIT OUT OF THEM

DID ELI REALLY JUST SAY DEM SHOULD PULL AN "IT'S OVER ANAKIN I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND" ON ROBBY

WITH A STRAIGHT FACE

I can't with this man

I can 100% not tell if these boys are memeing or actually taking karate advice from the Star Wars prequels but honestly??? I fucking love it either way

Dumbasses (affectionate)

ALSO the absolutely doe-eyed way Eli looks at Demetri when he says "you're taller!!" Yeah you like your men taller, don't you, short king?

Come to think of it Eli has been basically nonstop giving Demetri doe eyes all season

Maybe that's just what his face looks like?

Nah he's still kinda smug smirking at the beginning of the season

But he does become very apt at looking like a sad puppy

I swear this fucker still looks at Demetri like he hung the sun though

Ohhhhh Demetri just going RUTHLESSLY at Robby fills me with LIFE

Demetri Alexopoulos and Robby Keene mortal enemies WHEN

Still morbidly satisfying to see all that paralysis, shaving, and dojo-betraying beef explode out of my boy Demetri in one fell swoop

Oh shit!!! The head kick!!! The THROWDOWN!!! We are at last seeing a glimpsed of the unhinged Demetri I have craved for so long, keep being scary my love

DID HE JUST DO THE "COME AT ME BRO" HAND MOVEMENT

OH HE IS SO PISSED

Seeing this gay nerd be aggressive and intense as hell is ascending me into nirvana

He has found his inner craving for violence and destruction, and I think that's very valid of him

Truly he and Eli are kindred spirits in ways S1 Demetri never could have imagined

You gotta love some irony

He's gone from yeeting out of every bad situation to being like "this dude shaved off my boyfriend's gay-ass hairdo and now I'm going to beat him to kingdom come"

You know what that is? GROWTH

Poor Daniel though, he's like "Oh no :( :( :( My karate sons are fighting :( :( :("

This man has too many karate children

He was The Karate Kid ONE time and then he was like "Shit I'd better raise 5 more"

Okay, it needs to be said: The Anthony-apologizes-to-Kenny scene 400000000% reads like Anthony has just the BIGGEST FUCKING GAY CRUSH on Kenny

"Uh...hey dude...I...uh...saw your match out there...and ...uh...uh...I saw Robby compete last year..."

Literally have not spoken this way once in my entire life to someone I did not hope to eventually kiss

I WILL say that as of right now, I am unsure if said crush is reciprocated, but like...

Anthony LaRusso has got it BAD

"Tell me how it felt" "Well like...not...great?" Me tryna impress my crush with my fire empathy skills be like

*Watches Kenny punch the crap out of Anthony* Yeah okay that's fair

*Grabs face* "Get ready for high school next year, because you're gonna be in a world of pain :D" UM

That DEFINITELY had some not-very-straight undertones and I refuse to elaborate beyond that

Actually this could very well be the beginning of a mutual violence-peppered homoerotic obsession

All right, game fucking on

"Anthony are you okay?" "LEAVE ME ALONE" "I just--" "I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE" *yeets away at top speed* I mean yeah I'd react like that too if my crush just punched me in the stomach 30 times

Are Demetri and Eli sitting next to each other while the Sam-Tory semifinals are going on ;_;

I'm headcanoning that Eli is helping to patch Demetri up and is holding ice packs to his bruises and stuff and no one can stop me

"IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY JOHNNY" Mr. John Kreese sir this is like the 5th time you've asked Johnny to join you, it ain't gonna happen

Kreese is really like the creepy friendzoned neckbeard guy who asked you out every few months in hopes you've magically changed your mind and are going to fall passionately in love with him

Like my dude just give it up already, it's never gonna happen

Local Evil Sensei Tries To Take A Jab At Former Student's Relationship With Adopted Son, Thinks It's Actually A Tactical Maneuver. More at 6

"Tonight, Cobra Kai's gonna die" YEAH YOU TELL HIM JOHNNY

ABSOLUTE CINEMA

Actually you know what??? Miguel actually LISTENED to his body and didn't push himself to the point of getting hurt, GOOD FOR HIM

Like everyone in this show takes this children's karate tournament too seriously and Miguel was like "this is all kinda bullshit actually"

PROUD OF HIM for doing something for himself and not to impress an adult!!!

MIGUEL AND SAMMMMMM

Ain't nothing can truly tear these wholesome karate straights apart ;___;

SAM'S IMMEDIATE CONCERN, AW

LOVE them bonding over their fathers/father figures being petty little bitches who are like "fight my way or Imma throw a fit wah wah"

"I just wanna let you know that..." *pained sigh* OH MY GOD HE WAS GONNA DROP AN "I LOVE YOU" WASN'T HE

OH LAWD

MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT

"I'm always rooting for you, Sam" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (affectionate)

LOVELY KISS 12/10

It's just so soft and sweet and I

Yeah they're in love sorry, no matter what arbitrary conflicts the plot throws at them!!! They'll find a way!!!

THE WAY MIGUEL WATCHES HER GOOOOO AAAAAAAAA

Poor Gianni Decenzo, he has to deal with tumblr user demetriandelibinaryboyfriends doing an in-depth analysis of his every facial expression

For example, when Eli says "this is my chance to get back at Robby for what he did to me" Demetri is looking at my boy with literally more soft concern and love than I've ever seen in my life

L M A O Demetri actually looks like he frowns a little bit when Daniel says "this fight isn't about him"

Like "actually Eli I think you have every right to pound him into the ground"

Yeah Eli!!! Atta boy!!! Find balance and stuff!!!

Retain the essence of the gay little purple mohawk!!!

Not Demetri looking anxious as hell as Eli walks out onto the mat

Nothing new but I just think it's neat

"He trained at Miyagi Do way longer than me" *cue intensely concerned look from Demetri* Okay fr how has Demetri not gotten an anxiety attack yet, with all this worrying about Eli he's doing

Eli wailing on Robby to avenge the 'hawk!!! We love to see it!!!

Love that Eli lands a massive fucking kick in the middle of Robby's stomach and Demetri just starts clapping in the background, this fucker is so proud and impressed and is daydreaming about giving Eli Moskowitz a victory kiss actually

Demetri goes from looking anxious as fuck in the background to smiling whenever Eli lands a hit, this motherfucker's in love sorry

Damn Eli you really tryna rip this fucker's shirt off?

Like listen I know you'd like to see men topless but this is not the time nor the place

Besides, Demetri would gladly do it if you asked nicely

"Any advice on the last point?" *cut to Demetri looking up at Eli like he hung every last star in the sky* THIS IS UNFAIR

Gianni and Jacob need to STOP looking at each other Like That because I know nothing's going to happen with it and it is KILLING me

“Give him all you got” *world’s most dramatic swell of music like this is the most profound advice in existence* I can’t with this show, it’s so fucking ridiculous (affectionate)

Okay yes it's been said many times before but they can't SERIOUSLY have Robby throw his gi to his girlfriend and then have Eli throw his gi to DEMETRI and NOT know damn well what that implies????

It's bad enough there's a shitton of Samiguel/Elimetri parallels, now there's Keenry parallels too????

Like what the fuck are you DOING with that if you don't want us to think these two are being foreshadowed to date??? Or like...be romantically involved in some way??? O_o

And uh...the way Eli looks Demetri dead in the eye and flexes/rolls his shoulders DOES NOT FUCKING HELP

Like what you doing showing off your body to Demetri like that??? What, you want him to touch it tenderly???

Absolutely loving Demetri's look of shock too, like "wAIT, HE'S INTO THIS??? HE'S ACTUALLY GAY FOR ME TOO???"

Took you long enough you IDIOT

Anyways so since Tory and Robby made out in a car and then Robby tossed Tory his gi, we can conclude that Eli and Demetri are going to make out in a car next season

Preferably while road tripping in Mexico looking for Miguel

Still a big fan of Demetri looking tense as hell in the background

I would have KILLED to get a more clear shot of Demetri's face when Robby had Eli pinned down and was about to punch him out

I'm betting he was fighting literally every instinct to run and save his mans

Demetri's face when Eli gets his shoulder hurt and winces in pain D:

FUCKING HELL

IF THEY DON'T WANT ME TO SHIP IT WHY DO THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER LIKE THEY'RE IN LOVE

Demetri RUNNING to him when he wins, HELP

HOW LOUDLY HE'S CHEERING AND CLAPPING WHEN ELI TAKES THE TROPHY

My GOD have I never seen Demetri that happy and proud <3

And y'all were saying Demetri resents Eli's mad fighting skills and is intimidated by his ass-kicking abilities??? Get fucked

LOVE how jazzed Chris is about Eli winning, it’s so fucking pure

Love how wholly the Miyagi-Dos in general have forgiven Eli, even if we barely got to see it D:

"YYYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" my GOD does this poor traumatized bird boy deserve that win

HELL YEAH I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU, YOU FUNKY LITTLE HAWK MAN YOU

Real Keenry hours!!! Love how aware they are of each other's mental/emotional state and how quick they are to jump in and check in with each other

AMANDA AND TORY AAAAAAAAAA

Tory saying "thank you, I owe you" to Amanda is honestly a HUGE step, I'm proud of her! Accepting when other people want to help you and showing gratitude for it gives me hope she's on the way to a better headspace <3

Honestly good on Amanda for being so determined to help Tory! I'm with her, as juicy as the Sam-Tory rivalry is, I kind of hope that fight is gonna help end all the bullshit between them

Like they don't gotta be buddies but maybe they can like. Chill out with the trying to beat the crap out of each other and whatnot

Could it be??? Daniel and Johnny??? APOLOGIZING??? And admitting each other's karate and karate-teaching styles don't totally suck???

IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME

Like don't get me wrong, I'm irked as hell that it took this long, but better late than never

I CAN'T BELIEVE MIYAGI FANG IS CANON

FANSERVICE???

BUT AMAZING FANSERVICE

KARATE HUSBANDS BACK TOGETHER

When Sam's getting ready to fight, Demetri and Eli are talking in the background and Eli's just got this pure sweet little smile on his face ;__;

And Demetri's grinning at him too, probably telling him what a good job he did!!! I CRI

Y'know I warned y'all that I was gonna see these two standing next to each other and claim they were in love, and I was right

"Bonsai Badass" Damn right she is!!!

DANIEL CORRECTING THE ANNOUNCER THAT JOHNNY'S ALSO A TWO-TIME CHAMP AWWWWWWW

Is the show finally gonna let these two be homoerotic friends instead of homoerotic rivals????

One can only hope

I love Dem and Eli smiling and clapping proudly in the background when Johnny gets announced as a two-time AVT champ, like...that may be a disaster idiot chaos Sensei, but god damn it, that's our disaster idiot chaos Sensei!!!

LIVING for Sam and Johnny's relationship and I'd BETTER see more of it in Season 5, dammit!!!

JUST!!! The casual "all right LaRusso, you ready to kick some ass?" Like he has so much faith in her that he's not even really MODERATELY concerned about her not kicking ass. Iconic

"YES SENSEI!!! If...that's okay with my other sensei?" I am Dead

DANIEL GIVING SAM HIS BLESSING TO KICK ASS, LEGENDARY

Demetri and Eli being interested in the Sam-Tory fight in the background, but not looking like they're feeling the same kind of mind-numbing anxiety that they had to when they watched each other fight D:

ELI JUST CARRYING HIS HUGE-ASS TROPHY AROUND

AND PUTTING IT IN FRONT OF HIM WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE

Mohawk or no, there's definitely a Cocky Fuck streak in this boy and I love that for him

It's a super brief shot but Eli's face when Sam scores a point is ADORABLE

Samantha LaRusso and Eli Moskowitz chaotic battle besties WHEN?

I'm telling you, Sam, Eli, Demetri, and Miguel would be such a perfectly balanced (heh, geddit, BALANCE? Like Miyagi-Do???) squad

Like Eli and Sam would be the chaotic troublemakers and Demetri and Miguel are the tired-but-loyal good bois who try very hard to keep their significant others out of trouble

But occasionally Sam is a bad influence on Miguel and/or Eli is a bad influence on Demetri, and shenanigans occur ~"Your dad's right, every now and then" PLEASE

They are HUSBANDS

He's basically just saying "Mind your other father!" and it's EXCELLENT

I can't believe Samantha LaRusso has TWO karate dads now

It's honestly what she deserves

AW, Tory's genuine guilt over elbowing Sam D:

She's growing!!! I'm proud of her!!!

OHOOHOO THE EVIL KARATE HUSBANDS ARE FIGHTING AGAIN

SO SPICY

Ooooooohhhhh I am a BIG fan of that music that plays while Tory is circling Sam!!! Zesty AF!!!

DEMETRI BEING WORRIED IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN SAM GETS STOMACH-KICKED

Man poor Demetri, he's had to watch basically all of his friends get they asses beat in one afternoon

Except for Moon

And she kissed his crush so like

Still not a good time for our boy

"Hey, you all right?" *sobbing*

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS??? GROWTH

I'm so proud of Tory!!! Last season she was being a little shit but now she's my daughter and I love her!

Happy for her for winning that trophy!!! Like as much as I wanted Sam to win, Tory's had a rough go of it pretty much her whole life and it's awesome that she knows now that there's something she's unquestionably amazing at ;_;

AW JOHNNY RUBBING SAM'S BACK

THAT'S HIMS DAUGHTER

EMOTIONAL

Terry Silver being menacing and wreaking mayhem, love it

"What's an Uber" JOHNNY ABDUOZYLVCVWD

TORY'S FACE WHEN SHE FINDS OUT THE REF WAS BRIBED, NOOOOOOOO

YOOOOO this show knows how to make BITCHIN' night city shots

Okay you know what??? I wasn't really rooting for a Johnny-Robby reconciliation because Robby ain't obligated to forgive the most deadbeat dad in the world but FUCK

That hug scene was sweet, I'll admit it ;__;

"You had a good thing going with LaRusso and then I got in the way" YEAH SAY IT

You know what??? At least he's owning up to it

Hope for Daniel-Robby reconciliation??? Hope for Daniel-Robby reconciliation!

TERRY YOU SNAKE IN THE GRASS

No pun intended heh heh

Tfw you're getting too caught up in your gay crush, so you get him arrested so he can't distract you anymore

We've all been there, amirite???

Honestly good for him though, Kreese WAS being a shit to him

Always down for evil karate husbands drama!

Get fucked John Kreese, enjoy jail you big loser

I can't believe Terry Fucking Silver is running the karate scene in the valley now

Does this mean Demetri and Eli will finally get to dramatically protect each other next season

I sure fucking hope so

WAAAAAAH CITY NIGHT SHOTS

LOSING MY MIND

Am I easily impressed? Yes, and it makes my life tremendously better than it would be if I had high standards

NOOOOO MIGUEL DON'T GO YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU SO MUCH

What you need another dad for??? You've already got not one but TWO karate dads, smh

Although in fairness I get wanting to define himself outside of karate, since he more or less MADE karate his identity for like...2 years

"Don't worry I'll be safe" YOU'RE A 17 YEAR OLD DUDE ALONE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO TRAVELING BY BUS I AM NOT REASSURED

YEAH JOHNNY GO GET YOUR KARATE SON PLEASE

Take Demetri, Eli, and Sam while you're at it!!! That's their boy and they love him!!!

I feel like at LEAST Sam is gonna twist his arm until he lets her tag along

And then Dem and Eli are gonna follow him anyways XD

Yeah yeah something something "they have to participate in the karate war!" Okay but have you considered that I want them to go on a homoerotic road trip of self-discovery to find their bestie?

AH HEY WHAT UP CHOZEN MY MAN

I guess you could say he’s been...chozen to help

The Bad:

Whilst Demetri becoming Mildly Unhinged during his Robby fight is excellent, I would like to see him be even more unhinged

Like take that unhinged and multiply it by at least 3

I just think Mr. Demetri Alexopoulos should get to become extremely angry and scary and freak out the entirety of the AVT audience with his rage

As a treat

I know I have said this before but I truly cannot emphasize it enough

Also that fight was over way too damn fast, like

While I understand why Dem lost, I wanted him to wail on Robby for at least twice as long before he got beat

Johnny nagging Miguel to keep fighting after his back acts up??? Mmmmmm I don't like this, I don't like this at all

It just feels kinda icky and OOC??? Like I feel like Johnny would NEVER push Miguel to fight if there was a chance he could get seriously hurt again, like

Miguel breaking his back and getting paralyzed FUCKED Johnny up, I feel like he'd freak out if there was like...even a SMALL chance that injury could relapse and Miguel could get seriously hurt again

Like I feel like (especially since he's dating Carmen now) he'd go into Overprotective Dad Mode like "NO if your back is acting up you gotta go home because I am NOT letting you get hurt again"

Like yes I know the dojo's at stake here, but like...I still think ultimately Johnny would value Miguel's safety more???

Oh my god is her seriously bringing his petty Daniel beef into this???

Y'ALL SHOULD SERIOUSLY BE OVER THIS NONSENSE BY NOW

Smdh

I don't know whether to laugh or cry over the fact that this show genuinely thinks that occasionally panning to a shot of Moon cheering and clapping for Eli is going to make us ship them

Like Demetri is also cheering and clapping for Eli and we get like 10x as many shots of it so idk what to tell you

I think Hawk should have tried to tear Demetri's shirt off during one of their S2 or S3 fights

I think that would've been funny

Like why does Robby get the shirt-tearing treatment but Demetri never did, when Demetri's the one Hawk is painfully horny for???

I'd like to speak to management

Okay listen if the throwing-gi-to-SO parallel with Keenry AND the looking-Demetri-dead-in-the-eyes-and-flexing bit both turn out to just be even more egregious queerbaiting I am going to murder someone

Like you don't just accidentally make that many gay writing choices

I have a bad feeling these fuckers are leading us all on for Potential Diversity Points and I'm gonna smack a bitch over it

LET THE KARATE NERDS DATE

Ffs Eli covered up his Moon tattoo with a GRIM REAPER TATTOO, if this isn't the PERFECT narrative symbolism for that relationship being dead!!!

LET IT STAY DEAD!!!

Man I'm getting fired up again

I should start martial arts up again so I can kick and punch and elbow my queerbaiting anger away

Mentioned earlier but hey Mr. Cobra Kai sir??? It is an actual CRIME that we did not get to see Demetri's face when Eli was pinned down and about to be KO'ed with a big boi punch

Was he terrified??? Was he brutally enraged and ready to commit murder??? Was he both??? FUCKING TELL ME

Look as much as I love Chris and I love him bear-hugging Eli

I'm gonna say it, it should have been Demetri

Why will this show not let these two have just the biggest fucking bear hug??? Are y'all worried it's gonna look too gay????

Really far too late to cover your bases there

Also I need my headcanon to be fed that Demetri is stingy with physical affection with everyone except for Eli

Anyways if this show ain't gonna let Demetri and Eli kiss the LEAST they can do is give me a very long and very warm hug!!!

Lmfao there's Moon again

What, like she can't cheer for her friends platonically??? Fuck all the way OFF, the fact that she is not allowed to be a platonic cheerleader for both Dem and Eli is character assassination actually

Look I just think Demetri should have been allowed to give Eli one (1) victory smooch in front of the entire AVT audience after Eli won

Maybe even two!!!

TELL me that shit wouldn't have been poetic fucking cinema

Like talk about a way to restore Eli's confidence!!!

“I'm proud of you and I'm proud to love you and I'm going to show both of these things off to the entire world actually”

Bonus points if Demetri lifts up Eli with his absurd upper body strength like in that one behind the scenes pic

And just lets Eli sit on his hands while they smooch basically

Like just an AVT karate champion and his adoring boyfriend who would do anything for him, don't mind them

Anyways Demetri has been like...infinitely more actively supportive of Eli's karate endeavors and Eli in general this season than Moon

Like he is fucking THERE for Eli through everything and helps and encourages him throughout the tournament and tells him that he is Better Than He Thinks He Is and is SO DAMN PROUD of him when he wins

Meanwhile Moon had like...two polite exchanges with him over the course of an ENTIRE SEASON and she was mildly friendly and encouraging, so they HAVE to date I guess

Anyways it's some bullshit

I hate this ship so much

Whilst I am THRILLED that Daniel and Johnny are reconciling and teaming up again, I am BEYOND frustrated that it took this damn long

"Just for today" Why tho??? Ya'll fuckers have CLEARLY seen that the kids benefit from learning both styles and combining them, so why not make this combined dojo learning business a semi-regular thing???

I get being this stubborn and insistent about your karate method back in like...S1 and S2

But these dudes should really be over this by now

Like have y'all writers heard of CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT???

LET JOHNNY AND DANIEL GROW PAST THEIR STUPID SHALLOW RIVALRY AND LET IT ACTUALLY STICK

So I get Kreese finally starting to feel a little bad about what he did to Johnny, but like...that alone isn't supposed to redeem him, right??? RIGHT???

Like having him not be 100% evil and giving him a redeeming/humanizing trait is all fine and good, BUT

That alone isn't enough to make up for like...50+ years of fuckery and being generally a rancid piece of shit

Anyways happy this fucker's in jail now actually

Wish he coulda taken his ex-husband with him, but I guess you can't have everything

I'm really happy for Tory but I'm still bummed Sam didn't get that win D:

I stan both of these queens now and I have a feeling it's going to make my life a lot harder

Mmmmmm Kyler's arm around Kenny in the background, don't like it don't like it don't like it don't like it one bit

DON'T TOUCH MY BOY

Okay, if no one else is gonna say it, then I will: The hug and Robby breakdown scene should've been between Daniel and Robby

Like Robby!!! My darling!!! My love!!! WHY did you follow Johnny instead of Daniel if you wanted comfort??? This man has been MIA for most of your life and is flaky and unreliable as all hell

Like yes Daniel could easily still be pissed at you but I feel like he would work with you if he saw you were genuinely Going Through It

Anyways it makes a lot more logical and narrative sense for Robby to follow and try to reconcile with Daniel actually

"I'm sick of blaming you, dad" Okay, but consider: He's been an extremely crappy dad and you can and should blame him for it

If anything it should be like "I'm sick of blaming Miguel" or something, because this whole mess between Johnny and Robby is truly and wholly NOT Miguel's fault

Like, again, it's not on Miguel if Johnny just feels more of a connection with him than Robby

Okay but where is Robby in the last scene??? Does he live with Johnny now??? Did he leave Cobra Kai??? Is he still crashing at the dojo or what??? I NEED to know

I'm sure we'll find out next season but logistically it is BUGGING me

So like. While I understand why he did it, I'm still upset that Miguel just yeeted off to Mexico without telling most of his loved ones???

Like what of your girlfriend??? Your two best friends??? Your karate dad #2 Daniel LaRusso??? They all love you very much and they're all going to be worried sick about you!!! For shame!!!

And even the people who DO know where you are are gonna be worried out of their minds!!! For DOUBLE shame!!!

Going on a self-discovery road trip by yourself at age 17 in a foreign country and not letting most of your loving support system know where you vanished off to is VERY rude, Miguel

This dude deadass has two father figures already, what you need a third one for???

Like yes I get you're mad at your karate dads right now but they still love you!!! You should talk with them and explain how you're feeling and how you want to define yourself outside of karate instead of Ubering off into the sunset without a trace!!!

Also they barely did anything with Daniel's Terry Silver trauma so they can go full ham diving into it next season, right??? RIGHT???

I can't believe you're making me wait until next season to see Demetri, Sam, and Eli's reaction to Miguel literally fleeing the country

pLEASE I just want them all to hold each other and have a good cry about it

I know I would!!!

Anthony is a “I love watching fights” type bf

in other words,