Inside You There Are Two Wolves

returning to this blog very briefly to say: same group dynamic

rodney: 10/10 character no notes

he flirted with everyone and loved chaos

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My theories for obx 5.

1) Kie and Rafe are gonna have their own little moment of revenge and Rafe will take the fall for whatever she does because he's the killer, not her.

2) Rafe will be the one that watches kie have a breakdown. She's to tough to have it in front of her parents and friends, (maybe other than Sarah), but Rafe will push and push and push like he always does until she breaks. He will be the one to truly convince her of revenge.

3) John B and Sarah, as sad as they will be, will do their best to stay out of it. They both just wanna be safe and raise their damn kid and we already know the little thing will probably be named JJ so I don't believe either will seek revenge the same way Kie is. (This doesn't mean they won't be sad, especially John B, it just means revenge isn't what they want. I believe they truly just want to mourn their friend and brother.)

4) Pope will not go to jail because they will call in groffs whereabouts to Shoupe. However, I do believe someone will get arrested before the end of season 5.

5) Kiara's parents will finally understand what the boys meant to Kie and I believe they will be there for her the whole time. This will definitely have some conflict because they hated him before so I'm not entirely sure she'll go back to them.

6) Kie will leave the OBX, of her own free will this time, and not come back until we have some sort of flash forward with John B and Sarahs baby.

7) Rafe and Sofia will get back together for a short period. Either one of them is dying, Rafe is going to jail, or she too will leave the OBX

8) Sarah, and Rafe if he is still there, will begin to fight for wheezie, or the girl will come back on her own. Rose is not her mother and I feel like she'd rather be with Sarah and Rafe then Rose.

9) Rafe will be the best uncle to their baby. I have no doubt he'd fight for that kid no matter what.

10) Sofia could be pregnant?? (Only if they decided to pull that trope again)

11) The pogues will all go separate ways. Sarah and John B will live in JJs old house, no I don't think Luke will keep it, and Rafe (possibly Sofia) will live in Tannyhill. Cleo will work with Heyward during the school year while Pope attends college and then he will come home every summer and work with Cleo, John B, and Sarah. Kiara will not move on and will instead be an advocate of some kind for a major company. I believe alot of her earlier season potential will come out and she'll work in some career field that has to do with ocean life and preservation.

12) Kiara Carrera will die.

Saw someone saying Miguel was villainizing Robby in his Stanford essay by writing about what happened and I wanted to talk about it because I honestly don’t think that makes any sense.

Most people will agree that Robby didn’t mean to kick Miguel over the balcony, it was obviously an accident and that is important context that matters in the story.

However Miguel still got kicked over a balcony because of Robby and was paralyzed and had to relearn to walk and experienced a lot of trauma as a result of Robby’s actions.

Miguel’s trauma doesn’t go away because it was an accident and it’s a totally reasonable thing to write a college essay about. It’s also totally fair for Robby to feel guilty and upset at the reminder of what happened. But Robby’s trauma doesn’t mean Miguel isn’t allowed to talk about what he went through, Miguel can forgive Robby and still acknowledge that it was a real thing he went through that impacted him. Just like Robby would be totally justified in still struggling with some of the things Miguel did to him in the earlier seasons.

And either way in the scene Miguel does feel bad for bringing up something that hurts Robby and immediately offers to change his name which probably isn’t what Robby’s upset about but Miguel tries to make him more comfortable anyway.

In fact I think their dynamic at this point is shockingly healthy for Cobra Kai, they’ve talked about it and are actually building a respectful relationship that doesn’t just ignore what they’ve done to each other. Sure Johnny’s attempts at helping were horrible and I would’ve loved to see more in depth conversations between them but overall for the kind of show it is I think this season has really demonstrated a sweet relationship between them.

I honestly wouldn’t have had such a huge problem with this season if it wasn’t for the last like. Five minutes. So Robby got screwed over and Miguel’s win was unsatisfying and we had no real resolution for Tory with anything. I actually really liked what they did with Sam. I liked her choosing to do what felt right for her. I liked her going off to Okinawa to forge her own path while honoring Mr. Miyagi and learning about his history. And evil karate husbands murder suicide yacht explosion via Kreese’s cigar is the exact kind of gay ass campy insanity I tune into this show for.

And without what happened at the very end, I could also write off all the bullshit at the tournament. Robby saying “no mercy” could be interpreted as tongue in cheek inside joke, as him just telling Tory that he’s behind her no matter what and to give it her all. Daniel channeling Kreese (and using derogatory sexist language to boot 😒) would be much harder to swallow, but I could choose to view it in a similar vein—Daniel is reminding Johnny that he’s tough, he’s strong, he doesn’t give up, and he now has everyone standing behind him and supporting him. And Miguel…well lol I still think it’s crazy they flashed back to him fighting dirty, and the whole fight just wasn’t compelling to me, but whatever honestly. He got a happy ending and did fight with honor so ultimately it’s not a very big deal.

As for the rest of it…the entire conceit of Johnny needing this trophy when he literally already has everything and should finally be able to see that, Kreese telling him he “always does the right thing” (lol), the baby plot line, etc. It was all pretty much what I expected, anyway. And Johnny taking back Cobra Kai is not something I actually have a problem with at all. It’s been obvious since season 1 that this was always going to be the satisfying ending for him, and I would have been happy they at least saw this through. Except then they Did That. They made him try and justify the entire Cobra Kai philosophy—the same philosophy that Kreese himself realized was dangerous and spent all season trying to apologize for. The same philosophy that got a child killed five episode prior. The same philosophy that has been destroying the lives of all of these characters for the entire duration of the show. And then as the final nail in the coffin, they show Johnny is still ruthlessly bullying children and mocking them for their physical appearance. That he hasn’t changed or grown at all. And then the show just ends. That’s it. That’s the conclusion of six seasons. That’s the culmination of a 40 year character arc. Once a bully, always a bully. But now we’re supposed to find it funny and charming. Well, I don’t. Fucking sue me.

Amerie and Malakai better be end game, idc they better make it happen.

Devi Vishwakumar is one of the best main female characters and I will deeply miss her.

I love how unapologetically messy and chaotic she was. It was a wild ride seeing her make some questionable decisions. It was great to see a woman of color allowed to be messy and entangled in romantic affairs. It was amazing to see Tamil representation and how it focuses on family relationships and how difficult it is to handle cultural and generational differences. Ultimately, NHIE is about a teenager navigating grief and such a traumatic event. Devi and Nalini’s relationship was extremely complicated but perfectly illustrates how difficult it is to raise your kid when you have been raised differently so seeing their relationship grow and evolve to such tender and supportive bond was such a beautiful journey to have witnessed.

Devi was messy, cringey, confused, frustrating but also funny, driven, smart, kind and deeply human. She was allowed to make mistakes and try again until she figures it out. Her growth this season was so brilliant to see and she’s going to make many more mistakes in the future but already has such great support system in her life. Has learned to value herself and her worth. I love she got to have her romantic ending, her dream school and loved for all of her messiness.

I will miss Devi and every character in NHIE, as a show is definitely one I will rewatch multiple times and I cannot wait to see what Maitreyi does with her future because she’s brilliant.

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