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[strikefirster]

[The feed opens up to a crooked shot of a building that screams abandoned warehouse vibes. Out of frame is a man in a black karate gi standing next to a grandfather clock with the words "Professor Dongspin" written on it in green paint.]

Now I just got here but I've been seen a lot of talk about free fighting lessons. But we all know that in life you get what you pay for.

You want to really kick the competition? Then you need to get your ass down to Cobra Kai.

Screw that weird ass fairy tale bullshit. Learn from someone who drinks raw eggs, not pansy ass hot chocolate.

You'll learn bone crunching, face smashing, all American Karate. For the reasonable price of your blood, sweat and tears.

We're not going to be doing any self-defense, It's time to learn self-offense.

Don't be a pussy. Join Cobra Kai and let me teach you the way of the fist.

[And then leaps into the air and delivers a spinning kick into the grandfather clock which collapses and smashes against the ground.

The feed cuts out shortly after.]

Comments

CW: Child Abuse, Attempted Murder

[strikefirster]

[Oh. Huh. That's a lot.]

That's a pretty serious leap there, but believe it or not I've been there too.

My mentor, he was more of a dad to me than my actual dad or step dad. He pulled that shit on me too. Came in second in a tournament and he smashed my trophy and chocked me out. Probably would have killed me if someone hadn't of stopped him.

I like to fight but I'm not a fucking killer.

[onebadapple]

I only know what you tell me, and you told me you like hurting people and like teaching others to hurt people. You didn't say "fight." Those are very different things.

I am sorry to hear your mentor was very cruel though. It's never very nice when the people who look after us hurt us instead.

Is that why you like to fight so much?

[strikefirster]

They go hand in hand. Life is always trying to fuck you up or hurt you. So you've got fight and hurt it right back. It's just the natural.

Teachers, family, mentors. They're supposed to be better than that. Just screws the kid up when you start feeding them that all that pain.

Kind of. Kreese might have been an awful teacher but... Cobra Kai and the lessons it taught me were good. I got more positive attention from his and the dojo than I did at home.

[onebadapple]

Oh goodness no, I don't think that's true at all! If life was only that, how terribly sad life would be! And we would all be much sadder, meaner people if that were true! You have to remember that you're the one to fill the world with sunshine! [Snow, honey, saying this to Johnny is not...]

Well, I don't know what screws have to do- OH DEAR! Were your thumbs screwed? What terrible torture to endure! You poor thing! [Snow, once again lost on slang, is mistakenly thinking Johnny endured the thumbscrew torture devices.]

I didn't get any positive attention from my stepmother, either. She barely acknowledged my existence most days, which in hindsight I suppose was safer for me. Trying to be murdered all the time is really quite upsetting! [No kidding.]