I want to be rain that tastes like wine

I don't sing when I'm told. I sing when I have something to say. Maisie • she/her • AO3: Ereiniel

[thatbuddie]

people telling you they reread your fic is the biggest compliment you could ever receive. there are thousands of stories out there begging to be found, to be explored, but your story meant so much to someone that they came back to it eagerly, they went over every word again. to love is to return and loving a fic is rereading it. thank you to all readers and rereaders <3333

[imots]

[lost-in-eriador]

in 2026, remember how GOOD writing feels. remember how satsfying it is to get your characters to the point you have been dying to get to, where they will experience the love, fear, relief or whatever the feeling you want to bring to life may be. let this year be the year of writing, prgress and of satisfactory endings.

[ereiniel]

Hi I found your fanfic last night and read like the first two chapters then immediately proceeded to have a dream about it lmao

Hey! That's awesome. I hope it was a good dream!

Thank you for reading my fic, and I hope you enjoy the rest 💗💗

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you proudly romanticize literal villains ♡

[thigh-highs]

When will I stop being surprised at the weird amount of support Silverusso (or at the very least, Terry and Daniel’s relationship) gets on reddit? Not helped by the massive boners folks on their have for Terry. (Can we blame them?)

Also: that commentary on Johnny is both hilarious, pathetic, and accurate. My apologies to Sensei Wolf.

[dr-doomsduck]

It's TIG baby, the answer is always TIG. Who better than to play the biggest villain of the show?! The moment Terry Silver entered the scene, aaall the other villains became side quests.

And because TIG and Ralph have that level of chemistry, they immediately became the center of the show. Even season 6 if you cut away the bloat, puts Terry down as the big villain and Daniel (and Kreese to some extent) as the one who has to deal with him.

Johnny, unfortunately for him, became a side character in his own show the moment Terry made his debut.

Terry was always the biggest baddest evil of the franchise, and Daniel was always the hero.

[msfbgraves]

With a little bit of hindsight, can we marvel at how TIG came into a show that was declining in quality (even if it brought Daniel to the brink of ending Kreese, which set up so many possibilities, credit where it is due) and stole the whole thing. Straight up changed the entire game. Brought an adult perspective to a lot of the earlier squabbling and made it mean something. Finally gave all the seeds Ralph had been planting with his darker portrayal of Daniel ac hance to blossom. Made Daniel's earlier actions that seemed out of character going by the first two films have depth and context. Straight up gave this character who only die hard fans of the franchise would know exists the presence to blow the whole thing up. Took the Johnny Lawrence show and all but fired him.

(Though that last fact is sad. The writers answered the question of: "What would have happened if Johnny had known about Terry Silver?" with "Not a thing." When I still think the Johnny we met would have wanted to help Daniel. He would have been in way over his head but how brilliant would it have been if they had given the Stingray plot to him? "You want me to leave LaRusso alone? Then you'll have to do something for me."

"Who did this to you, John?"

"Kreese. Sensei John Kreese..."

Would explain why Johnny let himself be sidelined and wouldn't help Daniel. Would have also made Johnny's return to Daniel's side far more heroic.)

TIG came in and made this show his bitch, it's incredible.

[ereiniel]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters:  9/30 Fandom: Karate Kid (Movies), Cobra Kai (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Daniel LaRusso/Terry Silver, John Kreese/Terry Silver, Mike Barnes & Johnny Lawrence, Daniel LaRusso & Johnny Lawrence, Daniel LaRusso & Mr. Miyagi, Jessica Andrews & Daniel LaRusso, Johnny Lawrence & Mr. Miyagi Characters: Terry Silver, Daniel LaRusso, John Kreese, Mike Barnes (Karate Kid), Johnny Lawrence, Mr. Miyagi (Karate Kid), Jessica Andrews Additional Tags: Silverusso, Cobra Husbands, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Character Interpretation, Movie: The Karate Kid Part III (1989), Alternate Universe - Cruel Intentions (1999) Fusion, Inspired by Cruel Intentions (1999), Dangerous Liaisons AU, Inspired by Les liaisons dangereuses | Dangerous Liaisons, Age Difference, Teacher-Student Relationship, Bets & Wagers, Revenge, College Roommates, Karate Club, Dom/sub, Dom/sub Undertones, Power Dynamics, Orgasm Control, Orgasm Delay, Orgasm Denial, Praise Kink, Hand Jobs, Phone Sex, Friends With Benefits, Developing Friendships, Contracts, Mr. Miyagi's Little Trees, Other Additional Tags to Be Added 

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Chapter 9: The Dream is now up!

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

not to sound old or anything but I’m not really a fan of fandom culture nowadays where being popular and going viral become the priority of online experiences. back in the days before tiktok, fandoms used to be just about vibing and gushing over the blorbos together. people were just sharing their interests and having fun, and there was no cancel culture, no censorship. also no one gave a shit about going viral and yeah I miss that.

also another thing I’d like to add is that your self-worth, while in fandom space, is not defined by how much fan contents you’ve created and posted, how well these contents do (how many hits/likes/comments/reblogs the fanfics/fan art receive) or how popular you are in the fandom. you’re still just as important even if you’ve never created any fan content or even if you don’t run a big account. we should all go back to enjoying fandoms the way people enjoyed fandoms before tiktok and going viral and cancel culture become a thing, just vibe and have fun and talk about our interests

[sahind]

The Karate Kid - Part II (1986) dir. John G. Avildsen

[bebx]

but how else would writers express love if not through #whump #hurt/comfort #enemies to lovers #dead dove do not eat

[butchdogs-md]

you need to understand that i have two sets of headcanons. there's the set of realistic headcanons based on my genuine reading of the show, and then there's me playing pretend with my dolls.

[neon-junkie]

I've always found it odd when people refuse to read fanfics that are works in progress. Like, you don't want to get excited for updates?? You don't want to cheer the author on?? You don't want to watch the fic progress and grow in real time??? Okay...

[d4nnylwrence]

[desertowlet]

My love letter for The Karate Kid (1984) film ❤

[eugeniedanglars]

it’s wild to me how there is literally ZERO correlation between what a piece of media is like and what its fanworks are like. 2014 captain america fans were out there writing poetry and full-on academic papers inside of their fics. sonic the hedgehog and my little pony fandoms are both famous for drawing fetishes you’ve never even heard of. les miserables fans spent most of their energy on college aus. there is literally no consistency or observable pattern and it’s incredible

[hearthburn]

It’s actually pretty easy. The fanworks we make are things that the source material makes us think about but doesn’t include.

Captain America’s movies glazed over a lot of really intense subject material and never addressed some of the really important changes a WWII hero popping up in the modern day would cause, and also some of the emotions a WWII hero popping up in the modern day would have. 

The furry community has drawn its borders a lot further out than most communities have on the things people can portray without being ostracized. So shows that provide an opportunity to explore those things in the context of their interests is going to be welcomed. 

Les Mis had source material that was powerful, emotionally harrowing, and from the POV of your average Millenial terribly relatable. (Look around, seriously.) So people want the things they connected to but with at least the remote possibility of a happy ending.

Shadowhunters wanted to see domesticity. Buffyverse wanted to see the normal humans given a chance to be badass. Supernatural wanted the brothers and their angel to a) have a nice goddamn day occasionally and b) actually maybe think things all the way through just. one time. Sherlock wanted the titular character to actually treat Watson with some respect and affection. Comics fandoms want the storylines to make sense. NCIS wants realistic consequences for the things that happen. Crossover writers want Cool Character From Fandom A to interact with That Other One From Fandom B because oh ye gods that will be hilarious. 

And everybody wants to see their favorite pairing get together. Everybody wants to see the character they loved that got a shit ending get a good one. Everyone wants to see the storyline that got ignored fleshed out. Everyone wants their favorite side character to get more attention. Everyone wants to see the one that got stepped on get their revenge. Everyone wants the one that got rejected to be so awesome that the one who rejected them regrets it. 

Fans don’t want more-of-what-they-got. They want things they didn’t get, things the source material left us hungry for. And that’s why fandom is amazing.

[miyagi-hokarate]

Remembering Daniel canonically gets locked up in a dog cage for no reason

[purty-pumpkin]

When you have to keep your boyfriend from getting into dumb fights. 🙄

(he has anger issues but he's WORKING ON IT)