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100 days of Raymond Reddington » day fifteen 

Honestly Anon I’d rather sit here in hell. At least we’re among friends right? I’ll never accept the F/D angle not after everything we’ve seen. A relationship with obvious, blatant overtones that smack of the romantic should not suddenly be flipped to paternal. No you absolutely shouldn’t want that. We may be in daddybait hell but at least we can recognize the ick when it’s set before us. I mean if as a writer/producer/show runner you are presenting the story of a man and woman and four years later the viewers are still confused about the nature of the relationship at its most basic level such as A BIOLOGICAL CONNECTION then honestly you suck.

So no I don’t want to be a daddygater for the same reason I don’t want any part of k2. There is a cruelty that is pervasive in both that I find hard to stomach. K2 for obvious reasons but daddygate for the lies involved in the retcon of retcons. This is not the Raymond Reddington I know. He’s flawed but he’s fucking truthful about it. You know this Red doesn’t lie to Lizzy thing used to be the foundation which the show was built on. I don’t know what s5 has in store but give me anything other than this trite F/D nonsense. Lizzy needs a life coach not a father, father figure, sugar daddy or whatever. It’s boring af and makes her appear even more childish than she already does. I mean when even Spader finds the prospect boring…..ptb it’s time to reevaluate some things seriously. Are they really trying to make us believe this show is essentially the story of a thirty something woman and her father figures? I just can’t.

Kaplan knows Red’s real identity. She knows he is not the real Raymond Reddington. Remember she wanted to get Liz away from our Red.  And Red being Liz’s father was not her secret because Kaplan knew that would bind Liz to Red if that was true. And you are right, Kaplan knew how important it was for Liz to know who her family was so she would not deprive her of that.

So what is it that Red is so afraid of Liz knowing? What could she find out that she would find so terrible that she would leave Red’s life? The bones tell the story. I think it’s a red herring to think they are Katarina’s bones. Liz already knows her mother is dead so that is not the big secret. And the bones are of an adult (some forensic experts chimed in on this in several of TBL Facebook groups). Myself and lots of fans think they are the bones of the real Raymond Reddington - Liz’s father. Our Red does not want Liz to know that he is not the real Raymond Reddington. If Liz found out our Red was impersonating her father and finds out why (Dembe and Red indicated what Red is doing is part of a mission) Liz would be furious (at first) could very well leave Red forever.

Even if these aren’t the bones of Raymond Reddington, they are a clue that will eventually lead Liz to the truth - our Red is not her father. Remember Red does not lie to Liz and he told her very directly on several occasions that her father is dead. Also the writers and producers have said the same thing. I strongly believe that in the end we will find out that Red didn’t lie, nor did TPTB about this. And wouldn’t that be awesome? And wouldn’t it be more awesome to verify that Red is not a monster who let his “daughter” think she shot and killed her father and that her mother committed suicide because of it? I think it would.