Red

I really didn’t think they would do it. And yet. They did & in the absolute worst way possible. Just thinking of Liz’s park fantasy is making me start to cry again. At least we got that & all that it implies. I’ll treasure that forever. But the fact that they couldn’t think of a kinder, more logical, less masochistic, misogynistic & sexist way to write Megan/Liz out, when us fans came up with so many? Speaks volumes. I’m so angry. And the fact that we couldn’t even fully enjoy the poignancy of her dying in Red’s arms - her memories of him saved for last, all our favorite Lizzington moments featured on screen, her little smile as she died looking at him, & his desperate terrified kiss to her cheek - all because they couldn’t resist peppering in the previously unseen “memories” of Katarina to bait Redarina one last time for an answer they didn’t even give. It was all pointless. Liz didn’t get her answers, she didn’t get her redemption, she didn’t get her happiness. She got her fantasy for one afternoon & that’s it. The whole premise of the show was for naught. And Red lost his second chance & his redemption, his chance to share in Liz’s fantasy for more than one afternoon, & now he’ll never get it. Everything he’s been working for since the night of the fire failed & that’s tragic. But, most of all, I think the fact that they think they still have a show after this - a plot, a premise, anything worth watching - when Liz is dead after nothing was achieved? Is awful. They don’t have a season 9. Red canonically cannot deal with Liz’s death & I don’t want to see him try. Poor little Agnes is orphaned at the last second bc they can’t find it in themselves to write a happy ending for their female lead who put up with so much bullshit. Nice. A real class act. I’m so upset & devastated & can’t think straight. All I know is… we deserved better. We saw this show for something different, something it could have been, all the way back in the beginning, & they they teased just enough to let us know they saw it too & still consciously chose otherwise. For all the Redarina bait, there was also Agnesgate hints & Lizzington undertones in this finale, just bc they could. But it doesn’t even matter. Not anymore. Because they betrayed us in the extreme. 

The show is dead. We al know this. And poor Red is just, he’s not gonna survive this. So in thought of all that.

FUCK THIS SHITTY SHOW. SAY IT WITH ME NOW GUYS, FUCK THIS SHOW.

good. Now that we’ve all got that out of our system, I wanna say one more thing, one thing that I’ve been saying since this all went to AU hell.

THE BLACKLIST IS NOT MY CANON.

This is not the ending Liz deserves, and Red sure as hell does not deserve the hell that canon keeps putting him through. And I know with this news, that most people may drop out of the fandom.

But I urge you. Please please, don’t.

I will respect you if you do, and really all the more power to you.

But I want to stick it to these fucking writers. I am going to continue writing and blogging lizzington, because it’s my OTP. And they can’t take that away from me. I refuse to let them.

Lizzington is mine. Mine and yours.

We can’t give up because of these bastards. Red and Liz deserve better than what has been given to them in this specific AU, Bc that’s all canon is a hell-fic alternate universe, so I am going to give it to them.

I hope that you guys will stick with me in this. If you guys don’t stay I will understand, but just think of all the better worlds that we can put these characters in.

Grieve Liz. I sure as hell am. Grieve this show. I sure as hell am doing that too. But just remember as you go about this, that this doesn’t have to be the end. It shouldn’t be. I refuse to let it be. As a good friend on here once said Canon is just the sandbox you choose to play in. So let’s all go and make/play in a better sandbox. This doesn’t have to be it for our OTP. I don’t want to let things end and die this way. Just because some bastard writers are terrible at their jobs.

I haven't actually watched the episode myself yet, but I've read enough live blogs and messages from friends to know what happened.

1. tptb really couldn't think of any other way to send off Megan? To "end" Liz's arc? A way that would allow room for Megan to make guest appearances every now and then? A way that would allow character/plot development to happen at least behind the scenes were Megan not inclined to return at all?

2. What the fuck is left of the show at this point? They've burned the premise down along with Masha's house apparently. It's not an exaggeration to say that The Blacklist - the show that we came to love - does NOT work without Liz, and it's unrecognizable with her dead.

Liz was the female lead, yes, but imo she was also the true protagonist. We got Red because we had Elizabeth. The entire show was driven by HER and her journey, her quest for answers, her dream of a normal life with the people she loves.

And as mentioned earlier, Red entered the scene because of Elizabeth. She was his life, his heart, and she was his life mission. To protect her, keep her safe, make her happy and feel loved was literally his only goal in life. He was willing to die - multiple times - and sacrifice his life in exchange for her safety. All of the mystery and secrets were "for her safety."

What the fuck left is there to do without Elizabeth Keen? What is there that will stop Red from killing himself now? Really? What is there left to live for? And what does the audience - whoever decides to remain for whatever fucking reason - have left? Does anyone really care who the fuck Red is at this point? I, for one, stopped caring about 7 years ago. But now there is really just. no. point.

3. I don't even need to say anything further about Red's utter devastation and broken heart. We all know already. But you know what? I even feel sorry for Ressler. It doesn't matter that I didn't see any romantic love or chemistry between them. Ressler was in love with her - one-sided, but still - and he lost her. The first woman he fell in love with after Audrey died, too. He lost the two loves of his life.

4. Agnes is now an orphan now? (Yes, I'm an Agnesgate supporter to my grave, but considering this is tptb we're talking about... she's an orphan.) What the fuck is wrong with them? What the fuck was the point of even bringing her in then? If this was how they were going to treat Agnes, they should have just put her up for adoption when she was a baby like Liz initially wanted.

5. I'm not even going to talk about the alleged Redarina baiting because imo there's nothing to talk about. I won't give that hell theory another second of my time. It doesn't deserve any attention.

6. Liz deserved better. Red deserved better. Every character on the show who ever cared about Liz deserved better. WE, as a loyal audience, deserved better.

7. I'm still in disbelief. This is the one ending I truly did not expect, simply because of how stupid I thought - and still think - it was. It's a fucking slap in the face to all of us.

I actually didn't cry when I heard the news of Megan leaving, but learning that she died - really this time - did make me cry. And I'm not embarrassed to admit that. I'm truly gutted. I'm pretty sure I'm never going to just get over this. Not when this is how they decided to end it.

8. I've said it before and I'll say it again:

We make our own canon. That scene where they're holding hands in the park? Yeah, that's our canon ending.

Here's the thing: they both lost. Red and Liz. But more than anything, Liz lost. Before I start, I just want to say that I love both of their characters no matter how badly written Liz has been at the sake of Red's character and I have never resented Red's character for that, until now.

I'm gonna start with Red here. There's less for me to bitch about with him and at the end of the day, this was meant to be Liz's episode no matter how hellbent these sexist, misogynist writers were to focus this entire episode on Red's goodbye. Speaking of, that's where I'm starting with all this. Red's goodbye. This episode started off fine and I wasn't angry. But the minute Red's request was revealed is the minute it changed. Firstly, Red was right when he started to question whether or not it was fair to ask Liz to kill him: IT ABSOLUTELY WAS NOT! You're going to ask the girl you want to protect, the girl who's innocence you've been fighting for your whole life, to kill you knowing the whole time that you can't give her the fucking letter because she wouldn't want to kill him? Are you shitting me? THAT'S NOT OKAY! Now I am not blaming Red for who Liz became, but come on, I think we can all agree Red entering Liz's life wasn't the best mistake. Berlin caught onto Liz because Red attended Liz's wedding. I'm not saying he's responsible for all that happened, but there's a certain sense of responsibility there. He cannot ask her to do this. Sure, he gave her every out, but just think of how fucked up that is. Especially if they're trying to bait the HellTheory the way they want to and say that he's her mother. Secondly, THE WAY THE SPEND THIS WHOLE EPISODE ON CELEBRATING RED KNOWING THIS WAS MEGAN'S EXIT? LIVID! This more than anything pissed me off. If we were given a proper send off, if the writer's allowed Liz to get closure, I wouldn't be as mad, but this is infuriating. This right here supports every complaint that writers have had for the way they have written Liz. They consistently, constantly, any time they can, prop up Reddington at her expense and this is the embodiment of it. Speaking of, let's talk about Liz, now shall we?