Things Are Getting Complicated...

James Spader and Megan Boone filming The Blacklist in Central Park May 25, 2021

Ummmm yesssss.... so I am going to link here a fic I read recently over on ao3 by @cress-26 and then you can decide if you want to cry your eyeballs out or what, but it's really beautiful. Just, you may not stop crying. Ok.

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Next week’s episode is another one that isn’t your typical episode of The Blacklist. What can you share about what’s next? The promise of the next episode, which we are incredibly excited about, is to really walk through, almost as a document, eight years of mythology. We’re going back to the night of the fire, we’re going back to Cape May, we’re going back to pivotal moments that have defined why Raymond Reddington came into Elizabeth Keen’s life, and we’ve never really done this before. For diehard fans, and for casual viewers, it’s going to be a really eye-opening, enlightening, and satisfying episode. It is titled “Nachalo,” which is the Russian word for “the beginning.” We really are going back to the beginning to hear the story be told, and it’s done in a very artful and yet surreal and unusual way that really is not like anything we’ve ever done. - Jon Bokenkamp

At this point in their relationship, they're not yet "lovers" as the song describes, but they share this intimate, deep, unconditional bond and understanding with each other. She's comfortable with them just being them. They don't need the fanfare, wide grand gestures of their love cause it's not their thing. They'll have their hurts and pain along the way, but, as I paraphrase from the song, for them "it's perfect nights, open doors, feeling safe and the crazy rush to feel like us". It's a considerably happier song compared to the normal angsty-ness of Lizzington songs.

-Rambling anon 😅

Good morning Rambling Anon! Ahhh thank you for sharing this one with us - it's nice getting a more Lizzie perspective song! And a happy one at that 😉

Caught in the moment

Midnight in the room

My breath and heart

Got taken by you

And it's almost perfect tonight

As the storm is raging outside

One kiss and I open my eyes

You're not yet a lovеr

But you're more than a friend

Thеre are some things you know

But things you can't understand

*muffled screaming into a pillow*

Yeppp they call these things romantic tropes for a reason right?? I mean, we've had scenes that basically follow along with the song lyrics, and the song is most definitely a love song (despite its title lol)

My favourite thing you said is that they don't need the fanfare or grand gestures etc. (I mean WE KNOW Red would totally do the grand gestures sometimes) simply being in eachother's presence is enough for them.

And that's really beautiful to me 💛🥲