#askraymondredreddington

In July 2017, during the summer hiatus between seasons 4 and 5, I took over as mun for this account. I had never RP'd before, I had never made gifs before, and I was excited, and at the same time terrified, to try both. I asked the moderators of the @asktheblacklist RP group to allow me to keep my main blog identity hidden even to others within the RP group because I was afraid it would color people's views if they knew who was wearing the fedora. I'm sure some people figured out my identity along the way. I'm sure to others this news will come as a surprise.  

It has been my great honor and privilege to voice Red in answering your asks and engaging with the other members of the Ask The Blacklist group these past four years. It’s not easy to play a character who knows all the answers when the mun knows none of them! You have all challenged my creativity, kept me guessing as to what Red would think or do, and kept me researching brands of scotch and favorite books and exotic locations. I especially enjoyed creating the two Lizzington AU weekends with the previous mun who played Liz back in 2017 (Christmas in Vienna) and 2018 (the Miramare treasure hunt).

Given the events of the S8 finale, and the decision of the group as a whole to dissolve, I think it is time for me to hang up the fedora and put this account on indefinite hiatus. 

Again, thank you all so very much for all of your entertaining and thoughtful asks and comments. It has truly been a joy.

--Aly

Those were all different circumstances.  This is different.  It feels different. 

He’s going to straight to a Federal Pen.  He’s not going to just have @askdembezuma waltz in guns blazing or gather his friends Ocean’s 11 style and break him out.

Honestly? I feel pretty betrayed by @askdonaldressler. I thought we stood for the same things, shared the same principles. I’m not sure I recognize him anymore. I have to believe his old partner @askelizabethscottkeen has something to do with this change because the Donald Ressler I knew would never have worked with the likes of @askraymondredreddington. I’m not sure what’s really going on here, but I’m gonna put a stop to it.

I could have. I just - 

She was honest with @askdonaldressler before and in the moment it all seemed so clear. And then, suddenly, it wasn’t. 

I hope Marvin will forgive me someday.

What is clear to me now is that none of us can trust @askelizabethscottkeen.

I think both @askelizabethscottkeen and @askdonaldressler have entered turbulent waters. If I were Donald, I’d watch my back. It’s difficult to maintain a friendship, much less anything more with a woman on a singular quest for revenge. As for Elizabeth, I hope she remembers her own words that some things are unforgivable. Some things will change you in ways you can never recover from.

Besides the green juice? There are few foods I would say that I truly despise, but anything involving liver would have to top the list. The flavor, the texture, both are simply unbearable no matter how much the scientists try to sell me on the health benefits. 

What I love - well, that’s harder because I truly love so many foods. As with drink, it’s about what the memory evokes, a plate of Carciofi alla giudea in Rome, Fugu in Japan, saltfish accompanied by a warm breeze in the Caribbean. My mother’s blini and stroganoff. Brimley’s Apple Brown Betty!

I wouldn’t say I have a singular favorite drink. Certain drinks are more appealing than others depending on the location, the time of day and the company. I enjoy a robust pot of coffee in the French press to start the day. A crisp lemonade on a hot summer afternoon. Some wine or a light aperitif in the evening depending on the season. A cocktail with friends. Straight whiskey for a nightcap.

Let’s not discuss the green juice.

I hope so. I truly do. But some days, I wonder if @askelizabethscottkeen is already too far gone into the darkness. I hope she will eventually let those of us who truly love her reach her before that happens.