#elizared

Lizzington shippers, fam, grandmas and grandpas, can I have a moment of your attention, please?

It's not a secret that, while some people in Lizzington community are still active, whether they write or make gifs or keep our dash full of Lizzington even in this trying times ( @melbob26-blog, thank you for this! ), Lizzington community as a whole went into hibernation over the last couple of years.

And I get it, interests change, especially when one show ends and there's another ongoing, moving on from the show that ended is totally natural, especially when it didn't give your favorite characters the happy ending they deserved.

I get it.

Hell, for a pretty lengthy while there I focused on other ships and shows, too, especially after TBL ended ended last year.

But you know what I realized earlier today, when I reread some of the old fics, browsed through gifsets and text posts, watched some fanvids?

It's the show that ended, for some in 2021, for others in 2023. And the only thing that means is that it cannot disappoint us anymore.

( it's not like we were suddenly deprived of quality content, because let's face it, the fans have been the main source of the quality lizzington content for years now, while the show gave us mere crumbs, on a good day )

But Red and Liz?

They are still out there, fighting criminals, catching Blacklisters, travelling the world, shamelessly flirting, toppling shadow organizations, raising Agnes and/or any other children they have, and generally being the sexy badass power couple they are!

Nothing changed in that regard.

So why would we mourn them, when they are out there, healthy and happy and in the middle of yet another adventure? I'm sure right this moment Red is drawing Liz into another one of his heists and she's only too happy to join him, even though she pretends that she's not, for the sake of the game.

There's literally no reason for us to stop writing, giffing, editing, sharing theories and headcanons and memes and just talking about our favorite couple.

And by writing all of this, I want to propose something daring to you:

Let's revive the Lizzington community!

Let's rewatch earlier seasons and gif the hell out of them because it's been a while and because precious moments between these two are not going to become less precious even if it's giffed 10 or 100 more times, not to mention that ever gifmaker's style is different, so there are virtually no two identical gifsets as there are no two identical snow flakes.

Let's make fanvideos, picspams, picture edits, fanart, moodboards! The amount of songs, quotes, moments etc that can inspire you is virtually endless!

Let's write fics, let's explore AUs, let's give each other prompts and challenge each other to try something new or practice some aspect of writing, like writing kisses or AUs or hugs or making up Blacklisters etc!

Let's share headcanons and theories and ideas and what our versions of Red and Liz are like, because everyone has their own unique versions of Red and Liz living in their head, and it's just beautiful, if you ask me!

Let's reblog stuff, filling each other's dashes with Lizzington!

Let's scream about Lizzington because no one does it like them!

Let's revive the Lizzington Community, we all miss it!

PS. Feel free to reblog this post – spread the suggestion!)

PPS. To assure you that I'm not the type of person who encourages others but doesn't do anything themselves, I can tell you I've already got some ideas for a couple of Lizzington events in mind. Those include challenges, thematic weeks etc.

PPPS. I'm not sure how many people are checking the tags these days, so I'm gonna tag some people I know under the cut, just in case, to spread the suggestion. If you weren't tagged, trust me, it's nothing personal!

24. Are you really going to leave without asking me the question you’ve been dying to ask me?

He had offered to take her to the airport.

It didn’t make much of a difference, not in the grander scheme of things anyway. A measly twenty more minutes spent in her company, close enough that he could easily breach the distance and reach for her hand resting on the empty seat between them. He could entwine their fingers, feel her skin - soft and smooth - beneath his fingers.

He didn’t though.

Red hadn’t said a single word throughout the entire car ride. Truth be told, he was absolutely terrified of saying something wrong, of doing anything that might upset the tentative beginnings of truce that had begun to thaw between them.  

So, he had kept quiet instead, contenting himself with listening to Lizzy as she told Dembe about her new apartment somewhere in Lyon, how excited she was to start work come Monday morning.

“Well, I guess this is me.” Lizzy joked when Dembe eventually pulled up in front of the airport. 

*prays that something catches your eye.. a multi chapter thing*

Ask me about my otp headcanons?

17 - Who grabs the other’s hand just as they’re getting out of bed and pulls them back under for cuddles?Red is usually up before Liz - there are deals to make and shipments to direct and negotiations to make - across the world. Plus, he knows that the secret to keeping a woman happy is to offer a well-prepared breakfast in the mornings, so he either arranges for something to be sent by or makes something himself.

Still, there are some days on which he allows himself to sleep in a bit longer than usual. Those days, Liz is the first one to get up. She is always careful to let him slumber when she slips out of bed, still she always makes sure to kiss him goodbye just before she leaves - which is a difficult task, indeed. Because a half-asleep Red is a handful; he is just too cuddly, and if she gets too close, she knows that she’ll have to fight her way back out. 

Ask me about my otp headcanons?

15 - Who unconsciously holds their breath the first time they kiss, and who pulls back and says, “Breathe…”?The first time they kiss, Red is wholly unprepared for it. He doesn’t think that there’ll ever be a time when Lizzy won’t be able to turn his whole world upside down: heart racing violently inside his chest, stomach lurching in a cluster of butterflies, nerves fluttering and breath hitching. It’s the most wonderful feeling in the world - being kissed by Lizzy. Red wants to memorize it forever, to capture this one perfect, perfect moment and hold on to it, to keep it locked away like an invalueable piece of art - beautiful and unique. Red doesn’t dare move for fear of ruining it, but he must have done something wrong anyway, because just as quickly Liz pulls away, her lips quirked upwards into a stunning little half-smile, eyes alight with amusement and pure and utter fondness. She turns her head a fraction to the side, her nose bumping gently against his, and then she’s smiling - beaming - up at him, eyes fluttering back down to his lips - now mirroring her smile - and she tells him to breathe. 

18 - Who gets mad about something unrelated to Person B and punches the wall, and who patches it up and kisses it better?Red is good at keeping his emotions at check, but Liz can be a real firecracker. By now Red has gotten used to her occasional fits and outrages - thrown vases and papers shoved forcefully from her desk. And over time, Red learns to predict her moods and prevent her from crash-and-burning by solving the problems before they get too much. 

I already answered this here