#possible spoiler?

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one piece memes

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i love spencer reed but he has no girl skills, like he just told a girl she had a stalker who would kill himself or her

good going reed

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Khan and Dreglon

So, is it just me or do Khan and Dreglon's hatred for each other almost seem like a front for two kids teasing each other cause they have crushes? I've been thinking about this for a while lmao. I almost thought when Dreglon went into her tent and she sent everyone away that they were gonna start making out, lololol.

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The Blacklist, Season 2

I have to say, that even at this early juncture, it appears clear to me that they were always working toward some kind of surprise reveal of who Reddington really is, and because I am highly biased for my hypothesis that he is actually Katarina Rostova, it seems clear to me that’s what they intend in the second season! 

First of all the blacklisters in this season are just a really interesting mix of people we assumed were men who then turn out to be women (Lord Baltimore, the Deer Hunter) and there is a strong theme of people taking over the identities of those close to them. Lord Baltimore murders her twin sister and then assumes her identity, the Deer Hunter’s wife accidentally kills him but then uses his identity as a way to murder abusive men, even Vanessa Cruz impersonates her girlfriend as part of her revenge scheme, but can’t go through with it because she has fallen in love with the girlfriend. Beyond these specific instances of taking over real identities, the theme of undercover work, and assuming different identities and personas is MAJOR this season. 

We follow Tom as he tries to go back to his old life as an undercover operative for the Major, the entire episode on Vanessa Cruz recounts the myriad identities she has created in order to get revenge on the people who framed her husband, and there are subtler nods to this theme in episodes like the Mombasa Cartel, when Red discovers his friend, Geoff Perl, is the head of the Cartel, and not fighting to destroy it like Reddington thought. 

Despite this endless questioning of identities, including Elizabeth Keen’s at the end when the Cabal has successfully framed her as a covert Russian agent, the daughter of the famous Katarina Rostova, we are also told that some things simply cannot be hidden, mainly love. 

Tom abandons his life as an undercover operative and confesses to murdering the harbor master because he loves Liz. Everything Reddington does is because he loves Liz. When he tells Liz his plan to get Tom to confess:

Liz: What are you doing?

Red: Whatever it takes to keep you safe.

When Liz is struggling to understand why she kept Tom alive and imprisoned on a boat: 

Red: When you love someone you have no control. That’s what love is, being powerless.

Liz: I don’t know what’s wrong with me.

Red: There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s nothing wrong with you.

I mean, Reddington is spelling it out for us here, loving someone means you have no control. You are weak. And what did he say Katarina “died” of? Weakness (love) and shame. This gets repeated this season after Liz finds the photo of her and her mother in Reddington’s “weird little apartment.”

Red: The girl is you. And the woman is your mother.

Liz: What was her name?

Red: I knew her as Katarina Rostova, one of her many names. She was a KGB agent.

Liz: The girl, the night of the fire they called her...

Red: Masha. You were born in Moscow. Your parents – father- they were both in foreign intelligence.

Liz: You said she died of weakness and shame.

Red: Yeah.

Liz: You were there that night. I need to know what happened

Red: You want to know, there’s a difference.

Liz: Dr. Orchard told me someone blocked  my memory of that night. Was it you?

Red: Yes

Liz: Why?

Red: I’m not going to tell you.

Liz: You have a picture of my mother in your weird little apartment. Why? Were you in love with her? Is that why my father died? You killed him because you were in love with my mother? Tell me what happened. Please

Red: I’m not going to tell you what happened Lizzy.

Liz: Then I will find out for myself.

The themes make it clear that Reddington loves Liz and this makes him weak. The only kind of love this can be is parental love, it is hinted at over and over again, including when he counsels her on how to proceed with providing for the harbor master’s daughter:

Liz: Eugene Ames was 67 years old, the only reason he was still working was to put his daughter through college.

Reddington: Be careful Lizzy, because the truth of it is, once you start down this road there’s no logical place to stop. You can see to her education, health insurance, housing. You can watch her, or have her watched. Keep her safe. Try to ascertain her hopes, dreams, desires. Pull strings, call in favors to discretely smooth the path. And for the first few years, it may work. You’ll draw some measure of virtue from being her invisible benefactor. But that won’t last. It’s all a fraud. That it’s really not about her at you, but it’s all about you and you’re just going through the motions to salve your own guilt. But all the money, all the time and effort, all the favors in the world cannot possible equal what you took away from her. Everything else is just a nice gesture.

Clearly he is speaking from experience here, but he is not just going through the motions with Liz, he loves her unconditionally and he feels a strong, overpowering need to protect her from the menace that he has introduced into her life simply by being who he is, which begs the question, who is he?

He is totally Katarina Rostova. 

I could not help but notice that his “weird little apartment” had a prominently placed black and white photo of a man in military attire, after some googling, it seems more like Russian military attire than American. He also has a religious painting, something which looks very similar to a Russian icon. 

I LOVED this little exchange from the Karakurt episode:

Woman: Is he still here? The man who was in the room? I wanted to apologize before he moved. My baby has colic and was fussing all night.

Red: Oh dear, you must be exhausted.

Woman: Yeah, you have no idea.

Red: You’d be surprised.

What exactly would we be surprised about????? Or maybe I already know!!

And finally, the close out the season, we get this exchange after Liz has shot AG Connelly and remembered what she did the night of the fire:

Liz: I remember. I remember everything.

Red: Remember what?

Liz: The night of the fire. I know what happened, and I understand why you didn’t want me to find out. When I pulled the trigger….when I shot Connelly, I….It came back to me. It was like I was there. I could hear them arguing. He was hurting her. And I know why my father died that night. I shot him. That’s why you blocked my memory, not to protect yourself. To protect me.

Red: Yeah

Liz: You’re my sin eater.

Red: Tried to be. But I failed. I never wanted you to be…

Liz: What?

Red: Like me.

Why would this be a concern unless Red is in fact her parent? It would not be. Later seasons tell us that the real Raymond Reddington is dead. Either they have more twists to pull, or my hypothesis is correct. Ilya Koslov did not become Raymond Reddington, Katarina Rostova became Raymond Reddington. 

[poughkeepsiesjr]

I have no idea what's happening here all I know is that's clearly dean cradling Sam's head on the side of the road and I am scared

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in honor of the anime coming out today, these are some wonderful scenes from the manga! one of my favs, it's seriously so pretty!!

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HES GOING TO KILL ME

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