#keen2

[rey-jake-therapist]

The Blacklist rewatch, Tom's death and bad motherhood representation

I don't care that most Blacklist fans didn't like Tom, that they hated that Liz took him back instead of dating boring Ressler or old Reddington, I'll always be thankful that he stayed for 4 seasons and a half, and very bitter that he was killed off while he was with Reddington the only true GREY characters of the show, and actually brought something.

I saw someone say the show really turned bad after he died and I'm not far from agreeing.

And I for one think he got a redemption too easily, and that Liz looked very naive believing him after he lied to her about his true identity and his presence in her life since the beginning...

But at the end of the day, there was something very... irresistible.... about this man who was 200% dedicated to this woman and his child, who genuinely wanted to lead a peaceful life with them and who became feral if anyone touched Liz.

And I hadn't realized before, but in the car that brought him and Liz at the hospital, Liz thought that Tom would make it and she would die.... and he just begged her to stay with him, because he couldn't live without her. And then she closed her eyes and he thought her dead. That's when he lost the will to live and died at the hospital, while HE WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT! And I'm supposed to be ok? Duh.

What I can't, WON'T accept is that Liz just abandoned her daughter for months to live alone in the woods and mourn Tom there. I'm sorry but no mother in her right mind would leave a one year old baby she couldn't t see for 10 months under the care of a woman who's..... A fucking criminal no less?! Tom's mother, who wasn't even his mom for 30 years and who had never seen the baby before! Only a man could have put this shit out of his ass. At least she could have asked Harold Cooper, who she said was the closest to a father she ever had...

Or no, she should just have never abandoned her daughter at all. The excuses "I'm too angry", it's bs. What's sadder is that it's only the first of a long list of bad choices that Liz did with her daughter. And just like Liz was better off without her deadbeat mother Katarina, Agnes was way safer without Liz. I just can't understand how the writers thought it was a good idea to write Liz this way...

In my opinion, Agnes was a mistake. A BIG one. Once she was born it was clear that the writers had no idea what to do with this baby, and as a result she was basically absent all the time because her parents were too busy doing.... anything else than parents are supposed to be doing! It's a really shame that they gave this "bad mother" angle to Liz, because without that, I LOVED "Darth Lizzie". I loved that she turned dark at last, that she stopped being always nice and pretty and boring, with her weird mood regarding Reddington that changed all the time, and made her very inconsistent as a character.

I was like, "let her do bad things, yeah!! but... the kid?"

#The blacklist #tom keen #liz keen #keen2 #dark liz

[takadasaiko]

Are you still writing Keen2 fics.

Also could you share some of your favorite ones too.

Not regularly. I will always love those two and I have a handful of half-written stories, so I won’t say never. Just nothing I’m currently writing on.

I would check out @blacklister214 ‘s fics. She’s phenomenal!

#the blacklist #keen2

[forevermytom]

actual representation of me watching the opening scene of Episode 4, Season 8 “Elizabeth Keen” and I see this face. 

me:

when she grabs Tom’s washer in the very same episode 

me: 

#elizabeth keen #tom keen #keen 2 #keen2

[izzythehutt]

I'm sorry but I'm curious: are you going to just... glaze over the fact that Tom was repeatedly verbally and physically abusive towards Liz? That he knowingly and intentionally hurt her, physically and emotionally, on several occasions?

The problem with Tom lies not just in the fact that Tom is a criminal (though, that, too) but in the way he behaved with Liz.

In a hyper-stylized crime/espionage/spy show, I don't consider a Mr. and Mrs. Smith style physical fight where the goal is to escape/holding someone at gunpoint "abuse." I honestly think Liz keeping Tom chained to the bottom of a ship for several months so she can pump him for information is way more effed up than anything he did to her, yes, even their marriage that was made under false pretenses (which Tom half did to protect himself and half did because he just...was in love with her.)

This is also a show that presents aforementioned boat kidnapping as being motivated by a perverse inability to let the man she loves go ("playing house"), so......applying normal person logic to the behavior and moral standards of characters on TBL is probably not super useful....

I actually like Red as the disapproving father-in-law to Tom (I find his passive-aggressive attitude hilarious) and don't really blame him for thinking the relationship is a bad idea, I just find his reasoning funny because you could pretty much apply the same logic to Red and Liz and conclude that he should never have come out of the shadows and forced her onto the task force in the first place.

Like...let's be real...they both kind of make her life worse and more dangerous by any objective metric. But Liz is attracted to psychotic criminal types so she don't care!

#tom keen #asks #elizabeth keen #the blacklist #not really interested in discoursing about this #blacklist is my guilty pleasure absurdity show #keen2 #keen 2

[kiss-my-freckle]

2 of 2: The Pretty Loner

Not the prom, but her birthday. Not punch, but wine.

#Keenler baby theory #Anti-Tom Keen #Anti-Keen2

[world-of-ryan]

The Blacklist Keen2 (Liz and Tom)

*New*

#youtube

[beloved-not-broken]

It's BFRB Awareness Week

Although it's becoming normal to talk about mental health, some topics are still taboo—like body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). These include compulsive skin picking (dermatillomania), hair pulling (trichotillomania), and nail biting (onychophagia).

To drive home my point, I didn't realize there was a foundation dedicated to supporting people with BRFBs. Or that BFRB Awareness Week was a thing.

According to the TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, BFRBs affect about 5% of the population. That's 1 in 20 people. So if you struggle with BFRBs, you're not alone!

Being a Christian with anxiety is a unique challenge.

Like with LGBTQ issues, the church is decades behind everyone else when it comes to mental health. As helpful as it can be to meditate on verses like 1 Peter 5:7, it feels isolating when other Christians tell you to "cast your anxiety on Him!" rather than actually listening to you.

I've talked about my mental health struggles (and LGBTQ alignment) on this blog before; I know what it's like to feel isolated from people who are supposed to be your community.

I've also come across some resources that may help you find the supportive community you need, as well as find helpful treatment options for the BFRBs you struggle with.

Need support?

Find a support group (TLC Foundation)

Find a therapist (TLC Foundation)

People talking about BFRBs on Tumblr: #bfrb, #dermatillomania, #trichotillomania, #onychophagia, #rhinotillexomania, etc.

Want to break the habit?

"8 Tips to Manage Your BFRB" (Your Anxiety Toolkit podcast on Spotify)

Keen and Keen2 bracelets (HabitAware)

Self-help strategies for BFRBs (TLC Foundation)

Want to learn more about BFRBs?

A list of common BFRBs (TLC Foundation)

Understanding BFRBs, co-occurring anxiety disorders (Anxiety and Depression Association of America)

"Skin Picking and Hair Pulling Explained" (Dr. Tracey Marks on YouTube)

#cw mental health #bfrb awareness #anxiety

[nusevenarchived]

WHAT   ABOUT   :     tom   survives   ,   he’s   not   sent   to   the   dam   to   work   as   max   goodwin.     instead    he    stays    but    suffers    significant    memory    loss    meaning    him    &    liz    are    searching    for    the    men    that    attacked    them    together.     he    doesn’t    remember    why    they    were    attacked    ,    doesn’t    remember    anything    about    the    bones    so    basically    keen2    working    together    trying    to    figure    out    what    happened    &    why    GIVE    ME    N    OW.

#* ─ OBSESSING OVER TOM KEEN ... ❫ OOC. #PLS ??? #just imagine them working together #fierce #all the secrets #especially when the drama queen steps in and is involved ??? #just #i nEED

[habitaware]

How to Create Your Keen2 HabitAware Bracelet

Create your HabitAware account to become a habit alert. You must first create an account with the app by entering your email address, first and last name, and a password that consists of at least eight characters—one uppercase, one lowercase, and one symbol—after opening it. After that, you'll get an email with a special code that you can use to validate your account and download the app!

#HabitAware account

[thomas-keen]

To start over? Isn't that what you do for a living?

#tom keen #tomkeenedit #ryan eggold #ryaneggoldedit #the blacklist #blacklistedit #character inspo #muse inspo #keen2 #tvedit #filmedit #gifs #jacob phelps

[idkimrllynerdy]

all found family tv shows have:

insp.

#hehe i made a thing #let’s see how this take goes over #the blacklist #elizabeth keen #raymond reddington #donald ressler #harold cooper #aram mojtabai #samar navabi #tom keen #alina park #dembe zuma #keenler #keen2 #lizzington #*idkimrllynerdyedit

[takadasaiko]

Both.

           - Lauren Oliver

#gifset #the blacklist #Tom Keen #Elizabeth Keen #Agnes Keen #Keen3 #Keen2 #they deserved better

[forevermytom]

The Blacklist | Tom and Liz Keen

#youtube #keen 2 #keen2 #tom keen #l

[hauntedheroines]

What is your ideal villain x heroine relationship?

Well first, there are Basic Rules(TM):

Must see her as a human being, not as a pretty object, disposable or replaceable. Examples of villains that don’t do this: Jabba The Hutt and Ming the Merciless

He must be clean. He doesn’t have to be pretty, just hygienic. Grima, from LotR, is ugly, but I still ship him with Eowyn, while Jabba The Hutt is just a disgusting worm.

He is powerful and talented; has to have some sort of confidence. I can pity him, sometimes it's even better when I do (like with The Phantom of the Opera) but some stalker movies make the character so realistically obsessed because he is an insecure and repressed person. This also has to do with not seeing her as an object. Most of the time they don’t even know why they want the girl, they are just searching for any replacement for the maternal love they didn’t get. They don’t think they are special, they would just take anything to fill the gap.

He can’t be willing to watch her die. This usually ruins the ship. I mean hurt her, okay, but to kill her would mean he thinks he can live without her. And if he thinks that, he better get into a deep depression and regret afterward, or be well-aware that he has dammed himself for the rest of his life. Leôncio from Isaura The Slave Girl, Bill from Kill Bill, Jack Devlin from The Net, and Frollo from NDdP do that.

Either the heroine wins or neither of them do. The villain must not triumph at the ending, keep the girl hostage and miserable at his side. Either he is redeemed or he is ass kicked. There is no evil triumph - nor in the sense that he gets everything he wants without reforming himself into a better person, neither in the sense that the heroine is corrupted and rules as mistress of darkness by his side. The most I can accept of a good character losing is that she loved him despite it all and after rejecting him, they both perish.

The ideal villain x heroine is when they are bond by their loneliness. Most authors believe the villain is always the hero's antithesis - the classic "Two sides of the same coin".

Maybe they share trauma, neglect - people think they are strange or too erratic. Maybe the heroine's willpower is walking the line of ruthlessness. Her power inspires fear in people, even in her, but the villain admires it.

Either way, they feel there are parts of them no one else would understand. That only they could know and love. That the villain, in an curious way, challenges her to become the greatest version of herself.

They would be the perfect match in different circumstances, or if the villain wasn’t so far gone. But he has hurt too many people and to forgive that would be impossible. Maybe forgiveness is not what he seeks. Maybe he just wants to be sure she will never leave him, the only way he knows how.

She hates him, but once again he is the only one who matches her. Examples of ships that do this: Steerpike x Fuchsia, Annie x the Teacher, Alina x Darkling, Reylo, Casey x Kevin...

Other interesting premises:

They have a telepathic connection. A spell was cast on them and their hearts are connected. One can only die when the other does. They could even be born from the same womb at the same time. Like, they came to this world together; their destinies are intertwined oh no Nuada/Nuala.

They were childhood friends or met when they were younger oh my gosh I love this trope.

The heroine is socially acceptable in her sexuality, meaning she is not sexually active or she is a full-on virgin. The villain is comfortable with his own and teases her.

He never loved anyone before. EVER.

He is more invested than she is, or at least he gives in and expresses his feelings more than she does, showing her the possibilities and getting frustrated when she discards them once again. He will be willing to sacrifice everything for her while she will hesitate (Lizzie from The Blacklist) or will rather kill herself later (Lady Fuchsia Groan) than to be with the man she loves because of the moral boundaries, people who depend on her, the complete absurd of saving such a despicable person and etc.

Or else, let him be tormented. Let his feelings for her confuse and scare him. Let it be against everything he is and believes. Let her be a whore or heretic and he, a devotee. Let her be his family and he, in a position of power and prestige like a king or a millionaire, wanting the only thing he can’t have and would make him a joke to those who fear and respect him now. Let him stare at her intensely, without her knowing why, trying to kill or imprison her or send her away, only to succumb and confess his feelings. Let him be disgusted with himself for wanting her, blaming her, and then coming back on his knees for crumbs of affection from the one he has disgraced. Let his power be drained from him and delivered to the hands of whom he judged unworthy, to such an extent that he is the one to make the delivery. Let his feelings consume him to the point he doesn’t even know what he is doing anymore, things he never thought he was capable of; burning a city, destroying a kingdom, enslaving a galaxy.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT IS:

They defy each other. I like it better when the heroine is not naive and passive. They can fight mano-a-mano or play his mind games and schemes. Or she just has a mind of her own and won’t bend to his.

#Villain x Heroine #Darklina #Reylo #Fresme #Christine x Erik #Casey x Kevin #Sareth #Hoap #Keen2 #Fuchsia x Steerpike #James x Sarah #O'Briencest #Konstantin x Vasya #Daisy x Ram #answered

[kiss-my-freckle]

1 of 2: Between Sleep and Awake

#Keenler baby theory #Anti-Tom Keen #Anti-Keen2

[moonstruckswans]

#keen2 #keenler #lizzington #the blacklist