Ouch... this hurts

Lizzington don’t mesh because reddington is smarmy unlike Tom.

Great take on unfolding events from Tom's point of view. Your stories are excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed reading them. I do hope you'll update the series with Tom's POV from season 2. I find Tom's character to be the most interesting and riveting on The Blacklist. He's a great example of the two sides of most people's personalities. As humans, we are far from right or wrong, black or white, good or bad, loved or hated. We all have many sides. Some people display their true selves, while most hide it away and only show what they think the world wants to see.

The Tom/Liz team is far from unpopular. It's just that most normal viewers don't 'ship'. However, ratings for season 2's Tom Keen episode, which increased by 14%, demonstrated millions of viewers only watch the show for Tom. When he was recuperating from his tonsillectomy in the middle of season 2 and missed so many episodes, the ratings fell dramatically.

This show is a true contrast in characters: Red versus Tom; Tom versus Ressler; Red versus many of the Blacklisters he sends the Task Force after. Red is playing a long game - he needs Liz for some reason and took her from her mother when she was a child. When you compare the Blacklisters with Red's own people who surround him, there are many comparisons.

Tom's vows during his second wedding were perhaps his most honest words to Liz. She just didn't hear them - or want to hear them. They will continue to have their trials and tribulations but, in the end, they will be together because they belong together. The Pilot told their story. Let's hope that all the very nasty shippers on Tumblr and Twitter don't impact the story the writers are meant to tell.

I don't care what people say. I am and will always be a die-hard shipper for Keen2, Tomzzie, Liz/Tom. Honestly, Tom is the most interesting character and had the most development along the way. It also helps that Ryan Eggold is a damn good actor. People don't give him and his character enough credit or love. Ya, Red is the center of the show but a palace also needs many pillars to stand tall. BTW, Spader's monotone talk and constant head-nodding is is increasingly getting on my nerves.

Please keep writing more Tom stories. I thoroughly enjoyed them and look forward to more. You write really well. Thanks. 3 Tom

Love it and hope you continue!

I love your dedication. You've written every chapter meticulously.
I saw a couple of editing errors but enjoyed the piece thoroughly.
Would have been interesting to see more of an internal struggle in the end and would be interesting if you wrote a continuation in which Tom survived (since it's ambiguous).

Awesome stuff. Shall we see season 2 tom soon?

I loved this story TT_TT

Really enjoyed this & I hope you write some more.

You did an excellent job with this. Every thing is cohesive and fits together like a puzzle. I imagine it's mighty difficult trying to fill in the gaps that The Blacklist has yet to address with definitive answers when portraying the POV of a man who allegedly knows quite a bit of the dirty-deets that we all want the scoop on. I thoroughly enjoyed your rendition. Kudos!

Also, there just isn't enough Tom-based fics, so I applaud your courage in taking this on! Those of who don't exactly hate Tom's guts are a minority at best.

Tom is totally alive. I wonder what else be whispered to her. When Liz showed up at Red's house I thought she may have been playing him a bit. I don't know. I enjoyed The Man Who Was Not Tom Keen. Looking forward to reading more.

Still not a shipper of the two, but I want to tell you how much I enjoyed this story! Hope you plan to continue with season two, because I - like you- think he is still alive and kicking! LOL. Have a wonderful summer, xxx JJ

Amazballs! Im gonna miss this story so bad!

This scene. Wow. Amazing detail about the dog.

Really enjoyed this!