#Dembe

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

african lion Artis ED8A2850 by safi kok

[zootoo]

Dembe by Nick Dijkstra

[hecatescrystaldagger]

dembe stan till i die

[elderwisp]

brown eyes in sunlight, blue eyes in moonlight

[nancyjocom]

[alyblacklist]

Cooper: It's hard to believe this is how it ends. I mean, I always knew the Task Force would end one day, that my career would end one day...but all of this?

Dembe: After I was shot, lying there on the street...I thought I was dying. And in that moment, I was okay with that being the end. With all the things going through my mind...I also thought of Raymond. More than anyone I’ve ever known, he’s always been at peace with death. He says death is inevitable. It will come for us all. And that inevitability robs death entirely of its significance. What matters are the things that are not inevitable. The things we create. The things we find. The left we take when everything in our life is leading us right. How we live. I’ve always loved him for that. For his remarkable refusal to “go quietly into that good night."

Cooper: The poem...by Dylan Thomas. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dembe: Yes. Imagine. Raymond, a man surrounded by death in so many ways, so passionately committed to embracing life. He could have surrendered a thousand times over and to some end. But instead, he chooses to rage. To rage against the dying of the light. To rage against the bad guys that would do us all harm. Rage to protect those people he loves. To find moments of peace and joy...and fun...even though he knows the light is still dying. To live a most passionate life, knowing it will still lead to the same inevitable end...is perhaps the most deeply moving choice one can make. It is the lesson at the very core of my time with him. You never imagined this is how it would end. But our time with him, our time together, was never about how it ended. It was about the adventure, about life, about Raymond constantly reminding us, showing us, imploring us...to rage. To rage.

[jimmyspades]

[itsbetterthananal]

also tied for the funniest scene of the blacklist ever

[katarinas-redemption]

[wretchedspecimen]

are you fucking kidding me

[ace-of-spaders]

Raymond? You didn’t say you were bringing... persons. Well, you know Dembe...

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

african lion artis 3L0A1671 by safi kok

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: The Blacklist

Sample Size: 2,766 stories

Source: AO3

[butchjesus]

if raymond reddington could do one of those puppy interviews I think he'd calm down. cover that man in puppies and he'd chill right out. then maybe he'd fucking listen to dembe for once in his goddamn life

[elderwisp]

[televisionpromos]

The Blacklist 10x05 "The Dockery Affair" Promo - An investigation surrounding the murder of a judge sheds new light on an unsolved case. Red’s relationship with a trusted colleague is put in a precarious position when his cooperation with the FBI is disclosed.