Listen, if you donât like a ship, just say that.
If the aesthetic doesnât appeal to you, or if you feel the characters donât have chemistry, or if they donât have the kind of chemistry that attracts you, or if they fall into common tropes you dislikeâSAY THAT!
You donât have to paint two consenting adults as being in an abusive, pedophilic relationship as some kind of an excuse (thatâs honestly really offensive). You can just not like a ship for entirely mundane, personal reasons.
Not every ship you hate has to be pedophilic or abusive or [insert other hot-button topic here]. It can just not appeal to you, and thatâs fine. There are loads of ships that just donât appeal to me, and you donât see me trying to paint them as horribly abusive to explain myself.
Just chill out, ship what you want, let others ship what they want, and stop harassing people over this stupid shit. Itâs all fiction, it means nothing.
