#block with impunity

[scarlettohairdye]

Out of curiosity, what does make a ship annoying to you? Like, the actual canon portrayal? How the fandom is about them? You just don’t like the look of them? The fact that they’re everywhere? I don’t have any ships blocked (just tons of other stuff) and I’m wondering what would make me block one.

Usually an absolutely visceral "yuck" reaction that has nothing to do with the content of the ship and everything to do with me. I don't generally mention which ships I have blocked because I don't want to be an ass about it to the people who like those ships, but it's like... Some ships are pickles to me. Fine for people who like pickles, but when I order a sandwich and find a pickle spear on my plate getting its gross pickle juice all over my beautiful grilled cheese, I have been BETRAYED by Big Pickle and I want to never have to deal with it again.

[fandom-susceptible]

We really need to go back to blocking and blacklisting tags on tumblr. If people post something you don't like seeing, a take that really bothers you, just . . . blacklist the relevant tag or block the user. There's no real need to comment on the post to argue with the OP. I'm seeing it a lot in The Dragon Prince tag right now, there's a lot of people tagging "tdp critical" and arguing with any takes they disagree with in reblogs or comment sections. If you dislike something, scroll past. If the content bothers you, blacklist the relevant tag so you don't have to see it anymore. If the opinions bother you, block the blog so you don't have to see it anymore. We literally have tools for this.