#I mean if I hate gruvia does that mean I have to boot myself out of the fandom?..

[gralunaisland]

Genuine question if you don’t like the gruvia ship that much wouldn’t you want to stop looking at anything related to them. The ship will probably never go away it’s one of the core four ships so you can obviously expect there to be more moments between them in the manga or anime. If it brings you this much discomfort shouldn’t you maybe stop looking at any gruvia content wouldn’t it make you feel worse ? Or do you enjoy writing essays about how problematic the ship is and just want to inform ppl about it. People that feel the same way about the ship [I don’t know how this ask came across to you but it’s not my intention to come across mean I’m just genuinely asking :)]

Thank you for the genuine question! I'll do my best to answer genuinely as per usual.

To be completely honest, I am not completely sure where you got the idea that I go out hunting and seeking gr///via content?

Maybe it's because I've talked about Pro's opinions a lot, and I did look for some Pro gr///via arguments once for my Veritable Essay post, but did you mean "stop looking at anything related to them" as you want me to stop reading the manga or watching the anime or looking at anything Fairy Tail related?

I mean, I do hate the ship, but at least for Fairy Tail's anime, the part I've watched which is most of it, not everything is about gr///via. It does undermine my enjoyment of it greatly, but, as I said in several posts I believe, I have skipped her scenes and even skipped her battle with Gray, the entire episode. I guess I'm not sure what you want me to do? Did you want me to completely drop the fandom? But I like lots of aspects of Fairy Tail despite gr///via, and it's my first ever anime, so I'm not just going to boycott it in its entirety. I am avoiding reading 100yq though because of how poorly written it is and because of gr///via, so perhaps I'm already doing what you're suggesting.

I also do have the gr///via tags blocked, that as well as juvia and all the iterations of her name. I'm not really on the lookout for her content because yes, like you said, it causes me discomfort. That doesn't mean it's not fun to talk about how much I hate it, especially when there are a few other people who feel the same in the sea of people who love love love juvia and her ship. And yes, I do enjoy writing essays on how it's problematic and informing others. I've heard quite a bit of gratitude back from visitors on my blog, so I feel like I'm doing a good thing, being one of the only people on Tumblr that I've seen to actively talk about it. It's makes people who agree with me feel validated.

I hope I don't sound offended, I'm just a tad confused, but I appreciate the ask! I'm not quite sure where it's coming from.