diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py b/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
index 1419571c7..1a260bb65 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/listingcontroller.py
@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ class MessageController(ListingController):
             # TODO: Consider a flag to disable this (and see above plus builder.py)
             if (item._deleted or item._spam) and not c.user_is_admin:
                 return False
+            if item.author_id in c.user.enemies:
+                return False
             # don't show user their own unread stuff
             if ((self.where == 'unread' or self.subwhere == 'unread')
                 and (item.author_id == c.user._id or not item.new)):
diff --git a/r2/r2/models/account.py b/r2/r2/models/account.py
index 1aee87bed..99297870b 100644
--- a/r2/r2/models/account.py
+++ b/r2/r2/models/account.py
@@ -655,12 +655,3 @@ class DeletedUser(FakeAccount):
             pass
         else:
             object.__setattr__(self, attr, val)
-
-class BlockedUser(DeletedUser):
-    @property
-    def name(self):
-        return '[blocked]'
-
-    @property
-    def _deleted(self):
-        return False
diff --git a/r2/r2/models/link.py b/r2/r2/models/link.py
index fc6c35009..12c528deb 100755
--- a/r2/r2/models/link.py
+++ b/r2/r2/models/link.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from r2.lib.db.thing import Thing, Relation, NotFound, MultiRelation, \
 from r2.lib.db.operators import desc
 from r2.lib.utils import base_url, tup, domain, title_to_url, UrlParser
 from r2.lib.utils.trial_utils import trial_info
-from account import Account, DeletedUser, BlockedUser
+from account import Account, DeletedUser
 from subreddit import Subreddit
 from printable import Printable
 from r2.config import cache
@@ -1105,12 +1105,11 @@ class Message(Thing, Printable):
                     item.is_collapsed = item.author_collapse
                 if c.user.pref_collapse_read_messages:
                     item.is_collapsed = (item.is_collapsed is not False)
-            if item.author_id in c.user.enemies:
+            if item.author_id in c.user.enemies and not item.was_comment:
                 item.is_collapsed = True
                 if not c.user_is_admin:
-                    item.author = BlockedUser()
-                    item.subject = _('[blocked]')
-                    item.body = _('[blocked]')
+                    item.subject = _('[message from blocked user]')
+                    item.body = _('[unblock user to see this message]')
 
 
         # Run this last
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/wrappeduser.html b/r2/r2/templates/wrappeduser.html
index 618b3edf6..6b797593e 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/wrappeduser.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/wrappeduser.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   %if thing.user_deleted:
     <span>[deleted]</span>
   %elif thing.name == '[blocked]':
-    <span>${_(thing.name)}</span>
+    <span>${_(thing.thing.original_author.name)}</span>
   %else:
     ${plain_link(thing.name + thing.karma, "/user/%s" % thing.name,
                _class = thing.author_cls + (" id-%s" % thing.fullname),