Well, no, not really, though I wasn’t an anti either and I rooted for bendemption from day 1. I knew some reylo fanarts and liked them, I just didn’t think much of the relationship – but the same goes for any other potentially romantic relationship in tfa. TBH, I didn’t think of this trilogy much, like, at all, I totally expected Rey to turn out to be a Skywalker and all the remaining episodes to be as blatant esb and rotj rehashes as tfa appeared of anh. Which is why reylo came to me as so much of a very pleasant surprise – it got me to start caring for the entire trilogy.
I have a similar reaction, only halfway through TFA. Honestly, I was bored with the premise, slightly iffed with middle school comedy, idly wondered if I am just finally too old for SW. The ‘good kids’ were good and plucky and utterly devoid of rootable inner conflict. Finn was shaping up to be interesting in his interaction with Han. The Dark Menace praying to the helmet was intriguing. And then, boom! Takodana. Not just Reylo, vision, epic Persephone abduction (I was – waaaait a minute! That’s mythic! Ok, he’s coded young and gonna fall in love. She’s the presise brand of tomboy sweetheart Cinderella. Ok). Han in full heartbroken dad mode. Han and Leia, their subtle tragedy. Finn the Cowardly Lion to discover his courage. Han. Han the Dad. And then, of course, SKB in all it’s manyfold glory.
Pre TLJ I shipped Finnrey (but I wasn’t super into it). I didn’t hate Reylo but I thought the shippers were reaching.
Shortly before I saw TLJ the antis in the Finnrey fandom became so stupid and toxic (I already thought they were stupid before) that I jumped ship to Reylo just to make them angry.
Then I saw TLJ. And I became a real reylo.
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