Fictional Fans

I'm not really in Star Wars fandom, but I have a casual interest in Reylo, which mainly comes from their Force communication plotline in The Last Jedi. 'Two people who are at odds, but are forced to communicate and slowly come to understand each other better' is a dynamic I find really interesting. You'd get a similar effect if you forced enemies to work together to achieve a common goal, or if you trapped them in a room together for a long period, both of which would probably also make me likely to think about shipping them.

The Force aspect adds a 'this is something outsiders wouldn't understand' dimension, too. There's something slightly claustrophobic about it, which fascinates me.

So, in my case, I suppose the main thing that makes me ship Reylo is the circumstances of the characters, rather than the characters themselves. I do think they have chemistry, though; even if you put characters in shippable circumstances, I won't ship them if they don't have any spark at all.