GalliRei

"Now you have to admit it... That... to the end... I've always been better than you."

- Porco's last words to Reiner before his death

GalliRei is the slash ship between Porco Galliard and Reiner Braun from the Attack on Titan fandom.

Canon
In the year 845, Reiner and Porco were among a group of seven children, warrior candidates, training and competing to become inheritors of one of the six intelligent Titans in Marley's hands. Porco disliked Reiner from the start because of the latter's blind pledges of loyalty to Marley and inferior fighting ability. At some point, Porco taunted Reiner this fact and claimed that the only value they saw in Reiner was his loyalty. After Reiner threatens to report Porco for possibly being a stray Restorationist, Porco shoves Reiner to the ground and goes to kick him but is restrained by Marcel.

When it is decided that Reiner would inherit the Armored Titan it left Porco the only one of the seven without a Titan, Porco goes to confront Reiner and asks "Why'd they choose a loser like you, huh?" to which Reiner responds that the loser was Porco all along, and calls him "Porky".

Fast forward to the year 854, four years after Reiner returns to Marley after failing the mission to retrieve the Founding Titan, him and Porco are present alongside Zeke and Pieck in the Battle of Fort Slava. Where Porco's Jaw Titan saves Reiner from an anti-titan canon crew. However, Reiner is severely injured from shielding Zeke near the end of the battle and wakes up in a hospital room with Porco writing something down on a table beside him.

Porco says that he didn't wake Reiner sooner since he seemed like he was having "good dreams" which was actually a comment on Reiner's nightmares. Reiner thanks Galliard for saving him during the battle and Porco appears to hide a smile, but replies that if he had been the one to inherit the Armored Titan then this wouldn't have happened; even going to say that Marcel's death would've been avoided. It is important to note that during the time of this scene, Porco has yet to forgive Reiner for getting the Armored Titan instead of him- and blames him for the deaths of Marcel, Bertolt, and the loss of the Female and Colossal Titan. For he believes that he would've made a superior Armored Titan.

Their rivalry continued until Porco is severely injured by Eren's Attack Titan and left half-dead. Reiner runs in to save him and holds off the Attack Titan while he yells for Porco to get up, but the latter is too injured to respond and while he heals; he suddenly gains access to his older brother Marcel's memories and finds out that the real reason as to why Reiner "beat him" to the Armored wasn't Reiner's fault, but rather his brother's intentional tampering. Upon this realization, Porco appears to accept this and uses the last of his energy to distract the titan trying to eat Reiner, and sacrifices himself to Falco's mindless titan in Reiner's steed. Saving both of them in the process.

Fanon
It is an enemyslash ship. Many fans of the ship see Porco as a tsundere due to his behavior towards Reiner. He constantly reminds Braun that he hates him and hasn't forgiven him for being the indirect cause of Marcel's death, yet clearly still cares somewhat for Reiner's well-being. This is especially evident by the way he always stays by Reiner until he wakes up after being severely injured in battle.

Fan works generally have some common themes, them being angst, hate, and the Enemies to Lovers trope. Due to Season 4 Reiner's mental state, fan works also tend to have a dark theme if it touches upon his depression and guilt.

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Trivia

 * All known users of the Jaw Titan have given up their lives to protect Reiner in some way. Porco's sacrifice marked the third time a Jaw Titan user had lost their life on Reiner's behalf.