I probably am one of the few that loved them before she knew. I think that is because I felt the series rushed their relationship from that point on. I would have probably enjoyed it had they not gone from deciding to seriously date one episode, to getting engaged the next, to a high speed wedding (or non-wedding). I really felt they should have spent more time with her getting to know him and really should have played up the relationship a bit longer. I felt like he spent such a great season courting her and trying to win her... the engagement came as a total surprise to me and I really wish they hadn't rushed it. I enjoyed the foreplay of their relationship before she knew.
It also makes me so biased in fics that I read. I love revelation fics and ones that take place in the first and second seasons. I have learned to give the ones where they are married a chance but sometimes I just skip on those as well... cause I'm a bitter bitter soul. lol
