But Kylo's strongest relationship with a female character being his mother would actually be a stronger relationship and a better parallel to the original trilogy than some forced romance just because we have to. Do people really want to see another Padme/Anakin dilemma over a Luke/Vader one? Because we haven't seen the former a billion times already.

Seriously, I would prefer Kylo not to be redeemed because I think he works better as a conflicted villain. But if he has to happen, I think it should be at the hand f his mother not someone who is (even if they are related) a stranger.