Did any other anime onlies at the time think Marley's attack on Paradis was gonna be the grand "final battle"?

Frankly I only read the manga after finishing the anime, but at that time when season 4 part 1 left on that cliffhanger, I was almost one hundred percent certain "Yes this is where it will end. This is gonna be the final battle! War to end all wars". Obviously I was wrong.

I know what some people might say, the rumbling was gonna happen and all and I agree 100% especially how they kept hammering how big of a threat it is I was certain it was gonna happen. My thoughts were this was gonna be Paradis and Marley slugging it out, Eren probably finally kills Reiner in an emotional moment, Paradis is on the verge of defeat but Eren manages to touch Zeke (note I knew Eren didn't fw Zeke's plan) and start a small scale rumbling and crush all of marley entirely, ending the anime with Paradis safe (for now) and knowing one day the world will retaliate and can only hope to make it out.

Boom. That's how I thought it would end. Not mass genocide and Eren being the final villain and all. I legit thought this attack would be the grand final battle the series build towards. That's what makes being an anime only fun: always having expectations surpassed.