(02-15-2019, 10:36 AM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: The audience should be able to know the same way real people know about each other, by the way people act. Do they consider each other's needs more than their own, take risks for each other, make sacrifices for each other, etc., especially when there's no objective payback? Talk is cheap.
The worst way for audiences to get the message of characters being in love is being told that they are. It's always cringey when that happens because it's a sign that the writers aren't confident enough in how the characters act towards each other for viewers to get the message. That's why it's sometimes hard to believe it when we hear those words.
The only thing as bad as the above is other characters telling the subjects how they feel about one another. I hate when another tells the subject that they really love or have chemistry with another character.
As for Renard, him saying he loved Adalind wouldn't be in any way believable. The most I could believe about him is him wanting to have possession of her for his own personal needs.