What makes a romance genuine in a comic?

[futureboundentertain]

Nothing can make it genuine, its a dead genre that refuses to stay in its grave. The only relationshapes I find genuine are ones that are committed and not filled with drama.

[Lkn]

This is a very good thread because i like reading people's opinion about the subject. Actually I'm working on a comic right now and genuine romance in what I really need to create. You can check it out here.

[kazukitakamura126]

I also like couples that have flaws and they they help each other grow and accept their own problem and their lover's. This doesn't make them a "perfect" couple but, it makes them an interesting couple.

[BraveHeartTatsumaki]

I've been thinking about this, because one of the things in my comic, is also romance.
The couple that will be confirmed in my story and like the main couple, I want them to build their relationship through all the events that the story takes, idk, like I want to show that love is more than just physical atraction, and even put that these characters fall in love not for the physical thing, but by the actions and what the characters do. the guy in this couple actually had a girlfriend before but she left him very hurt so this leave very difficult for the other character to confess since she's shy but also sees that this guy don't want a relationship at all. But even when they don't say anything to eachother about their real feelings, they want to be with eachother.

[atlas]

When it doesn't feel forced. It doesn't matter if it's a first, second or third love; If they have some type of history together, and understand each other on an intimate level, then it can be considered Genuine. And, despite the curve-balls that may come their way (meeting other people, obligations that force them to live apart), do eventually come to the realization that they are meant for one another. That's just my take on it.

[TheLemmaLlama]

Only non-fictional romance is genuine in a comic

[unknown_user]

I still don't quite understand, why some couples in fiction look cute to me, but others look mawkish and cause annoyance. And the previous answers haven't clarify the picture for me, despite there were several interesting thoughts.
I can definitely name only one aspect, which make relationships look insincere for me: overwhelmly demonstrative "romantic" behavior. I mean couples, who are overdoing "romantic" things at every opportunity and say how they love each other every five minutes, like they don't know how else to demonstrate the reader, that they are in LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
For example, I was really irritated by Marco and Ai - couple, who share the Exchange Diary - in Mirai Nikki. I've skipped a couple of series because of them.
Sorry for necromancy, I'm just really curious to hear more opinions on it, cause the thematic is of current interest.

[joannekwan]

I'll agree that I have a distaste for blatant PDA and usual 'romantic' behavior.
I much prefer couples who aren't always hanging off each other.