Talk:Did I Mention/@comment-26385077-20150804065339/@comment-16811522-20150810050737

It wasn't fake love. If it wasn't for dreaming of a purple-haired girl (prequel book), he wouldn't have had that determination to make that proclamation. If you watched the film, you would see that he almost all the time kept looking at her before Audrey dragged him away (when he was introducing them to Auradon Prep). He basically stared at her in their second meeting (at her locker, right after Jay and Carlos joined the Tourney Team). And he revealed to her that he had known about the Love Spell ever since it washed away in the Enchanted Lake on their first date, and wasn't faking anything after that.

I didn't and don't like Audrey; neither did Ben's mother, Belle. Apparently, Audrey had that attitude since before Mal came along. His expressions don't show much, but I think Ben was disillusioned with Audrey. She was unwelcoming with the four, emphasized on Ben's title and her title as a princess, and even complained about Mal making everyone pretty. Her very own line on this was: "Sure it starts with the hair. Next thing you know, it'll be the lips, and the legs and the clothes. And then everyone will look, then where will I be?"