User blog comment:Wyvern Queen Kym/A Beginner's Guide to Love Interests/@comment-3498155-20140226074022

I know this is a pretty old blog entry, but still. You left out unsheathing weapons - doing so in front of NPCs will often get them to react negatively, and after several times you'll hear a tone signifying a big drop in affinity. If you're going to depend on failing quests that takes too long. Also picking people up can get you jailed if you're in town. Menacing them by drawing your weapon really is the fastest, safest, and free way of lowering affinity.