There are two people: Those who fucking hate the ML and those who hate people who don't hate the ML. Personally, I think that it's possible to understand the ML had no choice to do what he did at the current time because if he didn't, not only would everyone around him die, but so would the FL. However, it's also possible to understand that the ML was very negligent, and that even though he didn't force her to live in a cold room (all she could have done was literally ask a servant for some firewood, but because of her trauma she couldn't), he didn't realize the extent of her trauma would prevent her from asking for basic living conditions. It's heavily implied that he expected her to be okay living isolated because she was still his wife, and could ask the servants to bring her basic amenities. We can all agree the FL wasn't the best mother in her first life. She was negligent of her duties, and because of her trauma she refused to hold her son. That's like,,, she was not a good mother in the first life. She also is the rason the Duke was forced to marry her (because she asked her father who decided to blackmail the Duke by killing his friends until he accepted). And obviously the ML has a ton of trauma on his end too. All I'm saying is that if we can understand the FL's trauma as a reason for her to not only ignore her son, but to not do literally anything after marriage (going out to events, asking for help, etc), then we can also understand the ML's trauma as a reason for why he was so easily submissive and negligent. Understanding does not mean forgiving. It just means understanding.
There are two people: Those who fucking hate the ML and those who hate people who don't hate the ML.
Personally, I think that it's possible to understand the ML had no choice to do what he did at the current time because if he didn't, not only would everyone around him die, but so would the FL.
However, it's also possible to understand that the ML was very negligent, and that even though he didn't force her to live in a cold room (all she could have done was literally ask a servant for some firewood, but because of her trauma she couldn't), he didn't realize the extent of her trauma would prevent her from asking for basic living conditions. It's heavily implied that he expected her to be okay living isolated because she was still his wife, and could ask the servants to bring her basic amenities.
We can all agree the FL wasn't the best mother in her first life. She was negligent of her duties, and because of her trauma she refused to hold her son. That's like,,, she was not a good mother in the first life. She also is the rason the Duke was forced to marry her (because she asked her father who decided to blackmail the Duke by killing his friends until he accepted). And obviously the ML has a ton of trauma on his end too.
All I'm saying is that if we can understand the FL's trauma as a reason for her to not only ignore her son, but to not do literally anything after marriage (going out to events, asking for help, etc), then we can also understand the ML's trauma as a reason for why he was so easily submissive and negligent. Understanding does not mean forgiving. It just means understanding.