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You explain this spot on, MC has just become a saw hole weirdo straight man who fucks people with so much trauma that the entire premise of their character is based on pain, death, and suffering, and uses it against them to manipulate their feelings.
Shit I'll get pissed too if the person I have interest in keeps playing hot and cold games with me. Hero thinks he's doing them a favor but he's one wicked son of a b!tch for stringing everyone like a puppet master. If you dont bend the way he wants you too, he uses sex to tame you.