Woman do you not know how to throat punch? He is WIDE open.
There seems to be some metaplot curse that no FL in these kinds of stories can ever take direct action against her opponent. And in general, tactical violence is always a no go. Violence is only ever used because someone lost their temper and was lashing out (ML included).
There are countless situations in this subgenre if the MCs would just cut the damn gordion knot.
It's not a misogyny problem because MLs are under the same curse most of the time. Not as strongly, but most of the time when we see an ML being violent it's because he lost his temper, probably over the MC, rather than a calculated effort to make life better for either of them. Even when it is calculated, it's still steeped in a temper tantrum.











I’m hoping he comes out and talks about how abusive and manipulative his owner is to get the truth out there and fuck that guy over. I hope the truth gets out and he’s never able to show his face in public again.