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He does realize that's the only way we'd do it in real life right?

This is the equivalent of drilling holes in a little dinghy that's the only thing keeping us from drowning and this guy should be treated like such a saboteur.

>what's the easiest way to make the audience believe this character needs the protag to protect them?
I dunno make them really naive and helpless and isolated from things the protagonist finds routine?
>but we also need a love interest, the focus groups always want more romance
how about we make her sexy

Oh jeez. What a malicious plot against women. really says a lot about the male psyche...