Look, everyone here is assuming that rv not wanting happy to hate him is 'pure'.
It's not 'pure'. Him not wanting happy to hate him is only so long as happy is not his. Once she is his, what's there for him to lose? His love is not healthy. It's obsession. This is what obsessive love looks like. RV said he'd destroy whoever comes between happy and him. He's been killing people that come between him and happy. Even his own brother. You think a man like is not going to stoop to violence if the woman he is obsessed with does something he doesn't like? Don't forget that despite being with anaya for most of his life, he did not hesitate from killing his.
His love is not pure love. Nothing like that. So yeah, if happy tries to go away or even show the slightest bit of concern for someone RV loathes, he IS going to harm her. THAT is obsession. So no, I disagree that this is a loophole. There have been a lot of loopholes in the current track but this is something that is not a loophole. I saw this coming a mile away. It's the only possibility when a guy like him has what he wants.
Nothing is pure about RV!! We all are despising his acts. I think you misunderstood.
However, great points Jareth! I concur completely. While reading this all of his scenes just played on my mind one by one. You put is damn straight. He always wanted to own Happy. Of course he is not in love. He was never. He is a lunatic. He is obsessed with Happy and now that she is "his", he thinks he can do anything with her if things don't go his way. She's like a possession to him. A property. When not served better, you fix it. Sadly this torture will go worse with each day.