[WV scowls. Now that he's got AR backed up against the counter, he plants his feet and puts his hands on approximately where his hips would be if he were human. STARIN' YOU DOWN, BRO]
I fear that has already been thoroughly accomplished.
[before AR has a chance to make a rebuttal:]
The only way to mend this situation is by digging to the root of it. Remedying the specifics, as you say, will not remedy anything.