Like I said, in SOME playthroughs.
(Warning: discussion of abuse)
Still, AA is canonically a character, who will refuse to let his partner go, if his partner asks him to break up and he has control over them (tadpoles are gone).
Whatever you choose in your playthrough, it doesn't change AA's characterization. Just because it doesn't happen in your playthrough, doesn't mean AA isn't capable of doing it. I mean, he is canonically capable and willing to do it.
You can interpret it however you want, but the fact remains. This is how this character was canonically written.

Hence, all the interpretations that he is an abuser are completely valid.