It's definitely tiresome in fanfic, but it's even worse when it's on TV and films, people doing things for pointless reasons just to get the plot going in the direction that the writer wants. I mean, how many horror movies could even exist without someone being stupid and wandering off? I would definitely prefer that if internal conflict is going to drive a storyline that it be over something meaningful and something that doesn't just go away but has to be negotiated and lived with because that's what really happens.
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