Because when I saw this thread, editing made me too stressed out to click it 😂. Since this is something that bothers me in stories a lot, I work very hard to ensure that the characters' personalities, and cause and effect from events try to work out as naturally as possible. Over the years though, I've given more writers slack for this because not everyone is writing under the same circumstances: different deadlines, different max word/page lengths, or if there's a company breathing down your neck to write something that appeals to the masses vs. what's more organic for the story. There are plenty of popular stories out there that ignore plot logic, so some publishers don't see it as something that can make or break a story for fans. If I'm really bothered by how out of character the actions were made for the sake of twisting the plot in certain directions, I'll google the author's circumstances at the time. Sometimes a divorce, death of a loved one, or major illness comes up, so while it is the author's job for a story to run smoothly without a reader thinking, "Why would the established characters do that?", I also accept that people are just human and that can positively or negatively impact one's enjoyment of a book. There's also a funny saying I see posted before the text in some online Chinese novels that goes like, "Please have mercy on me. This book is only as smart as the author is." 🤣I resonate with that a lot.