There
is another story element that goes hand in hand with noble idiocy. Sadly I do
not have a name for this it, but it occurs when the protagonist comes into some
information that could damage their relationship with another, or cause harm or
do damage to the people around them. Instead of sharing this information with
those people they love and making sure everything is done to keep them safe
they keep it to themselves and end up doing causing more damage in the end.
I as a
reader can understand why a character would not divulge information that could
be harmful without gathering all of the facts, but whey, if you know everything
and can actually help those around you by sharing the information whey not say
anything. For example if a main character finds that his entire island is going
to sink and everybody living on it will die if nothing is done. Why would he
not tell anybody? If he decides that it would be better for the well fair of
his people to keep this information to himself in the end it does much more
harm than good. When the island starts to sink the people living will have no
time to escape and drown. However if the protagonist tells his people about the
danger as soon as he learns it then even if nothing can be done there is at
least a chance that the people will have time to escape before the danger arrives.
