Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26200221-20160223142644/@comment-34326521-20160311080531

The question was never "What did the writers take into account when they created this plot point?". The question was "Is this plot point out-of-character for Ben?". And the answer to that question is an unequivocal "No". You say "not everything has to be realistic", but you also say "this is unrealistic" when it suits you (in this instance, by claiming it's out-of-character for Ben to do what he did). You can also call this my "opinion", but, again, they're verified facts. Your opinion on them is irrelevant, because reality doesn't work that way.

Also, as I've mentioned before, it's a well-known fact that a person's portrayal in fiction is always as realistic as possible. You don't get people who jump off of buildings to catch the tooth fairy in fiction, unless they're crazy, just like in real life.