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I do remember quite often thinking things along the lines of: "Why can't you just act right!" a whole lot of times in this series when characters were being particularly obtuse or stubborn.  That being said, I also remember reframing my perspective for the first couple books as: "oh right, they are literally just a bunch ignorant children who all grew up on farms with a worldview that didn't extend beyond ten miles from their homes who basically think they've been kidnapped by a manipulative witch".