Ok. So its something im sorta frustrated with in movie and film plots. Its where the characters seem to intentionally not tell other characters things for apparently no reason. So its like a fair amount of the plot would not exist if the characters would just mention relevant things. This is usually in fantasy types like in particular I am seeing it with the magicians and school spirits. I mean maybe behavior like this is common outside my experience but its weird to me.
It’s not just you, it even has a name :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot_plot
My #1 reason for rage quitting a movie, series, or book. In any genre, even comedies.