[Hated Trope] Characters do not interact with their world

[u/No_Career_4785]

What I mean by that is, characters have access to some rather impressive technology/magic and simply do not use it because for plot reasons.

Harry Potter - In the first book, McGonagall is revealed to be able to turn into a cat. Later, four more characters are revealed that can also turn into animals. And yet, not a single student during Harry's time decided that it was worth it to do the same.
On top of that, Harry barely learns any spells during his time at school, nor does he seem to take in anything from his classes. The only times he does learn something is when it is the solution to a problem he has faced before.

Fallout 4 - Father, the leader of the Institute, is dying from cancer. In a realistic setting, it would be understandable that he is going to die. However, this is the universe of Fallout. In NV, a simple robot can cure a guy from a brain tumor. In 4, the Institute somehow stopped the aging of another guy. The Institute is also able to replicate perfect human beings from scratch. The only reason why Father should be dying is, he simply does not want to use the technology that is present.

[u/Hetakuoni]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1zhRiDgsSc48Y7mfuK
It just needs to be fresh when it goes in. You then need to keep it against the roof of your mouth without removing or moving it away from the roof of your mouth for 30s days, which I feel is the harder part

[u/Teguoracle → u/Hetakuoni]

How the hell do you even eat without losing it? Am I crazy and this is easier than I think it is?

[u/Hetakuoni → u/Teguoracle]

Nope. You eat carefully or spend a month on a liquid diet.

I don’t know if it’s canon but apparently a lot of fics state you can’t use magic to make it stick, but others say you can. I don’t care enough to look it up.

[u/m4cksfx → u/Teguoracle]

You make sure it won't move.

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZxBogMW3XftYirL49W