It's like we find a key in the game, and the only options the MC gives us are which of our eyes to poke it into, instead of using it on the door in front of us. We have to go through three timeline resets before the MC even acknowledges that the keyhole on the door might work for the key. Oh, but maybe he'll stick his dick in it first.Yes... but in this case the writer knows the character is stupid, because the character makes a stupid decision, and things turn out badly because the decision was stupid, all at the direction of the writer. Meanwhile we're sitting there going "No, you idiot! Don't do that! We know how this will end!"