Like, I'm not saying the current direction of Witch from Mercury is beyond criticism, but y'all, nobody's carrying the idiot ball, nor is it a gratuitous miscommunication plot. Our Heroine tried the honest-and-forthright-communication thing last episode. Twice. The first try got her stonewalled and the second try got her blackmailed. She's doing the stupid thing only after trying the smart thing and having it repeatedly blow up in her face. That's different!
Grunkle Stan and Iroh are two cartoon characters who really lean into their “weird old man” shtick, but if you do the math I don’t think either of them are over 60