>>538047390
>a lot could've been avoided if the characters just TALKED to each other
This is the case with all media with bad writers.
They can't write real conflict so they force it by having a character withhold important information for no reason, refuse to voice their concerns for no reason and just refuse to communicate to each other for no reason because otherwise if they did any of that the problem would solve itself and the story wouldn't happen.
Now granted I am VERY far behind on IDW so I have no idea the context for this panel in your post but I assume it'll be due to one of the above.