What TLC's? you showed a picture of an Uno and then proceeded to describe a totally different circuit... . . I did answer your question about the 10K resistors even though they aren't referenced anywhere except your rather vague question, vague because you didn't mention where or why... only a reference to "Other Depictions" unfortunately you didn't include that information. Submitting a question here without a diagram and pictures and the sketch you are using is going to get you as much information as you have given and referring to a Link for a nonexistent part and circuit makes your whole request all that much more difficult to answer. If it was wired properly and the sketch was properly written and tested.. It should work properly, that it doesn't indicates an error either in the sketch or the connected circuitry and since you report that the sketch works if you "handle" the circuitry, that information would indicate that the circuitry and not the sketch is at fault...
{Edited for "Attitude and content". RKJ}
Bob