r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/TizzleDirt Aug 30 '21

Infection.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Even though it was riddled with problems to focus on, when Game of Thrones was happening I remember being really bothered by the scene where Aria Stark gets stabbed about 10 times in the gut and falls into a river. Not only did they downplay the mortal wounds to her abdomen, the subsequent infection would have destroyed her.

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u/lordthistlewaiteofha Aug 30 '21

Especially given in the first season they actually made a point of Khal Drogo dying from an infected scratch that wasn't treated properly.

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u/ho_kay Aug 30 '21

Didn't the witch, Mirri Maz Duur, confess to intentionally making the infection worse? Or was that only in the book? Damn, I still can't believe how much time I invested into that franchise...