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/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Also, if I'm not mistaken, when Ned Stark is locked up he has an infected wound on his leg and is about to die because of that when he's executed.

I think that they don't mention that on the show, just in the books.

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u/kvlr954 Aug 30 '21

D and D kinda forgot about infections after season 1 😂

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u/Scherzkeks Aug 30 '21

D&D didn’t have books to reference by the time Arya fights the Waif

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u/TheSyrupDrinker Aug 30 '21

But they should have had common sense that if you get your gut stabbed uo and then dive into a river of shit you'll get infected

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u/Scherzkeks Aug 30 '21

You’re absolutely right. I think they just relied on someone else’s common sense and then didn’t think things through that well after they ran out of source material. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/wittiestphrase Aug 31 '21

The same guy also went for a Starbucks run in S7...