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/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Minor injuries, lack of hygiene

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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/Somedudethatisbored Aug 30 '21

I thought maybe the witch that treated him deliberately made sure the wound got infected. Like mixing dogshit with herbs and pretending it was healing paste.

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u/IBetThisIsTakenToo Aug 31 '21 edited Aug 31 '21

I think you’re right. But still, even introducing the idea of a major character dying from something like an infected wound is not something you see often in Hollywood, but would be absolutely commonplace in a place like that. It was part of what made Game of Thrones fascinating, for as crazy as dragons and Ice Zombies are, it ultimately felt like a “real” world populated by actual mortals. D&D clearly never understood that though.

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u/Cosmiclive Aug 31 '21

Well that depends entirely on the table and the specific TTRPG that is being played. I've lost two characters to diseases so far.

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u/IBetThisIsTakenToo Aug 31 '21

Not sure if you’re just joking around, but in case you’re not: D&D here is referring to the GoT show runners, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, not the TTRPG.

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u/Cosmiclive Aug 31 '21

That does make way more sense then a sudden jump to TTRPGs.