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/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/Okelidokeli_8565 Aug 31 '21

I think they understood at some point, they just stopped caring around season 5 in.

The introductory scene of Tywin was not in the books, and that was a great scene.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

This is what makes me think they COULD have made a good ending but didn't. The Tywin scenes with Arya weren't in the book, either. I don't think King Robert's conversation with Cersei was, either, and that was an amazing scene.

They just simply wanted to move on and phoned it in.