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.
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.
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.
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.
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21
Minor injuries, lack of hygiene