Jon Snow - Stabbed, stabbed again, stabbed some more, stab stab stab. Dies. Comes back like Jesus.
On that note, it would've been considerably more tolerable if Arya gets stabby stabbed, dies, then gets red priested back to life like Jesus
So we wind up with a faceless Arya?
That'd be pretty fukken metal.
Would've made sense, the more that I think about it. Since they were aborting her Faceless adventure early, they could've had a cool scene where Arya is being chased by the Terminator only to get Jaqen Hagendar'd. She is 100% dead, dead dead dead, totally dead, maximum dead, viewership all across the world flips their shit and then next episode have someone like Quaithe or a mysterious red priest bring her back to life with Rhololo magic, thus not exposing Arya's plot armour or conflicting with the crunch of the Faceless. Also as well, all that stuff about acrobatics and improbable surgery with sterile wounds and all can be explained - Arya
did die, and is not back by normal means, thus not grounded in normal reality. And just when you think things are over, BAM, Arya bumps into Friendzone Mormont and informs him she knows of a means to fix his greyscale (the priest who brought her back to life), if he promises to bring her to Westeros. Jorah would then have to choose between going back to Khaleesi or home, but he knows Arya's also important as fuck, and either way he's leaving with a fire arm and Arya's actually getting to advance her story in a way that is not retarded. And just when you think it's over, BAM, Jorah Mormont runs into little Lady Mormont, who has not forgotten that he is an exiled slaver~
Man, this shit writes itself
The whole thing with Arya is, I think, the worst thing they've done with the series since passing the books. And I say that because, flawed as Martin's writing can be, one of the most appealing things about A Song of Ice and Fire is that it is grounded. Sure, there is magic and dragons and whatnot, but all of the mundane stuff is actually mundane. You stab a person in the gut and they're going to go into shock and probably die. Maybe adrenaline will keep them going for a bit, but they're pretty much out for the count once their body figures out what happened.
I could have bought a single stab being ultimately ignorable if it missed any major organs, but she got stabbed many times, including a really viscous twist deep into the gut. She should have died right there, or at least shortly after crawling out of the water. She should not, by any stretch of the imagination, have had the strength to get up and run around after being administered to. Heck, I had my appendix removed as a kid and I'd have been hard pressed to get up and walk the next day. In fact, I'm pretty sure they didn't let me even try.
This whole thing just went beyond "OOOOH! SHOCK! SPECTACLE! We can play with the audiences emotions!" into "The hell are they thinking??" territory.
Arthur Dayne - stabbed in the back, he collapses to the ground before being decapitated by Ned Stark.
Gerold Hightower - stabbed in the neck by Ned Stark, dies immediately.
Khal Drogo - sliced in the shoulder, wound gets infected despite having doctors from all over Essos in his Khalasar, dies.
Robert Baratheon - gored in the gut, wound gets infected despite having maestars from all over the Seven Kingdoms, dies.
Renly Baratheon, stabbed through the chest, dies instantly.
Stableboy, stabbed through the gut by Arya Stark, dies instantly.
Champion of Meereen - his horse is killed with a knife throw to the eye, which kills it immediately. The Champion is decapitated when his horse collapses.
Yoren - stabbed in the leg, immobilizing him before being finished off with a stab through the throat by Armory Lorch.
Qorin Halfhand - stabbed through the chest by Jon Snow, mortally wounded.
Martyn Lannister - stabbed by the Karstarks, dies immediately.
Willem Lannister - stabbed by the Karstarks, dies immediately.
Robb Stark - stabbed in the gut, dies quickly.
Rorge - stabbed in the heart by Arya Stark, dies quickly.
Talisa Stark - stabbed in the gut, dies quickly. Baby dies too.
Lommy - stabbed in the throat, dies quickly.
Polliver - stabbed in the throat, dies quickly.
Craster - stabbed through the mouth by Karl, legend of Jin fookin Alley, dies immediately.
Jeor Mormont - stabbed in the back by Rast, has enough strength to try strangling Rast to death before collapsing (being finished off by Rast).
Barristen Selmy - stabbed and dies slowly.
Maester Luwin - stabbed in the gut with a spear, mortally wounded, mercy killed by Osha.
Hound - stabbed, wound gets infected, presumed dead, miraculously survives under care of a Septon, spends entire seasons recovering.
Greyworm - stabbed, is bedridden in recovery for a hell of a long time with an Empire's healthcare at his disposal (is still not in fighting shape).
Stannis Baratheon - stabbed in the leg, mortally wounded.
Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg the last King of the Giants fights Grenn, the farmer's son, and five other Night's Watchmen. Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg is mortally wounded by their stabbing.
Areo Hotah - stabbed, immediately dies.
Doran Martell - stabbed, dies almost immediately.
Jojen Reed- stabbed by wights, mortally wounded, mercy killed by his sister.
Roose Bolton - stabbed in the gut, dies almost immediately.
Meryn Trant - stabbed repeatedly, probably mortally wounded but gets throat slit anyways for good measure, dies.
Arya Stark - stabbed multiple times in the gut by an order of assassins with a 100% success rate, falls into the Braavosi canals where they transport their excrement and refuse, is saved by an actress with apparently god tier surgery experience, proceeds to run around jumping from buildings, sprinting, culminating in blind stick fighting from which she is victorious, before moving on to challenge the entire house of many faces.
So I tried to compile a list of all the major and minor characters that died from stabbing or where stabbed, I think I got 90% of them, and am not including all the mooks that died of stabbing, or major characters who died offscreen or brought back through magic.
Notable stabbings focusing on the gut area:
Roose Bolton - in peak physical condition, the only excessively health conscious person alive in Westeros (not anymore). A warrior, dies immediately nonetheless.
Areo Hotah - a giant of a man wearing body armour, a bodyguard by profession and one of the most skilled warriors alive - dies instantly to his abdominal wound to someone considerably smaller with a considerably smaller weapon. This flies in the face of the Hound's lesson to Arya - Meryn Trant > First Sword of Braavos, because Meryn Trant wears armour and carries a big fucking sword. Not the first time a scantily clad bad poosi defeats a giant man without a big fucking sword, Ramsay perfected this technique vs the Ironborn.
Stannis Baratheon - stabbed in the leg, mortally wounded. Possessed of an unconquerable iron will, even wounds stopped him.
The Hound - the second largest person alive after the Mountain and the toughest warrior alive (if the Mountain no longer counts). Probably owing to his immense toughness and refusal to die, he miraculously survives and is cared for by some unknown priest with medical knowledge and supplies. Even so - he takes 2 seasons to recover.
Khal Drogo - Genghis Fucking Khan, it's a big deal when the undefeated warrior is slain by an infected scratch.
Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg - is not even human, being a Giant.
Grey Worm - spends two seasons recovering from his wounds, spending much of his time actually bedridden. Is still not back in fighting shape, sticking to command and the War Council - this despite being a warrior trained since before his memories to fight, being in superb physical condition and personal hygiene.
Tfw as well you realize they also wasted Greatjon Umber, being a Northlord who made it back North from the Red Wedding alive - mentioned to be killed offscreen in S6 lol
The general gist of it all is that Arya really relied on the plot armour here. The issue is that in such a way that it's impossible to ignore
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