The most infuriating thing about seasons 6-8 is the sheer amount of plot armour and deus ex machinas forced into the scenes to avoid the corners that the writers wrote the characters into. Characters who make stupid decisions escape the consequences of their actions, which completely contradicts one of the highlights of the series. Here's a list of what I thought was the worst cases of this-
Jon: So, so much plot armour for one character. The most striking instance of this is in the Battle of the Bastards. Jon falls for Ramsay's trap, gets unhorsed, is within range of Ramsay's archers, is far away from his own army and is right in the middle of the battlefield. Yet, he isn't hit by a single arrow ( none in seven arrow barrages), he is sandwiched between two cavalry charges with just a sword, and still doesn't take a hit, slacks off multiple times in a chaotic battle, still doesn't take a single hit, gets stuck under a stampede, still uninjured, all in good time for the knights of the Vale to jetpack through the North as a final deus ex machina.
However, that's not the only instance. Beyond the Wall, he is huddled on a rock surrounded by wights and yet the NK chooses to wait around until deus ex machina Dany jetpacks from Dragonstone (this applies to all the others as well), engages in a stupid and pointless staredown with the NK, only to get dragged into freezing water. He spends a significant amount of time in frigid waters, yet emerges completely unaffected by hypothermia or suffocation. Benjen Stark shows up as yet another deus ex machina, and Jon is set off on a horse which conveniently reaches right in front of Dany.
In the battle at Winterfell, Jon is at one point completely surrounded by wights and the NK, but the NK walks away instead of engaging with Jon with the clear numerical advantage he has while the wights suddenly become slow zombies. Later, a tiny wall somehow shields him from the full force of dragonfire.
The Unsullied and the Dothraki decide to spare Jon for some reason, given the fact that he killed Dany.
Jaime: Jaime stupidly charges at Dany in their battle despite the fact that she's standing right next to a dragon. Bronn teleports in just in time to push him into the waterbody. Judging by the shot just before that, the both of them would have still landed in fairly shallow waters right next to the dragon, but they are somehow in the middle all of a sudden. Bronn is somehow able to drag a fully-armoured adult out of the water all by himself while Dany's army has conveniently disappeared and is not looking for Jaime despite the fact that Dany herself knows that he's alive and that he is a valuable hostage.
Jaime, Brienne, Sam, Tyrion, Sansa: In the Battle of Winterfell, we see Jaime, Brienne and Sam swarmed by wights, and Tyrion and Sansa stuck in crypts where the dead Starks' corpses got re-animated, yet somehow all these characters make it out of the battle alive.
Arya: Arya manages to sneak up on NK somehow, and NK, who has caught her by the throat, decides to just stare at her instead of snapping her neck, or at the very least, throwing her down.
Arya also survives the destruction of King's Landing after being hit by debris on at least 3 occasions and dragonfire in one.
Is there any stand-out plot armour or deus ex machina that I missed?
Submitted November 29, 2021 at 08:40AM by blitzebo https://ift.tt/3o2YKhZ
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