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Originally Posted by DaFace
4. Enormous plot armor in a show that gained its popularity for not giving characters plot armor.
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I agree with this, but am hoping the next three episodes rectify that. I will be bummed if ALL of the players still standing make it out of the story alive.
To be real, GRRM's biggest achievement was selling everyone that the characters in his story were vulnerable. From his original outline in 1993, he actually outlines the untouchables.
Jon, Dany, Bran, Arya, Tyrion, Sansa.
GRRM did a great job at selling Robb as the person who was going to avenge his father after his father's untimely death. Ned's death was shocking, but not unprecedented. Killing Robb and Catelyn is what flipped over the entire chessboard for the series, but the true achievement is that the "true" main characters were all still in their rising actions. Even in the books, characters have gained considerable plot armor since Storm of Swords (i.e. reviving Cat and Jon's inevitable resurrection).