The most successful Plot Diseases keep their hosts alive, feeding on their suffering for as long as possible.

  • Deebster@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    I don’t think that’s the opposite of plot armour, though - O’Brien was too much a main character (and too popular) to be killed off, so we knew he’d survive the episode/danger/trauma.

    He definitely broke his arm more than the rest of the cast combined, but was spared any serious injury until the plot required it.

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      1 month ago

      Maybe it’s not a direct comparison, but it’s hard for the true opposites, the Red Shirts, to be characters 😜