I know this topic has already been discussed a lot, especially after Episode 8 aired, but only recently I came up with an idea why it actually is realistic (well, as realistic as it gets in a medieval fantasy world) that she survived those stab wounds the Waif inflicted on her. Now I want to share my idea with you and how I came up with it.
In "The Winds of Winter" we see Varys in Dorne, but only a few minutes later we see him right next to Dany on a ship sailing back to Westeros. That's not because he can fly or whatsoever, but because one episode is covering several weeks. I thought that it was quite obvious that he did not just go back to Meereen in, like, five minutes, but for many people it wasn't.
This led me to the idea that Arya may have been spending a lot of time at Lady Crane's home, meaning that she had enough time to heal. We as the viewers don't know how many weeks she had been laying in that bed, we only know that someday the Waif suddenly appeared and killed Lady Crane.
Also, despite the fact that we don't know how much time Arya had to heal, there are some other (in my opinion) valid points, explaining how she survived those wounds:
- Arya was a trainee at the House of Black and White. Her training basically consisted of broken rips, beating and all that... So it's possible that she endures physical pain better than a regular human now.
- Lady Crane knows how to deal with stab wounds. After taking Arya to her home, Lady Crane tells Arya that she used to stab her boyfriends sometimes and then cure them again.
- Arya was not exactly fully recovered... After she jumped off that roof, her wounds began to bleed again and in that little room she lured the Waif to, we can literally see the pain on her face. (I included this point for the people who think that she was fully recovered at the time the Waif came along to kill her.)
So yeah, let me know what you guys think of all this and if you believe that Arya had been at Lady Crane's for several weeks instead of only one day too now! Or you can also explain why you still don't believe it! :)
Hope you guys had a good read!
Comments (20)
Yep that's exactly how it happened :ok_hand:
I say there was no reason for her stabbing at all. Waif confronts, they fight.... I really was unsatisfied with the way Arya's time in Braavos (I :heart: Jaqen H'gar) ended on the show, but I know extraneous plots are being wrapped up to bring the show to an end. Can't wait for the WoW book release!
"I used to stab my boyfriends and heal their wounds."
Sounds like a wonderful
A lot of time had ed when arya was at lady cranes. GoT does that a lot. Time es without u actually knowing how much has ed. And they have said storylines are not happening all at once. Just like when varys was in dorne and with Dany on the ships. Lots of time es he didn't teleport. Same for arya a lot of time es. We just don't know how much. And it's only 10 episodes they gotta get to the point quickly without having to stop and say time has ed.
Yeah, that's basically what I said anyway, haha. :smile:
The only flaw here is that she started bleeding again, so she wasn't healed sufficiently to do all thst she did.