By Nash Jenkins
In the final moments of Sunday night’s episode of Game of Thrones, Arya Stark was stabbed in the stomach by the Waif. She was left to stumble through Braavos, bleeding out; it’s unclear if she survived the attack.
Predictably, fans were startled by this fairly significant event on an otherwise quiet episode. Startled, but ultimately not surprised — many people seem to think she had it coming.
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