Captain Carrot of the Ankh Morpork Night Watch. Not only does he thrive where other men would have their skulls split and their bodies looted but the very rules of the world he lives in dictate that he survives until such time when he will be recognized as the rightful king (and probably leads the city into a golden…

Well, he does take significant damage in most seasons and definitely comes out worse for wear. But on the other hand he does survive what would have killed any other cast member many, many times. His daughter would be an even better example, she never gets seriously hurt in situations that would kill maybe not named…

Well, it might help with WWI-style dogfighting with slow biplanes. Not much after that, though.

That's just the tolerance on those old-timey steering wheels, it seems. I mean, they do it like that in pretty much every movie.

Well, to be fair, the plot armor pretty much comes from the same source that put him in the line of fire in the first place. True prophecy is a tricky thing. So without the plot armor there probably wouldn't be a threat, either. Except for the overall dangerous nature of Hogwarts.

But the legs are all wrong for that, at least according to the sketches. And it's not like the F35 could make those turns, anyway.

Why harpoons? It's not a whale. Or for that matter a ship.

There's never gonna be only the EU government. But many things make sense to pursue in the Union. Foreign policy, security (both internal and external) and, of course, economy are among those.

I assume you haven't read the books?

I'm gonna go with Kazumi Kato from Order of the Stick.

Other mothers in ASoIaF are pretty tough (and smarter), too. Catelyn Stark and Olenna Redwyne come to mind.

Actually, it only became inevitable when defensive capabilities outmatched offensive ones.

Usually it's

Try the Franco-Prussian War with breach-loading rifles, a clash of breach-loading steel artillery (not quick-firing yet) and bronze muzzle-loading artillery, two of the main opponents of WWI, railroads for troop and supply transport.

Well, none of there problems are fatal (yet). Mostly they're just about sufficiently advanced technology - or may at least be compensated for by such.

Ah, came here for this.

Eh, Germany doesn't have that much fiscal restraint. We just have high taxes (though not as high as some Scandinavian countries).

He's supposed to be bad? Come on, you're looking at the guy who wiped all those nasty drug cartels in town.

I'd love a Schlock Mercenary show. Even though I would suspect that they'd screw it up, TV definitely needs more Space Opera.