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Plot armor is literally a plot point towards the end of Supernatural.
Similarly, The Master Chief (video games, but still) has literal luck on his side.
Also, in Marvel it has been stated repeatedly that "something" keeps popular characters alive. Sometimes it is an actual reality warping character (eg. Franklin Richards) or sometimes explained in a more meta way.
Huh, I didn't know that about Master Chief. Doesn't seem like it fits the vibe of the lore.
It's not "official". But it's stated as the reason Cortana chose him over the other Spartans. I think it's supposed to explain the video game retry nature of video games. But also why he survives random chance circumstances when others don't.
He's also really good at surviving though.
I think it's really just supposed to be more of a narrative device. The purely logical AI with the almost robotic human drawn together by luck of the draw.
In the books, they definitely lean a bit more into him "making" his own luck. There is a whole bit with him predicting coin flips and it's presented in a way that implies he knows how to twist the odds in his favor (whether purposefully or unconsciously).
Fair enough, thank you for the information!