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PCD
Since: May, 2021
EthanLac
Since: Oct, 2015
12th Oct, 2023 06:04:39 PM
That's not quite what I'm getting at here. This trope is for music being used to calm a violent character, not for music notes being used as shorthand for a character being calm in the first place.
PCD
Since: May, 2021
12th Oct, 2023 06:48:58 PM
It could be argued that this trope is *why* music notes are used to show how calm a person or animal is. The notes are just an artistic shorthand to convey the idea of this trope, yes?
Music notes used around a character to denote that they're calm, happy, or relaxed. Primarily a comic strip trope — for example, in Garfield: His 9 Lives, in the prehistoric chapter, Garfield is shown with music notes around him before the caveman attempts to tame him, to indicate that he's relaxed.
Edited by EthanLac