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WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
7th Jan, 2019 08:36:06 PM
The Voiceless, enforced/justified?
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
When a character in a non-live action medium (animation etc) appears and may play a role in the plot but doesn't speak, usually because of Absentee Actor.
The character has spoken in a previous appearance (esp if it's their first) and no in-universe reason is given for them not speaking now so the silence is conspicuous.
Eg: Many fusions in Steven Universe that have spoken in their first appearances but don't in their fleeting appearances thereafter, usually because the VA's are difficult to bring in again.