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[005] rva98014 Current Version

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Evidentially TheVoiceless recently underwent a repair shop discussion and was determined to have been overused to cover any case where a minor or background character doesn't talk. Their consensus was to remove any misused cross-wicks resulting in 6 examples being removed from this page.

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Evidentially TheVoiceless recently underwent a repair shop discussion and was determined to have been overused to cover any case where a minor or background character doesn\'t talk. Their consensus was to remove any misused cross-wicks resulting in 6 examples being removed from this page.

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Here's the discussion thread:

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Here\'s the discussion thread:

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That said, it always struck me as strange that Mr. Otterton never speaks, especially in the scene where he comes out of his savage state to find his wife leaping into his arms. It seems narratively that would be the time for him to offer some words of comfort but doesn't. I know the {{Doylist}} reason is he had no voice actor but story wise it seems odd for him to be silent at that moment.

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In general I agree that some of the examples were just pointing out that background characters didn\'t speak even though there really wasn\'t much reason for them to.

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Does anyone feel there's a trope to cover this odd situation or should we just chalk it up to

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I felt Bobby Catmull and Raymond/Kevin\'s silence was a bit more foreground and came up with tropes I felt were appropriate for their silence.

That said, it always struck me as strange that Mr. Otterton never speaks, especially in the scene where he comes out of his savage state to find his wife leaping into his arms. It seems narratively that would be the one time for him to offer some words of comfort but doesn\'t. I know the {{Doylist}} reason is he had no voice actor but story wise it seems really odd for him to be silent at that moment.

Does anyone feel there\'s a trope to cover this odd situation or should we just chalk it up to \"being overwhelmed by emotion, unable to speak\" and leave it unaddressed?

[004] rva98014

19th Sep '17 at 08:24:12 PM

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Here's the discussion thread:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1505614851040907200

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Here\'s the discussion thread:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1505614851040907200

That said, it always struck me as strange that Mr. Otterton never speaks, especially in the scene where he comes out of his savage state to find his wife leaping into his arms. It seems narratively that would be the time for him to offer some words of comfort but doesn\'t. I know the {{Doylist}} reason is he had no voice actor but story wise it seems odd for him to be silent at that moment.

Does anyone feel there\'s a trope to cover this odd situation or should we just chalk it up to \"being overwhelmed by emotion, unable to speak\"?

[003] rva98014

19th Sep '17 at 08:19:57 PM

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Evidentially TheVoiceless recently underwent a repair shop discussion and was determined to have been overused in any case where a minor or background character doesn't talk. Their consensus was the remove any misused cross-wicks resulting in 6 examples being removed from this page.

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Here's the discussion thread:

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[002] Theatre_Maven_3695

19th Dec '16 at 04:09:40 PM

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Maybe a bit late, but the very fact of it relying on a

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Maybe a bit late, but the very fact of it relying on a \"genre\" makes it a Narrative/Plot trope, which should never have RL examples due to the unconfirmed, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} obviously controversial]], idea that real life has an author/plot.

[001] Theatre_Maven_3695

19th Dec '16 at 04:09:18 PM

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Maybe a bit late, but the very fact of it relying on a

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Maybe a bit late, but the very fact of it relying on a \"genre\" makes it a Narrative/Plot trope, which should never have RL examples due to the unconfirmed, and [[UsefulNotes/Christianity obviously controversial]] idea that real life has an author/plot.

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