#mute protagonists

[nooooough]

These four together would be wild

#double date #mute protagonists #sassy antagonists #portal #stanley parable #chell portal #tsp stanley #tsp narrator #the narrator #glados #glados portal #crossover

[chickenmanbeloved]

A lovely reminder

#God i wish i knew how to create a character then and there #Im settling on my farmer being mute because i think its a interesting concept to go into #plus i love the silent protagonist trope #THIS DL FROM THE IMERSIVE SHANE MOD HAD ME SOFT #I HAD TO DRAW IT #shane husband #immersive characters shane mod :] #shane stardew valley #shane sdv #shane x farmer #stardew valley #stardew farmer #shane stardew #farmer sdv #....iapologizeformyshittyhandwriting

[starryo]

no powers university au: after being falsely accused of physical assault, wrongfully treated by adults and having his voice ignored, akira loses his ability to speak due to the trauma, becoming selectively mute as a result.

he meets goro akechi, local campus sensation and an upperclassman, who just so happens to be very fluent in sign language.

link to original twitter thread here. (note: i just borrowed the scene from A Silent Voice, this isn’t actually an au of A Silent Voice)

#mute akira au #shuake #akeshu #persona 5 #p5 #a silent voice #akira kurusu #ren amamiya #goro akechi #p5 protagonist #starryoart #rewatched a silent voice recently!! so back came the mute akira brainworms #did you know that goro akechi shares the same VA as shoya? #robbie daymond is everywhere #watching it in english is like getting hyper blasted with socially awkward pleasant boy for the entire movie #its great #max mittelman is there too #the ryugoro agenda was real there

[raillue]

Crow from Destiny 2 as Omori

/In the style of the game OMORI

hmmm, something something two amnesiac video game characters that have done a terrible act in their past and then have to regain their memories and forgive themselves

:]

I’m so normal about these two games, can’t you tell?

#destiny 2 #destiny #destiny the game #destiny fanart #crow destiny #omori #omori fanart #omori spoilers #if you haven’t played omori #PLEASE play it #you won’t regret it #you will be emotionally destroyed by the end though #“an unallowed burden has been placed upon you. You have the power to change the future #what will you do DREAMER? what will you do? #OOOOHH love that quote #i could ramble for ages on how much these two share in common #one could also argue that the guardian/young wolf shares lots of similarities to omori/sunny #to which i ABSOLUTELY agree #mute video game protagonists my beloved #raillue’s sketchbook

[chloecherrysip]

As much as I mourn all the lines that appeared in mario movie trailers but for some reason, didn't make it to the finished product (RIP "I'm not afraid! I'd do anything for my brother!" YOU LIVE ON IN MY HEART ALWAYS AND FOREVER), I've been thinking about "I hope you told your brother how much you love him, because you're probably never gonna see him again" and the rest of that whole dialogue exchange in particular from this specific trailer and how much I wish we'd gotten that moment because I think it would have helped spotlight a vital aspect of Mario's character that the movie already does a REALLY good job with getting across in the first place: the way he communicates how he feels through action and acts of service instead of words!

(more under the cut because this got too long, haha)

Mario is usually a very quiet protagonist so this tracks with the games too, obviously, but even movie!Mario seems like someone who isn't overly verbose or who's especially eager to enter into heavy, feelings-based conversations (at least not without a struggle). Talking about his feelings might not come easy to him, and he maybe even forgets to say things outloud that to him, seem obvious. (Meanwhile, I think Luigi is always up for gushing about his favorite people (see the interrogation scene lol) and probably ends every phone call/text message exchange ever with "love you!" to Mario and his parents, to the point that he might accidentally say it to acquaintances and customers too on occasion, LOL).

So thinking about this exchange with Toad and how, even if the movie didn't acknowledge it past that point, this idea would be hanging over Mario throughout his journey hits harder because you can imagine him thinking: hey, when WAS the last time he told Luigi outright that he loved him that wasn't a distracted "yeah, me too" response to Luigi saying it first? Maybe it's been a long time. Too long. So long it's genuinely upsetting for him to realize! What if his brother doesn't actually know how much Mario loves him, because he does, he does so much, and he's been an idiot for going so long without saying the actual words and now he can't, he CAN'T and he would give anything in the world to go back and do things differently!

And of course, all this panic is totally unwarranted and even silly because I think Luigi knows like his own name how much Mario loves him. Because the audience watching this movie knows how much Mario loves his brother by that point! Mario never says the actual words - in fact, he never says anything particularly positive about Luigi, other than "you were great!" regarding the commercial in the very beginning - and yet it couldn't be any clearer!!! I think it's pretty impossible to come out of this movie (if you were paying attention in the least) not seeing that love plain as day in everything Mario does, down to the littlest things, because he is a man of action and that's how he expresses himself best!

You see it in how he shifts from mildly embarrassed to immediately Intense and Ready To Throw Down on a dime when Spike insults Luigi, you see it in how he pauses to open doors and create paths for Luigi to safely follow him through the construction site as he's parkouring, you see it when the dog becomes aggressive and Mario is just entirely focused on keeping Luigi behind him, pushing him out of harm's way, getting the dog's attention so it will attack him instead, etc. You see it in the warp pipe when his entire demeanor changes the second he realizes Luigi is in trouble, how he desperately paddles to reach him and grab his hand and comfort him about the situation. You see it in how his brother is front of mind for him at every point in his adventure and that's why he fights so hard to talk to Peach, why he agrees to the fight with DK, why he keeps trying even when things seem hopeless and no one believes he can do it. You see it written all over Mario's face during the reunion, every single little way he touches Luigi and brings him closer and checks in on him with crystal-clear relief and joy and gentleness!!! The "show, don't tell" aspect is just OFF THE CHARTS IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE because that's how Mario is. He's not so good at words and remembering to say them. When he loves someone, he wears that feeling, he lives that feeling in so much of what he chooses to do and how he interacts with the world, and while it's always good to say these things outloud now and then just to be clear everyone's on the same page (and I'm sure he does after the movie, haha), it doesn't make it any less meaningful. :)

#mario movie #mario movie spoilers #super mario bros #mario and luigi #super mario bros movie #super mario bros movie spoilers #cherrysip hc's & rambling #i know some people have talked about this a little already but i just really wanted to do so too :) #because it's just WILD to me that you leave this movie knowing in your soul how much mario loves and needs his brother #and yet if you looked at only the spoken dialogue separated from all context i don't think you'd get that at all #(or you would get it a LITTLE but the effect would be so much more muted and nowhere near as emotional or vivid as the final product) #because the non-verbal stuff is critical!!! and that's perfect for mario as a mostly silent protagonist!!! IT'S SO GOOD #(also please PLEASE don't tag this as ship i am so so tired)

[feliichu]

Older brother who torments younger brother

#My art #persona 3 #minato arisato #makoto yuki #persona 3 protagonist #ken amada #persona 3 fes #mute minato #I live for this hc btw

[thinkingwithportalz]

playing with artstyles

no I won't be keeping this artstyle don't get your hopes up

#portal chell #portal 2 #portal 2 fanart #my art #thinkingwithportalz #gay mute protagonist who has a stupid brit following her #digital art #i love her #this feels like a concept design for pixar or something

[mamuzzy]

Mute game protagonist problems:

#genshin impact #fontaine #aether #paimon #lyney #lynette #and literally every mute protagonist before Traveller

[ethanhuntfemmefatale]

rewatching mi5 after going through so much of the Tom Cruise Filmography^tm just makes me even more aware of how much ethan's character particularly in mcquarrie era is defined by his. reserved gentle kindness.

#everything he does feels muted #he has such a different energy than any other tc protagonist #i love him. keep cooing at the screen hi ethan i love you i missed you #mission impossible #ethan hunt

[niko-jpeg]

Sonics of the future and past

#sonic the hedgehog #Camp Green Hill #Look I KNOW post Frontiers and Classic Sonic do not meet but its a fun thought to entertain #they are physically very different #niko.jpeg #Sonic Generations #Classic Sonic #Actually elaborating on that #Classic Sonic is still pretty fem looking and is selectively mute and is small with shorter quills and slightly longer fur #vs Post Frontiers arc Sonic who is taller has the scars and is beginning to dye himself yellow with how many times he goes super #his quills are longer and stronger and his ears are smaller because he finally grew into them. much more masc presenting #your Honor they mean the world to me. It's rare for me to love a protagonist this much but theres just something so special about him #thats why he gets his own au /silly

[disabilityshowdown]

#okay i do feel a little mean for this one #bc i am a huge transistor fan and i know the chances of her making it past a pokemon protagonist are slim #but also i had the opportunity to pair up two mute characters both named red i couldn't not take it #pokemon #transistor #disability showdown #preliminaries

[savyir-genesizz-the-wizard]

also because I've started actually browsing Reddit to check if dr. Gordon Freeman was actually mute and.

Apparently disabilitybaiting is a real thing and Valve did it to me

#half-life #I swear it's not a hatepost don't go after me. I will however continue to interpret him as mute. who gives a shit #also a lot of Redditors seem to be really hard pressed about this #I'm not mute myself (although I had episodes where I lost ability to speak multiple times) BUT I think that if you are making a silent #protagonist you should commit to it. so it's a Valve hatepost not half-life hatepost #the main grip I have with a game would be that jumping is atrocious but that's besides the point

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

meadowsweet

#my art lol #my ocs #lucian #floral #floral aesthetic #muted colors #off white #green #pink #yeah i have. no fucking idea what to tag this lmfaooo 😭😭 i never know what to tag my original shit its just. here #i'd tag it fashion or smthn but idk that outfit is. not 100% historically accurate at all. lookin at those shorts and thigh high socks LOL #this was inspired by some stuff i saw when looking up victorian fashion on here! not a canon outfit for him rip but let him wear smthn nice #also yeah meadowsweet is supposed to be that flower he's holding. it has no actual significance in his story its just here for aesthetic #but it does carry the meaning of 'uselessness' so that's fun :) #i just felt like drawin smthn w/ him again ive been thinking abt him and the other protagonist shitheads again... thangs. #i have this one text post idea thing i wanna make but i'll see if i get around to it. SOBBINGGG I DONT WANT SUMMER TO B OVER #also i think my inbox is finally not broken??? thats unrelated tho

[ppmanguy]

Frisk thingy doodles because I’ve been obsessed with this silly little game for like 7 years at least now

Someone save me

#silly art #funky fella #how do you tag #art #:3 #traditional art #traditional drawing #traditional illustration #traditional sketch #traditional artist #undertale #undertale frisk #he is just a silly guy #just a little guy #the brainrot is real #the brainrot is brainrotting #the brainrot is strong #the little mute protagonists keep leaching to my mind #send help

[theinternetisaweboflies]

Willy's Wonderland (2021)

#i know this movie is sort of an #fnaf #knockoff #but i fucking loved it #comedy horror #at its funnest #the mute protagonist #who one could describe as #austism coded #the pinball breaks #evil tinkerbell #the soundtrack by #Émoi #honestly #i could write an essay #on the way this movie seamlessly meshed #autistic coded character #with #mute protagonist #and #strong and silent #male archetype #not too mention the clear quality of the soundtrack #even from the introduction to Willy's jingle #to the remix #and somehow #freebird #willys wonderland #willy's wonderland #i had a super happy fun time

[bastart13]

Id like to recommend the weight of the stars by k ancrum. It follows a group of friends helping a new girl get these paywalled messages from her mom who was sent to space when she was a newborn. Im probably not explaining it very well but its really good and the protagonist and the new girl are gay for eachother. Also it was partially based off of interstellar if youre familiar with that movie

Another rec i have is for a graphic novel called on a sunbeam by tillie walden. It follows a girl, mia, on her quest to find this girl she dated a few years ago when they were like 14 after she dissapeared. The art is very pretty and the spaceships are fish. Also theres no men in the novel but there is a nonbinary character

I have so much respect for books with no men in them. I love seeing good male characters but at the same time it's wild how many books have no women and how few are the opposite

#not art #shout out to muted for having a massive cast and only one male character #who is the protagonist's perfect dead dad á la the dead mum character in everything ever