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--- lb:silent.non-silent.protagonist [2025-09-27 18:40:36] – [The Final Station] ninjasr
+++ lb:silent.non-silent.protagonist [2025-09-28 08:42:10] (current) – [The Legend of Zelda] ninjasr
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 Daxter //speaking on his behalf// also suggests that Jak is mute...because it's never lingered on...which might imply that Daxter played this role prior to him becoming an ottsel.
 ==== The Legend of Zelda ====
+<WRAP caution>**Note**: Before I re-write this because it's a bad section, I think it should be said that Link is only explicitly silent in //The Wind Waker// (I //think//) and //Breath of the Wild//. The former just has him not speak most of the time and the latter gives a reason as to why he doesn't talk much.\\
+But most Links in most games are //not// mute. This is possibly why the manga adaptations have him talk a lot more than you'd expect for a supposedly silent protagonist.</WRAP>
 Link is silent in the majority of games, though it's only the 3D games that make his muteness overt. But I can’t be sure if this started with //Ocarina of Time//, //Majora's Mask// or //The Wind Waker//. I know for certain that //Wind Waker//'s Link is silent and barely, if ever, speaks. But I can’t be sure because I haven't played fully.\\
 It's notable that none of the adaptations of Zelda prior to //The Wind Waker// depict Link as mute. And I'm pretty sure that //The Phantom Hourglass//’ manga depicts Link as someone who speaks.
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 //Breath of the Wild// has a Link who //can// speak but chooses not to most of the time, so it manages to avoid this cliché by actually explaining it.
-**Note**: Before I re-write this because it's a bad section, I think it should be said that Link is only explicitly silent in //The Wind Waker// (I //think//) and //Breath of the Wild//. The former just has him not speak most of the time and the latter gives a reason as to why he doesn't talk much.\\
-But most Links in most games are //not// mute. This is possibly why the manga adaptations have him talk a lot more than you'd expect for a supposedly silent protagonist.