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 ====== Silent Non-Silent Protagonist ======
-This is a [[lb:cliché]] I've coined to refer to a protagonist who is presented as silent but the surrounding context suggests (or confirms) that they aren't actually silent.
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+This is a [[lb:cliché]] I've coined to refer to a protagonist who is presented as silent but the surrounding context suggests (or confirms) that they aren't actually silent.
 ===== Elaboration =====
 I first noticed this after playing [[lb:the final station]] where I noticed the player character is never given any spoken dialog...yet all the interactions he has with the NPCs heavily suggests that he //is// speaking. This leads to a disconnect between the player and the player character which is at its worst in the final stretch of the game.
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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.\\
+<div callout 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>
+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.</div>
 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.