Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
Its interesting it seems you quoted what I want to reply to this with.. so you misunderstood what you quoted.

Silence is a characteristic - its an action and response a personality. When someone says holy shit the town is burning down and I shrug off the wall and silently walk into the town to save everyone - I have developed my character and yet I didnt speak.

I understand this, obviously you do too - but you dont understand my post at all.
the direct quote was "Silence is a characteristic and If I wouldn't do it at that time then it isn't "my" character." you also go on to use "silence" as an example for a dialogue choice.

based on that, everything i've said stands- and it seems like you actually don't understand. to put it into context- just because the silent protagonist doesn't say anything at that time doesn't mean they're not actually saying anything at that time. whatever you think or feel is the response, which you project onto them. if you're projecting silence onto them as a result of not seeing or hearing lines of dialogue, well... that's on you.

the point is, silent protagonists aren't your preference and that's fine. but your perception of them being silent and associating it with being a characteristic and therefore 'not you' doesn't, in fact, mean they possess a silent characteristic.

the default response of the silent protagonist isn't "silence"- it's whatever you imagine them to say. so it's only a characteristic if you yourself perceive it that way (which i suppose is understandable, but not at all intended)