I like silent characters.  Not as in silent-movie characters, though they're good too.  I mean people who, for one reason or another, are mute in a world of speaking characters.

The first three silent characters who spring to mind:

Lavinia from Titus Andronicus
Frankenstein's Monster, as played by Boris Karloff
Gromit from Wallace and Gromit

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Guys, lignota  wrote Titus Andronicus fanfic for the ides_of_april  fic exchange, and it's great!  I almost didn't read it, because, well, it's based on Titus Andronicus, which is a soul-destroyingly cruel play.  If I'd avoided it, though, I would have missed out on something brilliant.  My curiosity overcame me and I read this the other night, and it's been haunting ( Read more... )