Talk:Amon/@comment-4521003-20120216231217/@comment-4521003-20120218021732

I agree with pretty much everything you said. The only thing I can come up with at the moment is that his being a main character does not mean he needs to talk. You mentioned the audience's need to connect with characters; this is something I did point out earlier, but I viewed it a little differently. If people have a harder time connecting with him, it may serve to make the audience all the more intrigued and baffled by his character, as well as messing with the protagonists' heads in the story itself. He wouldn't even have to be completely silent; a similar effect could e achieved by making Amon only say short, thought-provoking lines before disappearing once more.

I don't forsee this as a strong possibility, but if the creators happen to go this route it would be very interesting to see, to say the least.

And I suppose I wouldn't have thought of it without the mask, but I actually came up with the idea while talking with someone about how we'll have to wait to hear Amon's voice before we can decide whether or not there is even a slim chance that Amon is female. That led me to the thought of "But if he doesn't speak at all we'll never find out for sure." (By the way, to me Amon is 'male until proven female.')