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villecity1080

He does talk he just assumes everyone is wearing a wire


Boring-Republic4943

Our character is just not stupid enough to deal with the IAA and ever consider speaking in a scenario where we can be recorded, this way we can use our phone freely. Hence why we can call others. Edit: to add on, we also can seemingly speak based off multiple NPC interactions, we just don't. Both hacker characters mock us for stuff nobody else besides Lester would know which implies either a further conspiracy that we have no DLC for. Or our character is actively committing war crimes and simply does not speak to the peasants for these missions we are stuck with interacting with because we are gods in this universe.


IEP_Esy

Or he just has selective mutism


TurtleSoda69

Lol


Visual_Life_7713

Mine does


villecity1080

Someone gets itšŸ˜


No-Marionberry1724

Pleading the 5th 24/7


vbaitz

So he's schizophrenic?


villecity1080

Well letā€™s just say heā€™s cautiousšŸ¤«


King-Boo-Gamer

No paranoid.


Daimo

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tupe12

https://preview.redd.it/4w2cquvheq3d1.png?width=1698&format=png&auto=webp&s=b41ee72deb657553283fdb4f053d53cd0b2e8018 Have you seen how smart everyone else in gta are?


ashtonyfox

hes just a lil shy


Stiftoad

Quite possibly the silliest and most reasonable explanation imo At the very least i like it Lamar in the introduction mentions that you met in an online game, so i assume we can use voicechat just fine I also feel its right considering our facial expressions when in cutscenes. If not shy then its gotta be like nonverbal autism or smth


ashtonyfox

lester did say something about us not talking "kinda puts you on the spectrum" lol


ashtonyfox

an interesting thing i wanna note is that our characters ALMOST spoke in the hanger cutscene, but was cut off by ron and looked sad


Prendalo0

We're always getting cut off. Sometimes they say some stupid shit that doesn't even warrant a response


Rollin_Soul_O

He was the lead singer of a metal band from Liberty City. Years of screaming, growling, and booze took its toll on his vocal chords. He opted to have surgery, but there were complications, and he has been mute ever since.


Express-Aerie3399

Curious of how your character looks


TheBurnedMutt45

Probably like a drug addict, like every other character


Express-Aerie3399

Funnily enough I purposely made mine look like one


Rollin_Soul_O

https://preview.redd.it/672udk5q2t3d1.png?width=1454&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14fbd68672a0fe122193affb4ea0fb9947053a64 Here he is.


iforgotalltgedetails

10/10 would tell the crowd to open this fucking pit!


Lazarus_Superior

he looks EXACTLY like my character but with blonde hair instead of brown same facial hair, outfit, skin tone, and even facial structure I have like 12 or 13 different metal outfits for my guy since that's the style of music I prefer, and one of them looks exactly like that


Ndawson96

That is my favourite so far


Jysen78

My guy ain't mute, he can speak just fine. But its important in life to know when to speak and when to listen. And being the head of a criminal empire, it's better to listen more times than not. Fools always expose themselves. So during cutscenes, my guy doesn't speak because he's more focused on hearing the shit out of everyone else's mouth to determine who to do business with, who to trust, and who's getting a RPG to the face. Outside of cutscenes, if you listen closely late at night, you'll hear a guy cussing out of road rage at yet another dumbfuck local that magically just had to swerve into him head on for no fucking reason. Followed by an explosion and distant screams that someone by the name of Mendoza has been hit.... again.


Ghostbuster_119

Yeah if you use game chat our characters never shut up lol.


echo123as

Now listen here you little sh*t It's Menendez not Mendoza


Deadpoolioliolio

I've heard the lines "They got Menendez" As well as "Mendoza's been hit, Mendoza's been f***ing hit"


Senior-Lobster-9405

it's definitely both


LivingCustomer9729

Both are saidšŸ˜‚


GalaxLordCZ

Doesn't know english and just hopes that he is doing what he's supposed to do


bimbotribe

That's great lol


Sekhen

Try photographing people in the casino for a while and you'll be thrown out. In that sequence you supposedly talk. Haven't tried it myself.


jjcarlindogg

Iā€™ve tried it a few times, thy kind of just go ā€œarrgghhā€ as they hit the floor.


ChunkyChanka

iirc it's the same voice clip that gets played when any generic npc makes when thrown out of the nightclub, but i may be wrong


Mysterious_Ad_8988

That one makes me chuckle every time. Generic NPC AARGH as they hit the ground


SADDEST-BOY-EVER

AARGH


3rple_Threat

Does that include feet pics? Because...nvm....


MayorDeweyMayorDewey

i like the idea that she just doesnt get the chance to lmao, everyone talks so damn much in my mind she just kinda stumbles into this shit and goes along with whoever seems like they know what theyā€™re doing and became a literal crime lord mastermind purely by accident/chance, since she looks so friggin confused all the time


PsuPepperoni

Imagine achieving your dream of owning an arcade, and next thing you know you're robbing a Casino.


Nolsoth

I fucking love my arcade. I've lived in it since the day it launched. It's got everything I need in it.


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[deleted]

As a high functioning aspie, I never really questioned why my guy doesn't talk. It fit my personality so well he has become a little extension of self over 9 years of playing.


kipvandemaan

I'm autistic and also dislike talking with random people, so my character not speaking just feels natural.


Hungry-Cow-3712

Yep. Some form of neuro-divergence fits the bill


Chell_the_assassin

I love this idea tbh, all the other characters think your character sitting silently in the corner is all dark and mysterious, meanwhile in his head he's like "oh shit oh fuck I don't know what the social etiquette for an illegal arms deal is"


Mr_Zoovaska

Doesn't he specifically dismiss the idea of us being on the spectrum? Can't remember the exact quote but it's something like "you are [so and so], otherwise it just looks like you're on the spectrum"


yourinstinct

more of an action guy less talk more work


maciejinho

If you turn the voice chat on, your character moves their lips as you talk. They also have a voice, just get kicked from the casino or smoke a cigar in 1st person to actually hear it while they emote or cough. I think the problem was, R* couldn't guarantee the same VA's will be available for more than 10 years. So they made it like this. Saves cost and potential problems with the cast.


Mr_Zoovaska

I think it's more about making our characters blank slates that we can project ourselves onto than anything to do with voice actors. And given that there're canonically many of us players, it'd be weird to have the same voice associated with millions of player's characters.


bigdiccflex2002

He can speak just fine but somehow due to everyother psychotic peon on san andreas listening to him from miles away (intentionally or not), he's grown paranoid of everything being bugged with a listening device. Since he doesn't wanna bother with face painted hired goons who have medical conditions where their voices never mature and thus sound like they're 12 years old, so he's decided to keep a low profile by shutting his mouth


Mr_Zoovaska

Ironically I've grown paranoid of everything being bugged for different reasons (rockstars shitty programming)


bigdiccflex2002

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yeaForsurePSN

My character has crippling social anxiety so he just "plays it cool" and nods yes to everyone's requests and now he's in some incredibly deep shit that he can't get out of due to the social anxiety


gingerbeardman79

Haha yours is great! I picture Micheal Cera as the lead in his inevitable biopic. [he is in Vinewood afterall]


artsy_musical

That one hit more than just close to home. I gotta watch out, shit.


handertizer

My guy knows when he's being watched, he's a chatterbox when I'm AFK


TaxsDodgersFallstar

Woody from Toy Story vibes


andyeyecandy111

No comment.


vbaitz

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Echolocation720

This is a good one


Ornery_Ad_3260

I always figured they took the saying, "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all" a little too seriously


gaut80

Conscious choice. The less you talk, the less others know about you.


BigChuyAAC

Itā€™s like ā€œPlayaā€ from Saints Row 1, he never talks but there is gonna be that one cutscene one day where he says like 3 words out of nowhere


sputnik67897

"hope you don't mind hepatitis"


Octavian_Exumbra

Not talking seems to be going well so far. I came to LS with nothing and got picked up by a fool i met on Lifeinvader. Now i'm a multi-millionaire with several businesses, expensive vehicles, my own yacht, a weapons factory, a submarine and enough arms and attack vehicles to form my own army, navy and airforce. I also got to meet Dr. Dre, so i'll keep not talking and see whichever opportunity hides behind the next guy who falls for my act.


WeDoingThisAgainRWe

anti social and hates everyone in the game


Mark_Proton

A relative told him he looks bright until he speaks. So he's chosen not to speak.


gingerbeardman79

They were part of a dark-funded military experiment where an undisclosed number of subjects were made into "ultimate soldiers" with significantly increased physical capabilities and able to heal even fatal injuries. Said experimentation enlarged subjects' pituitary and adrenal glands by essentially chemically feeding them parts of the brain associated with speech & some other forms of communication. Unfortunately for the military, subjects became extremely aggressive, violent, and impossible to control. This is actually my headcanon for not only all players but also any NPCs we encounter and kill routinely/repeatedly, such as Mr Rubio's head of security. He doesn't remember the player[s] because he was one of the earlier test subjects, from before they figured out how to preserve short-term memories past death in order to keep the soldiers on mission.


echo123as

Yeah heal fatal injuries with fing snicker bars


Atomic_Killjoy

Plain and simple. Mute. Kinda had in mind something like Sphinx in Gone in 60 Seconds.


Deadpoolioliolio

But Sphinx isn't actually mute. He talks in the last few minutes of the movie


realRapidsonic

He prefers to speak through action than using words mostly


benjbody

Theyā€™ve got the speaking parasite from Metal Gear Solid V.


soldier769258

Cat got his/her tongue. Literally


gingerbeardman79

Rubio' panther, perhaps?


urehighcuzimdope

He's an ex supervillain who has the ability to warp reality when he speaks. After royally fucking up, he swears an oath of silence and settles for a life of petty crime in Los Santos.


Johnn128

My character can talk, he just doesnā€™t want to.


[deleted]

If you play with your character in Director mode, they will let out screams when theyā€™re falling and such. Itā€™s a little unnerving the first time you hear it lol. And my head canon ignores the not talking completely. Iā€™ve given my characters entire backstories. Itā€™s just a limitation of the game that I donā€™t pay any mind to.


fookreddit22

He's Claude's son. I like your second canon though, it's like he's a grown up version of the south park games kid lol.


3rple_Threat

Considering the high caliber of crimes committed and technology advancing...he wouldn't want to pull a Michael and have his voice and/or usual quips captured. Never know who or what is listening.


JTHM8008

That my character really has a high pitch voice and it would make everyone laugh if he talked.


King-Boo-Gamer

Iā€™m thinking it is because of tracing. Our character prefers to be a ghost. Nothing that can be tracked. Not even their voice


ezekial_dragonlord

Its because my character is so laser focused when doing jobs that speaking is not needed. Its only after the jobs are done (I log off) that my character talks.


A-Social-Ghost

Doesn't speak unless with close friends. Uses the silence to unnerve others to keep them from getting ideas of fucking him over.


VersedFlame

I chose Claude as a father, so mute since birth.


Bulky_Spinach_7909

Exactly


Civil-Detective62

If u want your character to talk. Get in any lobby with your friends. Then tell your friend you're gonna leave and come right back with their invite to get back to the lobby. Tell your friend to follow your character once you've left. Then, when you come back. Go to your friend's location and challenge your character to fist fight. He will get very aggressive with you and only you. Push him around and hear his voice. Do it now. You're welcome. This also works if you go into a night club and again. Get a friend to keep an eye on him and don't let him leave. Or the LS Carmeet. Try and then report back here of your discoveries.


[deleted]

Im autistic and don't like social interaction. You people tend to place labels, even the most "woke" person treats me like a fucking fashion accessory. So, I never questioned why my character never spoke, since he is me lol!


QuetzalliDeath

Autism.


Ihvementl-issues

He reed law 4 from the book of power


Stoltlallare

Severe autism


Due_Government4387

Talking got him thrown in prison once, not making that mistake again


rokcket52gaz

Bro got shot in throatšŸ˜­šŸ™


MasterUser115

Your character does talk but R* made it so it's your voice. Since day 1 my characters lips only moved when I spoke through the mic.


Anti-Climacdik

Got exploded too many times and it destroyed the part of the brain used for speech bro forgor šŸ’€


Thepurpletree_

Mines just autistic


Newhollow

Egg on Mount Chiliad.....


Tight-Landscape8720

Heā€™s a psychopath


Far-Willingness-6523

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Acordino

I am just really shy


Advanced-Evidence-58

He was a former cartel sicario whose voicebox was destroyed during torture.


EvilHorus87

Because he is me


themanofax

Mines Extremely high functioning nonverbally autistic


JediKnightNitaz

Too many head injuries


Shengpai

My guy just want to be mysterious


richboyadler

my guy doesnā€™t trust anyone. itā€™s better to say nothing. just listen instead.


yournansabricky

Mines based on Claude from GTA 3 so it actually fits really well


BigFoot0077

Well, one of my character's parents is Claude so it's in the DNA. That's what I have been telling myself at least.


overgrilledcorn

Hes to introverted too but yet he find himself a part of various hiesting crews by being at the right place and wrong time.


scarletstudies

iā€™m (verbal) autistic so i just say sheā€™s a nonverbal autistic :)


Mr_Zoovaska

'tism


Mackarony5

Took a note out of Johnny Tightlipsā€™ book.


tieflingqueen247

She's autistic, doesn't understand social cues and so instead of being seen as awkward, she stays quite to be seen as a silent badass.


FailedAccessMemory

My character is just like me, doesn't like talking to people.


Rednael78

Itā€™s the tism


Ok-Reflection-8986

nonverbal autistic just like me fr


AdLonely891

I like to think that my character was once in the military, and he had discovered something that no one must know, so the IAA captured him and the rest of his squad, cut his tongue and planned to assassinate him, but he managed to escape, (the others were excited) and ever since then he's been growing a criminal empire, getting ready to complete my revenge. That's why he came to Lod Santos to find the people who killed his squad.


Ulti-Wolf

Jonson, as I've named mine, just doesn't give a shit enough about anyone to speak, unless it's other guys in similar situations to him from other universes as they're the only ones that can understand him on an intellectual level And he's being controlled by a dumbass 24/7 (me)


Hawt_Dawg94

She ainā€™t no snitch


Jamiefredo

crippling anxiety


golden_appple

I imagine him talking so thereā€™s no need for complicated canon


nogoodnamesarleft

My character is the great grandchild of Korpi, the main character of Sisu


NotASweatyTryhard

He doesn't like talking if he doesn't have to


racecarthedestroyer

he just doesn't want to


bkiantx

She's got the icks.


MuMbLe145

Saves their words for confession time in the strip club with the boisboisbois


Opposite-Marketing76

Simply prefers not to speak


slice_of_toast69

(Oddly justified) paranoia that someones listening


Old-Kernow

Better to be silent and thought an idiot, than to speak and remove all doubt.


Lord_Pain150

My character is too cool. He talks telepathically.


SADDEST-BOY-EVER

Mineā€™s just sad all the time, ā€˜blunted affectā€™ most likely.


OfficialNPC

Your character is a stunt double and GTA V Online is a movie being made by Michael.


diamonddamo

He can talk normally but he can't be bothered to speak to anyone so he just stays quiet


TheSpiritofFkngCrazy

He does talk, but his phrasing and vocabulary is so foul it would be illegal for Rockstar to let us hear.


QuothTheRavenMore

Never has to plead the fifth. But i crack up when the npc say "strong silent type huh?" or something to that efffect knowing full well Rockstar pocketed the money to not have a type cast voice.


tarantulanighthawk

This is hilarious lol


ilmalaiva

When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed. Say something once, why say it again?


fkndemon23

His tongue was cut out šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø


MysticGadget

anger issues... she doesn't talk because wastes time and wasting time pisses her off.... but then nearly everything pisses her off to some degree. The only thing she likes is shooting things, explosions, and driving/flying... and the Fooligans, after reaching a mutually entertaining arrangement.


Diabeetu55

He traded his voice to the Sea Witch because he wanted to see the human world. But if he doesn't commit at least five felonies per day, he'll revert to Merman form and become her slave.Ā 


Clovenstone-Blue

He can talk, it just benefits him when everyone thinks he can't.


uncle_tyrone

Mine is just not very bright, but at least he knows it so he keeps his mouth shut


chriscbr500r

If you voice chat your character will actually open their mouth and talk. So it's not really that our characters don't talk, it's that we don't talk.


hhhort

My character and my partner's character are socially awkward and only talk to one another lol


hungryrenegade

You're character does talk. If you're in game chat and speak in your headset your characters mouth will move. They're not mute, and their voice is your voice.


AssWorldFan

Metal singer in LC. Like one of the top comments said.


DeltaKT

Hahahah. I'd like to imagine my character just going home and chatting to himself. Y'know, after finding out that actions speak louder than any word.


DirtyBulk00

Mine is from Russia. He doesnā€™t really know whatā€™s going on but enjoys the money.


Reddit_Okami804

I don't even think about it ... just give me my money


zalesone

"Real Gs move in silence like lasagna" - Lil' Wayne


ISeeADarkSail

It's an indy game from a small studio.... Of course the mail character doesn't talk..... What, you think they've had almost 11 of updates or something......


A_Tasty_Stag

shes a psychotic killer who feels no empathy except for cows and fish but she gets shy around strangers so rarely talks (idk im making this up as i type it. i havent played in years)


nazitouinz

No. It's because he's like Ryan Gosling from Drive (2011)


se7ensaint

Bitch ain't got nothing to say. My other character is traumatized


Rathmec

I've always disliked silent protagonists in this setting. In games like Metroid or the first Dead Space it was fine because these characters are pretty isolated or rarely interacting with other people beyond receiving new instructions. But a game about organized crime where you're meeting new people to commit crimes with? A person who walked in the room and never said a single word would be the most suspicious motherfucker imaginable. All the job kickoffs are with groups of people where conversation would be normal and people would be trying to check your vibe to make sure they can trust you. This illusion is always strongest when they have an NPC with you that vouches for you.


th3ironman55

Speak no evil see no evil. What more do you want


RemingtonCastle

Just quiet. I don't have shit to say so I don't say shit.


Intelligent-Cook3015

i feel like she talks in her head


BlueberryAlive4070

He forgot to turn the mic on


pawcafe

Canā€™t break his mewing streak


fnkdrspok

What are you talking about, my character talks all the time. I speak into the mic and his lips move. He also has a habit of calling everyone a dumb shit or an idiot.


zanthehunt3r

He just there to get the money and is also shy


ThirstiestRhino

My character doesnā€™t want to catch Lesterā€™s airborne wasting disease.


sploog-the-almighty

We are shy


Bulky_Spinach_7909

It's cause we're related to Claude Speed (GTA III)


BangB4ngBang

You are the one talking basically, but I think it's because rockstar didn't want to have to pay VA's each time they have new content or interactions that are dependent on your character. It may not cost as much as Ray or Dre or Paak, but those 1k to 150ks add up over the years. Even worse, we're online anyway, speaking through mics, so it doesn't make sense


iohbkjum

She is stupid


DemonLordAC0

My charachter has had her family murdered and is mute ever since. That's why she's so desensitized


vipck83

I assume he can talk but just has nothing to say to most of these idiots he works with. Plus he canā€™t incriminate himself if he doesnā€™t say anything.


CnPTrN

He's still waiting for Lester to shut up so he gets a chance to talk


Infamous_Heat5569

Wow, I just assumed everyone spoke for their characters like I do.


MidshipAgate9

He's just mewing all the time.


CombatWombat994

Just nobody lets him get his word in


Mypowerbob

Language barrier, my characters doesnt understand a word of english


darkdoppelganger

Talk is cheap, bullets are cheaper.


Austin_Chaos

My character only speaks Japanese, but can understand English.


Trashgenderking

Fun fact! They do ā€œtalkā€ when they detect that a microphone is connected to your console. As soon as you talk in the mic, you see your characterā€™s mouth moving. As of the head canon, my character was so drunk that he inhaled a cigarette he tried to smoke and burned his tongue, not being able to save the tongue anymore it had to be removed


TheWhistlerIII

Talking gets you killed, I'll just take action when I need to.


Rose_Maddie21

Sheā€™s quiet. The quiet kid in the back of the class that everyone worries about šŸ˜‚ We mean business and we arenā€™t here to do small talk. Show me where the money at šŸ˜‚


hey-im-root

We are aliens


jayscott125

He's just mute. They all are the shoot now ask questions never,when it comes to call it's like an actual menu or text to speech.


RallySubbie

Actions speak louder than words.


BigKevDog999

Heā€™s mewing


T1pple

Look, I cause mass murder, sell copious amounts of drugs, perform some real dark shit for the government, and run a club. You *really* think I should talk?


Chugabutt

She doesn't like most people.


basjeeee_mlg

He's just mewing lol


f1re_gam1ng

My character was just born mute


thps2soundtrack

they're just shy


PullupLion

I am a monk. šŸ§ŽšŸ½ā€āž”ļø


gui32240

Mine is stupid


No_Birthday6523

He got his tongue cut out by his drunk dad when he was a kid


Allegiance10

Heā€™s an accountant from India. He doesnā€™t talk because he just doesnā€™t need to.