User blog comment:LucidPigeons/Category Cleanup/@comment-24758512-20160323160924/@comment-366087-20160323183153

I think "Mentally Ill" will be more useful.

How about "Speechless"? Some characters are not necessarily mute, they just don't speak where the audience is witness to. For example, for the longest time Tinkerbell did not speak, at least not in human, but in the Disney Fairies franchise they *do*.

Also it is being tagged to animals because they do not "speak", yet they have a full range of vocalizations according to their kind. Well, when I instruct my dog to "speak, girl, speak", I'm not expecting human language, but for her to bark.