Are burricks supposed to be an analogue to dragons in the Thiefverse ? - by Petike the Taffer
Bulgarian_Taffer on 1/6/2009 at 09:23
Quote Posted by jtr7
I notice fan-made missions are being used as canonical information, hopefully tongue-in-cheek. Not just in this thread, but others in several forums. How does making an FM give fanon such credibility?:D
Because Thief2x is offered as an expansion. Not official, but an expansion. Anyway, is the document more important than the idea?
Beleg Cúthalion on 1/6/2009 at 09:55
I think burricks are rather anti-dragons and thus part of the not-so-shiny dystopical world of Thief. They are just dirty poisonous cowards, no honor for killing them, only discomfort.
jtr7 on 1/6/2009 at 10:08
Quote Posted by Bulgarian_Taffer
Because Thief2x is offered as an expansion. Not official, but an expansion. Anyway, is the document more important than the idea?
If you are not seriously proposing a fan-concept is canon, but are just pointing to it as another idea (which only T2X players will be familiar with), then no problem.:)
Jah on 1/6/2009 at 10:12
Quote Posted by Bulgarian_Taffer
I feel that burricks are analogues to dinosaurs.
I always thought burricks looked a bit like small, toothless versions of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
PotatoGuy on 1/6/2009 at 10:35
Quote Posted by Beleg Cúthalion
I think burricks are rather anti-dragons and thus parts of the not-so-shiny dystopical world of Thief. They are just dirty poisonous cowards, no honor for killing them, only discomfort.
Dirty poisonous cowards?! Those little funny animals make me always cheer up! They are cute!
Beleg Cúthalion on 1/6/2009 at 12:18
Only because they couldn't show their greasy black hair with TDP's level of detail. :sly:
nicked on 1/6/2009 at 12:29
I certainly think there are intentional parallels to dragons - it's reinforcing the sort of grimy anti-fantasy setting of the whole game.
Just as Garrett is the opposite of the heroic knight in shining armour, so the burricks are the dirty, underground opposite to typical noble fantasy dragons.
Following this train of thought - pagans are more down-to-Earth, grassroots (puns not intended) versions of fantasy elves - they are one with nature, but in a more real-world way. And Hammerites are Thief's dwarves - isolated, technology-obsessed miners, but with very real-life, human flaws.
I definitely think some thought was put into taking high fantasy stereotypes and giving them a dark, real-world edge - at least with the original game, not so much Thief 2, by which time the world was established in its own right.
Dia on 1/6/2009 at 12:53
Quote Posted by Beleg Cúthalion
They are just dirty poisonous cowards
Not the one in A Love Story (I think part II?). That sweet little thing liked men in dark clothing and would follow your character around and actually defend you. There've been other FMs where burricks weren't portrayed as nasty, dangerous creatures as well.
Analogue to dragons? Maybe. But thank God they couldn't fly because I always have trouble killing the flying beasties when they're attacking me. (Poor hand-eye coordination, which I blame on game mechanics. ;) )
PotatoGuy on 1/6/2009 at 13:41
In Snobs II there is a fire burrick with a Mechanist voice, also fond of people in dark clothing. :cheeky:
Dia on 1/6/2009 at 14:03
Quote Posted by PotatoGuy
In Snobs II there is a fire burrick with a Mechanist voice, also fond of people in dark clothing. :cheeky:
Yep; that's the one I'm talking about! :thumb: I loved the Mechanist quotes the darling creature spouted while fighting off your character's antagonists. Hysterical! I'm tempted to go back & replay that FM again just for that aspect of the mission alone! ;)
