bangersnmash on 20/12/2015 at 12:10
Certainly The Trickster looks very evil. In fact the first non gameplay screenshot of Thief I saw in 1999 was that one of The Trickster smirking at the viewer (from the cutscene after Return To The cathedral) and I thought that the final level of the game must have you going to "hell" and stealing from the Devil. He's the main antagonist, he's trying to kill you! He must be evil!
Or is he? I haven't read any comments or interviews from the Looking Glass developers about The Trickster. He's a force of chaos definitely, but in Thief 2 the Pagans are shown in a more sympathetic light. Is The Trickster more about the forces of nature and chaos in opposition to the human forces of order, rather than being "evil" in his own right?
Yes I know this topic has the potential for being really pretentious but I'm interested all the same.:cheeky:
DarkMax on 20/12/2015 at 12:25
He's evil to the eyes of those who worship The Builder and order itself. In fact, neither Pagans or Hammerites are good at all as their "evil" part can be shown in both games (Thief TDP for Pagans and Thief TMA for the Builder's worshippers).
Melan on 20/12/2015 at 12:47
"He had my eye plucked out, he has horns and hooves and stuff, and I guess he wants to reduce humanity to its pre-historic state where they are all a bunch of scared cavemen huddled around a campfire, but he can't be all bad, right?" :D
R Soul on 20/12/2015 at 15:19
He's a victim of capitalism.
jaxa on 20/12/2015 at 19:27
He's an eco-terrorist.
ZylonBane on 20/12/2015 at 19:55
He's a joker, he's a smoker, he's a midnight toker.
nickie on 20/12/2015 at 19:57
:D
Steve Miller Band - happy days.
Starker on 20/12/2015 at 20:17
He's just zis guy, y'know.
zoog on 21/12/2015 at 00:54
From the christian/builderian point of view everything that's natural, strong, beautiful, clean, funny or smart _is_ evil (you can remember church's repressions for science, music, poetry and hygiene;)). If common folks don't see any evil in listed - they help it with tales in which all natural, devilish turned out to be bad, to "kill all humans".
So main prejudices/superstitions are just reflected in this game's plot.
