The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWas the FF black mage the first to do this?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1491arrow-down115
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minus-squaresnrkl@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·19 hours agohttps://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Orko Orko from He-Man in 1986
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoShout-out to my fellow 1980s kids who played the first Final Fantasy and named their Black Mage character “ORKO” because it just felt right.
minus-squaresnrkl@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoAgree on the “hooded void with eyes” part, but “mage”? They were scavengers…
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoThe visual archetype existed before anyone decided it meant Tolkein-ripoff wizard. The modern concept of a “mage” barely existed before D&D solidified a bunch of high-fantasy tropes in the late 70s.
minus-squaresnrkl@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoHmm… I likely disagree as wizards, mages etc are peppered throughout literature long before d&d came along , but I feel it probably comes down to either of our interpretations of what the term “modern concept of a ‘mage’” is referring to…
https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Orko
Orko from He-Man in 1986
Shout-out to my fellow 1980s kids who played the first Final Fantasy and named their Black Mage character “ORKO” because it just felt right.
Jawas, 1977.
Agree on the “hooded void with eyes” part, but “mage”?
They were scavengers…
The visual archetype existed before anyone decided it meant Tolkein-ripoff wizard.
The modern concept of a “mage” barely existed before D&D solidified a bunch of high-fantasy tropes in the late 70s.
Hmm… I likely disagree as wizards, mages etc are peppered throughout literature long before d&d came along , but I feel it probably comes down to either of our interpretations of what the term “modern concept of a ‘mage’” is referring to…