The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoWas the FF black mage the first to do this?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down116
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minus-squaresnrkl@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·28 days agohttps://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Orko Orko from He-Man in 1986
minus-squaresnrkl@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoAgree on the “hooded void with eyes” part, but “mage”? They were scavengers…
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days 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-up3·28 days 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…
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days 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.
https://he-man.fandom.com/wiki/Orko
Orko from He-Man in 1986
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…
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.