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[–] [email protected] 67 points 6 days ago (4 children)

First was Orko from He-Man.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes youngling!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Any significantly advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

If his science was sufficiently advanced it would've been able to produce an earth-shattering kaboom.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Marvin didn't have the wizard hat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

How dare you project your limited idea of what a wizard hat is on Marvin!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They’re not wizards, but did Jawas from Star Wars establish the aesthetic?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Seems like Jawas were the first in ~1977. The fandom wiki says that LucasArts sued Neil Young for having Jawa-like creatures on stage in 1978.

Pics: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/38119-neil-young-crazy-horse-rust-never-sleeps/images/posters

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

Marvin the Martian beat that by almost 30 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Jawas didn't wear the wizard hat. Same reason Marvin doesn't fit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Looking at the picture above, hoods seem to count. If not, then half of them don't apply to the rule.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

Thank you, was looking to see if someone recognized the OG.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Came in here to defend Orko's legacy. Was not disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Shout out to Vivi! Love you my little homie.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

He taught us so much about facing death with dignity.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

They're artificers

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It is truly a great style.

(Player character from Wizard of Legend)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Digimon: "We have eyes-only wizard at home."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Where's my boy Green Mage?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I AM THE BLACK MAGE! I CASTS THE SPELLS THAT MAKES THE PEOPLES FALL DOWN!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I like swords.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Haven't played League of Legends in awhile but haven't forgot about Veigar

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm glad I broke the addiction, but damn I still miss League. Late game Veigar was really fun. Good thing it doesn't work on Linux any more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

What's black and blue and about to show you the definition of pain!?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

This little shit...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’m not familiar with the meme template and didn’t see the wizards at first, so initially I thought it’s racist af.

Now I fully agree though. FFT did it best imo.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Oh my god, that never even crossed my mind, but I see how you could have thought that.

Yes, this is just a popular meme format!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's ok, some people see racism in everything. It's hard just being human if you have to constantly second guess everything just incase it might seem racist. It's only racist if it was intentional.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I remember someone trying to tell me Vivi in FF9 was genderless and all I could think of was the scene where he and Zidane literally whip their dicks out and piss off a cliff.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Genitals might not equal gender though!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

unnamed main character from splodey

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Not quite as old as Orko from '86, but did no one play Loom in the early 90's?

Musical fabric of reality wielding mages. If you looked under their hood you'd be sucked in and eaten.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've never heard of this game, but the art style makes me nostalgic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Oh man, it was great. Old point and click adventure type, you went around collecting spells from the environment. Great story at the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

What's the mid right one with the light blue robe and beige hat?

I recognize him but fail to remember from where

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

More generally, it's a Black Mage from the Final Fantasy series, of which Vivi is one.

I actually don't believe the one in OP's picture is Vivi, who normal has more adornments on his clothing . It looks more like an older version of the class, like this one from FFIV artwork.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The art in Final Fantasy has always been my favorite. I haven't even played in years but I still follow a bunch of their artists. Yoshitaka Amano, Akihiko Yoshida, on and on

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

FF really getting the mileage out of yoshis, huh?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wizard/witch hats do it for me every time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Faceless void gf where you at

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago
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