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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 week ago (4 children)

First was Orko from He-Man.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes youngling!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any significantly advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

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

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

Is a wizard someone that uses magic?

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

It's definitely not an alien using a disintegration ray.

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

So a wizard isn't someone that uses magic? What is your definition of Wizard?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Marvin didn't have the wizard hat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago

Marvin the Martian beat that by almost 30 years.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)

Shout out to Vivi! Love you my little homie.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

He taught us so much about facing death with dignity.

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

They're artificers

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is truly a great style.

(Player character from Wizard of Legend)

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

Where's my boy Green Mage?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I'm sorry, seems that it's not his time

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

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

I swear to god if you speak ill of Wizardmon I will beat you senseless with a two-by-four

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week 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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah it didn’t help that I was half asleep. Just found it funny enough to be shared; of course didn’t wanna imply anything.

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

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I like swords.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

Genitals might not equal gender though!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

unnamed main character from splodey

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

FF really getting the mileage out of yoshis, huh?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)

Wizard/witch hats do it for me every time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Faceless void gf where you at

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