• Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months 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.

      • snrklEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Agree on the “hooded void with eyes” part, but “mage”?

        They were scavengers…

        • mindbleach@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          3 months ago

          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.

          • snrklEnglish
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            3 months ago

            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…