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[–] Blue_Morpho 67 points 2 months ago (4 children)

First was Orko from He-Man.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes youngling!

[–] Floodedwomb 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Any significantly advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 11 points 2 months ago

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

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

Is a wizard someone that uses magic?

[–] Floodedwomb 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Blue_Morpho 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Marvin didn't have the wizard hat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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

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[–] bran_buckler 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 13 points 2 months ago

Marvin the Martian beat that by almost 30 years.

[–] Blue_Morpho 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] OCATMBBL 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] buycurious 15 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] rob_t_firefly 3 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shout out to Vivi! Love you my little homie.

[–] flicker 4 points 2 months ago

He taught us so much about facing death with dignity.

[–] aeronmelon 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] FilthyShrooms 6 points 2 months ago

They're artificers

[–] Nikko882 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It is truly a great style.

(Player character from Wizard of Legend)

[–] cetvrti_magi 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where's my boy Green Mage?

[–] edgemaster72 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Apeman42 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months 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.

[–] Thcdenton 2 points 2 months ago

This little shit...

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months 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.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 13 points 2 months 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!

[–] ThePantser 8 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 6 points 2 months ago

I like swords.

[–] TriflingToad 6 points 2 months ago

unnamed main character from splodey

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

Genitals might not equal gender though!

[–] Lycist 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months 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.

[–] Zidane 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wizard/witch hats do it for me every time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Faceless void gf where you at

[–] makyo 3 points 2 months 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

[–] SkyezOpen 3 points 2 months ago

FF really getting the mileage out of yoshis, huh?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
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