The Black Mage in the Opening Cinematic

[BobbinT]

Simple, MNK and DRG are both DD Jobs - already reached the four member light party limit sorry - DRG and MNK got the short end of the stick.

lol

another off-track comment tho: why there's 2 tanks then? You do realize that PLD which is the male roegadyn, and there's that derplander which is a WAR. lol

This.

I do agree, that picture looks kinda feminine tho. :?

[Enkidoh]

lol

another off-track comment tho: why there's 2 tanks then? You do realize that PLD which is the male roegadyn, and there's that derplander which is a WAR. lol



I do agree, that picture looks kinda feminine tho. :?

Haha, you're right! I only realized that derp of mine earlier. I clearly can't count! Thanks for picking that up.

But seriously, yes, that BLM artwork definitely looks feminine - considering the rest of that Job art the others all resemble the characters from the opening, it's likely that art is meant to represent those characters, pretty much adding more credibility that the BLM is meant to be a female elezen, and that SE Visual Works got the trailer wrong.

[Godsleftsock]

I never see that BLM in movie as female

Never

Its obvious "he" is male and I was right since start

Wat? there peoples serious think that BLM is female? lol

You mean people like the LOREMASTER?

[Hysterior]

She was a female in 1.0.
She is therefore Legacy
She got allowed to change her appearance before reappearing in Eorzea
She changed her gender and is now a man

You're welcome

[Lucke]

As I said, they were probably just trying to render a standard four member 'Light Party' and just decided to go with BLM and BRD, there's probably no real reason behind it other than just plain pragmatism.

There are 5 members, not 4.

Derplander - WAR
Male Roe - PLD
Unknown - BLM
Miqo'te - BRD
Fem Lala - WHM

Why go with 5? Why have 2 tanks? Maybe the CGI people were just lazy or ran out of time and omitted the DRG and MNK.

[Tanama]

That makes me sad. I would have loved to see the Dragoon and Monk in full CG action. Especially if it were the female elezen from the 1.0 cinematic as the DRG. Did you see how swift and agile she was in the opening cinematic of 1.0 as a gladiator? And notice how there is no CG Wallpaper of a Monk or Dragoon but the other CG characters are represented.

[BobbinT]

She was a female in 1.0.
She is therefore Legacy
She got allowed to change her appearance before reappearing in Eorzea
She changed her gender and is now a man

You're welcome

LMAO

You forgot the fact that Fantasia only available AFTER 5 years later, not before? lol

There are 5 members, not 4.

Derplander - WAR
Male Roe - PLD
Unknown - BLM
Miqo'te - BRD
Fem Lala - WHM

Why go with 5? Why have 2 tanks? Maybe the CGI people were just lazy or ran out of time and omitted the DRG and MNK.

Well...

I have to admit that DRG is just way too dark to be noticed since end of era itself kinda in night time.

And having female elezen as MNK kinda.... not right. She's more suited for something close to noble ranks like gladiator, like the one from opening movie.

or maybe...

[Enkidoh]

That makes me sad. I would have loved to see the Dragoon and Monk in full CG action. Especially if it were the female elezen from the 1.0 cinematic as the DRG. Did you see how swift and agile she was in the opening cinematic of 1.0 as a gladiator? And notice how there is no CG Wallpaper of a Monk or Dragoon but the other CG characters are represented.

Actually, there is (MNK is a female hyur and the DRG is from what I can gather a male elezen - leading further evidence to the idea that the BLM is a female elezen). I'll try finding a link to those two pics in question.

EDIT: well, maybe I was wrong - FF Wiki has labelled the DRG pic as a male hyur, not elezen. Still, looks elezen to me:



and the MNK:

[Tanama]

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The Drachen armet is missing the elezen ear slots and does resemble the Hyur version. Akihiko Yoshida replicated the Kain Highwind stance that Yoshitaka Amano made long ago. And the monk is indeed a highlander hyur judging by her hairstyle.

I don't doubt the BLM being female lorewise since that was penned by Fernehalwes himself. The point of my thread is that there is strong evidence that suggests the Black Mage in the opening cinematic is not the lovely female elezen from the 1.0 opening.

[ShiekSmythe]

And finally, here's a move that some of us dreamed having it realized and never did: back in 1.0 opening cinematic where this female lalafell cast a fire spell into this male hume's arrow and he proceed to shoot it toward the giant monster and cause it engulfed in flames.

In 1.0 there was supposed to be some kind of party combo system where each member would que up an action that would be executed on the team leads say so. I think it was in there when the game first came out but it was horribly implemented and a complete pain in the rear to actually set up and execute so no one bothered with it.