Quote Originally Posted by the-kuponut View Post
In comparison, WHM only had a holy focus in SHB, many years and expansions after. SCH is the job which first featured angelic aesthetics.
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Holy was literally the level 50 Job quest spell, the culmination of WHM magic from the tradition of Amdapoor (The city that created White Magic and white mages. In game it is dungeon filled with light aligned creatures that look like angels, by the way, like the ones we fight in ShB). It has been a staple of the WHM job since the very first Final Fantasy. The healer level 3 LB, Pulse of Life, has the WHM kneel and PRAY in front of a staff ( Aerith's staff, presumeably FF7 reference ), while angelic feathers burst forth under golden light.

Let's stop pretending the whole, holy light/cleric/priest aesthetic wasn't a part of WHM's concept.