Disney Princesses Revamped With Final Fantasy Job Classes
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Wow... Only one missing is Alice, according to Kingdom Hearts canon she is a princess. So.... INCOMPLETE!
The only two I'd have a point of contention with would be Aurora and Ariel. For Aurora, Black Mage seems more like Maleficent than it does Aurora. I'm not sure what Aurora would be though...if I wanted to be ironic, I'd probably go Time Mage, but if I'm being serious, I think Aurora should be the Red Mage, mostly because I'd imagine Fiona, Fauna, and Merryweather would have a wide range of spells to teach Aurora. As for Ariel, as others said, she seems more like a bard than anything else.
As a note: I never really understood the problem with the Disney princesses. Me and my sister used to watch Disney movies all the time when we were younger. I'd still argue that Sleeping Beauty, along with Fantasia and possibly even Destino, is one of my favorite Disney movies of all time, if nothing else because of the art style. If all you were showing your child was Disney princesses then maybe I could see an issue, but then again, me and my sister were exposed to a number of different properties as kids, so who knows. All I'm really saying is that even if certain aspects make you uncomfortable, I still think the Disney princesses movies can have a place in a kid's viewing habits
As a note: I never really understood the problem with the Disney princesses. Me and my sister used to watch Disney movies all the time when we were younger. I'd still argue that Sleeping Beauty, along with Fantasia and possibly even Destino, is one of my favorite Disney movies of all time, if nothing else because of the art style. If all you were showing your child was Disney princesses then maybe I could see an issue, but then again, me and my sister were exposed to a number of different properties as kids, so who knows. All I'm really saying is that even if certain aspects make you uncomfortable, I still think the Disney princesses movies can have a place in a kid's viewing habits
I think it's more to do with the merchandising and those awful (or so I've heard) "Disney Princesses" line of direct-to-video crossover videos that they've been releasing.Eternal_Lament said:
This is pretty awesome! 
I was a little surprised to see Kida there, although I know she is a princess... wait she is, right? It's been a long time since I saw that film.
Black Mage Aurora seems a little backwards though! Since when does "the villain's class would be" equate to "the actual character in questions character would be"? Maleficient and Aurora don't even see much of each other!
I totally get why Bard wasn't a chosen job class though. For one, Bards suck and the whole point is to make these girls more badass. Also, if Bard was a valid option then it would probably be the first choice for like half these girls (basically any of them that sing at some point). Bard is too obvious a choice.
And I'm laughing at White Mage Snow White It certainly is the obvious choice but White Mages don't tend to scream tough and independant ;D "She's battle ready! ...to heal the wounded... congratulations Snow White, you've been promoted to role of most females in shonen anime!"
I was a little surprised to see Kida there, although I know she is a princess... wait she is, right? It's been a long time since I saw that film.Black Mage Aurora seems a little backwards though! Since when does "the villain's class would be" equate to "the actual character in questions character would be"? Maleficient and Aurora don't even see much of each other!
I totally get why Bard wasn't a chosen job class though. For one, Bards suck and the whole point is to make these girls more badass. Also, if Bard was a valid option then it would probably be the first choice for like half these girls (basically any of them that sing at some point). Bard is too obvious a choice.
And I'm laughing at White Mage Snow White
It certainly is the obvious choice but White Mages don't tend to scream tough and independant ;D "She's battle ready! ...to heal the wounded... congratulations Snow White, you've been promoted to role of most females in shonen anime!"
The mere mention of "villain class" got me thinking about what the various Disney villains would be! Maleficent as a Black Mage! Clayton (from Tarzan) as a gunner! Scar as a... well whatever monster suits him best! Dr. Facilier as a summoner! The possibilities are endless!Auron225 said:
OT: These look really cool, though the art style is a bit flash animation-y. Would love to see more detailed versions of these.
Sounds like after the end of the movie, she found the witch's staff, shrugged her shoulders and said "eh, waste not, want not" and decided to make off with it.DRTJR said:
Uh why is this newsworthy I think it's cool and all but it's just some deviant artist's fanart don't see why it needs to be a newstory.
Awesome, but Ariel really should be Bard/Minstrel
I know most of these ladies have songs in their movies, but Ariel have other reasons besides that
Ariel is mermaid
I'm sure mermaids are at least related to siren
(Maybe sirens are one type of mermaids, I don't know exact mythology here)
And sirens are known for their ability to manipulate minds of others with their voice/songs
(mostly to crash ships- goddamn ecoterrorists)
So, makes sense
I know most of these ladies have songs in their movies, but Ariel have other reasons besides that
Ariel is mermaid
I'm sure mermaids are at least related to siren
(Maybe sirens are one type of mermaids, I don't know exact mythology here)
And sirens are known for their ability to manipulate minds of others with their voice/songs
(mostly to crash ships- goddamn ecoterrorists)
So, makes sense
This is cool but mostly I'm just impressed that the resulting images weren't at all sexualised. Bravo Internet.
You have a point, and brought up another one. The characters are inspired by FFXIV, but that was in turn inspired by FFXI the first FF MMORPG. I have played (still play since my accounts are active) both games. Dragoon is the class in FFXI. Although I can't recall if games like Tactics renamed it. FFXIV starts as Lancer. The armored look is the advanced class Dragoon.Miyenne said:
I know I said Bard looks silly, but I would never say they suck. As mentioned I played FFXI, and in that game BRD had it's uses. For the most part they were non-magical party buffs. White mages cured, black mages nukes, red mages enfeebled, bard enhanced the party. It wasn't as flashy as the others, but it made things work better. Don't remember the job in other FF games.VoidOfOne said:
With Ariel the artist could have been trying to get really meta with it.Arawn said:
It was officially revealed not too long ago that Alyssa Milano was the inspiration for The Little Mermaid, even if she didn't know this originally:
http://www.eonline.com/news/427025/alyssa-milano-little-mermaid-s-ariel-was-based-on-me
Something I've mentioned before in connection to a few minor things here and there.
At any rate Alyssa Milano is known in fandom for playing the witch Phoebe Halliwell for... well, a long time (8 seasons I believe) and as someone pointed out Ariel is portrayed as something of a magic user in the Kingdom Hearts games (I haven't played them much, but apparently she throws lightning). In charmed Phoebe was also the martially talented sister for most of the run, attacking demons with levitating jump kicks and stuff since she didn't have any overtly offensive magical talents that didn't require preparation (preparing a spell through verse, a potion, or whatever). I'm guessing that having Ariel as some kind of spell caster might have felt right, and if the person doing the art stopped to think of Alyssa Milano and her role as a spellcaster, Red Mage which is also martially oriented (well to an extent) makes a degree of sense. People suspected Alyssa was the inspiration for the character as some articles pointed out, but the confirmation is fairly recent.
You'd have to ask the artist of course how much thought went into it of course, but as I said if you want to think in a really "meta" fashion about that particular princess outside of "The Little Mermaid" itself, it makes a certain amount of sense.
To be honest the one that sort of got me was Jasmine as a summoner, largely because she doesn't actually command the Genie, Aladdin does (for a time). Jasmine's primary talents, albeit mostly defined via the animated TV series, rely mostly in using a whip and acrobatics. She also has a pet tiger. I suppose if I was doing it, I probably would have made her the beast tamer (which can use a whip in some of the FF games) especially seeing as she actually has an animal companion. While it's clever to make Belle a "beast master" due to having the beast, he's not really an animal or monster in a true sense, truthfully I would have made her a sage since being an inverted and somewhat oblivious
bookworm was her primary defining personality trait before the whole magic castle thing.
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Also just because I feel someone had to say it... what criteria is Disney using to define "Princess" nowadays anyway. A few of the Disney girls here conceptually don't have a drop of royal blood anywhere in their backround.
One day someone should do a parody based on that, seems like it could be the subject of a "Robot Chicken" episode with Disney Princess figures, with the actual princesses getting all snobbish about bloodlines and demanding their agents speak with Disney marketing due to forcing them to socialize with "commoners". For a finale maybe The Beast could eat all the royal brats for making Belle cry.
Nuts, now I really wanna play FF14 after all...
Probably because this art made me remember one of the strongest points of MMOs, one that usually gets overlooked: like no other genre you get to experience truly being a druid, or a black mage, or whatever. Or at least in as much as it's technically and practically feasible. Working your way through magus guild tests, the joy of your first successfully summoned minion, joining a group and taking up a role that no one else in the group could fulfill... Little things like that. And maybe it's just nostalgia, but I find the final fantasy jobs particularly endearing.
Probably because this art made me remember one of the strongest points of MMOs, one that usually gets overlooked: like no other genre you get to experience truly being a druid, or a black mage, or whatever. Or at least in as much as it's technically and practically feasible. Working your way through magus guild tests, the joy of your first successfully summoned minion, joining a group and taking up a role that no one else in the group could fulfill... Little things like that. And maybe it's just nostalgia, but I find the final fantasy jobs particularly endearing.