#but I digress; what I'm trying to get at is that pawns can be unassuming yet so dangerous in that way.. just like Char

[absensia]

WHAT CHESS PIECE REPRESENTS YOU?

A BLACK PAWN. You are a black pawn. Don't let the pawn be misleading, this means you're full of potential. Being the pawn, you're one of two pieces that can move first. But since you're black, you're always one step behind white. Who is it that you're trying to catch up to so badly? Black doesn't always mean you have to be in someone else's shadow. If anything, it means that you can be one step ahead of them, hiding intelligence that no one would consider you even have. Be careful how you use this information because alone a pawn is easy to fall, but too smothered and you won't be able to move. Regardless, you'll become a force of nature by the end of your journey. What would you sacrifice along the way is, perhaps, a better question than what will you become at the end.

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#our dearest and most damnable charlotte. #ofc it is the black pawn it was NEVER gonna be anything BUT the black pawn #the duality of being on the front lines but also having to be on the back foot from the start #while these sort of chess symbolism things like to focus on how the pawn can promote (usually to a queen) if it reaches the other side... #I feel like that really misses the point of how ANNOYING pawns can be throughout the game even when they aren't threatening promotion #the focus on promotion makes it seem like /besides/ that single “power” the pawn is 100% useless #when really.. the pawn is crucial in almost every (?) aspect of the game despite being taken for granted #it's one of those things where... you don't notice how important it is UNTIL it's gone u know? #like you don't realize just how bad your position is until mid-game you see how shit your pawn structure is compared to your opponents #and having that shit structure or being 1-2 pawns down suddenly are huge problems for you to have to contend w for the rest of the game #but I digress; what I'm trying to get at is that pawns can be unassuming yet so dangerous in that way.. just like Char #another point I'll make is the fact that pawns (being the first pieces played) are the subject of gambit openings #you gambit/sacrifice a pawn in the beginning in exchange for (usually) a positional advantage early in the game #this pawn can usually be won back later if all goes well #but the sort of inherent ... expendable quality of the pawn? is very much a Char narrative theme 😔 #there's more... but I'm going to spruce up the chess meta I have for Char now bc really... it was inevitable #don't mind me rambling and rambling this is what happens when you place me in proximity to chess <3