#which is a chess move

[lostmykeysie]

do u have any other future fic plans??

i do!!!!!!!!! i have somehow already got another longfic planned that i am itching to start writing because despite being a slow writer apparently writing two back to back wasn't enough for me!!!!!!!

it's gonna be (drum roll):

modern magical AU

remus and dorcas POV

wolfstar and dorlene, strangers/enemies to lovers

voldemort is the evil big bad as usual, with the death eaters and horcruxes and whatever etc etc

but the marauders era is actually the second wizarding war, not the first like in canon

after the first wizarding war and voldemort was defeated (not by harry obvs. he's not in this. no kids. fuck them kids) the order became the ministry's secret service kinda. like their elite fight squad or whatever? so the order is a known organisation but its members are still anonymous

picture sirius and james in sexy SWAT outfits with mysterious masks or whatever. i'm talking TIGHT AS HELL trousers. hella cheeked up

so the order are the ministry's elite fight peeps or whatever and then there's voldemort and the death eaters obvs but there's ALSO this vigilante group which is run by REDACTED, who dorcas and remus work for. it's this anonymous group and no one - not the order or the ministry or the death eaters - can tell who they are, who runs it, what their mission is, and whose side they're on etc

remus and dorcas are both orphaned werewolves and didn't go to hogwarts

obviously reggie is there!!!!!!!!!! he's remus's bestie OBVIOUSLY!!!! regus for life!!!!!!!!

think lots of undercover missions and outfits that hide people's identities and confusingly sexual violent encounters and a bit of a MYSTERY babes xxxxxx

#someone asked me a q #lovely wonderful anon #i am writing #i am actually too excited for this because i haven't finished TML and i keep planning when i should be writing it #i think its gonna be called #two knights defence #which is a chess move #i had to google that #dont ask me what that fucking means alright #but basically there's a chess theme to the vigilante group basically #and remus and dorcas are the knights #that's their code name #and that was the coolest sounding chess move involving knights so #anyway

[saintarmand]

iwtv is insanity inducing bc every time you google some reference in it you find out theyre doing some 4d chess with the symbolism… like okay playing roosevelt's speech about the us joining ww2 in the background as claudia tells louis shes gonna kill lestat is pretty straightforward, and of course the chess game theyre playing foreshadows how she beats him in the next episode but doesn't "finish the game" ie burn him. and bc claudia later compares lestat to the nazis/hitler, that obviously makes lestat germany and thus claudia is poland and louis is the us/roosevelt in the speech we hear: "I had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating war in Europe and bring to an end the invasion of Poland by Germany" etc. BUT THEN you get nerdy and google some of the chess terms lestat uses like the dutch defense and stonewalling which is pretty interesting and then you vaguely remember one of the writers said the scene was based on some famous chess game, and you realize it must be glücksberg vs miguel najdorf which turns out to be literally called the POLISH IMMORTAL. najdorf was polish and glücksberg is some unknown but based on the name likely german. this was najdorf's first famous game, at the beginning of his career when he was only like 19 or something although we dont know the exact details of the game (and ofc you watch a few videos on the polish immortal and they all heavily criticize glücksberg's moves which makes lestat's arrogance even funnier) and ALSO, in 1939 (literally at the same time as the chess scene takes place) najdorf was participating in a chess tournament in buenos aires and since he was not only polish but also jewish, he stayed there rather than return home. his whole family was killed in the holocaust but he lived a long life in argentina. why is this relevant? because BUENOS AIRES which btw lestat also calls "la reina del plata" so you google that and find the 1930 song by carlos gardel and the lyrics are literally— anyway so buenos aires is where lestat planned for them to move to in ep7. perhaps if they had indeed gone to argentina instead of europe… well… perhaps… perhaps…

#spark in the dark #iwtv #interview with the vampire #i wonder if there will be more najdorf parallels in s2... theres a shot in the trailer where claudia is blindfolded #and najdorf set the world record for simultaneous blindfold chess in 1947 (!!!) which stood until 2011 #although simultaneous blindfold chess also does kinda sound like what claudia was doing in ep7 already #theres also the najdorf variation of the sicilian defense which was named after him but he stopped using it bc #(if i understand correctly) some amateur who simply memorized the moves from chess theory books managed to beat him at it. HMM #to be clear i know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about chess im simply reading this shit off wikipedia and chess.com and some youtube videos #i could absolutely be getting this all wrong i have no idea what any of this shit actually means #s #claudia #vampterview #vampterviewing

[dozydawn]

WIM Arianne Caoili (1986-2020)

#made myself so sad reading about her. she died in a car wreck at 33... she was married to armenian grandmaster levon aronian. #she was runner up on australian dancing with the stars... #her husband moved on with a younger woman after only 5 months which really upset me. when i shouldn’t be surprised at that stuff #patton oswalt too i just... nvm let me be quiet & keep chess posting #chess #arianne caoili #1k

[spearxwind]

What if i put david midas set and engel in hollowridge. Thonking about it.

They're ocs made for violence so I could totally do it. And Even david w his wings would fit in as one of the physically altered people like beial which i also need more of in the setting

And they'd all be on richards side for sure so i can have fun fights (and ideologically they fit)

#thunderclap #midas would still be a fungal bastard too. his body could literally be someone from the old world even #adam and engel as werewolves too bc dragonfang and maul are sister weapons. set would be harder to implement into HR but he's a wolf too #which would put all my wolf guys in the same story and also in the snowy forest where they belong #sprry i keep moving around my characters between settings like theyre chess pieces im tired of it too </3

[natequarter]

kinda antithetical to how long robin's been around, but i've been thinking of angsty chess husbands where julian properly settles down with robin, expecting to have a long time left with him, or to move on himself... but, after forty thousand years, robin moves on, and it makes him regress back into the shitty, bitter mental state he was in right after his death. fuck the tories, indeed.

#julian fawcett #robin #bbc ghosts #which is to say i was rereading angsty chess husbands which has the same promise but julian moving on #and i thought......... both would be angsty #julian gets to have some happiness and then the universe steals it from him #he would 100% go back to an ungrateful why bother being kind state

[featherglum]

Klapaucius and Trurl ponysonas. If you even care.

#featherglum art #the cyberiad #blorbo from my books #cyberiada #robot character #stanisław lem #mlp au #ponyfication #ponified #i am cringe but i am free #i originally considered making them both alicorns #due to the big brain 4d chess moves they're always pulling #and their overall omnipotence #but I ultimately decided against it #because them being different types goes better with their different personalities #like Trurl being a unicorn means he can do things faster with magic #which fits with him being the more impulsive one #and Klapaucius as an earth pony has to #do everything by hoof and take his time #so it fits with him being calm and more patient #d.does that mean anything to anyone #and yes they have matching cutiemarks ^_^

[torgawl]

can we talk about sukuna and rika and why the king and queen of curses having a dispute is also narratively fitting? if sukuna is an heian era sorcerer with an antipathy and disregard of human emotions and the weak's will to live, blind to love and unable to comprehend the value of relationships with others then rika, as his counterpart, works especially well. rika is just a kid, or was just a kid. an innocent young girl who ended up dying tragically and saw herself transform into a vengeful spirit after being cursed by love. not only does she represent the weak (remember when sukuna's slaughter of women and children was implied?), she represents love itself. with her feelings lingering after death, she clinged onto her existence with the sole wish of protecting yuuta. it counteracts so well with sukuna's selfish will to kill time before his final breathe, which he admitted to be his will and motivation.

before i move on to my next idea, which let me preface by saying that it might be a little out there and dives into theory territory, i'm going to contextualise it with some information on the symbolism of "king and queen" that might help understand why this thought may make - at least some - sense.

in alchemy the king usually appears in conjunction with the queen, representing the sun-and-moon duality. in accordance with the theory of sulfur and mercury, which together, after alchemist purification, form the philosopher’s stone (also called the elixir of life, associated with rejuvenation and immortality), usually represented by the crowned hermetic androgyne (the union of the complementary male and female, achieving perfection or completion in the human state). according to jung, the king and queen also signify the spiritual conjunction that takes place when the process of individuation is complete, with the harmonious union of the unconscious and consciousness. jungian psychology has subjected the alchemistic tradition to extensive analysis and views the king less as an image of paternal authority and more as an archetype of higher insight and wisdom.

with that in mind, i think it's easy to understand where i'm headed but i want to add something else. remember jjk 0? geto's plan at the time was to obtain rika so he could use her power and move forward with his plan to annihilate all no-sorcerers. he believed her to be the key to achieve his goal and was willing to risk his own life for it. furthermore, the story is highly based on buddhist concepts and one of the core aspects of jujutsu kaisen is the cycles of suffering the characters are subjected to. in buddhism the goal is to become free of the samsara (continuous cycle of life, death and rebirth), eliminate suffering and achieve nirvana (enlightment). this ties withe the name of the series as kaisen is comprised of the kanji 'kai', meaning cycle, and 'sen', meaning battle, which combined with jujutsu (which means magic/sorcery but contains the word curse) describe the story as an endless battle of curses. and in a sense, the story also repeats itself, between generations and storyline-wise with the events circling back to how it all began. yuuta managed to land a fatal strike on geto once again, but now rika is pointed to be in a direct confrontation with sukuna as the queen of curses. now that i went through all the context needed to understand this, is it possible rika is once again in danger of being taken away? the idea of achieving a state of perfection with the unity between king and queen is quite intriguing. sukuna finally addressing yuuji as a worthy rival because of his unshakable resolve and unbreakable soul, is almost directly implying yuuji to be the one with whom sukuna has his last battle. an ultimate power-up (or the equivalent to), would be veyy cathartic before a final fight where yuuji would have the opportunity to finally go all out and have his well awaited and deserved protagonism (in my eyes, at least).

#so i guess my point is i'm not expecting sukuna to lose but i'm also not expecting yuuta to die (as of now at least) #i feel like it's not impossible that something happens to rika though #i kind of like that idea 😅 since that's not the original rika and yuuta is able to fight even without her #it's also quite funny that in the animal kingdom some females eat their counterparts and sukuna is said to be a cannibal #rika isn't human and i'm not theorising he will eat her but wouldn't it be ironic #and if jjk isn't a story full of irony idk what is #sorry for the random post #please don't trust what i say it was a random thought and i just thought it was fun to expand on it a little 😂 #i didn't even go through the chess symbolism we could also go through that route #the queen is the most powerful piece but the king is the most important. we could talk about checkmate. we could talk about the move where #the queen sacrifices itself for a more favorable tactical position which would also be interesting in the grand scheme of things #so yeah expecting interesting things from this fight not gonna lie #maybe this didn't make a lot of sense but you know what whatever i'm just having fun using my single brain cell rn bye 😂 #jujutsu kaisen #jjk leaks #sukuna #rika orimoto #okkotsu yuuta #jjk 💭

[gynecologistmsfrizzle]

that post got me mad about irene adler again. baby the thesis of a scandal in bohemia was “underestimating women will make a fool out of you.” we simply cannot keep doing this. cmon now!! cmon!

#ohhh she was a seductress … no. she was just a very smart women who fucked two (2) men. #which like. Good for her frankly but I wouldn’t even call her promiscuous for it. much less a seductress. GROW UP! #that story was about Holmes getting so caught up in running a flashy 20-man scheme that he forgot Chess 101: #don’t forget that the other player is Also Playing. women ALSO take actions believe it or not. #if a woman moves a photograph and no man sees her do it . the photograph will still have been moved. alright? #so extend theory of mind to women or you’ll look like a ding dong in front of your homoerotic bestie. < moral of the story. #rhi talks #sherlock holmes

[m-an-u]

Life is like the only board game I’ve owned new dnp games video was made for Me personally

#unless we’re counting chess. which we’re not #used to have the card version of monopoly lost all the cards and then the game 😭 #no idea where cluedo went #wait I had the pallanguzhi board lying around somewhere but no shells tho :/ rip #think it got lost moving anyways chess is the only thing that survived that mat has been through so much #even the carrom boards were used as tables more than as boards 💀 #dnp

[bbbrianjones]

paul richard hewson, 1952-1985

“we used to go away on tour for maybe three or four months and paul would have this little blue globite school bag and you used to say “what’s in your bag, paul?” and it would be a wrestling magazine featuring andré the giant, who was his hero, and a portable chess set, some cough mixture, and he had his drugs in there…. i guess.” todd hunter

#lmao my darling boy <3333 #happy birthday my sweets #I LOVE U BABY!!!!!!!!!!!! #you will forever be my everything #the love of my life #and he was a man dead at the age of 32 #got married at 19 because he got his girlfriend pregnant #had two kids and divorced before the age of 25 #loved chess and won many competitions #literally moved to another country while his wife was 8 month pregnant #had a raging heroin addiction which killed him #wore scarves as belts #used to go for walks with his goddaughter in the early morning and return with flowers in his hat #hated the way his music sounded on the radio #“stole” a girl from one of his best friends #loved reading books about chess. elephants and wrestling #wore the same shirt for three years #mimed the piano while wearing oven mitts on tv #couldn’t drive #known for being so unpredictable #annoying #cynical #cut you down with words #but also a great cook.

[nemo-in-wonderland]

The one good thing that my brain has done in matching Itto with Dorothea is that I already did all the research about Oni and the folklore when I readUrusey Yatsura in the late 90s, when I was a bab and when I created my Sayuri and Yukaku for the Naruto story I wrote when I was in high school.

So, FOR ONCE, I can skip the research part and just jump straight into the drawing part.

WHAT A RELIEF.

#Seriously #for someone like me that needs to have all the pieces on the chess board in front of her before starting strategizing how to move #this is A SERIOUS RELIEF #I always ALWAYS need the knowledge before I can start creating properly #which is why I end up with an idea and after serious research that idea might change #NGL i love researching #I love reading all about that #but sometimes I just wish I can skip that step and jump straight into drawing and writing #it would be much faster #anyway #Nemo Babbles

[badlydrawndoc-scratch]

You couldn’t possibly believe that I would pass up a board game/tea party, could you?

Your offer was tempting enough.

Unfortunately, I left the rest of the chess pieces in my coat.

It serves us well, though. This is what it would look like.

#homestuck #asks #doc scratch #docscratched #// #not depicted - the next several hours #in which the same two chess pieces were moved around

[jacksintention]

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#Vincent's character sketch sheets are so cute #It's so obvious (even more) that he is imitating Jack in his hairstyle. He even sports a long braid #There's a mention that he tried to read every one of Gil's favorite books #but that their taste is very different and he always gets bored mid-book. I liked that #I also really really liked that initially he was going to be of frail health #I think he retains that a bit with how he is sleepy most of the time at first #But I in general really like that. Leigh is right. There's so much of chronic illness in general around the children of misfortune #The three of them #I talk too much #I should probably delete this later #He always dressed in white and I love that too #And there's the fact that he wears earrings because of Jack confirmed here too #It's also mentioned that whenever he finishes a chess game on the manga he does so (winning) with the queen #Because he is the queen of hearts #And that the author was careful for him and Oscar to move pieces that would make sense for the game to end that way #in that first chess game Oscar and Vince had at the beginning #That was a very cool detail #Vincent used to cough a lot. Also there's this little comic with Elliot which is like... #He sees Cheshire and he is 🥺♥️💕✨ and totally uninterested in Ada as a cat girl #And like #Like #In theory it's because he doesn't care about fake ears but... the guidebook somehow makes it even more clear that Gil and Elliot are gay #Anyway... There's the character sheet of Elliot's mother and I don't know if I had thought of this before #but Yura's sect is actually very like Jack's intention. Bernice (Vernis here) is desperate after losing her son and little brother #And so she gets in Yura's sect thinking she'll be able to laugh together with the dead‚ living and dead reunited in the Abyss

[girl-bateman]

I love those pictures of girls playing professional poker and chess. The vibes are just there, you know? The vibes are vibing.

#also im gay which might be contributing factor to the allure #im sorry but i just love seeing a woman doing something i myself am unable to #like yess cindy move that bishop to A6 or whatever the fuck- you are slaying it over there (unless you arent then ooooh nooo) #oh wow cindy you got a straight flush ??? well lemme ask you this- is there such a thing as a gay flush and can i get in on that #actually gay flush sounds like a sex thing that would scare me so i take that back #but you get it.. hahaha gay poker pun or whatever #anyway... need me a girl to beat me in chess and poker 😞 #a sore loser aint the only typa sore i wanna be when this is over #ok thats the LAST PUN im sorry 😞

[17yearcicada]

i could fix her (sydney chess script)

#sydney is actually the first chess that's felt like. manageable to fix for me #like its issues are mostly structural imo if you just move the order of a couple songs around and extend the timeline #it could really work i think! #although then again if you keep moving things around like that you just end up with broadway which has its own set of issues #so maybe this is just a sisyphean task. either way. i could fix her #.txt

[fragmentedblade]

I've been reading about xiangqi a bit and now I'm even more obsessed with that one video of Jing Yuan

#Obsessed with the fact they made a point of him not leaving the palace #Anyway I was rewatching this because I still find very amusing that you can see when he steals that piece from the board #Which is something that makes I think more sense considering the ways in which you can check and win in this game #It seems pretty fun actually I think I'll try. Maybe with this being different this time I'll be able to convince someone to play with me #No one wants to indulge me when it comes to chess and I don't like playing online #Hmm actually this game seems less unpleasant to play non physically based on aesthetics #With chess I always have to take out a physical board and it's sort of annoying. The pocket chess I carry around is not much better #Yes I think I'll give xiangqi a try. And look for good books about it and its evolution. I hope I find something #It's always so hard to find things worth reading about topics like these. Like with fencing. Still unsure about what I got about that #After rewatching the video again I have half a mind to make gifs to keep track of his moves. I just really find it very amusing #I love how the move and what is happening in the rest of the video work with what we see him do in the actual game #Personality wise yes but strategically #I think I actually rambled about this in a post a few days ago? Oh wait that was in my main blog I think #I don't know why I make sideblogs if I end up reblogging the posts in the main after all. I always do the same thing #I'll stop now but oh I am really so so fond of him. I think I could talk for hours haha #I talk too much #Jing Yuan #Right now it doesn't seem to appear in the general tag for me but I'll check in a bit again #I really don't know how to organise my rambles anymore with this feature #I miss the five tags thing #Now no matter how much I talk it seems the general tag will always find my posts