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annwyd.livejournal.com in code_geassThis is a bit spoilerish, but mostly I'm cutting it so as not to expose everyone to my rambling. I'm probably overthinking this whole thing. XD
One of the things I've been thinking of lately is how the chess metaphor applies to the different characters caught up in the fight. How closely do they correspond to chess pieces, and how many of them fit the correspondences?
(Assume that the rebellion is the black pieces, because Black Knights and all that, and that Britannia is the white pieces.)
Black King: Lelouch (of course)
Black Queen: Kallen (because she's their big fighter in Knightmares, and also because, as the show wears on, there seems to be the implication that she's going to wind up working more closely with Lelouch)
Other than that, though, it seems like all he has is a bunch of pawns. Am I wrong? Does anyone see more pieces for him?
On the other side, though, Britannia has a whole lot more pieces.
White King: King of Britannia
White Queen: Suzaku in Lancelot (...lol, poor Suzaku)
White Rooks: Cornelia and Schneizel
White Bishops: Guilford and Schneizel's equivalent to him?
White Knights: Jeremiah and Viletta
The one I'm least certain about is the bishop association; mostly I've picked Guilford and a potential equivalent on Schneizel's side because I can't think of anyone else. The show might introduce someone new to fill the role, though.
The rook assocation makes somewhat more sense--they're both important, powerful pieces who, thanks to the move of castling, have strong associations with the king, especially the idea of protecting him. So it makes sense that Lelouch would have to go through them first to get to his father.
However, in individual battles as opposed to the overall war, it often seems that Cornelia is the king because she's moving the strings at the moment. I'm not sure how long this will last, or if Schneizel will wind up taking over the role later. Likewise, I'm not sure how long Suzaku, as the queen piece (having the most blatantly powerful Knightmare and all that), will stay on the board. Not that I think he'll get killed quickly, but depending on the direction the show takes, he might wind up swapping sides partway through. I imagine it'll be a while yet, though.
My favorite association is that of Jeremiah and Viletta with the knights. Like the knights, because of Jeremiah's demotion and shame (and in Viletta's case her decision to stick with him), they can't move about freely. However, because they've both already been exposed to the Geass and Viletta has enough information to possibly begin associating the Geass with Lelouch, they can make unusual moves that other pieces would not be able to make.
Thoughts and discussion by other people geeky enough to overthink like this are welcome.
One of the things I've been thinking of lately is how the chess metaphor applies to the different characters caught up in the fight. How closely do they correspond to chess pieces, and how many of them fit the correspondences?
(Assume that the rebellion is the black pieces, because Black Knights and all that, and that Britannia is the white pieces.)
Black King: Lelouch (of course)
Black Queen: Kallen (because she's their big fighter in Knightmares, and also because, as the show wears on, there seems to be the implication that she's going to wind up working more closely with Lelouch)
Other than that, though, it seems like all he has is a bunch of pawns. Am I wrong? Does anyone see more pieces for him?
On the other side, though, Britannia has a whole lot more pieces.
White King: King of Britannia
White Queen: Suzaku in Lancelot (...lol, poor Suzaku)
White Rooks: Cornelia and Schneizel
White Bishops: Guilford and Schneizel's equivalent to him?
White Knights: Jeremiah and Viletta
The one I'm least certain about is the bishop association; mostly I've picked Guilford and a potential equivalent on Schneizel's side because I can't think of anyone else. The show might introduce someone new to fill the role, though.
The rook assocation makes somewhat more sense--they're both important, powerful pieces who, thanks to the move of castling, have strong associations with the king, especially the idea of protecting him. So it makes sense that Lelouch would have to go through them first to get to his father.
However, in individual battles as opposed to the overall war, it often seems that Cornelia is the king because she's moving the strings at the moment. I'm not sure how long this will last, or if Schneizel will wind up taking over the role later. Likewise, I'm not sure how long Suzaku, as the queen piece (having the most blatantly powerful Knightmare and all that), will stay on the board. Not that I think he'll get killed quickly, but depending on the direction the show takes, he might wind up swapping sides partway through. I imagine it'll be a while yet, though.
My favorite association is that of Jeremiah and Viletta with the knights. Like the knights, because of Jeremiah's demotion and shame (and in Viletta's case her decision to stick with him), they can't move about freely. However, because they've both already been exposed to the Geass and Viletta has enough information to possibly begin associating the Geass with Lelouch, they can make unusual moves that other pieces would not be able to make.
Thoughts and discussion by other people geeky enough to overthink like this are welcome.
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Black King is Lelouch. Besides the coincidental imagery for it, the comparison fits too well with Lelouch's chess philosophy : If the king doesn't move, his subjects won't follow. While he's also the non-pilot weak person of the group, he goes wherever his troops go. (Makes me think Lelouch would have little use for castling as a principle.) And besides, the King is a fairy decent piece late-game, and when the game is late enough in CG's world...we know what happened to Clovis. Lelouch's ideas about what the king does in a game seems different enough from tradition. He's not the 'most powerful piece', but he represents the player. And once he's caught, it's all over.
Black Queen is probably Kallen. She seems to be the only one who's quite happy with their Seigi no Mikata role, as it were, and probably the one who agrees with him most as a person and not as a leader/grand strategist. Besides, there's the Guren Nishiki.
I have a feeling that reporter guy could be a Black Knight---not that I have seen 10, but using the media (as Lelouch seems fond of) seems rather unconventional to me.
The rest...er, when they appear, I guess. The Kyoto cast could be the bishops, maybe...
White is easier and more problematic. King...I'm having trouble deciding if it's supposed to be the Emperor or if they're going to double one on us and throw forth Schneizel as Lelouch's One True Enemy. 2nd prince does seem to have his fingers in a lot of buckets. In either case, for the moment... Queen, I'd put Cornelia. She's the most powerful player we have right now, with the biggest range of options. Besides, doesn't her personality just scream QUEEN? Suzaku could be...hmm, I haven't the slightest. His 'piece' is powerful, but Suzaku's movement options are really, really limited. His connection to Euphemia is probably important, but since I have no idea what part she's going to play...
Jeremiah and Viletta are great comparisons, though.