Cynik

It is implied through gameplay mechanics that the two kingdoms at war in chess both formally permit regnal polygamy, allowing the King to take at least nine wives of equal status, and that marriage can be bestowed as a military honour, but curiously that honour - in stark contrast to the conventional attitudes of the aristocracy - can only be bestowed upon soldiers of the unlanded class, leaving great questions to be asked of the material interests and stability of these kingdoms' aristocracies

also, their horses lack limbs & their castles are small

yknow the smallness of the castles is FAR from their most interesting distinction from the noticeably immobile ones we are familiar with

they're mobile siege towers, that's normal. let's go back to thinking about pawnfucking, specifically that the convention of reignal polygamy implies all pawns are a warrior maiden caste.

when i was a kid i decided that killing people was bad therefore war was bad therefore the military was evil. and adults would tell me it's more nuanced than that and i would understand when i grew up. well i'm a grown up now and idk i still think that killing people is bad and war is bad and the military is evil

Never be afraid to take your favorite plushie everywhere. If it's cool enough for an astronaut, it's cool enough for you.

cats will be sitting there next to a full bowl of food looking at you like "perchance if thou will grant me the smallest morsel of sustenance I may yet survive the cruelty of this cold night"

Grace is one of the most classic things to fall from

That and the monkey barrrsssss