#mr benedict

@gifevents PRIDE MONTH, day 5: NATURE.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE MISTER BENEDICT ADOPTED.

I WANT TO BE THE ONE TO GO IN HIS OFFICE AFTER A BAD DREAM AND DRINK TEA AND TALK ABOUT RANDOM THINGS WITH HIM ON THE FLOOR

because of reynie being the white knight (of course) all the good guys will be white side pieces and the bad guys will be black side pieces, even though without that i may have made it opposite since curtain “moved first”, these are chosen mostly based on move style and gameplay function!

WHITE ⚪️

King: Mr Benedict

he heads the operations and it would be very difficult to continue without him, but also due to his narcolepsy and the nature of the operation he can’t do much

Queen: Milligan

all around the most versatile of their group, up in the action capturing “pieces” lots of different specialties

Bishops: Number Two and Rhonda

closest to the king and queen, can travel long distances and make big moves to set up other pieces into good positions

Knights: Reynie and Constance

unpredictable movement, both of these characters are very much about the puzzle and the knight embodies that more. may be harder to see where they will strike next

Rooks: Kate and Sticky

strong and reliable, both of their strengths are straight forward and always present.

Pawns: Ms Plugg, Moocho, Ms Perumal, Hardy, Gristle, and Sticky’s Mom and Dad

lesser but important players in the game, allow for bigger moves to be made than if they were not present

BLACK ⚫️

King: Mr Curtain

in a similar position to mr benedict, though i think he makes more moves personally than mr benedict does, capturing him takes down the game

Queen: Mccracken

similarly to Milligan, he is the brute force power piece, works well in many environments and situations 

Bishops: Sharpe and Crawlings

of the ten men these two are the more odd pair, i was tempted to make them knights but you’ll see my reasoning not to in a moment, the diagonals suits them

Knights: Jackson and Jillson

according to my brother who plays chess, other than pawns a knight is the first piece you would “trade” or sacrifice, it’s less valuable than the other second row pieces, and works much better in the short game than the long game which i thought fit jackson and jillson well

Rooks: Garrote and Mortis

these two feel “sturdier” in a way, and with mortis i was thinking about castling and how the rook gets in the middle and moves the king away into the corner, it felt right (mortis is the long armed ten man from book 2 i’m fairly certain)

Pawns: SQ, Martina, and the other executives and messengers.

specifically SQ is a pawn that crosses the board to become a queen, i have two reasons for this, one) he starts out as a seemingly expendable unimportant character but becomes very important in the “late game” two) the crossing of the board, he is now “on white’s side” even as a black piece. for the rest, they are pawns for the reason sq is initially a pawn, they are seen as expendable