#part 9876567876789876 of yoroshiu yapping about sora

[yoroshiu]

The symbolism Sora takes on a chess board is very interesting to me.

(I, by no means am a chess expert, this is based off my knowledge of the typical meanings + rules of chess + what other people have talked about)

The usual take is Sora = the King which has a lot of layers and when you look at the overarching narrative sets up a lot of potential ideas of where his story is going, hence makes sense.

But there's also Sora = the Queen which when you look at it, also makes sense, somewhat even moreso then him being the King. He's technically the most powerful piece on the board by KH3 as he's the one who makes the biggest and most consequential moves (Him using the Power of Waking to break nature taboos can match the image of the Queen being able to go anywhere on the board).

So when you think about it, Sora's story can be seen as a pawn becoming a Queen.

It's kinda like how the characters can parallel each other in multiple ways. The chess symbolism doesn't really have to place one character in a box, you could make an argument for different interpretations.