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fragmentedblade · 11 months

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The way Luocha's conversation and confrontation with Jing Yuan was established in terms of a xiangqi match (or whatever it's called ingame in the English translation; "starchess", I think?) was great, especially with how Jing Yuan congratulates his last move.

How Luocha's course of action is laid is also very typical of xiangqi strategies for what I've been reading, especially when it comes to the use of the general piece. Jing Yuan has to abide to the law, can't move, and is forced to let Luocha get away with what he wants to do.

#In xiangqi the general can't leave the Palace and can't face straight ahead the opposing general without another piece blocking them #While this is a nuisance at first it's key in developing strategies in the middle and final stages of a xiangqi game for what I've read #Because well used it forces or conditions the opponent to move or not move certain ways #For what I've seen‚ but I'd have to check again because it was several days ago and I forget things‚#Blade's comment is not just about being bested but is also spoken with xiangqi games in mind #So I think this is a bit what is happening in this confrontation #Also Blade's words evoke the image of Yingxing and Jing Yuan playing together and bickering over it and I adore the idea haha #Again‚ I'm not censoring names right now. It breaks my train of thought. I'll come back later in a bit #If this appears in the tag I'm very sorry and please ignore me. I'll solve the issue in a bit #I talk too much #I should probably delete this later #Traces

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