DD, LV, Chess and War

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 124340


"Tonks" wrote:
 This is probably a crazy idea. But reading some of the post about DD 
as General and the *war* and all complaints that DD seems to playing 
a defensive game, and the all of planning that is going on on both 
sides made me think of a chess game. Now I know that chess is a game 
of war. It's late and my mind is no longer functioning, but has 
anyone ever considered the possibility that the series taken as a 
whole is a game of chess?  I don't know.  Does anyone see anything 
like that??  Just a thought. Would be a brilliant way to write a 
book series, but I don't know it that is what she is doing.

Kemper now:
Yes. The side of 'good' is black because white is the aggressor on 
the field when everything is balanced.
The Black Side of the Board
King     - The Idea of the Light: love, pure, truth
Queen    - Dumbledore: the most powerful piece
Rooks    - SS and MM: used mostly in the end-game, quite powerful, 
especially together
Knights  - Black and Lupin: used early to develop the board
Bishops  - Molly and Arthur: see 'Knights'
Pawns    - Harry, who will reach the eigth square... 

Oops, I'm going to go on a tangent... "'The Eighth Square at last!' 
she cried. 'Oh, how glad I am to get here!  And what is this on my 
head?' she exclaimed in a tone of dismay as she lifted it off, and 
set it on her lap to make out what it could possibly be.   It was a 
golden crown."  Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll.... 

Ok sorry about that, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, Ginny, Fred and 
George round out the other 7 pawns.

The White Side of the Board
King     - The Dark Order: fear, power, deceit
Queen    - Voldemort
Rooks    - Belatrix and Lucius
Knights  - Wormtail and ?
Bishops  - Crouch Jr. and ?
Pawns    - Draco? and 7 others

As we approach the end-game, who will be sacrificed in order to 
capture the White Queen?  And remember, the object of the game is to 
kill the King.
-Kemper