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I'm normally not too good with memories. But being surrounded by darkness always… brings me back to a certain time. Right after my wife had… had abstracted… I don't recall the exact string of events, but we both ended up in the fort together. And it was dark. The darkness seemed to calm her down a bit. The harsh, jagged edges smoothed out, and she didn't seem aggravated anymore. She wasn't the same as before, but she was calm enough to touch one last time… before she got sent to the cellar.
—Kinger about Queenie.

Checkmates is the het ship between Kinger and Queenie from The Amazing Digital Circus fandom.

Canon[]

Not much is known about them, besides the fact that they are married. It is still unknown if they met inside or outside the circus, or if they married inside or outside the circus as well, but it is shown that Kinger deeply loves her. Even though Kinger’s memory fails a lot, there are hinted moments where he shows he hasn't forget about Queenie, like the moment in the Pilot where he asks for a bugs' collection or when they arrive to the Candy Canyon Kingdom and Kinger happily stares at a butterfly, probably remembering Queenie.

The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor[]

When Kinger accidentally brings Pomni with him while he looks for Gangle's happy mask, both Kinger and Pomni end up completely lost, even arriving to a dark place called "Hell". Ponmi tries to leave but quickly gets possessed, so Kinger helps her out. Pomni breaks down as she cannot take the circus anymore. Kinger comforts her, advising her to take a break. Pomni mentions that he has changed, but Kinger explains that when he is surrounded by dark, he recovers some of his memories. He then starts telling Pomni the story of the last day he saw Queenie. Though his memories of the events are hazy, he recalls that he and Queenie had ended up together in the pillow fort. By that point, Queenie had already abstracted, but Kinger noticed that the darkness seemed to soothe her. Realizing it was safe to approach, he gently caressed one side of her and held her close, noticing that her glitching had stopped. As she grew calmer, she moved closer to him, allowing Kinger to finally embrace her. It was the last time he saw her before she was sent to the cellar. However, he believes that experience somehow enables him to regain memories when he's in the dark.

Kinger also shares that Queenie had a passion for entomology, enjoying insects and other bugs. At first, Kinger didn't care much for them, but over time, he grew to appreciate them as well. Before they continue their journey, Kinger advises Pomni to cherish the people around her, as you never know when they might be gone. As they prepare to cross the path, Kinger instructs Pomni to hold her breath to avoid further infection. As they walk, Kinger begins to emit light through his chess-like body, possibly reflecting the moment when Queenie abstracted. Back then, in the dark fort, the only light came from Queenie's abstracted form. Now, it's Kinger who's shining.

Quotes[]

“You look beautiful, honey...”
— Kinger confusing Angel with Queenie after seeing the eyes in his mouth.
Ponmi“You had a wife, here in the circus?”
Kinger“Yeah. She was funny, creative… really into entomology. I used to hate bugs, but… she somehow got me to like them. It's not the most cheerful memory, but… it's one I at least have control over.”
— Kinger talks to Ponmi about his wife.

Fanon[]

Before the direct confirmation that Queenie is Kinger's wife, many fans just assumed the two were together because their digital bodies are a King & Queen chess piece, cause of that the fandom quickly started theorizing that the two would have a sad backstory as Queenie was first introduced with her room door profile being crossed out with a X, implying that she was an abstracted character, a lot of the fancontent before Ep.3 was really what people assumed of the two's situation currently considering that most popular theories, headcanons and even the assumption of the two being lovers in the first place were fanon as an result of only the pilot (then ep.2) being released where now the ship is now directly canon is quite ironic.

Before & after Ep.3 came out, fans made fanarts and stories of the two of where it focus' on when Queenie was not abstracted yet, pieces that depicted small nods to Queenie in Kinger fanart along with works that depict the essence of Queenie like for e.x when Kinger interacts with bugs, looking at her door and in his pillow fort. Some theorize that the two might be married even before entering the digital circus. After Episode 3 was released, the ship was more appreciated as it revealed many of the reasons on why Kinger acts the way he does, like forgetting important things but then bringing them up at another moment, like in Episode 2 when he had the bucket in his head, and remembered the day Ragatha entered, but when he took it off, he forgot what he just said.

There is also a contrasting symbolism between Kinger and Queenie's light and darkness, especially when Kinger emits light while holding his breath, as fans speculate that he might want to be the light for the other circus members, like Queenie was his light before abstracting. It shows how he carries forward the memories of Queenie, transforming what was once a dark memory into something that now illuminates the path ahead, literally and figuratively. This is the most written ship for both characters, and is one of the most popular ships from the Amazing Digital Circus fandom, having +110 works in AO3.

Fandom[]

FAN FICTION
Kinger/Queenie tag on AO3
Kinger & Queenie tag on AO3
TUMBLR
Checkmates tag on Tumblr
Kinger x Queenie tag on Tumblr
Kinger x Queenie posts on Tumblr
Queenie x Kinger tag on Tumblr
Queenie x Kinger posts on Tumblr
RoyalChess tag on Tumblr
RoyalChessed tag on Tumblr
RoyalyChessed tag on Tumblr
TIKTOK
Kinger x Queenie posts on TikTok
Queenie x Kinger posts on TikTok

Lists[]

Fandometrics
14th OCT 14th 2024

Trivia[]

  • Kinger has an insect collection and an interest in insects, having been prompted out of his fort by the mention of insects.
    • This is later revealed to have been something his wife had managed to get him to like due to her own interest in entomology.

Gallery[]

Fan Art[]

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Variations[]

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