Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31660872-20170403131802/@comment-27089028-20170411154955

UltimaDude wrote: Starscream1998 wrote: I've already told you being a pawn has nothing to do with having control over your actions a pawn is a person used by others for their own purposes. The anime states Madara is a pawn, he matches the definition of a pawn therefore Madara is whether you want to believe it or not a pawn. I guess you can call him a pawn then. But Madara, by no means, was more of a pawn than Obito You're right, a pawn is a pawn I guess but at least Obito spent the last moments of his life not being a pawn although that's probably unfair as Madara wasn't exactly given the opportunity to fight back. Thekillman wrote: Starscream1998 wrote: I've already told you being a pawn has nothing to do with having control over your actions a pawn is a person used by others for their own purposes. The anime states Madara is a pawn, he matches the definition of a pawn therefore Madara is whether you want to believe it or not a pawn. The term pawn comes from chess, where it is the weakest piece. This is also the implied meaning in it's non-chess use (since there are many synonyms. After all, pretty much all chess pieces have the exact same function - to take out enemy pieces).

Madara however isn't a weak chess piece in any stretch of the imagination. Power is not a factor here, it's all about purpose. Madara was stronger than Obito but they were both played for suckers by Black Zetsu in the end.