If we go through the flowchart, we hit all the points.

Is it a whimsical object? Yes.

Is it small? Yes, slightly larger than a thumbnail.

Does it have little or diminished monetary value? Yes.

Does it have emotional value? Yes, I am attached to it.

Does it serve it's intended function? It's meant to be embroidered on something, which hasn't happened yet.

Any unique characteristics? Yes, the materials/colors/texture.

Could you tell a story about it? Yes, about how it was handmade and given to me by my roommate barging in or about chosen loved ones and the queer community.

So this trinket is actually a trinket! Suitable to further explore in our visual work :)

Going through the flowchart, there is one strike.

Is it a whimsical object? Yes.

Is it small? Yes.

Does it have little or diminished monetary value? Yes, bought for a small price, which has gone done due to usage.

Does it have emotional value? Yes, I am attached to it.

Does it serve it's intended function? Yes, which is the strike. This is a strike because it could negatively effect the whimsicality of the object through the viewers eyes. Which in turn makes any illustration less strong. I think that it's only a slight disadvantage, so I would work it out.

Any unique characteristics? Yes, the cover illustration/movable parts/tape.

Could you tell a story about it? Yes, about how I first completed the puzzle together with a friend on the riverbanks of the city I would soon move into with him.

So this trinket is actually a trinket! Suitable to further explore in our visual work AS LONG AS we keep in mind our slight disadvantage and compensate for it by putting the focus on its whimsicality/narrative/physical appearance.