#bethny

[mandoowhorian]

Good morning to those who binge watched The Queen’s Gambit in one sitting, those who can’t stop thinking about Anya Joy-Taylor’s Cupid’s bow, those who ship Bethny, those who wish Jolene had more screentime, those who wish Alma was their mother, those who watched the show because of a once crippling obsession with Newt and missed simping over Thomas Brodie-Sangster, those who wished they lived in the 60s because of the costumes in the show, those who would kill for Jolene’s happiness, those who (if they had the chance) would down those attractive little green and blue pills, those who believe Jolene and Beth are girlfriends, those who need a season two ASAP, and good morning to those who would bone Benny Watts in a heartbeat.

[princessrhcenyra]

Okay, fine. I'll come to New York. Great. We'll leave from here. I'll drive us. When? Tomorrow. Afternoon. Once everything here finishes up.

[princessrhcenyra]

I like your hair. Uh-huh. Yeah, sure you do.

[princessrhcenyra]

THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT ⇢ 1x03 | DOUBLED PAWNS

I went into that game with a perfect score. Benny had two draws, so a draw would give me the title. I wanted to win. I wanted to hammer his weaknesses. I wanted to show that pirate that I could beat him, even though I didn't play the way he thought I should. Then, he captured my center pawn, my protected pawn, the pawn that had held his queen to her corner for most of the game. I don't understand. He forced an exchange of queens. Oh. Couldn't believe it. And then I saw what it meant. With the pawn gone, I was open to a rook-bishop mate, because of the bishop on the open diagonal. I could protect my retreating knight by moving one of the rooks over, but the protection wouldn't last, because his fucking, innocent-looking knight would block my king's escape. The more I looked, the worse it all became. Caught me completely off guard. It was brutal. It's the kind of thing I did to other people. Kind of thing that Morphy did, and I missed it. I'd been thinking about doubled pawns. You were thinking about winning. What did you do? I needed a counter threat. A move that would stop him in his tracks, but there wasn't any. I spent half an hour studying the board, and decided that Benny's move was even sounder than I thought. I thought maybe I could trade my way out of it if he attacked too fast, but… He was careful. I had to retreat, but he kept coming. I wanted to scream.