#jolene dewitt

[homokommari]

what kinda queens gambit did you watch

[raspberrydee]

they 100% explored each other’s bodies btw <3

[tqgincorrectquotes]

Beth: Please say words of encouragement to me so I don’t murder Benny right now.

Jolene: There is no chess in prison.

Beth: Thank you.

[sleepingowls-world]

The Queen's Gambit, by Walter Tevis 

I finally finished reading The Queen's Gambit and I'm very impressed.

I picked up the book because I liked the show. It's realism and apart from the detailed descriptions of chess openings, the series more or less follows the book.

The one major difference is that, in the book, Beth decides to seek Jolene's help during her biggest downward spiral and not the other way around. Jolene helps Beth with her drinking problem through exercise. She's teaching physical education at the university and is in the process of applying for a job at a big law firm in Atlanta. She is someone who knows what she wants and works hard to get it. In the series, Jolene is engaged to a white lawyer man, but there's no such thing in the book.

Another difference is Beth's losing game to Borgov in Paris. Unlike the series, she's doesn't drink and wake up hungover the next day with a woman in her bed. She sleeps well and plays chess well. And despite doing everything right, she still loses the game. I personally quite like that. Sometimes your best is just not good enough.

Beth is afraid of Borgov in the book, right until the very end. In one of his very first appearances, he's compared to gorilla, which is very different from the handsome man he was in the series.

Beth's feelings towards Jolene (and other women) are also clearer in the book. Beth thinks Jolene is beautiful and wants to tell her she loves her. Beth has sex with men, but never describes it as good or fulfilling. Townes was Beth's love interest in the series, but there's nobody like that in the book. She doesn't long for a romantic relationship with anyone, chess is her one and only passion.

The overarching theme of the book is addiction, and I think its portrayed very well. Considering it was written in the 80s by a man, Beth's portrayal as a woman struggling with addiction and excelling in a man-dominated field is excellent.

Definitely worth a read!

[elizabethharmons]

Harry and Benny: I love you and want to take care of you

Beth: read yesterday

Jolene: hey cracker bitch

Beth: 🥰🥰😍😍😘😘

[humiliatedrook]

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

[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.

[ceaseless-palaver]

Beth is cool and all but Jolene is the person whose approval I’d constantly seek in our friendship

I don’t want to talk much about Jolene in the books but in the show?? Never have I so wanted to meet a character and ask if they like me