The subreddit for the 2020 Netflix mini-series "The Queen's Gambit" starring Anya Taylor-Joy. After Beth creams Benny and his friends in multiple rounds of speed chess, Benny’s discipline is no match for the allure of her genius. “Hi,” Beth said. When the guys are able to come together and treat her as a peer in the final episode, Beth is finally able to have a healthy relationship with them. She stood up from the table. However, her relationships with the other chess players, especially the ones that she’s sleeping with, aren’t based on mutual respect: Beth is looking for someone to make her feel less alone, and the men are treating her like a fantasy instead of a person. In her later relationships, Beth is never able to get past that stage with Harry (Harry Melling) or Benny (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) as long as they’re only in love with the idea of her, instead of who she is. When he slept with her I do believe it was lust, but he does keep in contact with her afterwards and wanted her to come stay with him in New York, as well as wanting her to get the Church group to pay for him to travel with her to Moscow. Benny and Harry can't respect Beth because they don’t actually understand who she is, and both of them are trying to change her into their idea of who she should be. Edit: if you’re into the Beth/Benny relationship you should read the book. ... As for Benny Watts, his and Beth… An example of this is found with Beth’s relationship with Harry, who also met Beth at her first tournament. Benny Watts: [to Beth] You read game books like Reinfeld that are full of queen sacrifices and melodrama. With Harry she slept with him because he initalized it and was surprised by his advance just going with the moment. Beth and Townes run into each other at a chess tournament, years after they first met, and share an intimate moment that’s interrupted by the man Townes is living with, Roger. I think Benny is the only person who can match Beth on an intellectual level and the two seem to get each other better. Is it something you could summarize? ... "In the book, Beth … Beth was abandoned by her father and her adoptive father, and her idea of Townes as a romantic partner is just as impossible as a relationship with her father. He was not in control anymore. The illustrations are in his style, which I appreciate, and his sensibilities shine through, including an animal as a main character, quirky, … If the characters of The Queen’s Gambit are united by anything beyond a love of chess, it’s their myopic fixation on winning. In her later relationships, Beth is never able to get past that stage with Harry (Harry Melling) or Benny (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) as long as they’re only in love with the idea of her, instead of who she is. Benny is, of course, the leader: It’s his apartment, it’s his phone call, he’s the better player, but he got the team together for Beth. Benny and Beth spent a lot of time together although when they had sex that one time, Beth was upset by his pillowtalk and there gave no interest in romance with him after that, although we do see him later say that he misses her but she ignores him. Although he recognizes her destructive instincts, he spends his time trying to fix her, not understand her. Beth's carefully cultivated persona comes across as a "manic pixie dream girl" - and her complex relationship with Townes is one of the primary ways that The Queen’s Gambit explores and challenges that convention. And funny. However, there’s a deeper reason that Beth and Townes never sleep together. An example of this is found with Beth’s relationship with Harry, who also met Beth at her first tournament. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. “Nice to meet you.” It felt strange to Beth to have all these people in Benny’s small living room. “Benny needed a lesson in humility.” “I’m already tops in humility,” Benny said. She’s refusing to confront her abandonment issues, and her relationships represent her search for the father figure she never truly had. Following hours of play, Borgov calls for an intermission. NEXT: The Queen's Gambit (& 9 Other Netflix Shows You Didn't Know Were Adapted From Books) I don’t know how to play but I loved the series and am wanting to read the book. So, so sad for way too long, but then happy! The Queen’s Gambit builds Beth up as a chess prodigy and an enigma, and then systematically deconstructs her persona over the course of the series. When her friends actually get to know the real Beth and can dispel their version of her, Beth is finally able to see herself - and start to visualize her chess games without the drugs or alcohol. It’s more fleshed out. I’ve never been seen so completely, loved so passionately and protected so fiercely.” — Beth Pearson. When she loses her funding for not saying the church group line, he gets very angry with her over this, but does still follow her game with Borlov and gathers the chess players she knows to his home to help with her game strategies. Townes’ toxic impulse to sleep with Beth because of his attraction to a fantasy version of her, and his subsequent rejection of that impulse is what finally lets them have a healthy relationship. With a background in the professional theater industry, she now writes about movies and pop culture for the internet. Is the book very Chess-y? Beth, for her part, is trying to mask her loneliness and find companionship through romantic relationships. Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit finale, “End Game.” The Queen’s Gambit heroine Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) isn’t a particularly weepy person. I did chuckle when I saw why that particular family wanted Benny as he was. I could imagine them having a relationship when she returns, and probably living between their homes in New York and Kentucky. After meeting Townes at her first chess tournament, Beth develops a crush on him, and the two navigate a complex friendship that follows them for the rest of their lives. In the book, BIG yes. “Do you still like my hair?” was enough evidence. Her closest and most honest relationships are with the people who actually see Beth for who she is, such as her longtime friend from the orphanage, Jolene, or Townes after they mutually realize that they don't have a romantic future. Beth Harmon (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) with Benny Watts (played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster) in a scene from The Queen’s Gambit (2020) At the end of the book, she remains single. Find her on twitter at @benafflecksmoke. Lust, not love, and I think that was fueled by her brilliance being a turn on to him rather than a shot to his ego. “Congratulations!” Wexler said. I just think her and Benny get each other better than anyone else. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates. I got the sense that he really did mean, "Don't call me again" when he said it, and that him getting everyone together to help her in Moscow was more along the lines of helping her finally beat Borgov than him continuing to have feelings for her.
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