So, #QueensGambit. We're starting off with congregate care, Black girls being the guides and caretakers in care, the smart (non-Black) girl being given busy work because the teacher doesn't know what to do with her, and the "brilliant, but crazy" woman trope w/ mom.
But I appreciate a little opening debauchery alongside the chess. That's more like the world I'm used to.
Also, I don't know if it's intentional or not but this seems very much pro drugs lol
Ok this blind basement simul is a flex. Also, I'm going to be upset when she gets saved for being good at chess and the Black girl watches her go.
Why are all of the handshakes so weird?
The trash talk at her first match. Also, the annoying habits of chess players that become infuriating when you're sitting across from someone for 2+ hours. Accurate.
The way everyone in the neighboring state knows her name. Also "that's a bone in the neck" is literally something my high school chess coach used to say back in Detroit. Which means all Detroit chess players used to say it.
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