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    The clamor of a world commencing, this is what it sounds like.

    Rumi rebuilds.

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    Commentary on the show and book about how I read “Beth confronts Allston” and the renovation montage.

    Archived for March Meta Matters 2022.

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    Archived for March Meta Matters 2022.

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    Archived for March Meta Matters 2022.

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    Archived for March Meta Matters 2022.

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    tl;dr: There's a parallel, but the differences between them stand out to me SO much more than the similarities itself. The differences helped me realize I shipped Beth/Benny! Benny thinking about Beth’s chess is so INTIMATE compared to Beth lighting a cigarette and picking up a book to read post-coitus.

    Archived for March Meta Matters 2022.

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    tl;dr: Of all the characters in the show, I struggle the most with Cleo. In my most sympathetic view, she is a victim of really meh and Beth-centric screenwriting, as in the writers tried to do a thing and failed.

    Archived for March Meta Matters 2022.

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    Their first interaction after Beth’s victory in Moscow took place not in a gray concrete box masquerading for an apartment in New York, nor in a renovated, cleaned, and recently booze-free household, in Lexington, but over a chessboard in Las Vegas.

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    Words by reverie_anne, art by HumiliatedRook.

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    "I respect a man who keeps his word. Just make sure you’re keeping it for the right reason.”

    "No, you must make sure you're breaking it for the right reason."

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    The magic is strong, he hears Mother insist proudly through Casita’s creaking cracks. Knock knock knock, knock on wood.

    The magic is dying, he thinks despairingly, salt and sugar flying over his shoulder.

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    Julieta misses her brother and worries for her daughter so much her hair grays and her heart cracks, but she has no choice but to be okay.

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    Julieta in the aftermath of the gift ceremony that never was.

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    The survivors look to Alma like the lone savior she is, and Alma draws just enough courage from their attention, their eyes, their supplicating hands to stand. She rises like Casa’s walls, tear-streaked and dirtied but alive for one more night.

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    The birth and rebirth of Casa Madrigal, as told by Casita.

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    In the year that Rose leaves with the Doctor “for ten more seconds” and Mickey never returns, having found another maternal figure and a noble purpose, Jackie Tyler learns to live alone.

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    "Let me tell you something about those who get left behind. Because it's hard. And that's what you become, hard." - Jackie Tyler

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    "She’s ruthless, lawless, relentless; he’s helpless."

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    "All you do is talk about Benny Watts,” Mike said with a small smile. “Are you sure you aren’t one of his sycophantic fans, as you call them?”

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    She isn’t expecting him to call to her from his shower. She’s surprised at the volume of his voice. The acoustics of this bathroom are impressive. “You figured out that all the others shower in the morning, too, huh?”

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    Six nights of Beth, Benny, and the other top six chess players in the United States sharing a communal bathroom during the US Chess Championship 1967. Somehow this is canon compliant.

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    Just like when she’d been here last year, his sheets are the most comforting shade of gray, its scent something she recognizes like her own heartbeat but for which she lacks a name.

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    Beth wakes up with a cold and feelings for the person next to her.

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    Beth is eight years old. Benny is nine.

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    Chapter 2 of the “Beth and Benny are both child prodigies at the same time” AU full of fluff & fun.

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    English
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    Before Beth ever considers the notion of seeing a doctor about her childhood, she keeps it all in her head.

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    A ficlet about Beth.

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    A fanart of the last scene from "they say it's wonderful" by brella.

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    2
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    35
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