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#WHOA?! #hello?! been following the tag for HOW many years and tumblr only just now decides to show me this months later? #this is stunning. good god. #haven't posted on this blog in years but yall better know i still keep eyes on this ship like a hawk #fanart #fancomic #valeriarts #bethov #beth harmon #vasily borgov

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sorry for the total dip for a while, been off tumblr on all my blogs for a bit as i got myself rearranged but i should let yall know i played The Medium in early february (the psych horror game marcin is a face model in) and i’ve been IN LOVE with it

and also, congrats to anya + the queen’s gambit for winning golden globes!! 

#kimi talks

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woke up this morning and almost had a heart attack at Marcin's IG story of a bethov kiss

#i took a screenshot but im not gonna post on here until that actual fanart is posted #my heart suddenly beating three times as fast #kimi talks

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this was supposed to be a simple oneshot.... help

#kimi talks

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every time a new bethov fic gets put up i literally feel myself gain a year on my life

#kimi talks

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Anya Taylor-Joy in THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2020)

#shes beautiful #beth harmon #fan edits #mccartneyiii

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you know, that post about saving frame-by-frame screenshots is funny and all until you notice that after they shake hands in moscow and just look at each other intently for several long seconds borgov makes his hand into a fist (practically off screen) like some kind of fitzwilliam darcy

the number of times ive spent looking at this frame by frame because of how [inhales] INTIMATE it is cuz it absolutely feels like they’re in a period piece at a ball about to dance where everyone is watching them (echoed by the handshake at the end when they stand from the board) but

what a delicious and absolutely offscreen 2 second long hand clench, ty marcin for ur choices

#anon #reply #thank u for sharing this anon i never wouldve zoomed in so close to borgovs fist otherwise #UGH #i keep admiring how their hands fit so well together ;_;

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thought i would share a wip

#getting used to drawing them #they’re both difficult #but i love them #so it’s worth it #kimi talks

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imprinted on beth harmon

#fanart #beth harmon #articianne art #she’s so unique i need to get used to drawing her

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In the book, Beth is continually terrified of Borgov’s habitually impassive face and reads a lot of things into it - hostility, arrogance, even brutishness.

The hilarious thing is that Beth, as we all know from the show, also doesn’t use facial expressions very much. Their dynamic is very much,

Borgov: oh thank god someone else who doesn’t emote, I don’t have to put my people face on, I can just be.

Beth: He’s so smug. I hate him. I’m going to rip his throat out. Oh god he’s untouchable, nothing fazes him, I’m going to die.

Borgov: As a sign of respect for her I’m not going to distract her with small talk or try to psych her out. We’re here to focus on chess and only chess and I think that’s beautiful.

Beth: He hates me!!

Borgov: Isn’t it nice when people can understand each other :)

#this is so. funny

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this is the part i mean

there’s this really small moment when luchenko, borgov, and beth are having tea in moscow where borgov is about to raise his cup but then he waits, and then raises it with beth

can’t in good faith say it’s on purpose at all (since it’s either an accident or an actor choice to try and match up) but—it’s a tiny little kernel of how in sync they are or try to be with each other

#kimi talks #once in a blue moon i make gifs so see ya who knows when for the next one

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there’s this really small moment when luchenko, borgov, and beth are having tea in moscow where borgov is about to raise his cup but then he waits, and then raises it with beth

can’t in good faith say it’s on purpose at all (since it’s either an accident or an actor choice to try and match up) but—it’s a tiny little kernel of how in sync they are or try to be with each other

#kimi talks

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➳ Vasily Borgov + sensing Beth Harmon’s stare and looking back

#this is. delicious #vasily borgov #beth harmon #bethov edits #bethov

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TMW when it’s 1969 (lol) and your best US player defects to the USSR so your boss is making you design a propaganda poster about it🙄😖

#gorgeous!!! #and her green dress was so beautiful in the show #bethov #bethov fanart #primaverala #vasily borgov #beth harmon

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obsessed with the idea that Borgov's son would absolutely idolize Beth

#kimi talks

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#that was some pride and prejudice moment

#breathes heavily #there was no reason for their h*nd h*lding in moscow to be so Like That #whew whew whew #bethov edits #bethov #vasily borgov #beth harmon

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#gorgeous GORGEOUS coloring #vasily borgov #beth harmon #bethov edits #bethov