anya taylor joy: *moves bishop to K4*

me having never played chess in my life: 'OMG what a play she's humiliated him'

i admire them for not even attempting to explain to us how chess works

Anya Taylor-Joy: *stares directly into the camera with her glinting eyes after moving a chess piece*

Me, humbly shaking my head: I resign.

I feel about Anya Taylor Joy in this the way 2012 tumblr girls felt about Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock

an unexpectedly edgy, introspective exploration of female desire and obsession wrapped up in the guise of a straight-laced chess drama (once you get past the lifeless-but-necessary first episode). all bisexual girl geniuses know how to do is smoke weed, pwn boys at chess, doink french models, unhealthily cope with childhood trauma, and lie

her eyeliner .. i can hear god

Great. Now I'm horny for chess.

Anya Taylor-Joy has done so much and is still someone whose career I’m so excited to watch progress. This is fun as hell! And the editing is sexy. If nothing else, it made me download a chess app that I deleted less than 10 minutes later!

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT ANYA TAYLOR-JOY

anya taylor-joy single-handedly making chess cool and sexy... everyone say thank you

benny i really like your hair 🧍🏻‍♀️

if i’d written a list of things that i thought i would’ve done in 2020, crying over chess probably would’ve came in at absolutely dead last... and yet here we are