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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those critical of Beth or the actress playing her, this article outlines what may be going on - consider that Beth is autistic. This would explain both the acting and the choices Beth makes and situations she doesn’t totally react as you might think is more believable. I think Anya Taylor-Joy was brilliant.

https://valneil.com/2020/10/30/accidentally-autistic-the-queens-gambit/[/quote]

No. She is like the way she is because she had a traumatic childhood, is a genius, and battles a drug and alcohol addiction. Why can't girls be brilliant and not be labeled? When she has the chance to go to a normal school, she realizes she doesn't have the right clothes. She immediately picks up those social cues that girls are staring at her ugly clothes. When she has money she buys the most amazing outfits.  When she is asked how old she is at the orphanage and is about to say 15, the orphanage director pipes up that she is 13. Beth is socially savvy enough to realize adoptive parents prefer younger kids so she says she is 13. She becomes addicted to tranquilzers before she is 10.  The actress who plays Beth actually lived for the first 6 or 7 years in Argentina and then moved to England where she learned English. I think any quirkiness in her speech is due to her pausing for a split second to think in English and speak like and American. It isn't because she is acting like a woman with autism. [/quote]

Agree. It’s annoying that PPs assume a he’s autistic just because she’s smart and doesn’t like the nitwits in her HS. 
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Totally agree! It is so trite to want to label a smart + unique girl.[/quote]

So labeling her as a trauma victim is so different? Why are people acting like autism is a dirty word? Plenty of people are brilliant and on the spectrum. Its obvious Beth is too.[/quote]

Not really. She’s able to read emotions and manage social interactions just fine. She just doesn’t give two Fs about dumb people or social norms.

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That's how I interpreted it too--she didn't give a F.[/quote]

Does she? Or does she just not know any better? The evidence seems overwhelming. The flat affect, the singular focus (chesss), difficulties with peers, and the addiction issues. HFA is associated with higher rates of addiction.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/518289/[/quote]

Or perhaps it's b/c she is an orphan and wasn't really socialized. She raised herself w/ Jolene basically. The adoptive mother contributed to her addiction. Chess gave her hope and meaning and something to be proud of in herself. She did the best she could with the hand she was dealt.[/quote]

Her "difficulties with peers" was because her peers sucked.  :lol: 
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Liking pop musoc is so lame, better to just swipe some liquor as you sneak out the door. Just a regular degular brilliant girl.  :roll: [/quote]

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