#‘They don't know the other hand is below the table clutching your chips for dear life.’

[luckquartzed]

What flavour is your soul?

Honey

“ Sugared mel e lingua serpentis . ” Sugared honey from a serpent's tongue . Oh dearest , look how you gleam . How the sunlight dances off your shoulders , how the heavens shine across your wingtips . But you are hollow , hollow , hollow . Even the taste of nectar can choke a man . Sometimes the sweetest flowers hide the sharpest poison . You lie to yourself , the worst lie of all . You needn't be so obsessed with perfect . The greatest beauty lies in our faults . Do you think the moon apologizes for their mara ? No , their craters add to their glow . My dear , breathe . You are not an island , breathe , before the honey drowns you . You wish to be lovely , you long to be loved . But did Aphrodite trade her powers for perfection ? She did not . You can be beautiful , & also whole . Be whole above anything else dear . A heart of diamonds is worth nothing if inchor oozes from it . Inward . Look within & question how well do you know yourself ? Little petal are you trying to be a god ? Why ? Can a god bloom from sullen soil ? No . You are whole as you are .

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[tojiswhore-aventurinesslut]

Why is this apparition of Aventurine tearing into him like this oh my god

"...and beg everyone you come across for help, like a hyena scavenging for scraps in the desert. Because you know that opportunities are fleeting."

"you know who you really are, Mr. Cavalier Gambler: uptight, overcautious, massive inferiority complex. You've won so much, and you're still so afraid of losing."

"They only see your big bets, your bravado, the full house, the straight flush. They don't know the other hand is below the table, clutching your chips for dear life."

"you don't stop at fooling the audience— you fool yourself too."

Yeah probably bc he fucking lost everything that was ever important to him and lived in poverty on a desert planet and then as a slave and now as an indentured servant 😭