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#♕░░ queen of the summer isles ( LUXX SPEAKING )
selestiials-a · 2 years
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The depersonalization of Nesta at the hands of Mama Archeron began when she was just a child, as suggested by her own self-identification as “her mother’s creature.” Nesta has always felt so, so much, and there has always been this build-up of emotions because she was never given the space to openly express her emotions in a vulnerable or healthy way because her mother claimed her as the cold, calculating prodigy. The strength that their mother built up in Nesta was the ruthless and merciless kind, meant to be weaponized against anyone who either crossed her (and thus undermined what she was sharpened into)...or posed a threat to what was identified as their family’s greatest asset: Elain. It was not formulated as a type of self-strength, but something to be wielded by their mother, and following the death of their mother, Nesta lost the person who wielded this blade-sharp strength. In her adjustment of trying to wield it herself, her sense of self leaned into constant overcorrection in an attempt to do what their mother would have wanted, not necessarily what their family needed. In this essay, I will ---
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kaerinio-a2 · 2 years
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