#(or at least i do)

[super-nova5045]

i think the reason oliver is such a compelling character - or at least to me, he is - is because in the end…he wins! he gets what he wants and comes out on top.

in this modern world everyone is a bit of an oliver. crippling social anxiety, awkward, booksmart, and later in the film mostly queer audiences STILL find themselves relating to oliver’s struggle of how to express a desire that is so unconventional, so disturbing, so queer. normally in shows like this - shows with stunning rich people and their stunning social skills - the social outcast remains a social outcast. the queercoded character does not get their happy ending and remains the perpetual butt of the joke.

but in saltburn? saltburn almost has a gone girl sort of ending in the way the supposed villain gets what they want in the end, and we’re rooting for them! we see a mostly unexplored perspective in cinema - the perspective of the outsider, of the freak, and we see just how awful these people - beautiful shiny upper class folk - are, and then this outsider, who has been patronised and placed on a pedestal and humiliated, gets his revenge and gets everything he desired in the end. and in a world where queer, different characters are killed off or side lined or made fun off for whom or what they desire, oliver stands out, because he gets what he desires and he makes the audience root for him while he’s doing it.

[cookkoo]

Drawtober 2023 day 18: Saddle

"People will stare. Make it worth their while." —Harry Winston

Previous days: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

[doveshovel]

silly doodles in an old notebook :)

[sivavakkiyar]

everyone we have like 95x more important things to be doing

[chenouttachen]

perhaps i’m dabbling a little in the pit babe fic writing realm and maybe unconsciously i have made two car puns in 200 words

[whimsofavim]

Just finished book 9 of 2024 (starting book 10 on my lunch tomorrow), so if anyone is wondering why I don’t find myself with time to write often anymore you have just discovered the reason 👩‍🏫📚💗

[ntaras]

we could talk about how hanzo’s rage is a metaphor for his grief and trauma and his title of scorpion represents his difficulty to let go of his anger how he can never stop mourning his past because he refuses to stop mourning and how kuai liang’s taking of the mantle is representative of the ability to move forward rather than be stuck in constant mourning of the brother he lost. we could also talk about how hanzo’s protection over kuai liang was out of guilt of how hanzo could not stop himself from allowing emotion to control him and killing bi-han, and his ability to allow kuai liang to live instead of exacting more blindness vengeance allowed kuai liang to prosper and grow and end the years of rivalry between their clans.

[lightgaswaterelectricityrent]

There are always women who are taller than me in aldi. Shopping at aldi makes you big and strong

[shalalalalaw]

I will give you love

unquestionably and unconditionally

because I love you

I do, I simply do

[kalakilo]

oh j we all want roman and gerri to win succession

[catalyst-rattail]

WE NEED ANSWERS WE NEED ANSWERS

congratulations to people who are good at performing conversations and social interactions. did you take a class or is it just like genetics or whatever

[yeepof]

I understand that tall men are our POV characters, but surely being like a foot taller than everyone around them would have some occasional consequences

[marfian]

So act 3 huh

[pangur-and-grim]

we have to write poems in my creative writing certificate program, so I pieced something together from Belphie's medical reports

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[technovillain]

i come from the universe where everything is the same except disney heroines get like an ounce of their fathers' obviously dominant genes and their clothes are like 80% more historically accurate. it's beautiful here.

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