literally nobody asked for it, but here's my list of saltburn essays that i've slowly been drafting over the course of the last week which WILL be required reading for anybody trying to engage with me about this movie. my very personal saltburn 101 syllabus just dropped
A Wolf in Deer's Clothing: Saltburn's Attempt at Innocence
an examination of party costumes and our character's last attempts to masquerade as something they're not: felix—an angel, all-forgiving and all-knowing, something to be worshiped; and oliver—a prey animal, prey to class-divide, prey to saltburn, prey to felix.
thoughts about oliver specifically are loosely organized in my #bambi tag
A Midsummer Night's Mare: Farleigh Start as the Ultimate Victim of Saltburn
a farleigh character study, about the ways he was mistreated and manipulated at saltburn, about fighting to stay alive and the scars left behind by knowing when to give in
alternatively titled "QuickStart", may be adapted into a conclusive essay specifically focusing on oliver and farleigh's relationship
The Eye of the Beholder: On Saltburn's Voyeurism & Violence [working title]
how wealth and class pushes the catton's toward the volatile reality of being able to look, but not touch. on desire and the lack thereof, and portraying yourself as an object to be desired
may end up as two separate essays on wealth and aestheticism but i'm pushing toward a conclusive essay about the intersection of the two, which i feel is at the heart of saltburn
alternatively titled "Poor Man's Pudding: A Melvillian Approach to Saltburn's Class", again, may be adapted into it's own essay
Gender-Fluid: A Study in Sexuality and Saltburn's Desire to be Dry
a deep dive into the bodily fluids of saltburn and how oliver upsets the standard of men who are just so lovely and dry. on the creative choice to lean into the messy wetness of sex and desire and the audience's instinct toward repulsion
a celebration of the grotesque and an examination of why we would label it as such
least developed of the four, heavily inspired by @charnelpit's lovely post about the fluids in saltburn
if anybody is actually interested in any of these, i can work toward something closer to a finished piece instead of just bullet points and quotes in a google doc, but mostly this is so i can share my very brief takes on a multitude of themes in saltburn that have been haunting me
edit for people seeing this in the future: all posts about my essays are being organized into my #saltburn 101 tag if you’re interested in following these through to development!
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landoscar florist and tattoo shop AU. lando has made a name for himself choosing bold, architectural arrangements that match people's auras and horoscopes.
oscar’s one of the most sought after young tattoo artists who specialises in highly detailed, lifelike anatomical drawings.
their paths cross at a fashion collab event - lando is in his element, oscar pointedly is not.
lando notices oscar is anxious and sits down with him to sketch out a really detailed, sculptural tattoo idea. it causes a buzz - people are eager to check out their designs and like the merging of styles.
lando scrawls his phone number onto oscar’s arm. they continue running into each other (deliberately, or not, who's to say) across town. at coffee shops, bars, even the city library in the art stacks. (oscar was looking for a book on escher, lando at rei kawakubo designs.)
in the library, lando pins oscar with his stare and with a low whisper, finally asks.
"so can i be the guinea pig for our sketch idea?"
oscar blinks. "you'd do that?"
"yeah. i really would."
"why?"
"we only live once, y'know? might as well get something to remember it by.”
oscar relents. the final design is a bouquet of flowers, each bloom with a meaning. it takes about six hours to finish the tatt. they smoke clove cigarettes, talk shit, and ramble together about the intersection of commerce, art, and humans.
towards the end of the session, lando winces as oscar goes over a particularly sensitive spot.
"you've been very brave." oscar says.
"have i?" lando replies, looking up at him with dinner plate eyes.
(they make out on the bench. oscar is of course very careful not to ruin the inkwork or poke lando where he's aching.)
so it goes. they breathe more life into each other’s creativity. lando ends up decorating the tattoo studio with new and interesting plants. osc does a mural for the flower shop that takes up half the wall, and it ends up being a huge hit. it features a lot of orange.
eventually they share a space. sometimes it’s light, sometimes it’s dark, but it is good.
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For my request, can you draw Toshinko in a fairy tale au please? You can decide on their forms as long as they resemble a prince and princess please. What do you think?
Of course!! Here's what I came up with
[ID] A colored sketch of Toshinori Yagi and Midoriya Inko from BNHA. Toshinori has elf ears and is dressed in blue and gold prince attire. He is kneeling before Inko, who is seated with her legs crossed. She has black horns, green dragon wings and tail, and is wearing a flowy green dress that falls off her shoulders. They are smiling at each other sweetly. [end ID]
The dragon princess and her elf prince <3
This was a cute ask :) (please excuse any messiness ^^)
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