#ive seen them at college

[lorephobic]

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!

#saltburn #saltburn posting #really desperately need someone to pay me to write saltburn essays all day #or else these will never be more than a smattering of bullet points #and these are only the most developed of the millions of the thoughts that i've had rolling around in my brain this last week #idk if lengthy meta-essays are interesting to literally anyone other than me #but if any of these speak to u and u have thoughts abt them #of course u are welcome to send them my way #i think all of these were born out of either seeing bad fandom takes (ie. everything ive seen about farleigh and oliver) #or rly good fandom takes that haven't been talked about enough like the fluids thing #anyway #oh also if u want any interview clips that back up any of these ideas i have a list thats like a million miles long #and would be happy to dig for any specific things im talking about here #bambi #also also im sorry i kno the colon in academic essay titles is so overused i just love a subtitle sm #i love love love a clever little essay title. titling my essays was literally my favorite part of the essay process in college #saltburn 101

[unganseylike]

for others who disliked adams greywaren ending, what do you think about the part of his ending with transferring schools?

Personally, i can see arguments for transferring (in terms of adam not having his fantasized perfectly linear path to success), but i want to see him stay and deal with his lies and mistakes. ik that sounds mean, but i intend it in the kindest way possible. like it could be helpful for him to distance himself from the person he invented at harvard and try again, but i want him to contend with that and reconcile his invention with the person he really is; i don’t think they are mutually exclusive!

maybe this comes down to your opinion of his crying club- whether you think theyre really his friends or not- but to me, i don’t think this effort to build community was wrong, even though it was unhealthy that he had to lie about his background to do it. i think adam needs to think about why he had this drive to create a friend group and why he felt like he couldn’t be the same person he was in henrietta. i want him to feel like he can be honest with the crying club, or at least that he can his genuine self with people outside the gangsey. he doesnt have to suddenly dump the whole truth on them, but i wish he could slowly let himself trust them, as they have trusted him with their troubles.

Obviously it was important for him and his character arc to leave henrietta and for him to want to leave behind the person he was there (and the fact that everyone there knew he was poor and a victim of abuse), but i’d like to see adam stay in place somewhere and work through who he is there. I feel like if he leaves and starts somewhere new, he’ll still have that instinct to leave behind this old version of adam and reinvent himself.

what do you all think? i know we all hate the adam becomes a fed thing, but wasnt sure what opinion is on this part

#i think people see a lot of themselves in adam #ive seen people HATE that he goes to harvard and advocate for him to fully drop out #which at least in one case has related to poster not following traditional academic success #me on the other hand- i also really dreamed of going far far away for college and experiencing academic and personal success there #so i resonanted with adams dream of leaving henrietta for prestigious school #anyway. the scene that lives in my head goes like this #adam gathers the crying club to tell them hes tranferring #he says ‘i have to tell you all something.’ #he opens his mouth to explain hes transferring and for some reason instead what he says is #‘im a psychic’ . theyre all like?? #and suddenly he has to explain this statement. and kinda explain that he lied about breaking up w ronan #he doesnt tell them about abuse right away. but slowly truths start to come out and the lies slow down #and slowly realizes that once again he has friends that love him for being adam. not some phony perfect version of himself.

[megumi-fm]

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#okay random story time i don't know why im narrating this or how i even stumbled upon this memory rn #but i generally do sad vents in the tags and for a change this is a funny one #so back in highschool (i say highschool but i mean junior college) i used to visit this park near my house a lot #i was an sg kid back then and the thing about parks there is that they're kinda beach-parks and they have the best cycling/running tracks #they're also really massive parks so i used to go often. sometimes bicycling. other times walking. yeah. the park was like my sanctuary #anyway. there are quite a few bike rental areas in the park and there was a cute lil shop next to this one particular rental place #and they sold like biscuits and water and icecreams and stuff and i went there a lot #and on one particular day i went there and there was this guy around my age part timing at that shop #now again this might be culture specific bc i dont see it in india but part timing in uni/pre-uni is pretty common is sg #a lot of shops and restaurants employ teenagers to twenty something ppl for part time jobs... anyway im just adding context #point is that i had walked to the park with my mum that day and she told me to go buy a couple icecreams so i went to the shop #and i saw this guy around my age and like. not to be a simp but this dude was so pretty? #like he saw someone had come to the counter so he looked up and shot a smile and i thought i got slapped by sunlight #i could spend the next several lines going on about his pretty tan skin and his glowing raven eyes but this is pathetic enough so ill stop #anyway he saw me and smiled really wide (customer service smile- i thought to myself) and i smiled back and asked for icecreams or whatever #and then this guy started getting chatty right. so he was all 'you come here (to the park) often right? ive seen you with your bike a lot' #see now. the problem with me is that i always think im bothering people. this poor dude was attempting to make conversation #and i was replying with one word answers #and i wasn't even realizing that he didnt want that. bc he kept asking more questions and i. kept. shutting them down. #then when he gave me the icecream he was all 'are you here alone? icecream alone is no fun... i could keep you company if you want..?' #which. he was being really cute about right. but because im so fucking dense i was all 'oh no i came with my mom actually' #and he went 'aw man' in this really cute but faux sad way which i didnt understand at the time and i left and then #after three full fucking days. i realized this man was tryna hit on me? #and then i went to the park like a week later and he was gone. poof. i even thought of asking the uncle in charge of that place #then i got too embarrassed and chickened out #yeah so turns out my neurodivergence neutralizes any sort of rizz that comes my way #i could've been chilling with a cute boyf rn but no😩 this is my destiny #megumi in the tags

[famousblueraincoatmp3]

top 10 favorite sea creatures list ever lets goooo

blue whale, a classic, cannot go wrong

2. colossal squid (look at this majestic fuckin thing. hes seen the past future AND the present for sure)

3. beluga whale (omg look at them.....haii:3)

4 giant jellyfish....(they are apperently really smart:)))

5. headless chicken fish lets goooooooooo

6. sea angel mi amore

7 firefly squid i repeat firefly squid

8 zombie worm :333 <3 <3 omgg....

9. no sharks on a list and for it to go on this long really is unlike me so here's the oldest sharkie in the world!! meet miss greenland <3 she can be up to 400 yrs old! would be an absolute honor to have my arm bitten off by her because i attempted to pet her during a fit of human hubris <3

10 brittle star ♥ omg look at it

#thalassophobia #marine biology #greenland sharks are so cool and i love them very much #them and goblin sharks and the sixgill shark are some of my absolute favorites love to hear about them #every photo ive ever seen of the sixgill they are literally just vibing. eating stuff off the ground #i can respect that so much. They live like 1000 yr old college students lol

[stupid-sloot-headcanons]

Blue Lock but it leads to the guys who manage to have an interest/obsession besides soccer being so obsessive and ego-centered that they're borderline incapable of having a healthy relationship with someone as an adult

Like what the fuck are you gonna do, go to the cops? The government went this far to make the best World Cup winners, they aren't gonna do shit if one of those candidates kidnaps you or anything. You're just another sacrifice alongside their well-being in the sports industrial complex 🤷‍♀️

#thots #.blue lock #yandere blue lock #ego is just like: ...can we use this obsession they have with this person as another motivation for them to win tho 🤔 #im just saying ive seen college jocks be pretty damn desperate for a gf. ego can dangle their crush in front of them as a prize #just like the better facilities/food/rewards for ranking up lol

[dumpster-druid]

For a story about tension and death, A Crown of Candy's ending is filled with so much kindness, love, hope, and magic. Truly the most dnd campaign ever.

#my favourite season that ive watched so far ngl #TGE WHOLE PRISONERS DILEMMA WITH RUBY AND SACCHARINA GOT ME IN TEARS OKAY #THAT WAS THE MOST INTENSE THING IVE EVER SEEN #AND THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THEM CHOSE KINDNESS #AND THEN LIAM EATING THE SEED AND LITERALLY CHANGING THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER #IM UGLY CRYING #GOD I LOVE DIMENSION 20 #d20 #dimension 20 #brennan lee mulligan #a crown of candy #acoc #college humor #ruby rocks #saccharina frostwhip #emily axford #siobhan thompson

[sweet-milky-tea705]

Shouts out to the elderly, homeless, addicts, and disfigured this disability pride month please make some effort to treat them with basic human decency now and then

#i know being homeless/an addict isnt a disablity but a lot of them are disabled and without any resources to help they can end up that way #or addiction can result in disability. just treat others with kindness #i see a lot of posts of college students with canes and wheelchairs and none of people in trailer parks who need a wheelchair but use a cane #<<about like art and posters and such ive seen online

[oscill4te]

this is mean but some people in college seem so unhappy and like they are only there bc pressure from their family, if that was me I'd just drop out (i did drop out my first year bc expenses + the degree i wanted wasnt offered)(im being anti-growth, as usual)

#i guess if your parents pay your tuition its harder to drop out but idk. i truly dont think everyone is made for college #if college was free i probably would go back bc it was fun. but obviously its not free. #txt #if your not even enjoying it and have no direction why even go though? if you enjoy it/have a plan thats different #at least after your first year or two #some people have been in college for years bc their parents want them to get a degree bur they just struggle academically #or are still not sure what degree they want to pursue and how to obtain the career they want after college #some people are in so much debt and seen directionless. i always feel like the evil person saying “Its not to late to drop out!” #maybe its“ sunken cost fallacy”.. the “ive paid so much money/am already here so i might as well finish” #in my opinion its okay to change your mind. you can have stability without a degree. maybe not the best pay jobs but you cn make it out oka #im just saying man. if i still chose to pursue college i think id kms from all the debt #im still paying year one off.. from 6 yrs ago lmao

[dbphantom]

maybe i should have gone into practical effects instead of computer science...

#when i was in middle school i used to use red and black pens + spit for blending to make it look like the backs of my hands were torn open #i can't believe it's almost 4am. i just spent 5 hours typing up an essay about MM's erik that i just fuckin privated bc i was embarrassed #AND I STILL NEVER SPELL HIS NAME RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AAAAAAAA #i was right but im going to save all my points for the fanfic im currently planning out and promptly NEVER GOING TO ACTUALLY WRITE #I say shoving my plans for my h2o s3 rewrite off the table #yes i skipped from s2 to s3 i had a BRILLIANT idea [season 3 h2o spoilers ahead be wary my mutuals who are still watching] #okay so you know how lewis goes to the american institute of marine bio in the middle of 3? since this is tied to my s2 rewrite fic i wante #to actually finally reasonably re-introduced dr denman to the story because i never liked that she just fucked off at the end of s1 #despite WITNESSING the moon pool magic. so i made it so she runs into lewis while doing a presentation for the college and they have a chat #(because her JAW paper plays an important part in my s2 rewrite bc i imagine lewis is the kind of guy who SAYS he deleted every copy of #it... but ACTUALLY he secretly printed himself out a copy to study in private to compare to his own notes bc #[lewis voice] come *on* guys just THINK of the progress that he could make with this! [grabby hands in front of chest]) #so yeah they have a chat and Linda kind of gives Lewis the opposite dilemma in s3 that Louise gives him in s1 about science and magic #since SHE knows about the moon pool and has been biding her time and she knows Lewis knows and Lewis is like ah... uh oh. #it will eventually tie into the idea it's not about forcing science and magic together or separating them #its abt respectfully and responsibly utilizing both to see their fullest potential. which lewis learned in s2 and Linda has... not. #BUT #later on she gets a call from 1 (one) ryan who is like 'hey so i heard u did environmental studies on mako for dr bennett a couple years ag #and i was wondering if you've seen anything weird there as im currently doing a-' and she's immediately like 'YOU SON OF A BITCH IM IN' #and he's like 'wha-' and she's like 'i have already booked my plane tickets we're going to have a great time we have lots to talk about :)' #and wheeee now they have someone who knows about mermaids on their team and it's the perfect way to bring lewis back to relevancy in s3 :D #it also gives me reason to have two bad bitches (linda and sophie) meet and get to know each other which is not a dynamic ive seen in #any of the H2O fics i've ever read so im very hyped to delve into how they'll play off each other #also charlotte is there so technically three bad bitches (only in my au Charlotte never lost her tail and is part of the gang she just move #because she felt like she needed to leave to really be able to find herself without being in her grandmother's shadow but she comes back bc #well... it's season 3 mako is sounding the fucking emergency alarms everyone is showing up sdkghkfjhg) #im also so so so hyped to show u guys who's coming back in the s2 rewrite because it ISNT denman and i think everyone thinks it will be :3c #(i said she when telling ppl to look forward to a familiar face... but can u blame me for getting hype she's one of my favorite characters! #i love u H2O #cruddy rambles

[blood-choke]

literally I need a slice of life segment scene of Clear catching MC up on lesbian pop culture???? Like making them watch a Shane McCutcheon edit on repeat or throwing carol on the tv

all of them crowding on the couch to watch the L word together would be kind of iconic ngl. Clear definitely has the full series dvd box set (she collects lesbian lit and media). i do have a hard time imagining Valentina watching anything really, she's more of a book kind of gal, but she could definitely be convinced... then she'd probably get really into it, 8pm sharp once a week for the L word episode. or else.

#ive never seen carol actually :/ sowwy... #im behind on a lot of lesbian movies actually bc i have the attention span of a goldfish #last one i watched was the hunger which was like. Okay. kinda slow but that was to be expected #watched it for my novel it actually came up while i was researching lesbian bars apparently it was a favorite #that they played a lot at the bars #it was kinda crazy since my novel is also about lesbian vampires but i had never heard of the movie before #and then to find it while researching the bars rather than like. actual lesbian vampire media. was a fun coincidence #it's considered ~problematic~ by todays standards but apparently back then it was like Huge in the lesbian scene #lesbian tv shows i tend to just not bother with... i find them....bad. i did watch the L word many years ago tho in college (dont rmr much) #same with orange is the new black when i was in high school which was one of the first times i saw a real butch on screen #dont remember much of that either except for natasha lyonne and lea delaria being sexy #ask #anonymous

[dullahandyke]

accidentally unfollowed u trying to send an ask i'm soso sorry T-T but also people who rely on chatgpt for uni are so incomprehensible to me partially because i took a quick college course last year to get into my job, social care, and like can you imagine having a carer or smth who didn't know what they were doing because they cheated the entire time they were learning??? but also like you're in an academic setting they're gonna have shit in place to notice plagiarism and they take that so seriously lmao. AI bros are annoying as fuck

Dw bro but SO REALLLL LIKE. I watched the main person I was bitching about for a while and they're a business student who was using chatgpt to pass a sociology test or something 😰😰 NOT a good sign for the businesses of tomorrow

#genuinely at this point im beyond the ai bros im like ok youre gonna be fucking annoying i understand #but what gets my goat is like. tech #tech-illiterate people who do it because its easy #in most cases i fully advocate for cheating on tests and shit #but like. fucker youre going to fail bcos chatgpt is gonna serve u a nothing of a paragraph!!! #we need a mandatory computer module NOW #AND LIKE YOURE RIGHT eg my college has automatic plagiarism detectors #and in big highlighted text in front of all my assignment submission forms it says 'DO NOT USE CHATGPT WE WILL KNOW' #and ive mostly heard/seen ppl who arent in my course doing it (mostly stem and business people which is also badly disappointing) #but like. if i went up to somebody in my English Course and went 'hey how are you liking the english' #and they went 'im using chatgpt'. i would maul them to death #wait post cancelled i just remembered the horrific 200+ member whatsapp group for an english module im taking #that loads of arts students are also taking for easy As #where its a constant stream of 'i havent read the book' 'im using chatgpt' 'i dont know how to google the answers' #< i have it. muted

[mostlikelynothuman]

Dude your Maddie Phantom fusion character is awesome! Hope to see more of them in the future! :D

holy shit how far back did you scroll on my blog i havent talked about them in forever

would you believe ive been bouncing a fic idea around in my head for years that ive just been too lazy to write maybe now ill do it

tldr I love you

#I was trying to make them a playlist a few months ago too but then my phone ate it after a bunch of effort #and that kinda killed my motivation to do it rip #anyway yeah the phantom fusion thing is the one unique idea ive ever had #not that other people havent done the fusion thing but ive never seen anyone go in this one very specific and INCREDIBLY angsty direction #lmao #i havent really drawn anything in forever either #theres probably a lot of reasons for that but man did that last semester of college absolutely murder my creativity #fuck it ive decided: new content is that goddamn playlist for the *checks notes* fourth try?

[stormy-sierra]

guys if i opened up commissions for wiz-style painted icons/even just opened commissions for wiz/pitty characters would anyone be interested. like For real

#i know ive seen people do it and get good responses here before but like...opening up comms always scares me #however my hours at work got reduced by a lot and i need to make money to (hopefully) start college again this january #i know i haven't been around as much lately but ive also been kinda rotating wiz again so it may be a good idea #so uhh. here goes nothing. expect (maybe) a post detailing them later today or this week (if my adhd works with me #sierra speaks

[syn4k]

gods i wish i could participate in the strike for gaza today but this is the only full day we have in school this week and it's exams time. i already missed friday and i cannot do this again

#ray's tag #ive seen all of these posts going around for months surrounding gaza but half of them are guilt trippy and the other half are things #i literally cannot participate in either because i'm not old enough to or because i am terrified of calls of any kind #i never leave my house and can't drive so i can't participate in protests. Both my parents work full time jobs and my mom is in college so #she can't take me anywhere. I've been focusing my energy elsewhere because if I spread myself any thinner I'm going to break. #and like it feels fucking horrible i know silence is complicity but. i know if i get into this then it'll completely wreck my mental health #i dont even know why im trying to explain myself here i just. gods. #yeah whatever im going offline for now i have assignments to do and its too early for a crisis rn #deep sigh. its not enough. it'll never be enough. im just loving as hard as i can and sharing kindness as much as possible but. GAH

[lebrookestore]

oh girl what the fuck

#so....i have investigated to the best of my abilities and i am still thoroughly lost so thats that #but what?? literally so much transpired ok so firstly soobin flipped seunghan off with his toes like what.... #SEUNGHAN WAS KICKED OUT OF RIIZE FOR SMOKING..... R U KIDDING ME LMFAO THATS SO????? #PLEASE he was doing normal dumb teenager things u should see the people in my college and literally every other college here #why do people drag any sort of celebrity for making normal human decisions #like yes it isn't good for you no shit it isn't but im sure he's mentally sane enough to know that #people who smoke are AWARE of the fact its not good for them trust me i have friends who are well aware #the consequences are on every single pack like they know #bro got kicked out for something literally millions of other people do like what kpoppies are insane and sm is stupid #secondly....i don't even know how to address the made in abyss scandal like it seems so messy what even #let me be so clear here if this allegations are true then i am absolutely disgusted and cannot even fathom what the fuck is happening #like woozi taeyong everyone what #but from what i have seen... and PLEASE DO NOT MISTAKE THIS AS ME DEFENDING ANYONE I AM SIMPLY STATING WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON TWITTER DOT COM #the copy that taeyong had of that manga was the censored version #does this help no not really but i don't really know enough about this situation i will look into it as much as i can i just have no TIME #ive also seen that all of them have been cleared??? so thats also something we should take into consideration i suppose #and the manga/anime is advertised as gore/horror etc ofc this does not excuse its contents literally what the fuck is that author on #but i have to state how entirely hypocritical it is to judge someone based off the media they consume because i know damn well #that a lot of people consume very fucked up content like dark fiction is a thing have yall seen the ya novels nowadays #that does not make the person who consumes it condone it...bc its fiction #at the end of the day these are men i dont trust them as delusional as i may portray myself on this hellsite #also i saw a tweet ab someone on twitter saying bc taeyong reads beserk and that is also a manga with incredibly dark themes he must be #fucked up #firstly a lot of manga/anime have dark themes but thats not the point #a LOT of people around the world have read that manga (im literally not talking ab taeyong here i promise) #literally people i know have #they KNOW how fucked up it is they dont recommend it to anyone and literally say read it at your own risk its fucked up #it does not mean they directly condone the shit that goes on in the manga they have quite the opposite stance actually #(beserk is also the nunber 1 rated manga of all time i know this my ex doesn't shut up ab it and neither does one of my best friends) #anyway i dont know much about this yet so i will look into it more; had no idea what was happening until five mins ago but literally wtf ma

[pirateborn-a]

Forever normal ab roger and his not-sons-yet-boys

#[ ooc ] ✧〖 bid farewell to weaver’s town 〗 #Tbd. #[ i am like. The most sleep deprived ive been in my life so i will not talk but yelling shouting shaking them #[ ohhhhhhh when the loves someone so so so much and wants to protect them and never hurt them and yet does all of that irreversibly #[ i am just!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #[ @ them always and forever and i go college derogatory let me write roger failing to be fathershaped bc his ass has no idea what a dad is #[ literally!!! Raised shanks!! From a baby!! Implied at least have seen some theories but regardless!!!! #[ and buggy ìs also roger's and roger would kill bite murder maim for it #[ but just head in hands -waves hands around- #[ so so so normal.......... shanks im So sorry </3 #[ au where roger embraced dadness...... #[ sighs #[ when the larger than life person Is human and yet that blinding brightness never quite dims and burns as much as it warms