#oliverfelix

[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.

#he’s very amy dunne in a way #amy dunne is the manifestation of the pent up frustration and anger every woman has #she has that entire cool girl monologue to show it #i wouldn’t really say she’s a revenge fantasy but so many feminists love her as a feminist icon #because she gets revenge on a man who represents every first world modern problem women face #oliver is the EXACT SAME but for queer people instead! #we’re put on a pedestal we’re belittled we’re pitied #we’re constantly the patronised sidekick #but oliver breaks this and becomes the main character and takes everything from the people who have oppressed him in a way #and that’s why so many queer audiences love him #or at least i do #oliver quick #saltburn #cattonquick #felix catton #felixoliver #oliverfelix #felix x oliver #oliver x felix

[waywardgirl75]

it's impossible not to remember paul and julian from these violent delights while watching saltburn

#iykyk #pauljulian #these violent delights #micah nemerever #saltburn #oliverfelix