#venetia rose catton you will always be famous to me

[virginprune]

im always surprised how many people think venetia is the younger sibling. i feel like we get so caught up in those scenes defined as shocking and grotesque by media and pop culture at large that we skim over the quiet, lurking horrors of saltburn. poor, poor venetia, who was born first but will never be first, not to the boys, not to her parents, not to oliver, not to anyone. mommy's emotionally battered and neglected firstborn daughter. felix was born when venetia was still a baby, not even two years old, the perfect golden boy, son and heir, sun and air. and he's getting it all, the title, the estate, everything ("I will look after this house just as felix would have"). do you think they ever talked about it? which catton was getting saltburn? i dont. venetia, the butt of every joke. desperate, embarrassing, lighting her body up like a neon sign on an empty highway. if felix is the sun, venetia is the moon, shrouded in darkness when he's not near. venetia, destroying and remaking herself in her mother's eyes. always hungry, a scavenger of love, picking over felix's scraps, sucking up the detritus at the bottom of a dark, lonely ocean.

#saltburn #venetia catton #i've never been mentally ill in my life #venetia rose catton you will always be famous to me

[virginprune]

man you ever think about how hard people slept on venetia especially that final bathroom confrontation scene. like if we wanna talk about, unsettling uncomfortable raw sexuality that's just... wow! venetia taunting oliver, slapping him, her fingers in his mouth, her hand on his throat, a tear running down his face. it's so twisted and so compelling. you love to see it!

#el yappo #i'll die here #saltburn #venetia rose catton you will always be famous to me

[virginprune]

something i like to torture myself with is the fact that venetia and felix died only a week apart. "she said it herself: she couldn't live without him." i believe that was honestly the truth. they were so close in age there were never memories where the other sibling didn't exist. there was a never a life before felix. how could there be a life after him? and really, when you think about it, how can you have a matching tattoo when your other half is missing?

#saltburn #venetia catton #venetia rose catton you will always be famous to me #felix catton