The arc is also different, almost flipped (though in a different way than the "reverse Saltburn" proposed in the post). Instead of "I desperately want these rich people's love and acceptance... but what if they see through me and turn against me?", Tom's arc is "I'm a teenage socialist and it goes against my principles to consort with th…
The arc is also different, almost flipped (though in a different way than the "reverse Saltburn" proposed in the post). Instead of "I desperately want these rich people's love and acceptance... but what if they see through me and turn against me?", Tom's arc is "I'm a teenage socialist and it goes against my principles to consort with the decadent rich... wait, they're actually wonderful? And some of them loved me even before I knew it?"
The arc is also different, almost flipped (though in a different way than the "reverse Saltburn" proposed in the post). Instead of "I desperately want these rich people's love and acceptance... but what if they see through me and turn against me?", Tom's arc is "I'm a teenage socialist and it goes against my principles to consort with the decadent rich... wait, they're actually wonderful? And some of them loved me even before I knew it?"