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Some day, I am going to write a treatise on how Oliver Quick based the logic for every single one of his choices in Saltburn on things he was actively, verbally told by other characters, and how this is a core character trait for Oliver that culminates in his choice to tell himself who he is by the end of the movie in his monologue to Elspeth's comatose body.

This treatise will also conclusively demonstrate that Oliver Quick is an impatient bitch who only gets more impulsive in his choices as the story goes on, up until he kills Felix and finally can wait as long as it takes to getback to Saltburn, because he finally knows for sure that the one friend he ever had will still be there in the same place and same state Oliver left him in no matter how long he takes to return.

For now, though, I have too many other things to finish and will not let myself be distracted by a project that will definitely take longer than the brainworms try to tell me.

But yes. It is one of my favorite details of Saltburn. If you listen like Oliver does, his logic may be a little mad, but it's not nonexistent. Every single choice he makes can be traced back to something someone says to him, because ultimately that poor lil' gremlin boy just desperately wanted to fit in and had no idea how to do that.