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[ID: An illustration of Ryan Whelan and Naim Reid from the 2026 film Leviticus. They are facing each other, Naim holding up a lighter between them to light their cigarettes. Ryan is looking down at the light while Naim’s eyes are on him. There’s a red thread hanging from their hands. Behind them is a circular frame with an image of them kissing over a solid red background. The overall artwork has a dark background with a white border. Written at the top is the film title. END ID]

#obsessed obsessed obsessed #so cute #nom nom let me eat it #they’re wearing their outfits from the bus!!#leviticus #ryan whelan #naim reid

one of entity ryan’s most obviously ooc moments (to me) is that scene through the screen door when he goes “i was never scared of this.” as far as i can tell the entity is saying this to make naim feel alone & isolated from ryan, since the biggest threat to both the entity and their church is when they’re together and going strong. and, if entity ryan makes naim feel like he shouldn’t be scared, maybe he’ll open the door.

but what do you MEAN “i was never scared of this” because of course ryan was scared!! of course he was as terrified as naim was! ryan’s fear is overshadowed by naim’s only because naim thinks of himself as a person who is constantly afraid. but ryan didn’t want anyone to know, either. “don’t tell anyone about it. the mill.” and in his backyard, with the entity, saying “not here. someone will see us.” even at the mall, using “don’t make me tell anyone” as a last line of defense. it didn’t matter that entity naim was hurting him. he didn’t want to out naim because he was scared of what their town would do to him.

the truth isn’t so much that naim is just an inevitably fearful person. it’s that bandee is a place that fosters fear & uses it against people who don’t conform to make them feel alone. neither naim nor ryan were what the town wanted, so they were both made to feel scared. it was never just naim.

#i also think naim was just less horny which made him seem a little more hesitant #but that’s besides the point #i love naim #so so much #leviticus #leviticus 2026 #rants #rants n rambles #ryan whelan #naim reid #ryan x naim #ryanaim #not even gonna talk about how ryan’s relationship with hunter was probably born out of fear that naim didn’t return his feelings #also not going to mention that naim outing ryan was likely a subconscious attempt to end their own relationship #not just ryan and hunter’s #cause idk #anyway i miss them

how long will you give me?

#leviticus #leviticus edit #gracie abrams edit #ryan whelan #naim reid #ryan x naim #ryanaim #my edits #me: i should make happier edits #also me:

sootandspine

spot the difference, this is evidence joe bird is in fact just a monchhichi doll 🎀

#he is three apples tall #leviticus

gnawu

ryanaim are such a prince and knight pairing btw. that au could go crazy

#naim's fairy like features and ryan's wildness. it's perfect #<- i need to be sedated #ahhhHHHAHAHH #reblogging this on the off chance sootandspine will find it #my friend you are the literal goat and your art is fucking fantastic #leviticus #ryanaim

you were my whole world <3

#i fear they’re getting longer and longer #buckle up this one hit 2mins #leviticus #leviticus edit #ethel cain #ethel cain edit #(again)#ryan whelan #naim reid #ryan x naim #ryanaim #my edits

sootandspine

still recovering from your drawing of ryan and entity naim. your art is gorgeous and i am on my knees praying for more of leviticus <3

ahhh i love you and i want to thank you for taking the time to tell me <3

im brainstorming knight ryan next and currently being torn apart by two concepts. i might just have to draw both lol

i got an AMAZING anon ask/idea sent to me earlier relating to another post that involved him with a bloody sword and unfortunately i am weak for blood 😭 i also feel like drawing a portrait though

anyway i need to stop reblogging things and passing time on tumblr and get to work

#im so unbelievably hype for this drawing #me in the corner chanting about blood and knights and birds while you draw the next mona lisa #i swear to god #i am going clinically insane #tytyty

she’s dressed in white for her slaughter…

#is this anything #lazy edit #leviticus #leviticus edit #ryan whelan #naim reid #ryan x naim #ryanaim #elias hix #elias hix edit #my edits

sootandspine

time lapse of drawing ryan and entity naim

drawing time: 9h

check out the finished piece: this is a link

song reference:

#HOLY SHIT #leviticus #ryan whelan #naim reid

castanhadecajuu

Ok so I’ve watched Leviticus yesterday for the first time and idk if this makes any sense but I thought a lot about the ending, about how during the last scene when we see ryan and naim on the bus we see entity ryan standing outside. Naim looks at the entity and then at real ryan and then leans on him, closing his eyes, looking at peace, like he is quietly accepting whatever comes next. And it got me thinking, what does come next? Because I refuse to believe that they are doomed to live their lives in misery and fear now, I know that what has been done cannot be undone but I also believe that it can be made less severe, less horrible over time.

I love the idea of the entities in leviticus slowly looking more and more like an outdated version of ryan and naim, like their scared teenage selves they left behind that don’t resemble their adult selves. Like the more they live a happy life, the more they love and support one another, the harder it gets for the entity to be able to emulate them as they currently are. That’s how I feel when I look at pictures of myself in high school, my eyes look so sad and lonely, I was so desperate for friends, for confirmation that I wasn’t unloveable. My eyes look completely different now in pictures, I have a queer circle of friends, I look happy. I think that would be a natural and logical progression of how the entities slowly lose power. I believe the reason jessica lived such a miserable life after her girlfriend died is because she is alone, because she is isolated and doesn’t have anyone she can lean on, because she is absolutely consumed by fear and horror. The entity targets you when you’re alone because in isolation, without support you’re the most vulnerable, the most desperate for contact, the most likely to want to believe the entity is real even if logic dictates otherwise. So, my conclusion is, living in isolation without allowing yourself to love freely actually makes the entity more powerful, whereas having someone by your side, learning to love yourself, your queerness, finding your footing in the world and community with other queer people makes it much less likely to be able to trick you and harm you.

At some point naim will look outside his window in the morning and see entity ryan trying to get him to come outside, but it’s like a faded photograph of his boyfriend, a sad, lonely version of ryan that never found love, never got to live to adulthood, stuck in the state he was sentenced in to live in misery or else to die young by adults in his life who should’ve known better and cared for him instead. And naim’s heart aches for that mirage outside, but he knows that’s not his ryan, he knows it has no power over him anymore, it cannot entice him anymore, because the reality of their current relationship is much better than the fantasy back then ever was

#this is so well articulated #im climbing the walls gnawing at the bars of my enclosure #i know one of the reasons leviticus is such an incredible queer horror story is the fact that it’s open ended #especially since the entity can be seen as a more violent and horrific counterpart to homophobia #but i love a happy ending as much as anyone #and there’s something about the idea of homophobia becoming outdated…#as if the entity reflects not only their perceptions of each other but also the hate they face from the world around them #moving to the city #being around people that they relate to #is going to lessen the entity’s power more than anything else #thank u op im obsessed with this take #leviticus #rants

sophthecoolperson

forever thinking about the theory that Ryan and Naim DID actually see each other in the forest while naim was running away from entity Ryan and Ryan was (presumably) doing the same. Their timelines seem pretty adjacent in the lead up to meeting at the bus stop because they seem really tired, as if they both hadn’t slept that night while running away from the entity.

The fact that Ryan throws the rock as well just seems so off for entity Ryan, because the real Ryan had never thrown rocks at Naim before and so it seems more like an attempt at self-defence to entity Naim.

It’s so heart wrenching when you realise that omg this is the POINT. This is the point of the movie that they are so blinded by their fear that they attempt to hurt the ones they love most— they FEAR the ones they love most, unable to disconnect the fear of the being from the feelings towards the beings.

That small point of confusion as well— when they both pause to think wait- it might actually be you- until Ryan throws the rock, because HE is the one who was always the bravest and the one that risked it all to show his goal: kissing Naim, putting his hand on his back, touching him on the bus, etc. while in this moment this manifests itself into deciding against this bravery and going all out with fear— hence throwing the rock before risking Naim being the entity despite doubts he may have had.

This, inherently, being what the curse wanted in making them fear each other so much that if the entity didn’t kill them the real ones might.