An endless nothing.

[actuallysara]

Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander | Heated Rivalry: Season 1

[taiturner]

HEATED RIVALRY WEEK — day 7: free choice

[samehere-onlyone]

Just a friendly reminder that this is the first time they ever kissed in front of other people. I'm gonna go cry now. Have a nice day!

[hystericalend]

I know it gets brought up in every interview but I can't shut up about how insane the chemistry is between joe and stacy. The concept of leviticus relies so heavily on ryan and naim's attraction to one another being persuasive for the film to achieve its goal. It needed to be feasible that their desire was so strong they couldn't walk away from eachother even when it might kill them, and if the audience hadn't been sold on that chemistry the entire film would've fallen apart. But from their very first scene together, joe and stacy inject ryan and naim's interactions with a thrumming attraction, every kiss beautifully captivating bc of how tenderly these boys touch one another. Naim kisses ryan with a gentleness he's never felt before, and ryan makes naim feel brave and excited where he's only ever felt afraid. Realisitically it's just a highschool crush, but these boys like eachother so much. The audience can't help but root for them despite the danger. Naim knows it's not ryan behind the screen door, but he gets pulled closer anyway. Because it looks like ryan, laughs like ryan, makes him laugh and feel the same warm spread of desire. A pairing with weaker chemistry would've had viewers yelling at the screen that naim was an idiot. Why do you keep falling for the entity? Just leave! But bc of joe and stacy the audience is so sold on their attraction to one another, their palpable chemistry, that you get drawn in right along with naim. You experience the same betrayal he does, the horror of this thing that looks like ryan violating him. And throughout the film to the end you want them to stay together despite the entity, because what they have is worth the fear. I earnestly need joe and stacy to be recognised for these outstanding performances because it wouldn't be the same film without them.

[hystericalend]

Im too dumb but can Ryanaim do like a secret code they only know to say to each other to make sure that it is the Real them. Or would the entity know that too 😂

realistically they could probably figure something out, but part of me almost wants for there to be no way for them to distinguish the entity from the real thing. because that's what makes the concept of leviticus so devastating, isn't it? that they can never know? that's the entity's whole purpose, to always keep them guessing, for fear to wear them down until they figure the torment isn't worth it.

so, my dramatic answer is nope. they have no code and can never tell beyond whipping out a lighter and watching to see if they get an unholy demonic shriek or just a "fuck! watch it cunt". but i do think they work out other coping strategies. they never show up unannounced, no surprise parties or visits at work. they constantly send update texts about their whereabouts when it changes. ryan is the one with the car since he needs the ute set up for work, but naim fills the extra hours on either side of uni classes with study at the library til ryan can pick him up.

the people around them think their codependence is a little strange, but even without knowledge of demonic entities, ryan and naim have opened up enough abt their past for their friends to hold off on "it's unhealthy" lectures. and idk, like i keep saying, i like to think that the less afraid they become, the less power the entity holds over them. they'll catch glimpses till the day they die, but it never works it's way between them. love in spite of fear, yadiyadiyada.

[curlyqcat]

ryan was a freak but is actually so gentle too ?? his physicality towards naim is so protective in a way ?? 😭 also that man is an exhibitionist such a freak

yes i noticed that too! i was watching his hands throughout the film and the way he touched naim was so different to how he handled hunter. his hands cupped naim’s head so gently when they kissed, and in one scene (i think when they were talking to the girlfriend of the dead girl), he kept a hand at the small of naim’s back for a good while just in case anything happened. they’re incredibly endearing 🥹🥹 he also spoke to naim so softly and reassuringly even when they were both scared shitless (like when not-ryan was playing peekaboo around the bus lol)

also THE BUS HANDJOB SCENE. oh my godddd that was so intimate, you could tell ryan loved that shit because he was grinning ear to ear. he is indeed a freak exhibitionist, anon. but we love him <3

[hystericalend]

getting to see how different ryan is with hunter vs naim was sooooo buzzy oh my god.. he and hunter throwing rocks and punches, yelling until eventually they're drawn together and get the sexual contact they actually want. ryan justifying to himself that he can have sex with boys as long as pain precedes it, him using masculine rough housing as a flirting method, and that shaping how he approaches naim initally. He insults him for being afraid of the snake, of heights. Insults him for being weak, wrestles him to the floor, gets physical, throws verbal punch after punch. And then, finally, violent foreplay out of the way, now he can kiss him. But naim isn't hunter. He's shy and tender and kisses back like he wants ryan not just the thrill of taking what he shouldn't want. And seeing ryan take that in, process it, and have his demeanor towards naim change completely throughout the rest of their intial romance is so endearing. The next time theyre in the abandoned mill, there's no wrestling or insults, no necessary precursor of violence. Just lying side by side, welcoming naim's vulnerability and returning it with his own. There's nothing you like about this place? Meaning: do you like me the way I like you? Then not a kiss he takes, one they both give each other, slowly meeting in the middle.

[frenetic--energy]

what i fucking love about this scene is that we know it's not really ryan, naim knows it’s not really ryan. there's no part about this that is naim being lulled, being seduced, being tricked, being gotcha!'d. it's not him but it wears his face; it talks like him, it caresses like him, it comes close and smiles and laughs like he would. naim is leaning in despite the danger, moth to flame, knowing full well what's in front of him and craving it anyway.

this is queerness as fantasy—what we could be if not for circumstance. it's queer desire in a world determined to treat us as aliens. more than any other moment in the film, this scene exemplifies leviticus thematically in one brutal, efficient stroke. they want us separate and alone and scared, but we don't have to be. loving hurts, and we love anyway.

[davinaclaires]

JOE BIRD and STACY CLAUSEN as NAIM and RYAN LEVITICUS (2026) written and directed by Adrian Chiarella

[ashortcuttomushrooms]

[Image Description: A gifset of a scene from Leviticus 2026. Ryan says to Naim: "Okay, so you leave town. Then what? It's just gonna look like the next dickhead you're into. And the next one after that. If I'm gonna live with this thing, then..." He pauses before continuing: "I don't want it to look like some other dickhead. I want it to look like you." End Image Description]

[Plain text caption: Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen as Naim and Ryan

Leviticus (2026) written and directed by Adrian Chiarella]

[only-cat-memes]

[firstprinced]

#ilya ur so nonchalant king i promise <3

[topgradeboy]

hollanov hall of fame (fic rec masterlist)

some popular some not so popular fics that i adore. asterisks are favs that i can't be normal about.

character study

rookie of the year by medric / @bluegrasshole*

rozanov – not on hockey / vdud' (eng) by werevolche / gotthesunshinex *

mosquito by gone_girl

au (hockey, or not)

vessel by medric / @bluegrasshole*

clear to a hedgehog by @magneticwave*

for the right reasons by @citrusses*

house of mirrors by ratherunnecessary

win and bear it by anonymous (public plea to please...update)

hurts so good (angst/whump)

penalties by @citrusses*

show me how to be whole again by @rozanohwell*

send me back a thousand days by @rozanohwell*

if only a prayer by absolutelyhollanov*

dogging by @radialarch

everything else (yum yum )

running down the hills by hockeyfinches

ballad of a bisexual terminator by pressuretoparty

torture me (with all i’ve wanted) by toomuchplor

like for like by @smugrobotics*

love takes a mile by corsi

that'll leave a mark by subcorax

forget there's any other place by anonymous

serendipity by ummrys

[nessa007]

The Other Bennet Sister (2026) + parallels

[perlukafarinn]

List of Shane Hollander's crushes:

Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid.

Patrick Swayze, specifically in Dirty Dancing because his mom would watch that movie whenever it came on and nine year old Shane would join her, watching with an innocent but fixed fascination he usually only ever showed for hockey related things.

Li Shang in Mulan.

An 8th grade classmate who occasionally told the other boys to knock it off when they made jokes at Shane's expense. He had that 90s popular boy curtain bangs haircut and Shane would sometimes fantasize about brushing the hair away from his face.

The boy who was the Captain of his U15 team the year he joined. Confused it for hero worship. He had a habit of ruffling Shane's hair and of teasing him in a way that sometimes crossed the line from affectionate to mean. Both gave Shane butterflies.

Scott Hunter, also confused for hero worship.

A 12th grade classmate who was on the basketball team and who always stood just a little bit too close whenever he talked to Shane, forcing Shane to crane his neck to look up at him.

Ilya Rozanov, unfortunately.

Carter Vaughn. He's cute, he's friendly, and he throws his arm around Shane's shoulders whenever they meet.

Ilya Rozanov, still.

A photographer who takes Shane's pictures for one of his many brand deals and is a little more hands-on than most, without touching Shane in any way that could be construed as inappropriate. Tells Shane "good job, kid, you're a natural" once the shoot is over, his voice warm and deep.

His boyfriend, Ilya Rozanov.

J.J. Boiziau, after J.J. takes him out to a gay club post Shane coming out and forces him onto the dancefloor with him. This crush is swiftly snuffed out the next week when J.J. tosses his socks at him in the locker room and the smell nearly knocks Shane out cold.

His husband, Ilya Rozanov ❤️

[perlukafarinn]

#i think shane is absolutely the type of person to tell ilya he has a crush on him#like i'm talking they're on their literal honeymoon after getting married#curled in bed together enjoying the afterglow#and shane turns and looks at ilya and goes#ilya i have a crush on you#and ilya is filled with a cuteness aggression so strong he literally goes to bite shane's cheeks#which just makes shane more blushy and flustered#and he's like#ilya im serious you still give me butterflies im still stuck staring at you when we're in a room together#stop laughing!#because ilya only pauses nibbling and kissing at shane's cheeks to laugh and tease#and when he pulls away he looks at shane and goes#shane i have a crush on you too#and he's blushing and shane points it out#and ofc ilya is like 'never in my life have i blushed russians do not do this'#while his cheeks are pink and he's giggling at his hubsnd#and how lucky are they both to marry their most beloved crushes

@unholyhollander no you get it they literally never stop crushing on each other, they've been married for years and still give each other butterflies <3

[enh1614149]

[midnightglances]

my doctor said that freaky hotel sex followed by ordering room service and eating it in bed would heal me

[its-lemon-time]

Ok Even

[drawballa]

Sleepy boys 💤