so you're telling me that from ryan whelan's pov, from the beginning of the movie up to sometime before the funeral scene, he's been living in a a secretive, fucked up version of a romance movie where the person he's in a romance with isn't even there and he has no idea? he's spending all this time with the person he wants the most, and at first it is actually him, but then the ritual happens and it starts to be the entity and he's under the impression that it's still naim. they've been hanging out, going on dates to the photobooth and who knows what else, "naim" has been at his house what is implied to be multiple times ("stop coming to my house") and he only fully realizes what's actually been happening at the funeral when he sees the same thing happen to naim, are you kidding me? i'm sick. release the ryan pov version right now, where is it. THE ONLY TIME NAIM HAS BEEN INSIDE RYAN'S HOUSE AND IT WASN'T EVEN ACTUALLY NAIM I HATE IT HERE, wdym the only time ryan was aware of naim being there it was the entity and all the other times naim was there it was from a distance and ryan had no idea
like, from his pov he sees this new boy in town and falls for him, ignores him at school at first but eventually they hang out together, exploring the outskirts of town and this abandoned mill, he tries to impress him and it kind of works, they smoke together and play wrestle, naim tells him these stories about his life and they start to bond. then somehow ryan's parents find out about his sexuality and take him to this 'deliverance healer' and he's forced to go to this ritual. he doesn't think it'll work and laughs about it with hunter, and even after convulsing and vomiting on the floor he basically says fuck the town and the deliverance healer, i dont care about whatever that was, i'm still going to see "naim" and you wont keep me away from him with your rituals or whatever else.
like, he was bruised on his arm when naim first sees him after the ritual, and ryan warns him that arlene is gonna see them, meaning he's already seen entity naim by that point and gotten hurt by him, and his only worry is that that naim's mom will see them and send him to the healer next. he's not worried about getting hurt by an entity, he's just a boy with a crush and he's trying to protect him from being outed to his mom and the town, trying to protect what's most near and dear to him, trying to preserve their romance that's secret and only theirs to know about omg loverboy ryan you'll always be famous GIMME THE RYAN CUT
