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🎱 :
the ending also implies that both him and ryan just learned to live with it, which is sad, but its what so many of us have to do 🙂↕️
2026-06-28 00:38:00
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The_Great Introvert :
But the ending is hopeful because him and Ryan are able to be together despite the fear of the entity, I love this ending so much for so many reasons, it’s the perfect ending for the perfect movie
2026-06-28 04:04:46
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addie :
i interpret it that the entity is powered by fear, and by leaving the town and being together they’re showing that they arent scared anymore, so the entity can no longer reach them. it may appear sometimes, but it can’t hurt them.
2026-06-29 06:01:26
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Sophprano :
Also, throwing rocks in the bible was the primary punishment for disobeying god/severe sinning (such as being gay) in the book of leviticus. Ryan and Hunter throwing rocks at each other was a form of punishment for being attracted to each other.
2026-06-30 23:11:06
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aaron :
WAKE IT UPPPPPPPPP
2026-06-28 01:42:02
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slem shady :
you cant ever escape fear, shame, and hate, but you can find people who know what its like, and you can learn to live through it with love and community. it doesnt fully disappear, but it gets better
2026-07-08 14:35:53
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naim’s twin :
convinced this movie will haunt me for the rest of my life
2026-07-05 14:09:24
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Raeraebaebae 🎲 :
My favorite way to look at it is to think of the entity more as a metaphor for the hate and fear rather than an actual entity. The way I interpret the ending is as Naim and Ryan are leaving the town behind together they’re also leaving all that hate and fear behind with which is why the entity Ryan was just standing and watching as Naim left the town.
2026-07-10 07:17:43
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🎧 :
goodness this film is so freaking relatable 💔
2026-06-30 13:06:31
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Rin :
life goes on, but they had happy ending
2026-07-04 09:34:42
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Brian :
exactly! we live with it because we have to
2026-06-30 21:25:39
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romanin :
Not a pastor, meaning it should’ve already been a clue that he is what opens the door to the entity, especially the incantation(a pastor usually seen in movies speaks out loud, really loud to get rid of a “demon” or entity while the healer mumbled the words contrasting them), that’s why they don’t use the word pastor
2026-06-28 09:40:21
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ashton :
i think this movie describes cptsd pretty well
2026-07-01 14:31:12
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poopbutt :
Wow Bad Religion would also have been perfect for this movies soundtrack….
2026-06-29 21:12:13
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shills :
My letterboxd comment: Genuinely moved me. It’s such a simplistic and straightforward allegory, but it’s done so very well. The commentary on the harms of conversion therapy and how it takes lives was heartbreaking, but what stuck out to me most was the commentary on how to live with the trauma of being forced to repress yourself. For others, the only way out is to take their own lives, and the many who manage survive can oftentimes be plagued with the trauma and the part of themselves they’ll never be able to outrun. It isn’t that part of themself that was ever the problem, it’s what the church made of it, contorting it into a shameful, aggressive creature to be feared. The way “it” attacks them when they’re alone and dissipates when surrounded by other people is such a good way of portraying how distractions can only delay the shame one feels after the church’s and society’s interventions. Though they likely will never be able to escape their demons—the fear, the guilt, the shame—they found solace in one another, because it’s true: that is what they wanted, for them to fear one another. Regardless, they persevere, because they know that they can’t rely on never being alone and simply hold out trust that, with the support of each other, they can grow strong enough to reject the evil instilled in them by the church and accept that the evil within themselves isn’t quite evil after all. It’s also so profound that the very thing (fire) that thrust them into this torturous existence is the very thing that protects them from it. It’s incredibly similar to the way the church misrepresents and misuses love in the name of a supposedly just god to traumatize queer youth; but when they come to the realization that this abrahamic, idealized “love” is not true, they’re able to kind of amend that within themselves—however small they may start (hence the lighter becoming a warehouse fire)—and use love and acceptance in its purest form to ward off the cruelty of an intentionally misguided religion.
2026-06-29 12:45:40
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