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Honorably mentioned post: Bridget Kearns 101: the Shutter Island character that deserves more fans

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Andrew was Lester's gay awakening and Lester was Andrew's bi awakening, I just know it

I do think Lester already kinda knew he was into men, but was in denial. Like, might've hooked up with a few guys in college but told himself it was just for fun or had a crush on a colleague, but told himself it was just admiration

And since Andrew is bi with a preference for women, Lester was just straight up the first guy he was ever attracted to

bridget-kearns-fan

I need to talk more about this

Lester (canonically handsome) was definitely asked out by women in college or they at the very least implied they wanted him to ask them out

But he always came up with something like "oh well we're so busy right now, I don't want it to impact my studies etc"

His excuse for only sleeping with men and never even thinking about women is that it's proof that he IS attracted to women, because the men he slept with won't stay on his mind or impact his studies (some of them very much did)

#tbh he was being kinda honest about not wanting a relationship because he was too busy #because he never really pursued full on realtionships with men either #like he had 3 or 4 fwb maybe (not at the same time) (also non exclusive so they wouldn't have cared either way) (it was casual)#idk if I'm slandering his good name #he was an excellent student

Andrew was Lester's gay awakening and Lester was Andrew's bi awakening, I just know it

I do think Lester already kinda knew he was into men, but was in denial. Like, might've hooked up with a few guys in college but told himself it was just for fun or had a crush on a colleague, but told himself it was just admiration

And since Andrew is bi with a preference for women, Lester was just straight up the first guy he was ever attracted to

#shutter island #this is all headcanons #both of them could be straight men for all we know #I don't think Andrew would've been homophobic because Dolores is bi with no preference #andrester #andrew laeddis x lester sheehan #andrew laeddis #lester sheehan

my favourite Dolores headcanon is that she watches a lot of TV

#shutter island #idk if I ever talked about that #but like she's a depressed 1950s housewife who also has insomnia #you can't tell me that she didn't just plop the kids in front of the tv while she wanted to do a chore/just relax like all the time #or that she didn't watch TV out of boredom while Rachel was asleep and the other two were at school #or in the middle of the night when she couldn't sleep #or just when she didn't have the motivation to do fucking anything else #ik she has bipolar disorder but I think she has type two which is mostly depressive

Lester would be so stressed and so demotivated and so overworked in every universe where he doesn't meet Andrew

#tbh he's already stressed and overworked in the main universe but andrew motivates him #shutter island

Shutter Island Swap AU when I don't mischaracterize Dolores is so tasty and awesome

#basfically the swap au is like.#it gets swapped at the very end of each backstory and the other person ends up in ashecliffe #like for dolores #literally everything went the same (she tried to khs and killed the kids and asked andrew to kill her) but in the end andrew shot himself #in the head and so dolores ended up going to ashecliffe instead #or like for nurse [haventdecidedthenameyet]#peter breene did rip her face open with glass and everything but she instinctually reached for the knife and stabbed him so hes dead #she stabbed him bc she didn't know if hell continue hitting her with the glass and didn't wanna die #idk what to call it other than swap au #george noyce is swapped with his professor #like when his professor told him he was being too aggressive noyce defenestrated himself and the professor felt extremely guilty and went #into psychosis kinda like andrew in the og universe #umm ken gage is swapped with a random guy who really enjoys reading other people's mail #and leonora grant is obv swapped w mary pickford (leonora grant is the famous actress n mary pickford thinks she's her)#etc #there's an elephant in the group therapy room i didn't address because i no no wanna #shutter island

z0mbo

Chronically offline f/o… They look over your shoulder when you’re scrolling and suddenly you’re explaining years worth of internet history so they get some random meme you were looking at. They respond to every text with 👍. They don’t know how to take selfies. They get you to solve every tech problem you have and think you turning something off and turning it back on again makes you a genius.

bridget-kearns-fan

my f/o is such a new level of chronically offline cause she's scared of televisions, I don't think she'd want phones or other 21st century tech in close vicinity, my baby

#“no Bridget it's not a faces and voices box...I mean I guess kinda but taht's a shit explanation...”#“no televisions is not the same as hearing voices. look I can hear them too and we can turn it down if you don't like what it's saying”#(idk if these quotes would even work to calm her down or if they just make me a shit dismissive partner tbh)#(I never thought about like getting her into the 21st century with all the modernities before idk how I'd handle it)#(my poor baby)

mixelation

we as a society have GOT to accept that it is okay if we get blocked. you do not have the right to interact with every single person on the internet. "but then i can't interact with their content" yes that is the point "but i didn't do anything" no one owes you an explanation and you don't have to have "done something" to be blocked. let it go

crabussy

when a man and a woman in a piece of fiction get to keep having a delightful friendship dynamic instead of losing all their interesting traits to become the 580000th het couple ever

sidedere

Andrew Laeddis and Bridget Kearns from Shutter Island my beloved BROTP (aww look at him he's so stressed out and now this random woman he was literally nice to just snatched his notebook for like no reason meanwhile she's just sitting across from him nonchalantly feigning innocence my baby)

with the addition of fanarts (the first one is for a fic where they both can't sleep and basically cuddle to calm down cause they trust eachother)

#I also kinda ship them together sometimes don't get me wrong (only the book ver)#But if they actually got together in canon it'd be so ooc for both of them and would pmo #Like if we're talking canon I only want them platonic or “there's a little something something but they're mostly friends”#And the second one only works in the book #If we're talking movie version then I want them 100% platonic forever #Meant to put this on main

fangs4faggots

i think we should start openly mocking male creatives who can't figure out how to write women. like actually i think it's embarrassing that it took elliot page transitioning for christopher nolan to give him a good role. why did it take like ten years to get the first female lead in a marvel movie? why is it a Known Fact that stephen king can't write women? why is 50% of the population omitted from large ensemble works? i asked my friend to name a movie directed by a man with a majority female cast and he said ghostbusters 2016. ghostbusters. ghostbusters. g

#Also what is up with Martin Scorsese and completely butchering one of the most complex Shutter Island characters?#By completely omitting one of the flashbacks most significant to her characterization #And cutting out over half of THE most important flashback for her characterization?#Turning her mostly into just the Dead Wife who leans on things and gives mildly ominous but caring warnings #(until the plot twist of course where she's revealed to have been a child murderer)#But without any flashbacks of the deterioration of her mental health leading up to it like there were in the book #Maybe some loneliness and “you drank :(” but nothing about her insomnia or how severe her loneliness was #Or how her children were scared and confused of how she looked at them (“like I make her really sad”)#Or her statement “you are my good man”#Or her LITERALLY REACHING FOR AND TRYING TO TAKE HIS GUN!#This severe deterioration only paid lip service to by a man who never met her (Dr Sheehan) and then later by her husband #Who still didn't manage to encapsulate the whole of what she said she felt in the book #I mean I don't blame Andrew he's great but why cut the flashbacks so muchhhhh #Like I know you can't fully translate the book into a movie format but come onnn #This was significant #Maybe cut some of her ominous leaning in favour of the shower flashback?#Ughhh why just turn a complex female character into Dead Wife But With Plot Twist???

sidedere

like 99.9% of people with "comshippers DNI" don't even fucking know what comshipping actually is

And that's because it's basically a useless term.

Darkships are clearly defined: abuse, pedophilia and incest. You can be anti-darkship and wanting darkshippers to DNI while knowing what it means and being consistent. It's not a useless term.

Comship just means "complicated ship" and what exactly it entails depends just on how far you're willing to stretch it

I GUARANTEE that if you post about ships, at least one of them can be considered a comship

But people who are "anti comship" most of the time think it's just another word for darkship😮‍💨

#I don't consider myself a darkshipper or even really a proshipper but...this ^^^#I don't think harassing people over ships is ok but #I'm also not on the “all fiction is morally neutral and the fiction you create and consume doesn't say anything about you at all” boat

pvffinsdaisies

Ship development ask game 💕

Ahhh, I know, these have been done 10 million times, but i noticed i was struggling to find ones specifically designed to help develop a ship. Which is what I use these for. So here's an ask game specifically designed to help you develop a new ship or get back in touch with an old ship.

Whilst this is an ask game, you dont have to treat it perfectly like one. Feel free to copy and paste these and fill them in on your notes app or take turns filling these in in dms with your friends. :)

What appeals you to the ship? Is it based off of canon interaction, personal headcanons, or are you not sure?

What are the character's usual types? Is it one another or are they taking a chance on smth new?

What do they like about one another? Include both physical and personality traits, anything they like.

In what areas would they help one another grow?

What type of dynamic do you see them having? Are they fluffy or steamy? Are they soulmates or doomed to fail?

Which character developed feelings first? And is there a specific moment or way this could've happened?

Which character confessed their feelings first? And how was it? What did they do? How were they feeling?

What was their first date like?

What are their love languages?

Do they have anything they dont like about one another? Any annoying habits or bad incidents in the past?

How would they deal with those things? Do they have open communication or do they just bottle it up?

What interests/hobbies would they have in common?

What interests/hobbies would they try and get the other into? Would they succeed or not?

What are their core values?

Would they adopt pets together? How many? What animal(s)? Did they disagree on the animal(s)?

What would they do to surprise one another?

Is there a couple from another piece of media you could use as a reference?

How fast do they each tend to move in relationships? Does one rush into things whilst the other takes their time? How would they find a compromise?

Do they have any fears or set backs in terms of relationships?

Leave the ship behind for a moment, what are some headcanons you have for them as individuals in relationships? Silly quirks, or any tendencies they need to quit? Are they selfish or a people-pleaser?

Would they get into fights? What over, and how do they move forward?

What would their friends and family think of their relationship? Are they supportive or not too keen?

Is marriage something thats in their future? Do they want to get married? Do they not want to get married? Do they break up before it happens?

Would they want to have kids at some point? Or do they already have them?

Try and think of either 3 silly or angsty headcanons for them as a couple? Depending on the dynamic of the ship, could be anything at all. If you cant think of 3, thats fine.

How would they celebrate things like birthdays, valentines day, anniversaries, etc..? Do they even celebrate them at all?

BONUS OPTIONAL QUESTIONS!

For steamy pairs, how compatible are they in the bed room?

For toxic pairs, would they ever break up? Why or why not?

For immortal pairs, have they known one another throughout history? Were they always able to be together?

For cross-species pairs, what are some ways their different species traits impact their relationship? What silly inconveniences or mishaps happen when a vampire & a werewolf date? Or a fairy and a mermaid? Etc..

For fictional celebrity pairs, what was the public's response to them dating? Were their fans happy?

normystical

wedding dresses are white specifically so that if the bride goes axe-crazy you can rest assured you will see the blood stains all over her and it'll be sick as fuck

#Bridget Kearns #Goes rabid over my axe babygirl #Women with axes yay

Managed to log into discord via phone (didn't realize it had a website version) 🫩

#It was like “you're logging in from a new location confirm via mail”#Why it has my location in the first place is beyond me #I was on my phone a lot today which sucks

Are u ok i haven’t seen u post in a while

yeah, just on vacation with my family rn

so I'm not using my phone much bc this place is kinda partially my digital detox place and also we don't have WiFi and I have pretty limited mobile data

Thank you for worrying ^^

#I also don't have discord on my phone and don't have my laptop with me so sorry for not replying on Discord #Anyways thank you again

03josten

stop fucking using the word psychotic to describe bad behaviour and violence already god fucking damn it

03josten

oh my god i’m so tired psychotic does not mean violent it does not mean angry or erratic. it refers to a person suffering from psychosis, a loss of touch with reality that includes hallucinations and/or delusions. psychotic people are not inherently violent and y'all need to understand how much stigma you create when you again and again incorrectly use the word psychotic without even thinking about it

03josten

would appreciate if non-psychotic people could reblog this

#reblogging this on main bc this whole blog is talking about fictional people some of whom experience psychosis #so I should also talk more about the real people who do too #Is very important #If you have a strong interest in a story about mentally ill people and it doesn't force you to rethink your saneist biases #then I probably don't like you idk

Fire Axe (Andrew Laeddis x Bridget Kearns headcanons) (both platonic and romantic)

(headcanons take place while Andrew is lucid)

(A lot of these are more supported by the original book Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane)

they're both bi. Andrew has a pref for women and Bridget has a pref for men

they gossip with eachother. Andrew takes their gossip super seriously

they pass notes during group therapy literally all the time and it annoys Dr Sheehan a lot

they cuddle!! She's very physically affectionate with people she trusts!! She leans her head on his shoulder when she's sleepy

They often flirt in a joking manner. No one can tell if they're just bantering or being serious

He helped her steal a psychiatry book from the doctors' lounge at least once

He knows sign language and she has selective mutism. they usually pass notes or just talk (she can talk most of the time now, she feels safe and calm), but signing is also on the table

He considers her very small and has carried her on several occasions and for several purposes (to tease her about her height, to make her taller by putting her on top of him, because she was sleepy etc... it's always consensual)

He thinks she should probably be less chill about stuff

He's tried to explain televisions to her several times now, failed each time

Neither of them like to talk about atomic bombs so he hasn't tried to explain those (literally canon)

there's a rumour among some patients (young crass male patients, old male patients who find Mrs Kearns attractive, female patients of all ages who find one of them attractive...) that they had sex. The staff doesn't share that rumour

the woman doctor from the cave (Dr Solando) was based on her

in the platonic version, the reason why she called Dr Sheehan handsome in that playful manner was to tease ANDREW for having a crush on him while lucid (which he totally does)

they play their own version of Kiss Marry Kill called Kiss Kill Kill. ik it's out of character for Andrew, I just thought it would be funny :(

Andrew, who usually has an extremely short temper, is on his best behaviour whenever in her line of sight because he doesn't want her to witness any aggression anymore

They sit on a bench and smoke cigarettes together after group therapy

They vent to eachother about stuff

umm my babies???

idk I don't have any more hcs

anyways have an illustration from my Platonic Fire Axe fic (I have more too)

#shutter island #andrew laeddis #bridget kearns #fire ax #fire axe #platonic fire axe #platonic fire ax

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