A lot of people talk about Gregory, for good reason, but not many people talk about the romanticizing. Like, it's almost psychopathic how hard Sam tries to turn a baby drowning into a beautiful thing. Gregory didn't die happy, surrounded by toys. He died scared as his lungs filled with water and he didn't know how to stop it.

The death most terrifying to me personally is Lewis. Maladaptive daydreaming is real, and I used it for escapism for a few years, given that I despised my life so much at that point that I had to get lost in a fantastical daydream most of my day just to survive. Everyone has their own inner fantasy world, but I spent more time in mine than in real life. It does get better, but please, if you recognize yourself in Lewis, go to therapy, talk with your friends, and maybe don't listen when your therapist tells you it's all good to daydream so much. People care about you, and maybe it's more fun to make stories together than to be alone.

12:45 - I watched my friend stream this on Twitch (he's a dad). And I remember the second he saw the bath tub, he knew. He said "No no no... Don't make me do this." And when the mom stepped out of the room, he had to pause the game for a moment to orient himself, and to remind us viewers that it only takes a couple inches of bath water for a baby to drown. It was a really difficult portion of the game.

At the same time though Edith Jr. Was also showing really reckless behaviour while pregnant, climbing trees etc with an obvious baby bump. I don't think she fully broke the "curse" as it were.

I haven’t seen anyone else mention this in the comments yet but, I believe Calvin’s death could be at least partially contributed to parental neglect as well. Considering the fact that the swing, that was most likely put up by his parents, was overlooking the cliff in the first place

I think about this game/story CONSTANTLY.

i have this theory that lewis's fantasy world was technically created by milton, in the sense that milton, being an imaginative child, created an imaginary kingdom to play in, imagining himself as the king, and likely roped his siblings into playing characters in his game, and lewis found comfort in mentally returning to that game.

I like how the title can refer to both Edie and Edith Jr, this is the remains of Edie’s legacy

Something that I think is a really cool detail is in the first scene of the game we see a bouquet of calla lilies, which symbolize life, resurrection and fertility. Interestingly enough, the flowers have also been used as a symbol for death. With the amazing detail the game creators put into Edith Finch, I doubt this is unintentional.

“Unspecified substance” I think from the posters in his room the substance was pretty specified

(About the Barbra section) As someone who lives and grew up in the woods in the middle of nowhere, a good track from any town, It was super common to never lock our doors, we where so far out that there was no point, because the odds of somebody going all the way out there was slim to none. No one I knew growing up locked their doors. Ever, It would be very likely for a home intruder to easily get in,

I don't think Gregory turned the tap back on, his mother never turned it off and didn’t want to admit her neglect killed him.

20:07 for Milton getting stuck in the walls, depending on how the sealed them sometimes the smell may not be noticeable until they crack it open. Some people who get stuck in chimneys take a really long time to be found (though I do believe most of those cases happen in abandoned houses) Amazing video by the way!

No matter how much analysis of this game I read or watch, I never get sick of hearing other peoples thoughts on it

Tbh my theory with Molly is that she daydreamed before she fell asleep and due to the substances she experienced sleep disturbances that caused a form of sleep walking. You often dream of what you were thinking about prior to sleeping, such as her stuffed animals in a daydream. I then believe she either during the disturbance covered her face with the stuffed sea monster and suffocated or vomited and asphyxiated (with or without the stuffed monster on her face)

In the end, everything happens because nobody can make good, rational choices. No one has been taught to think critically about the things they do and the consequences they can have. A series of unfortunate decisions, if you will.

For me Gregory and Lewis’ stories are the hardest. A family friend we lost a long time ago lost her baby like Gregory I was probably 5 at the time and at the funeral I wanted to hold the baby cause I thought he was a doll. Lewis is me in a different universe in the sense that there was a time when I spent years living in the stories I created in my head waiting to die after missing out on my teen years I had to come back to reality.

This game shows the power of indie video game storytelling also this game takes place in my home state of Washington :D the big ass trees are accurate

Milton and the other creative finches hit hard for me. I’ve been deeply traumatized and my parents either responded with neglect or verbal violence. The use of art for them was escape. I use to do that too yet my pain always followed me, manifesting in something that drowned me. So I learned to use that powerful force in my work. Instead of escaping world after world tainted in my trauma. I weave worlds and stories of hope and healing. A broken piece of myself becoming a person that heals from trauma/mental illness and learns to live with it.

I'm so glad you talked about this game! One of my faves ever. You also touched on a lot of stuff I haven't seen others go over, like Gus' feelings or that Edie might've been the one to write Molly's story to cope

I love that people are still talking about this game. Good essay!

god i love this game so much!! I watched a playthrough of it back when it came out and then a few years later played it for myself. the theme and series of unfortunate events (heh) reminds me kinda of how unlucky my own family is. It's no where near as unfortunate as the family in the game but we have some similar ones. Molly's death makes me so sad because it being so nonsensical that much more pushes the fact she was an imaginary child, too. I've always been curious about Barbara's death because I love the style of story telling but was very curious about how she passed. Calvin's death hit me the same way because it was so heartsinking. Gus reminded me a lot of myself when I was a bit younger and I wish he was actually seen and heard so badly. Its truly a game of breaking the chain of generational trauma and its so beautiful

your narration is therapeutic

I think blaming any of the events on the generations we see ignores 500 years of history, and the theory that the house that sank also had shrines to unusual deaths.

I never understand why people with family curses in media continue have children when they know they're cursed

i was literally thinking abt this game like an hour ago omg i'm seated

hands off the steering wheel headphones in ready to be blown away again by the ability this woman has to put things into words that only existed as vague notions in my mind so beautifully i'm convinced she's a telepath

One detail that I've never heard anyone talk about is that whenever Edith Jr. finishes reading one of the recordings about her dead family members, she always has something to say about it... except for Gregory's death. She is completely silent after reading Sam's letter to Kay... and taking into context that Edith herself is pregnant...

Oh man I'm so glad you covered this game, it's one of my faves

I like to think Molly actually died not from choking but starving to death. Yes the cocktail of holly berries, toothpaste, and a moldy contaminated carrot might be dangerous but to instantly die is a for sure no. She contemplates eating her GOLDFISH and eating your pet is going to be a last resort. She might have been locked up for several days because of that type of hunger. It seems to be a response to her eating all of her candy way to early unable to leave and eventually starving.

I was really down today and this made me feel better. Thanks lucky

You covering this game is my roman empire.

She's so lucky. She's a star.

😮 wow this video was amazing thank you so much for the amazing work you do 😊

I been waiting for this one! TURN IT UP!

God, I love it when lucky posts

I've never played this game but by watching your video I can feel the sheer emotional rollercoaster of it all. You delivered this so beautifully I am left emotion. Thank you for make this video ;w;

Oh my god I love your content and this is one of my fav games this is perfect

Here we go so excited for this one!

Would love to see You talk about Life is Strange.

finally, a game I've played

Wonderful analysis!!!

I could listen to you talk for ever

Love your videos

YYEAHH Another video 🗣️

great video, glad i subbed

If you have the time, consider doing a fears to fathom video!Seems right up ur alley!

i haven't watched this video yet but i love this game and i cannot wait to see this. more people need to talk about this game

Oh, I wonder if you have played and/or would make a video on _The Vanishing of Ethan Carter._ It has a similar mystique to it that _What Remains of Edith Finch_ has.

I DIDNT KNOW YOU HAD A KZfaq CHANNEL ❤

edit: oh immediately after I wrote this they mention the Swan 19:24 I think there are 3 options the 2 that were mentioned and a third that he ran away. Water wave talked about how Milton could’ve ran away, and how he possibly might be the prince in “The Unfinished Swan” . He goes more in depth into a lot more things and I just don’t wanna write it all.

OMG LUCKY?!?! I DIDNT KNOW YOU HAD A KZfaq CHANNEL

one of my favorite games ever.

Omg I was just thinking about Edith Finch today

Can you do a video on Fran Bow?

Random but you have the perfect voice for a video essayist

For the engagement.

i love this game so much

Technically Barbara could have accidentally killed her boyfriend. She could have simply gone into hiding after dumping his body in the sea and put her ear in the music box to fake her death. The cutting of her left ear is also a reference to Vincent Van Gogh, artist of "The Scream" (Because she's known for her screaming) and who also cut off his left ear. Barbara could have suffered from the same mental illness as Vincent as well.

still looking forward to district 11 and 12 videos for the hunger games

I can yap about this for days

This is my Roman Empire tbh

pleaseee check out Season: a letter to the future, its such an underrated cozy game😩

This game SH*Ts on all those crappy “Its up to your interpretation” games

Having to set to 0.75x for the first time in my life

i think i disagree with the blaming of edie sam and dawn for the deaths of their children, i think all of them run from the truth of death in their own ways. edie turns death into stories to cope with an arguably unfounded guilt, sam falsely believes that death can be beat by preparation and dawn searches for someone to blame for the deaths. in truth i think there is no curse or self fullfiling prophecy, the deaths just happened. no one is liable, there arent forces at play. just a deeply unlucky family trying to cope with tragedy. but anyway, thanks for your perspective :)

What i find interesting is the rooms edith might be trying to cope in a bad way but we do figure out what the families lives were like thanks to her keeping all their stuff together it was also definitely sams fault it seems like him and kay were having relationship issues and him calling her distracted her as i am pretty sure they got into an augment

Can't really hear the mic audio

I mostly agree with the points you made here, and you gave me some food for thought, but I think you've overfixated on Edie's unhealthy romanticization being some... driving force of evil in the Finch family. If you don't believe that, then you needed to reevaluate your script; it goes REALLY hard on Edie. There is NOT firm evidence she wrote Molly's letter, I don't think she intentionally withheld the information about the train from Walter, etc. She wasn't malicious or even delusional, in my opinion. Edie deals with tragedy by turning it into beauty. The mole man story is the same as the "dragon killed my husband" story: a whimsical massaging of the truth that is easier to bear than the stark reality of death. It is a sad and even endearing trait, not horrible and irredeemable as you've presented it. She IS presented as the main person perpetuating this self-fulfilling prophecy of the Finch family, but one of the beautiful, wonderful things about the game is that Everyone in the family shares this inclination. Everyone perpetuates the prophecy. Dawn writes a poem about Gus's death, Sam creates worlds for Calvin and Gregory, Walter waxes philosophic as he walks to his death. It is ALL highly romanticized, and I don't think any of these people are bad for doing so. And I don't think What Remains of Edith Finch wants you to think of them as bad for doing it either. Not purely, anyway. It's flawed in its intensity but achingly human in its tenderness. There is so much love here in this family and so much hope, despite the darkness. I think that's one of the really interesting conflict the game presents, the imagined joy vs. the terrible grief, how they coincide and can reinforce each other. But it isn't cruel. At any rate, despite that bone I had to pick, thank you for talking about this game. It definitely deserves the air time.