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.

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.

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

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.

I think about this game/story CONSTANTLY.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

your narration is therapeutic

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

Would love to see You talk about Life is Strange.

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

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

I been waiting for this one! TURN IT UP!

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

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

God, I love it when lucky posts

Here we go so excited for this one!

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

finally, a game I've played

Wonderful analysis!!!

great video, glad i subbed

Love your videos

You covering this game is my roman empire.

YYEAHH Another video 🗣️

I could listen to you talk for ever

Can you do a video on Fran Bow?

I DIDNT KNOW YOU HAD A UKposts CHANNEL ❤

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

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

Omg I was just thinking about Edith Finch today

For the engagement.

Random but you have the perfect voice for a video essayist

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

Can't really hear the mic audio

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 :)

This is my Roman Empire tbh

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.

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