History Fridge / Firewatch

*** Interestingly enough, the BookEnds is about the past and future. [[spoiler: The beginning has the two of you guess each other's pasts, and the ending has you guess each other's futures.]]

* The opening isn't just a tutorial in making choices in the game. And it isn't ''just'' Henry looking back on his life up until now. He's looking back on his life and wondering how things might've turned out differently. And what's [[TearJerker sobering]] is, he realizes nothing would've changed the ultimate outcome of Julia's dementia or her being taken away from him.

* The opening isn't just a tutorial in making choices in the game. And it isn't ''just'' Henry looking back on his life up until now. He's looking back on his life and wondering how things might've turned out differently. And what's [[TearJerker sobering]] is, he realizes nothing would've changed the ultimate outcome of Julia's dementia.

* How come neither Henry nor Delilah know about the existence of Wapiti Station? A big deal is made out of it being a "secret base" that "isn't supposed to be there", and is so secret that not even veteran lookout Delilah knows about it. But anyone who's actually been to Shoshone National Forest (or at least looked it up on Wiki/TheOtherWiki) knows that it's actually the park's ''central station'' and is usually the first stop visitors go to. In fact, it's the oldest station in the park and is even a ''National Historical Landmark''. It makes absolutely no sense why neither Henry nor Delilah know about its existence and induces a rather large plothole. Unless the National Forest Service really is that lax regarding who they recruit and don't even bother telling their employees about the locations in the park?

** Henry took the firewatch job so he could [[spoiler: escape one marital problem (his wife's growing dementia), but ends up faced with a damaged relationship with Delilah. Even ''she'' advises that the only responsible course of action is to go to Julia and be by her side like she should've from the start.]]

** Generally, all [[spoiler: three of them learned the hard way that [[RealityEnsues isolation wasn't good for them]]. It made them each either so paranoid or so bored that they ended up creating drama and conspiracy theories that weren't there in the first place.]]

** It's probably too much emotionally for him and locking up and forgetting is his way of coping, it also fits with his character since he was irresponsible enough to bring Brian out into the Shoshone against the rules in the first place.

** It's probably too much emotionally for him and locking up and forgetting is his way of coping, it also fits with his character since he was irresponsible enough to bring Brian out into the Shoshone against the rules in the first place.
* After Henry is attacked by the lake he wants to evacuate but Delilah will refuse, if he felt his life was in that much danger and couldn’t rely on Delilah for help, why didn’t he just switch off his radio, return to his tower to get his things and leave on foot the same way he arrived?

* After Henry is attacked by the lake he wants to evacuate but Delilah will refuse, if he felt his life was in that amount of danger, why didn’t he just switch off his radio, return to his tower to get his things and leave on foot the same way he arrived? Surely if he knows that he is in that much danger, getting in trouble for leaving his post would not be a concern for him.

** It's probably too much emotionally for him and locking up and forgetting is his way of coping, it also fits with his character since he was irresponsible enough to bring Brian out into the Shoshone against the rules in the first place.

** It's probably too much emotionally for him and locking up and forgetting is his way of coping, it also fits with his character since he was irresponsible enough to bring Brian out into the Shoshone against the rules in the first place.
* After discovering Henry’s tower has been broken into and ransacked on the first day, why does Delilah decide to wait until morning to report the break in?
* On day 2 the communication lines have been cut and Delilah says that after a few days of no communication someone would be sent to investigate, if that’s the case then why was there no further investigation into the break in at Henry’s tower? surely a lookout’s life potentially being at risk would warrant a further investigation.
* Both the teenagers wrecked camp and the break in at Henry tower happen within 48 hours of each other so why didn’t either Henry or Delilah consider the idea that it was done by the same person? Surely they would see the pattern of attacks on people’s property even if they initially suspected the girls first, plus the fact that Henry saw someone extremely close to his tower before discovering it was ransacked would be suspicious.
* Why does Delilah refuse to respond to Henry if you ask about the old burnt cabin? She obviously can hear Henry because you can ask about an abandoned outhouse which is close-by and she will respond.

** Also, since the next day the communication lines have been cut and Delilah says that after a few days of no communication someone would be sent to investigate, then why was there no further investigation into the break in at Henry’s tower and also the discovery of the teenagers wrecked camp?

* why does Delilah refuse to respond if you ask about the old burnt lookout tower? She obviously can hear Henry because you can ask about an abandoned outhouse which is close-by and she will respond.

* why does Delilah refuse to respond if you ask about the old burnt lookout tower? She obviously can hear Henry because you can ask about an abandoned outhouse which is close-by and she will respond?

* why does Delilah refuse to respond if you ask about the old burnt lookout tower? She obviously can hear Henry because you can ask about an abandoned outhouse close-by.

** Also, since the next day the communication lines have been cut and Delilah says that after a few days of no communication someone would be sent to investigate, then why was there no further investigation into the break in at Henry’s tower and also the discovery of the teenagers wrecked camp?

** Also, since the next day the communication lines have been cut and Delilah says that after a few days of no communication someone would be sent to investigate, then why was there no further investigation into the break in at the Henry’s tower and also the wrecked camp discovered on day two?

* After the discovering Henry’s tower has been broken into and ransacked, why does Delilah decide to wait until morning to report the break in?
** Since the next day the communication lines have been cut and Delilah says that after a few days of no communication someone would be sent on foot to investigate, then why was there no further investigation into the break in at the Henry’s tower and then the wrecked camp discovered on day two?

** It's probably too much emotionally for him and locking up and forgetting is his way of coping, it also fits with his character, since he was irresponsible enough to bring Brian out into the Shoshone when he shouldn’t have in the first place.
* How come after returning from the the lake and Henry discovers his tower has been broken into why does Delilah decide to wait until morning to report the break in?

** It's probably too much emotionally for him and locking up and forgetting is his way of coping.
* How come after returning from the the lake on the first day and Henry discovers his tower has been broken into why does Delilah decide to wait until morning to report the break in?
** Also since the next day the communication lines have been cut and Delilah says that after two days of no communication someone would be sent on foot to investigate, then why was there no further investigation into the break in at the station and then the wrecked camp and missing girls? discovered on day two (if someone was sent out on foot then surely they would have contacted Henry as well who could have informed them even if Delilah lied about the girls.
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* The opening isn't just a tutorial in making choices in the game. And it isn't ''just'' Henry looking back on his life up until now. He's looking back on his life and wondering how things might've turned out differently. And what's [[TearJerker sobering]] is, he realizes nothing would've changed the outcome: Julia would still have dementia, would've been retired from her job, they dog would be dead, and they would still be childless.

* The opening isn't just a tutorial in making choices in the game. And it isn't ''just'' Henry looking back on his life up until now. He's looking back on his life and wondering how things might've turned out differently. And what's [[TearJerker sobering]] is, he realizes nothing would've changed that Julia has dementia.

** [[spoiler: Ned Goodwin took the firewatch job as a way to get away from his shell-shocked past in Vietnam, only for it to exacerbate into forcefully making his son Brian rock climb, leading to the boy's death.]]
** Delilah [[spoiler: took the firewatch job so she could escape her break-up and make all the bad decisions she wanted, namely drowning her sorrows. But it leads to her learning about Brian's Death, and [[ItsAllMyFault in her own]] [[HeroicBSOD depressed way]], [[HeelRealization facing how her irresponsible choices cause trouble.]]
** Henry [[spoiler: took the firewatch job so he could escape