History YMMV / WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: If there are any other takeaways, it would probably be "Remember your loved ones as they ''were'' in life, not how they died". Edie has a hella odd way to remember her passed on loved ones and, because of how she memorialized them, the Edith (and the players) don't have too much of who the deceased were in life.

** Is Christopher (Edith's son) doomed to the same fate as the rest of his family, or is he in a position to break the ViciousCycle? His broken arm and indirect exposure to the family stories indicates the former, but his status as the last living Finch and the modest bouquet he leaves on his mother's grave (which implies he doesn't romanticize death) indicates the latter.

** Meta: For a lot of people, playing this game helped them come to terms with losing their loved ones and their grief.

** What's more, what did the Finches do to deserve the curse?

* AlternativeAesopInterpretation: If there are any other takeaways, it would probably be "Remember your loved ones as they ''were'' in life, not how they died". Edie has a hella odd way to remember her passed on loved ones and, because of how she memorialized them, the Edith (and the players) don't have too much of who the deceased were in life.

** Is Edith [[WiseBeyondTheirYears a very mature young woman]] whose reconnection to her family history is heartening and whose acceptance of the inevitability of death is inspiring and commendable? Or is she a pretty typical teenage girl who thinks she's a lot deeper than she really is, and who has fallen victim to ''exactly'' what Dawn was worried about and took her away from the family house to avoid - namely, Edie's toxic romanticizing of death and the morbid family legacy, possibly leading to Edith [[spoiler: indulging in both at once by dying in childbirth to continue the Finch line [[note]]While we aren't told enough to know whether she had any way to ensure her survival, it's all too easy to imagine her ignoring some kind of warnings from her doctor in the same way that many other Finches neglected self-preservation in favor of acting on their feelings. After all, climbing around rooftops when you're 22 weeks pregnant isn't the most sensible thing to do in the first place. Though it should be noted that we only see what her son imagines she was doing, which might not have been as dramatic as shown in game. Edith might have been talking more about the discomfort of using the ladders than any potential danger, as the house is probably not as run down as Edith's son pictures, considering he only has the present state of the house to go by.[[/note]]]]?

** Edith's mother Dawn goes through ''a lot''. [[spoiler: Her brothers both die when she's young, and she has to live for years in the room that she used to share with them (with Edie's memorials also present). Her father later dies in front of her, and two of her children [[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]] and [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]], respectively; she tries to eke out a peaceful life in hiding from the supposed {{Curse}} by sealing up all of the rooms of the deceased, only to eventually snap under the pressure and drag Edith away from the house. And then, years later, she [[IllGirl suddenly develops cancer]] and dies in the hospital with Edith by her side.]]