#milton finch

[decrepitdeer]

Would I sell my soul for a corn chip, just so I could experience this game again for the first time? I mean yeah??

[jamieontheroof]

Random things I noticed while playing What Remains Of Edith Finch

There was a poster of the cannery that Lewis worked at on the boat.

2. Edith Jr wears what appears to be an engagement on a necklace. Whether this is her ring or her mothers is not mentioned.

3. At the start of the game, Milton's missing posters are EVERYWHERE. There is even a giant pile of them in a nearby lake.

4. The dragon slide that crushed and killed Sven is still outside.

5. As you walk toward the house, the music gets louder.

6. The swing that Calvin flew off decades ago is still looped around the branch.

7. There was a spare peep hole in the garage that didn't have any names or dates on it.

8. At multiple points throughout the game you can hear a train in the background, despite the fact that the train tracks are clearly destroyed.

9. There are multiple pots throughout the Finch house that looks like they have eyes.

10. One of the books the Finches possessed was 'King in Yellow', a book known for making anyone who read it insane.

11. The house sounds alive, or like there are people constantly moving around it.

12. Walters bedroom is painted with both ocean and train designs. One of the paintings is the old house that Odin tried to bring to America.

13. There are drag marks on the ground of Walters bedroom (most likely made when his drawers were taken out of his room.)

14. The entrance to the tunnels is hidden by a book called 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a classic sci-fi story about a sea monster.

15. Molly's room is filled entirely with animal books.

16. There is a jelly fish on Molly's bed (possible connection to the monster??).

17. Molly has a chalkboard in her bedroom where she is a princess in an underwater castle and Sven is about to get attacked by a sea monster (slightly resembling the dragon slide).

18. As shark!Molly starts falling down the cliff, she passes a road where headlights are briefly scene.

19. When the monster gets back to Molly's room, the window that cat!Molly jumped through is still open.

20. There are still Christmas decorations in Molly's room.

21. The curse is 500 years old. That is a lot of dead people.

22. In Odin's viewfinder, it states "His [Odin's] daughter, Edie, is already dreaming of new Finch house" showing that even though her own father died not even a week ago, Edie has already moved on.

23. The house is filled head to toe with books about death, including two that Odin wrote.

24. Sven's shrine does not have a log painting like the rest of the family. His portrait is painted on a simple canvas.

25. Edie has a number of strange tapes in her room including one titled "conspiracy now".

26. The toys from Gregory's final bath are still in the bathroom.

27. There is an old bottle of alcohol in the bathroom bin.

28. A lot of Sam's photos are based on Calvin (a swing, astronauts).

29. All of Milton's drawings are based on the death. (Molly = cat, Barbara = pumpkin)

30. There are cigarettes and gin on Sam's side of the room he shared with Calvin.

31. Calvin already had bruises, Band-Aids and a cast on his leg when he died.

32. Sam blames himself for challenging Calvin.

33. In the story, Calvin doesn't fall. He keeps flying.

34. Barbara's birthday cake is still in her room.

35. Barbara is holding crutches in her portrait.

36. There are totem-esc styles statues of both Calvin and Molly

37. Barbara's outfit is over the railing.

This is the same way the Hook-Man falls

38. "Performance of her life" can also mean that it is the performance she is known for.

39. There are spare portrait logs in the basement.

40. There is a fake window in the basement.

41. Edie's grave is finished despite her dying and then nobody else going to the house.

42. There is no grave for Milton.

43. Lewis' grave has a crown on it.

44. There are times wear it seems like you can hear sobbing (this one may just be me).

45. There is a box of Kay's old stuff in Sam's bedroom.

46. Odin has a park named after him.

47. This isn't a fact but I think this may be one of the funniest photos of the game (LIKE SIR? YOUR DAUGHTER IS SOBBING!).

48. Both Calvin and Dawn are on Sam's shrine.

49. Gus has a skateboard over his name.

50. Gregory has the soap bottle from his final bath in his shrine.

51. The music cuts out when Gregory isn't moving.

52. Same also blames himself for Gregory.

53. Gus never met his step mother.

54. Gus was crushed by the (totem) statues of his deceased relatives.

55. Dawn's light switch is the only one on

56. Most of the rules are about past deaths. (No playing outside without permission : Calvin, No answering door for strangers : Barbara, No messes after dark : Molly (???)).

57. Milton's garden has a castle (reference to the Unfinished Swan)

58. There is a small Sanjay shrine in the classroom

59. Edith JR did an assignment on her family history.

60. Lewis drew on his desk.

61. There is no death date for Milton on his peephole.

62. Edith JR wrote Milton's death date as 2003 (the year he disappeared).

63. The door from the flip book is in Milton's room.

64. Lewis' dream Palace is decorated with fish.

65. The gnomes scattered around the house are outside the original house in Edie's story.

66. The credits roll in reverse order.

AND THAT'S IT!! I had a few others I thought didn't need to go in.

[mrsllyziy]

Yeeep I posted it

Lewissss pookie

You can see a difference in my drawing style in the two pictures

it's because Lewis' drawing is a little older lma soooo

sorry for not posting earlier 🧚🏻‍♀️

[heroicvilliansometimes]

This might sound silly but I like to think Milton ran away, imagine growing up in a household where tragedy struck so often it was normal. Imagine growing with the fear that you could die any moment and your family probably wouldn’t care. It’s very suffocating so instead of staying he left, he probably didn’t want his family looking for him so he left no note. Just a drawing showing where his mind was while leaving and started his life from there. I mean the wiki acknowledges Monroe as Christoper’s “real life” family and the creators did say the Unfinished Swan was Milton’s story so it’s a good theory in my opinion.

[just-call-mefr1es]

when i tell you my fingers WORKED.

happy birthday milton 🎉 i had no idea it was your birthday🫶🏽

[sunsetthedragon]

I love the idea of Christopher and Monroe meeting later in life. Like a chance meeting where they happen to cross paths. I feel like it would go something like this:

Monroe: Wait, you’re not supposed to exist!

Christopher: Excuse me, your dad died when he was 11!

Monroe: That was just a misunderstanding.

Christopher: A MISUNDERSTANDING!!!!!

[angrydreamertaco]

[emilythezeldafan]

oh the pains of liking a character no fanfiction writer/roleplayer writes for

[ilovelotsofthings]

Part of a comment I left on this video:

Normally I keep my socials separated but it clearly is my art in the pfp and I wanted my thoughts here.

Cut all but the Milton Thoughts out and it is rambling and jumbled so sorry

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Milton, I do agree he ran away even though idk where to as he was on an island .

I know most people don't like word of god saying wroef and unfinished swan are connected but I personally like it

(Spoilers for Unfinished Swan)

Also sorry I rambled a lot about it, haha

Like basically all of Unfinished Swan

Even though the story is very fantastical and unrealistic, I feel like it says a lot about Milton

He grew up and to me he wanted to be alone as the King never wanted subjects basically but he wanted to make something that would last forever

At some point, he realized he wanted a family, and iirc it is also because it is a kind of legacy in a way

The King (Milton) gets a wife (and takes forever to notice she is pregnant), and plans and plans, yet she leaves

The King falls into a depression.

His Wife gives birth to Monroe and raises him with love and when she died he went to find her swan painting that ended up leading him to The King

(This is 100% a story about family and legacy imo)

Monroe meets his dad and gets told a story, which includes The King saying he saw his funeral and all that was there was Monroe

Milton says he realizes that everything will not last forever and it if for the next person to build and create

Then he hands Monroe a paintbrush while saying that Monroe will be a better man than his father (or something similar)

Again I understand why some dont want it connected because of the fantastical elements but I see it more as what the level screens show

A story

It is just Unfinished Swan says so much about Milton

I would keep rambling, but idk if you read this as playing games blind without outside opinions is best

(I have way too many thoughts haha)

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Adding more

Unfinished Swan says a lot about Milton as a character because he wanted to create something away from the "Family Curse"

Also, I know it is because the games were made years apart, but the childhood bedroom I take as the place her grew up in because he had only been in the Finch house for... 2 or 3 years

Monroe is also more cautious but lively than the rest of his family /hj /lh

Milton just wanted to make a mark on the world and by the end of his life basically realized things will change and can't be the same

Also probably realized stories will be forgotten

(Which side thought as the "curse" has been around for 500 years iirc then definitely some have been forgotten to the years of time)

The King's last line to Monroe will always be in my heart

The next generation will learn and grow from the last, and while some setbacks may occur we will get there in the end

× My Art ×

[hannahhook7744]

Milton Finch Edit;

(Song: "Lost Boy").

(Reason: the song was suggested to me).

[dynamicccsworld]

spoiler warning for What Remains Of Edith Finch. (WrOEF)

I will forever believe Walter didn't die from that train. it definitely had to be something else, The railroads literally lead to water. I can't believe he was just hit by a dang train..

Not to mention each death of the Finch family members seem to have a fantasy element that isn't real, and all of the deaths are all just caused either bad luck or negligence yet are disguised as fictional; as "a curse".

The game tries to make you think each death is something supernatural, when in reality it's not. So..i don't really think he got hit by a train.

Another theory is he could have died of food poisoning as well, considering the fact the canned food he was eating was likely expired due to how long he was living in the basement.

Walter could have also developed kidney failure from said hypothetical food poisoning.

After some short research, symptoms of kidney failure actually line up with some of the things Walter experiences in game; that being a decreased mental sharpness, and problem's with sleeping.

Lastly, when kidneys fail; toxins build up in blood, which harms the bodies ability to oxygenate, it's regulation of electrolytes, and it lastly effects the heart.

Kidney failure can also cause hallucinations.

[zer0cyanz]

Happy Birthday Milton Finch!! 🥳

19/05/1992

Today you would have been 32 years old, which honestly, isn’t that old,,,, still, have a nice day :))

[wroef]

i wonder why they made milton and lewis’ stories so similar. I get they are brothers but it is assumed both of them left they’re realities to become kings in their imagination, either though disappearing or actually killing themself. I wonder if the whole king aspect is much more important than we let on. there has to be a connection between the two that i am missing. Sam and Calvin also had similar deaths so maybe it’s a brothers thing?

I think it could definitely be a brothers thing, yeah! I love parallels and foils so don't think this has escaped my notice! There are some problems that arise though, like how do Gus, Gregory, and Walter fit into the equation? Gus and Gregory had very different deaths, and Walter's death was different from his brothers' as well. Unless you assume he was like,, launched in the air by the train. But that's kind of comically unserious. I think even Edie would think that's a bit much.

What do you guys think? I'm curious.

-Mod Edith

[mrsllyziy]

Lewis 😭 just 😭 wanted 😭 his 😭 little 😭 brother back 😭 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thecrazyandtheweird]

Questions I have surrounding Milton Finch

(if anyone has answers please feel free to share)

1: How did the door only work for him?? We see the aforementioned painted door in his room, but the design is different and worn down. Is it even the same door? Idk

2: Monroe's mother: How did Milton meet her? If he had the ability to return to the real world and sire a child, why didn't he ever use that world-hopping ability to look for his family? Did he just assumed they all would have died? This is the biggest question for me; like how he came back, for what reason, and then why he abandoned both her and his son. How old was he even?

3: How could Monroe's mother have a magic paintbrush that she left to her son if Milton already had it in his kingdom? Were there two? Did he make her one of her own to make up for being an absent father?

4: Hell, he knew about his son, right? He seemed to know who he was. Why didn't you want to be in your child's life?? You gave him another paintbrush, more questions, and a half-hearted admittance to being a crap dad, then told him to leave where he'll never see him again.

5: (Throwaway Question) Would Dawn (before her death) or Edith ever find out about Monroe? Assuming theres DNA in this world, who's to say they couldn't trace the Finch relatives and reunite them. They could even have took Monroe in after his mom's death. Plus it would have been both curious, (now they know Milton didn't die) and therapeutic (having at least a piece of Milton back)

Its just plaguing my mind, I'm deeply obsessed with these games now unfortunately

[just-call-mefr1es]

I originally drew this traditionally but I disobeyed myself and bam‼️ new piece done 😼😼👹👹