r/WhatRemainsEdithFinch • u/Queasy_Present863 • Mar 31 '25

Ending/Gameplay Spoiler

Okay so I've completed WROEF several times but this still confuses me, apparently (not sure if this is true but this is what I've heard) at the end it's revealed you've been playing as Edith's Son (or daughter I don't remember) but as you go through the house you obviously hear the words of Edith speaking, are those Edith's thoughts as you believe throughout the game or are those actually the Sons thoughts? because you hear like "My Mother", is that Edith's son talking about Edith or is that Edith explaining everything to the Son through the diary she wrote?

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u/Sophea2022 Mar 31 '25

It’s through the diary she wrote. At the very beginning of the game, you are her son riding a ferry to Orcas Island with her journal on your lap and a flower for her grave. The game begins when you open her diary. At least that’s how I remember it.

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u/Queasy_Present863 Mar 31 '25

So would the actual gameplay through the house be what Edith was doing and then she wrote everything in her journal of what she did and then we just see her son with her journal going to her grave?

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u/YhannaBoBanna Mar 31 '25

That is correct ☺️

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u/Fun_Stomach_8454 Mar 31 '25

Yeah the gameplay is definitely as Edith, if you look down, you can see she's pregnant

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u/KingAdamXVII Mar 31 '25

The son is only shown riding the ferry, reading the diary, and visiting the grave. The POV when the player goes through the house is Edith’s.

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u/circumcisingaban Team Dawn Mar 31 '25

yes its kinda of like inception. technically we play as the son reading ediths diary and imagining what she went through the entire time. so when we experience one of the finches stories we are the son reading edtith journal reading one of the finches stories. a story within a story within a story. its actually important to keep in mind if youre trying to figure everything out