This is going to be really random but I just canāt stop rethinking about that candy or just the whole finding food scene in what remains of Edith Finch.
So, when she said āmy halloween candy was all goneā when going through her inventory, my brain automatically thought āoh, so sheās been starving at night regularly then.ā This might not make sense? But I just assumed that her not being able to fall asleep and starving because of it was a regular occurrence. Like, so, when youāre starving and in a sorta well off and loving I think? family with a strict curfew (oddly specific?), first you look for things like, small pieces of sweets, those are very precious because one small piece could possibly help you get through the night. But you need to be very meticulous with them because as a small child you donāt really have a source to get more other than āwhen adults give you someā. So I assume she came to the same conclusion because it was christmas, and she only just ran out of halloween candy. You probably shouldnāt store them for that long? But I did ate a small bottle of candy charms for five months so whom I to judge š¤·āāļø. Tho checking might just be a habit since thatās where you check first, and it might take a week or to until you stop checking where you know will be empty ā unless youāre desperate of course.
Then the logical next best thing is to check the kitchen, because there will usually be food stored and refilled regularly (like condiments or sauces or edible vegetables, ideally tomatoes cucumbers or carrots.) But thatās a no go if your parent (parents?) are awake and outside. You can sneak out when you think the cost is clear, but if you get caught you probably wonāt be able to do it another time, and her door is locked, so she probably did that before.
Then, you can try eating the, questionable but probably digestible pet food, which usually doesnāt even taste that bad! It only works if your pet lives in your room tho. And after that you kinda contemplate if you are willing to just eat your pet (fish), but probably not because like, how am I supposed to eat that tho should I kill it first?
If NONE OF THE ABOVE is available, you consider the ācan go in my mouth, donāt swallowā option. I just go for tissues and paper (preferably not printed on but beggars canāt be choosers ig), but I have tried eating toothpaste once? Only a little tho just to try it out, and I donāt eat more because it made my stomach felt worse so I just ate dry chillies instead. But it very intriguing? Youād think it tastes good? Also the decorative berries. I know you shouldnāt eat them but hey when youāre hungry youāll hungry man and if I was willing to eat my test papers that were done and graded on Iāll eat decorative berries if I had any.
Does this make any sense to anyone other than me? Iām currently in the middle of āinsomnia but starving and know I shouldnāt eat yetā again so I just thought of it again.
You can kinda tell because my logic left the room halfway through this post.