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Happy Birthday to the Finch Twins, Sam and Calvin!! 🥳
25/04/1950
Don’t need a calculator to tell y’all both would be 74 years old today 🤭 but unfortunately both died rather young (one more so than the other-). I would have loved to see old men Sam and Calvin. I think they would be fun (especially their dynamic)
Some Lewis Finch headcanons because he’s a good boi
- Out of the three siblings, he’s the only one who speaks Indian.
- After his dad died, he became more quiet and depressed. He believed that it was his fault that he died, because before Sanjay went to the relief effort site, Lewis told him to stay safe and come back alive, and Lewis believes that he jinxed it.
- Dyed the tips of his hair blonde. that’s why in the game we see him with blond hair, even though in the photos around the house he has brown hair.
- Has a sarcastic humor.
-Pansexual boy.
- Watched “My friend bigfoot” (You know, Barbara’s movie) a few times with his father, and every time they watched it, they criticized it. A lot.
- Has Coulrophobia (fear of clowns), Agrophobia (fear of open or crowded places), Atychiphobia (Fear of failure) and Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of really long words)
- Has a pile of manga books under his bed.
- Has also written a diary where he talks about his family’s history.
His opinions on his dead family members at that time are:
Molly- “Welp, that explains why mom named our cat Molly.”
Odin- “Remember kids- If your family is cursed, don’t build a boathouse.”
Calvin- “He actually went all the way around. If he was still alive, he would’ve gotten a prize for that.”
Barbara- “Awww man. Dad and I used to watch her movie.”
Rick- “A**hole.”
(Walter wasn’t dead yet)
Sam- “Mom saw her father died and never told us about it. But hey, I guess that explains why she’s vegetarian now.”
Gregory- “A BABY died in this house. He could see the world, grow up, be our cool uncle, but NOOOOO. He just had to be left in the bathtub without anyone noticing.”
Gus- “Uncle Gus sounds like a cool guy. I wish I could’ve met him.”
Sanjay- “Dad... I could talk about him for hours. The greatest guy on earth, the best father in the universe... God, I miss him.”
Milton- “I couldn’t get over dad’s death and Milton disappeared. I think it was my fault. I should’ve watched him. I think he might be dead, like the rest of the family, but mom is too naive and hopeful. I just hope I wouldn’t lose Edith too.”
“Do you want to build a snow man” except it’s Sam and Walter through the years after Barbara and Calvin’s deaths. Sam would be Anna ;))
I have an animatic to this planned out btw, just lack motivation to work on it.
A WRoEF related rant:
I swear to god, the creators of WRoEF did not check a calendar before deciding on some of the Finches death. I guess weekdays doesn’t necessarily matter but in some of these contexts I struggle to see the logic.
Most scenarios it doesn’t matter at all where the day they died could literally have been any day of the year and their story wouldn’t be different in any way, like Calvin who died on a Saturday (September 23rd, 1961) after he launched himself off a cliff (meaning it wouldn’t have matter if it was during the weekend or not) or Walter who died on a Thursday (March 31st, 2005) after he decided to leave the bunker and died by a train that ran him over (and judging by his note this train came everyday) just to name a few. But there are some that bugs me a lot. I’m currently writing several fanfics for this fandom so keeping track of dates and such is important for consistency. So you can say I realized a couple things along the way.
(I make it sound all dramatic when it’s actually only 2 deaths I’m focusing on even though I’m listing 3 down below. Just think it’s funny how the 2 deaths that involves something that has been scheduled doesn’t make much sense but I’m not going to judge… too much)
Barbara:
Barbara died on October 31st 1960. The date itself isn’t necessarily important (other than it being her 16th birthday) and I’m sure that was probably planned since early on. My issue is that it’s implied that Barbara was supposed to go to a “Witch’s Ball” that night on Halloween. This could be figured out by a flyer inside her room.
Of course, if you’ve played the game you know what happened. My question is however:
Who plans a ball on a Monday?
Sure it’s Halloween but in every case I’ve experienced in real life they simply moved the date to the nearest Saturday or Friday (so either it happens before or after Halloween, more often before, in this case on the 28th or 29th). It was the 60s but still, a ball on a Monday? School is assumingely out, but it still confuses me.
Gus:
Gus died on November 8th 1982 during his father second wedding:
This wedding could have been planned for any day, especially since it was in their backyard meaning they didn’t have to hire a church or whatever. Again, I just have to ask, why did they decide to get wed on a Monday? In Barbara’s case I could defend it saying they wanted it to happen on Halloween no matter what, but what importance does November 8th hold? Couldn’t they just move it to a weekend or what? I understand that sometimes you gotta ignore reality and just pretend it isn’t literally the start of the week, but here I feel like 1 google search and they could have change the date to the 12th or 13th (the 13th might actually have been pretty cool considering how and why Gus died).
Sam:
Okay this one doesn’t bug me like the others, I just wanted to point out this man took his daughter on a hunting trip on a Thursday. I mean, I don’t remember exactly how long he said they were going to be gone but either way I think it’s funny. Also the fact he died 4 days before his son’s birthday (Gus is already dead at this point but still) and 1 day before his father’s birthday (again, Sven is long dead).
You recon Sam ever visited Calvin’s grave? How often do you think he visited, and did he do it more or less over the years as he got older?
I like thinking about this sometimes.
I… gave up on this drawing halfway through. I haven’t done an actual piece of art in months so please excuse some proportions or angle issues lol
This supposed to be teen Sam btw^^ I’ve never drawn Sam as a teenager before so the design is definitely not finalized.
Here’s a quick sketch I did. Not happy with it but don’t really hate it either, though I’ll definitely redo the bangs in the future:
Will likely redo one day 😋👍
Happy birthday to the Finch twins, Sam and Calvin!! 🥳
Almost forgot to post. Would’ve drawn something but got lazy lmao ^^
The Finch twins and Kay headcanons
Before the swing incident:
- The twins met Kay in kindergarten.
-They were best friends.
- Originally, Kay had a huge crush on Calvin when they were kids (Yup. First crush at 11.). Sam always tried to impress her, but she always tried to impress his twin, who didn’t seem to care about it.
-Calvin never felt anything for Kay. She was just a friend.
-Unlike Calvin, Sam had a huge crush on her.
After the swing incident:
-After Calvin died, she called Sam “Calvin” for a little while.
- A few years later, Kay and Sam began dating. Sam thought he finally mannaged to impress her, but her reason to start dating him was that he’s similar to Calvin. She never told him that, but it was obvious.
- Sam and Kay's relationship went downhill a little bit before Gus was born after Sam found out that she still has feelings for his dead twin and that she’s still hasn’t got over his death.
- Their relationship hit rock bottom when Sam had to go away for a while after Gregory was born.
- Kay died in a car accident a few months after Gus’s death, when she lost control over her car and fell off a cliff. She was overseas and Sam, Edie, and Dawn were busy so they couldn’t come to her funeral.
Baby Brother||WROEF fanfiction (Warning: child’s death)
Gus Finch wasn’t much of a happy kid. His parents never stopped arguing, his older sister, Dawn, was annoying and he didn’t have any friends at school. It was rare to see him smiling or laughing or being happy in general.
When Kay and Sam told the two siblings that they’re going to have another baby, it was a surprise to see Gus smiling from ear to ear, jumping in excitement and crying of happiness. Dawn didn’t like the idea of “sharing a room with two babies”, but Gus didn’t care.
“You do realize he’s going to die at some point, just like everyone in this family, right?” Dawn asked Gus one day as she watched her younger brother flying his kite.
“Don’t worry, Dawn,” Gus said. “I’m going to look after him.”
Dawn giggled.
“That’s also what grandma said about Aunt Molly, Aunt Barbara, Uncle Calvin... and they all died,” she said.
“She wasn’t there when any of them died.” Gus said.
“Exactly,” Dawn said. “As soon as you look away, he’s going to be in danger.”
Gus remained silence.
Both of them knew about the family course, and about the deaths in their family- From Ingeborg and Johan to Odin, to grandpa Sven and to their uncles.
They both knew that they might be the next in line, and talked about it a lot. They didn’t really care about the course, but when Dawn told Gus that their new brother might die, Gus felt... scared.
Dawn, realizing that Gus was anxious, apologized immediately and left him alone with his kite.
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When Gregory was born, Gus sat next to his mother’s hospital bed, looking at his sleeping newborn brother.
“What’s his name?” Dawn asked, leaning against the wall.
“Gregory.” Kay said, smiling at the new human being that she held.
“He’s beautiful.” Gus said, smiling and fighting his tears.
“Yeah.” Sam said.
As soon as Gregory opened his eyes, he held Gus’s finger with his tiny hand, looked at him with his ocean-blue eyes and smiled. Gus almost cried at that moment.
“He seems to like you, Gus.” Kay said, giggling.
“I must protect him.” Gus whispered to himself, which caused the rest of his family to laugh.
“Did you kids found him any toys?” Sam asked.
“Well...” Gus said. “While my nerdy sister was busy doing her homework, Grandma and I bought him a lot of toys. Most of them are sea creatures themed, but I guess they’re cool enough.”
“Don’t call me a nerd, weirdo.” Dawn said angrily.
“Let’s not fight in front of Gregory, nerd.” Gus said.
Gregory laughed a little, which made Gus feel like his heart is melting.
“See?” he told her. “He also thinks that you’re a nerd, Dawn.”
His sister rolled her eyes as Sam giggled.
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Gus became happier with Gregory around.
Every time he came back crying from school or feeling anxious, he picked up Gregory and played with him, or just laid on his bed and hugging the little baby.
One time, when Edie heard sounds coming from the kitchen, she found Gus messing up the kitchen only to warm up a bottle of milk for Gregory. She taught him how to do that and helped him clean up the mess. It reminded her of the days when Barbara took care of baby Walter.
Every night, Gus took Gregory to the laundry room, only to look at the night sky with him through the celling’s windows until the small child fell asleep in his arms.
“I promise I’ll always be there for you, Greg.” Gus told him every day. “I promise I’ll protect you. I promise that I won’t let anything bad happen to you.” Gregory always responded to him with babies' noises, such as “Ba” or “Ga” or “plrft”.
Dawn didn’t want to get too attached to him. She still believed that he’s going to die someday, just like the rest of the family. She thought Gus was Naive, which is pretty normal for a seven-year-old kid to be.
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One day, as Gus was doing his homework (and by “doing his homework” we mean “Copied his homework from Dawn’s old notebooks), and Dawn was at her friend’s house, Kay was bathing Gregory.
Sometimes she left the bathroom to talk and argue with Sam on the phone for a few minutes, leaving Gregory in the bathtub with his toys.
After Gus finished his homework and played a little bit of “Final Fantasy VII” on his computer, he noticed that his mother has been arguing with his father for long and Gregory was alone for a long time. He decided to head to the pink bathroom to check on his baby brother, and as soon as he entered the room, he felt like his world was falling apart.
Gregory’s dead body floating in the bathtub, still holding his toy frog, with the rest of his toys floating around him.
He screamed and cried, calling out his little brother’s name knowing he won’t get any response.
Kay went into the bathroom to see what’s wrong, only to see her baby dead and her older son crying. She also began to cry and called her husband to tell him what happened.
Edie, who also heard the screaming and went to see what’s wrong, said that she’s going to bring Dawn back home and tell her what happened.
As soon as Sam came home, along with Edie and Dawn, he went to check on Kay as Edie called 911. Dawn went to check on Gus, who was already outside, flying his kite and crying.
“You were right, Dawn.” He said as soon as he saw her sitting next to him. “I couldn’t protect him.”
She hugged him, allowing him to cry loudly on her shoulder.
“I couldn’t keep my promises.” he sobbed, not even trying to fight his tears.
Dawn also began to cry. She had many reasons to cry.
She cried because she didn’t spend much time with Gregory,
She cried because of Kay wasn’t able to look him without leaving the room for so long,
She cried because Gregory died,
She cried because Sam didn’t know that his calls caused it,
She cried because Edie was busy cooking dinner instead of looking after him,
She cried because Gus had to watch his little brother, who was his only reason to smile, floating lifelessly in the bathtub, knowing he cannot help him.
“He was too young for the family course.” she said in a broken voice.
Both of them just sat there, mourning their baby brother.
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Dawn moved on very quick, considering the fact that it was her brother who died, but Gus?
Gus never moved on.
He’d go out every morning to visit Gregory’s grave, Flying his kite in the noon, watch the stars through the laundry room’s celling’s windows at twilight while humming the lullaby Kay used to sing to Gregory and cried himself to sleep every night.
When Kay and Sam divorced, he begged his mother to stay, but she said that she couldn’t. That the memories of Gregory are everywhere in the house and she couldn’t take it.
“It’s my fault he’s dead.” she said.
“No, it’s not, mom!” Gus said. “It was dad’s fault! He was the one who called you every time! He’s the one who made you go out of the bathroom, leaving Gregory alone! It was HIS fault!”
He began to cry.
“It was also mine as well...” he said.
“Gus, It wasn’t your fault.” she said.
“Yes, it is!” he cried. “I promised Gregory that I won’t let anything bad happen to him, but I didn’t look after him in the shower, and when I came to check on him it was already too late!”
Kay hugged him, kissing him on his forehead.
“Gus, I can’t imagine how hard it is for you,” she said. “I wish I could stay to help you, but I can’t help you if I can’t help myself.”
Gus remained silent.
“I’m going to miss you, mom.” he said.
“I’m going to miss you too, sweety.” she said.
She took her suitcase, went to the front door, looked back at Gus, smiled a little bit and left the house, leaving Gus with his broken world.
Of course, it wasn’t her last time at the house, but this is for another story.
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Next part- UwU
