@Hero_Of_Hyrule I saw that one last night and I think it is probably the most accurate interpretation barring the developers coming out and telling us something else (have they ever done that?!) It makes sense in a very coherent way.
I think one thing though with my experience playing through the game is that because so many of the stories contain so much fanciful and abstract stuff going on, I wasn't sure what parts we could consider real. For instance you bring up the kid with the swing. While playing I assumed the whole
swing next to a cliff part was part of the fantasy, and that the reality was just something like
he tried to flip and fell and broke his neck. I guess thinking about it that doesn't make much sense since that wouldn't be much of a fantasy, but I dunno, that was my interpretation at the time.
What about the "scream queen" daughter though? How does she work into this theory? Wasn't she just
murdered at 16? No one really
neglected her did they?
Also is the whole part with
her boyfriend going into the basement supposed to be real? Because how would he get down there if the key was still where it was supposed to be when she went to check on him?!