#like maybe aw3 or control 2 will roll around and he’ll just be like Mr Door and he’s just more aware of his powers

[velvetjune]

technically alan wake 2 final draft (spoilers ahead) is a Happy ending for the characters, but the spiral writers room video calling his enlightened self a possible demiurge or demon unsettled me far more than the original ending. that version, by his nature, already existing and overlapping with past loops, influencing and manipulating things without known reasons (to us and the Alan we play). it really makes that Alan out to be something else entirely through ascension and that this is inevitable. this could partially be because I kept seeing people say that the final draft was the happy end with a happy resolution for everyone, but I can’t stop thinking about what this means for Alan—and Alice!—going forward. That, along with the direct parallels to Yötön Yö playing out. It’s SO much to unpack

#final draft spoilers #alan wake 2 spoilers #alan wake 2 #I’m repeating myself in my aw2 posts about the ending but I reeeeaally love the first ending #and I’ve come around to liking the final draft but trying to wrap my head around it #and would love to know if anyone has specific thoughts on the yötön yö callbacks or master of worlds/demon thing #I’ve seen some interpretations that alice literally is the bullet of light coexisting with alan. or that maybe he’ll become an antagonist #but idk if I agree with those. but there’s a lot that the final draft opens up #and it is a Little funny to me that it’s considered the more positive or conclusive ends #apart from Logan answering the call—everything else leaves far more to question #the first end is very ‘Alan is stuck in a spiral and needs to ascend w the help of saga and Alice’ #but the final draft. all the worlds are Alan’s oyster. who is he and what will he do. i have no idea #and all the ascension and becoming something else while playing the roles of yötön yö still make the entire thing feel slightly off #in a way that’s good btw. i like that the final draft is less clear and not a generic happy end than I assumed from all the buzz around it #like maybe aw3 or control 2 will roll around and he’ll just be like Mr Door and he’s just more aware of his powers #but for now I enjoy the questionable aspects of this happy end for alan and alice #😃 <- me after discussing the endings of aw2 extensively over multiple posts #also feel like i should say that I don’t think alan will be. evil or anything #it’s just the aw2 of identity and change that fascinates me with what ascension means for alan :’)