That’s literally my complete interpretation of the episode, I think these episodes are all Alan’s attempts at pulling out a hero to save him, but rose is both the lady of light and a trauma victim who has an obsession with him and love complex because of it, really doesn’t work for the hero’s journey if she goes through the trials and tribulations that the second games narrative throws at the hero and Alan at the end is just like “thanks I guess… where’s my wife?” Jack Joyce’s or Tim Breaker’s or Shawn Ashmores episode is an attempt at maybe someone connected to Alan who’s actually pretty good with dealing with and navigating time loops and different universes or dimensions. Problem is though is that Alan’s tempering hurts this time breakers hero’s journey. He found the wrong master of many worlds, he loses by Alan’s involvement. Jessie’s episode is supposed to have this ending for this reason where anyone can be like “what?” It’s probably something Alan realizes and decides that Jessie needs to complete her own journey without Alan’s touch as well, but then the question is begged, “so why then if Alan previous to Jessie even getting her powers at the oldest house was then later messing with the story in the awe dlc?” Because of the ending. The ending of the dlc is that they get an alarm that Langston brushes off as faulty because it’s from the future but it’s not. Stranger things have happened at the oldest house and it’s logical since even the people running it don’t really understand the universe/multiverse they live in. Alan’s last words are what are important in the reason why the dlc happened. “Things set in motion. If the alarm is true then so must be the reason for the alarm. It’s happening again. A return. You have been warned.” The whole dlc was his way of worming into the complex and getting that alarm to go off as an ambiguous strange tales horror ending. It’s what caused the second game to actually happen or at least return, we would have just gotten initiation without it.

One thing they all had in common too is they were 100% self contained within its own episode of the TV show. Meaning all of the events only obeyed logic within a fictional setting. Alan Wake 2 involved someone who existed outside of the TV show and outside of the Dark Place. After the experience in the Other World according to the Heroes journey one has a few paths for crossing the Return Threshold. One of which involves a Hero who cannot return on his own and needs assistance from someone back in the Ordinary world. 'Rescue from Without'. This allows his story to be rooted in reality rather than 'only' be rooted in fiction which is why his prior attempts failed.

Thanks for that comparison! I have a ton of Alan Wake content in the pipeline.

I very much appreciate your comment. The whole channel got started as an excuse for me to express my thoughts on a bunch of different stuff. I try my best to keep it approach it in a holistic way with both games and life in general. I'm glad to hear you find some value in what we do over here. Cheers!

I'm guessing they got a hold of Barry because of his connection to the AWE in Alan Wake.

Yeah it wouldn't surprise me if Barry was targeted because he has been involved in so much Paranatural events. Not just Alan but the Old Gods, communication with Alice, the FBC interviewed him, etc.

@GamingUniversityUoG I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to get to Alice. Especially after her visit to the FBC. They are up to something and are likely to attack after the Hiss outbreak.

I'm wondering if Barry and Alice know more than they're letting on about Blessed. Probably not, but what if Barry is sort of undercover in this group? They were very careful to not include him in AW2 at all aside from these brief messages, and the only other connections we have regarding Blessed go back to Control. Either way, Barry's showing up in Control 2, that much I'm certain of.

Haha you got it!

I'm still holding out hope Barry will appear in Control 2 considering he is linked up with Blessed now and that is more of an FBC antagonist.

It is a really cool addition to the series. It's events are not exactly how things really happened but they are similar enough that we need to take them seriously and figure out 'what' specifically is relevant.

I do what I can lol

Ideally yes lol. But sadly KZfaq prefers shorter titles and the thumbnail only has so much space. Had to make a creative decision on it.

@@GamingUniversityUoG Fair, though it did make me think you were going to do a lyrical analysis of the song and was a bit disappointed when it wasn't. A small, short lived disappointment because it's still a cool video.

Hope it came out at the right time

They are for sure different things. One is a Tulpa formed by the urban legends told about Alan. Another is a feral variation that is characterized by both his ego and desire to escape.

I think 2's Scratch is a version of him the Dark Presence created in Alan himself by feeding on his despair that he might never escape the Dark Place, his madness from being down there so long, his grief when he thought he'd driven Alice to suicide, being trapped in loops he kept being killed at the end of and guilt at the pain and death his stories were causing.

Since Scratch was created from rumours about Alan people probably spread rumours not only that Alan was a serial killer but that he was a creep and judging by Scratch brainwashing Serena a rapist too. They probably thought he abused Alice as well.

For clarification Serena didn't sleep with scratch. This fictional character who bears her likeness had her encounter with him. There is something more to this too. I intend to eventually do a video on why we have the three female presences in this game. One is new age Esoteric, one is Pure Science and one is designed to take Alan off his path. In the Odyssey the protagonist also went through temptations which could have made him abandon his quest to return home to his wife and son. The Witch Circe and Nymph Calypso specifically. For Rose... I mean it could be a few things. It could just be her going with romance novel tropes of the evil twin brother. But Number One Fan was written by Alan, not Rose. It did echo her own stories though. This begs the chicken or egg question. Was her fan fiction influenced by him or his influenced by hers? There is also the possibility that she is sensitive to inspiration form the dark place so she thought the idea organically originated from her. This setting is weird with inspiration.

@@GamingUniversityUoG Hmmm, true. Yeah with Rose I think her fanfiction came first and Alan got a hold of it and morphed it for himself to try and escape. Who knows, maybe later Rose can actually do what Alan does in creating/manipulating realities later down the line. We don't fully know the lasting effects the Dark Presence had on her.

@@GamingUniversityUoG I saw someone on TVtropes say the three ladies in AWAN represent the Maiden (naive and young), Mother (mature and sexual), and Crone (wise and older).

Makes me nervous considering what Emma planned to do with those 'all natural suppositories'

Haha oh yeah. Console limitations are rough.

I managed to get my hands on the full screenplay of Altered World Event from the data miners. Haven't confirmed Murder Case yet. So yes on the first and maybe on the second.

@@GamingUniversityUoG Cool.

Than you so much!

Spoiler Alert!

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I will yes. I am wondering if I should wait until Lake House comes out just in case we get new info. Seems like every time I talk about Zane new lore details drop.

I intend to dive into that Soulsborne franchise one of these days.

@@GamingUniversityUoG many theories are born in the soulsborne genre. I have one myself that's very early about the dlc! I'll definitely comment on your videos when you do!! Reddit and Facebook community theories are awesome

Thanks!