#gosh I love Alan Wake

[autumn0689]

One aspect that I kinda love about Alan Wake (specifically the fandom) is that since Alan has reality bending abilities, crossovers could be plausible to the canon, I mean Alan is in Fortnite and people make jokes that him being there was an escape attempt.

I love how meta the game is and how the fans take it to the extreme. You can put Alan in any story and you can kinda justify it by going ‘he wrote himself there’s and I love that

[the-labyrinth-of-me]

The real cruelty of Alan Wake is that Alan and Alice had a argument right before she was dragged into the lake, and there never was any closure to it. They had an argument, he yelled at her, and he never had the chance to make up for it. That's how the last time was they had seen each other. He sits in the Writer's Room and he wants to punch himself for having started that fight over a typewriter and he left her alone in that cabin during a power outage, although she's afraid of the dark. And then she's gone. That alone has to eat him up. And then, years later, on top of it, he learns that she killed herself because of him. It tears him apart. He hands himself over to the Dark Presence without resistance because he's got no reason to fight anymore. The absolute utter fucking tragedy of this. Alan letting himself being taken over because he thinks he fucking deserves this.

Not cool, Sam. Not cool.

The lumberjack you meet in the original game, the very first encounter and all you can do is to run away, remember what he says to Alan? He says "You think you're God? You think you can just make up stuff? Play with people's lives and kill them when you think it adds to the drama?" That's what Alan would tell his creator, should he ever meet him - not Zane, but Sam Lake. Alan would hate the fucking guts out of Sam.

[hearts-are-connected]

I finally finished Alan Wake 2 and ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my gosh, that ending! It was intense!

The final mind place sequence was fantastic, I loved the dive into Saga's character and the visual representation of her being her own worst enemy. It was brilliantly done.

Alan being chased by a Scratch possessed Casey was terrifying. It hurt my heart to see Casey like that.

Speaking of my favorite coffee addicted agent, this photo scared the crap out of me. I legitimately got uncomfortable looking at it, so bravo to whoever came up with this monstrosity!

THANK YOU FOR THE NIGHTMARES

[thebonerpit]

The Lake House DLC was sooooo good oh my gosh. It felt so amazing to be back in the world of Control again and getting to play as Estevez was a DELIGHT. I wish it was longer though, that's my only real complaint, but for a DLC I suppose it kind of makes sense.

I'll put a few more thoughts under a cut in case anyone is wary of spoilers...

Dylan!! Dylan with hair! Lol. It was so good to see him again but like what the hell was going on in those... Flashes, projections, idk? It went by too fast for me to really see what was happening. There's probably some Control 2 clues in there.

New Poe music, yassssss. And I love the fact that one of the notes alluded to her being held in the FBC lol that was great.

Love how this game shit on AI so much, that was excellent. Trying to get all those typewriters to make Alan Wake fiction was hilarious.

Absolutely loved the paint splashes mixed with the Oldest House style architecture. It made everything look so fucking cool. I will say I was annoyed by those big paint monsters, they killed you SO easily, and I never really had enough ammo for the Black Rock gun (which, cool as hell) or enough healing items. I had to put the difficulty down for the last fight because I was getting annoyed.

The Marmonts were so fucked up and amazing as are most characters in this universe. I love how almost everyone at the FBC is just varying degrees of insane.

Also, so funny when Estevez had to pick up those power cubes and lug them around when Jesse could just easily levitate them ha ha. It was definitely weird playing in a Control-type setting without all the cool powers and the gun!

I just want moooooore. I loved Alan Wake 2, it was my personal GOTY, but Control is one of my top games of all time so having this be more centred around the FBC was perfect for me and I cannot wait for Control 2!!

[markopoets]

Gosh, this article made me emotional. Out of all of the bands I can think of, Poets deserves this recognition more than any band I can think of. I'm so happy and proud of them. Much love, Poets ♥️

[writerpyre]

Hello!!

It’s been a LONG time but if you’re inclined to read please have a bonus chapter to an older fic: first time in just over four years that I’ve posted anything for any fandom!

I found it in my files today and being as it’s been so long, I figured why the heck not, as I reckon it’s about time I came back with something. It’s not technically new writing, but I’m pretty gosh darn happy with myself either way. I’m finally at a place in my life where maybe things are going to be ok? I mean, I’m 31.

I’ll see what else the fates bring (my bestie is pretty unwell — not sure what’s with this people closest to me getting horribly sick thing), but I think I’m in a place where if I go back to using my writing to cope I’ll be fine. I can at least hope.

(For those who have by this point probably given up anticipating an update for Fulcrum (or anything related to it) never fear, for that one is next on my agenda! I’m ‘Bound’ and ‘Determined’ to get John through his decade-long predicament. Haha.)

Either way, have a chapter. :)

(For those who are unaware, Kent is my OC, Virgil’s identical twin who died of complications from a heart condition, three days after their birth. Technically part of my AIE “AU”, I originally wasn’t intending to ever post this part, as it’s a practice piece I used to look at who Kent Tracy may have been had he survived past infancy.)

Midnight

The soft sounds of Virgil’s snores rumble through the room from the top bunk, but Kent lays in the bottom bed, wide awake with his pen in one hand, the flashlight in another; scrawling furiously across the pages of his notebook.

It’s past eleven again, and the fourteen-year-old boy can’t sleep; the insomnia from sleeping all day has kicked in again, and all he can do is while away the hours until his father and older brothers roll out of bed. He doesn’t fear waking up his twin brother; Virgil doesn’t wake up unless someone holds the alarm clock right next to his ear; volume up on full, so it’s highly unlikely that he’s going to be disturbed from the light.

He doesn’t mind overly much though, these quiet hours before the dawn. Being one of six children often means that aside from the two hours of study that their father enforces every day, it’s very rare for any of the Tracy children to have any time to themselves without another sibling interrupting it somehow.

It’s nice to have this time to write, and consider and dream without his two youngest brothers asking ‘What are you doing, KT? Can I see? Lemme look!’ he finds it bliss to not have his father wanting him to help with chores or his grandmother wanting him to watch Alan while she takes Virgil and Gordon out, because their father is busy in the office again.

It’s peaceful, and as much as he likes a bit of chaos and excitement, Kent also likes to have some quiet now and again. He loves the way the moon streams through the curtains in the bedroom, how he can listen to Virgil dreaming and feel his brother’s happiness and quiet soul soar through their twin bond.

He feels the pressures of being the sickly child; the one who everyone has to be careful of and look out for too much, and for Kent, these moments when he doesn’t have them looking over him in concern and hovering when he’s ‘too pale��� or ‘overtired’, it just makes him feel more whole somehow. At fourteen, he just wants them to stop seeing him as the ill one and allow him to grow without them worrying that he’s going to overtax his weakened heart.

In these moments, he can remember his mother, and how like him; she was a writer, although with six children before she died, she never got to achieve her dream of getting a novel published. Sure, she wrote for the local newspaper, along with the kindergarten teaching and the music lessons she taught in order to help their father with the monthly bills, but it’s something that Kent knew she always wanted to do. Now she’s gone, he’s more determined than ever to achieve that dream, and make his mom as proud of him as she was as his other brothers.

That’s not to say that he didn’t think she was, but he just wants to do something that his three older brothers haven’t yet.

Kent loves his family, but he just wants to get out of this little box, pre-packaged, made just for him, the one that labels him as the sickly child, the one who is to be worried over and assisted.

It’s not that his father, Grandpa and Grandma don’t expect him to amount to anything, just that somehow, Kent has this invisible label on him that instantly informs people that he’s ill and that he is given just that little bit more leeway to get to places a little easier. There’s nothing more Kent hates more than to be told that he needs to take it easy, or that he can’t do something, just because he’s sick.

That’s why he uses this time, past the hour he should’ve been in dreamland to work harder on anything he ever has in his life, because he wants to make them proud, to break out of the accidental constraints that his condition has placed upon him. He’ll rise above and beyond those automatic assumptions, and prove to everyone that he can do just as much as his brothers. Even if it takes him a little bit longer, even if he has to work a little bit harder, he will achieve his goals.

As he packs up his book and caps the pen an hour later, still not sleepy but content that he’s worked with what he can for tonight, Kent is determined that he’s going to become a published author before he hits his eighteenth birthday, because he’s a Tracy, and for a Tracy, failure isn’t an option.

He’ll lie awake for the rest of the night, and yes, he’ll be completely exhausted and will spend the day in bed tomorrow, but he’ll keep with him through his grandmother’s fussing and John and Scott’s smothering, the peace and tranquillity that this time has given him.

He’s happy, and he knows that if his mother is watching, she’ll be proud.

[yuiyuuji]

hey thank you @nomilkinmyteaplease for the tag! almost forgot about it! xD

Name: Dona

Pronouns: She/her

Star sign: Sagittarius

# of siblings and fun facts about them (if you have any): Don't have any.

# of pets & their names: Had three dogs over the years and some cats where my father lived. The dogs names were Peace, Love and Noris. x'D

Fandoms: F1, more or less. Uhm... And Alan Wake .. kind of.

Favorite color: Red.

Favorite song: Super Beaver - I love you https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/2xHwvj0q58iAEHsL36jKRm?si=f72a87c25f6a44c4

Favorite author (of anything readable - books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!): Paul Auster, H. P. Lovecraft (there is said it. i dare you to come after me), Klytaemnestra (the mastermind behint Mako Skies)

Favorite fic type: uhm... Angst? I love angst.. and drama.

Favorite Holiday: Easter. Bc we have a long weekend here in germany so I don't have to work.. which is cool xD

Do you have a partner (romantic, qpr, anything!)?: do i look like- Sry. Me? never.

Hobbies: reading, writing, singing, tbh? just watching movies and playing games.

Fun facts about you: fun fact? oh gosh. I sing every time someone says something that reminds me of a song xD

Tagging (if you want to.. ^^) @songbird-and-her-fos // @takemetoasummereve // @portinaris

[thatcrazycrowgirl]

Hi Crowie ^-^ Sorry for the long delay. Here are my gaming asks for You <3 Have fun

1 - 2 - 3 - 10 - 18 - 28 - 30

Tight hugs

🦋 Rumor Imbris 🌧️🎵⛈️🎶

@rumor-imbris! Hello! *hugs back* Don't worry about the timing, I was still happy to receive this from you! I hope you're well! <3 Anyway, allow me to finally get back to you with my answers! ^_^

(Also, sorry this got so gif-heavy, but I'm addicted to using them lol)

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1. Last game you finished?

Uncharted 4, baby! Loved it! (Nathan Drake has my heart)

2. Game(s) you’re currently playing?

For a while there, I was keeping on the Uncharted train and working through Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. However, I recently booted up Resident Evil: Village for the first time and have switched my focus over to that. (Chris Redfield also has my heart)

3. 1-3 games you’ve played in the past 12 months that you really enjoyed?

Hmm, let’s see...in no particular order...

1. Bioshock Infinite, for sure. I’ve literally have beaten the game 5 times now, with my most recent completed run being on the hardest difficulty, “1999 Mode” (complete with the tough ‘Scavenger Hunt’ Achievement’ #humblebrag), and I STILL enjoyed the heck out of it. (Booker DeWitt also, also has my heart, and Elizabeth is precious and needs to be protected at all costs)

2. Red Dead Redemption 2. I’m far from completing this game, but I love the world so much. It fun to just run around and explore and visit the towns, and such. AND THE DETAILS. THE AMOUNT OF DETAILS IS INSANE. (Arthur Morgan also, also, also has my heart)

3. Alan Wake/AW’s American Nightmare. THIS. GAME. THIS GAME LITERALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. No joke. It’s not just a game, it’s an experience. Gosh, I cannot praise it enough. The writing is just... *chef’s kiss* (Alan Wake himself may or may not also, also, also, also have my heart)

10. A console and/or handheld you’ve never played but would like to try?

There are some more modern consoles that I’ve yet to try, but since they play basically the same as some previous generation ones, I think I’m going to cheat with this question a bit and not necessarily highlight a console, but an arcade cabinet instead. There’s this one called “Carnevil”, which is basically an on-rail shooter type of game, but it takes place in a haunted, resurrected, and obviously evil carnival, run by a mad professor. (That aesthetic is just my jam, really.) It sadly has never been officially ported to any consoles, so chances of trying it are very low, but if I ever get the opportunity, I’d be one happy gal!

18. A game location you really like

Because I won’t shut up about Bioshock, I’m going to highlight the “Battleship Bay” section from Bioshock Infinite. It’s absolutely GORGEOUS and was one of the things that attracted me to the game in the first place. Seriously, that soft color palette is EVERYTHING.

28. Pick a series you like. What was the first game you played for it? Was it a good starting point? Would it still be a good starting point now?

Since I spoke about Bioshock in my last ask response, let me bring up an older series that was a HUGE staple of my late childhood/early teens: Sly Cooper (or Sly Raccoon, if you’re outside of the U.S.), I started with the first one when I was only 10, and was totally hooked! While most claim the 2nd game, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, is the best in the series, I believe playing the first one was the best starting point, and still think it is, even now. Sure, the other games may be a tad easier, and the first one may not be the most polished, it still has its charm, and sets up Sly’s motives and family history from the get go. (I still haven’t played the 4th one yet, but if I ever get my hands on a PS4 or PS5, you know I’ll give it a try!) Overall, I highly recommend this series!

30. Game you think you’ll finish next?

Given that they’re both what I’m currently focusing on, it’ll likely either be Resident Evil: Village or Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. I'm enjoying both so far!

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Thank you so much for you ask, and your patience! These were really fun to answer! ^_^

[toomuchfrogsummer]

Summer, Life, Growth, Yet Simply Existing.

Alan Wake wrote about the dark parts. They came true. If they had not written it would it have been? To live in naivety the dark doesn't exist until all there is is the darkness around you. You have to write about it to make it make sense.

I started to look into the darkness, it came true too. It was the truth that was there all along but had turned a blind eye to most of my life. Not by choice, to survive the best I could. Holding onto my truths on the inside yet pushing down the resentment as to show up with that smile I always had to have. The turmoil building. Leaving allowed for a needed let go of all that was stuffed down. New forms of stuffing appeared. Always... stuffed? What is this writing piece becoming?

They said I manifested it. It is odd. Duality. Mindful, not ignoring the bad for my own comfort, seeing what I want to see. I cannot let go of of the light. I feel selfish to hold on to light, who am I to have when so many are being consumed by the darkness. The dark and the light balance.

Bringing me to the true moment of now. Walking along my way. A familiar yet startling sound jarring back to another time. Wake Up! Thank gosh there is grass to touch. Our song starts to play taking me back to that moment in the basement. Stop! Hold some ice cubes. Sigh, okay lets do something in the moment to bring us joy. Powers on the Switch. Sits on the couch. The emptiness seeps in. Where are the puppies? I remember playing this with them. The tears swell up. I miss home. This isn't fun anymore. The things that bring me joy reminds me of... I cannot have my life back. It is all tangled up in my past life. I love myself. I love time alone. This grief needs to fuck off. Can you fuck off? Damn it, I am dissociated. I don't feel anything. Okay, lets go to the gym and let it out.

Lets find a new sense of home. The feeling of home is encased in grief. Home is a state of mind within myself. Let them go. It is over. Cry, it hurts. New connections and experiences will over write it. I don't want to forget them... It feels like putting the home video of your favorite parts of life into the VCR and recording over it with a TV Show you don't even know if you like yet. Is this really how it is going to be? I guess so. This TV Show is full of smiles, explanations of how perfect life is, just believe what we do. I don't... this doesn't feel right or real. I see unaware privlige, micro-aggression, excuses, unawareness, selfishness. Bad advice seeping into my self doubt. Maybe they have it right and I'm all wrong? Or is all this wrong and I'm right? Maybe it is a balance of both. Meanwhile everything is on fire and people keep on with their day like everything is fine.

Hello... what is going on?

'Oh, that? Isn't anything I can fix.'

'I won't let that affect me. I'm strong.'

'It is a political ploy.' ... people died...

'You need to stop caring so much.'

'They brought that fire on themselves, they will figure it out.'

WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE?!?!

[autumn0689]

At this point I expect Alan to always introduce himself as ‘My name is Alan Wake, I’m a writer.’

[thatzombiecat]

Oh geez oh gosh, here we go!

I'm sorry I didn't feel like listening much of variety of late, but here have some of my top fav songs!

Thanks @noelle666 for tagging🖤

KAUAN - Sateen Huuhtoma Now this is the music of my soul, a comfort band I'll be cherishing forever. I discovered them back deep in my dark times a long while ago and they were the ones who helped me navigate through it and get me to keep going (their album Kaiho especially). I love the melancholic vibe here, a soft song of rain. The melody that soothe a weary soul in times of need.

Poets of The Fall - False Kings But the True kings of my playlist nowadays, and this song in particular I heavily associate with Heinrix x Iconoclast!RT romance theme and my heart shatters into million pieces each time I listen to it and u know what my dearest rt comrades IT SHOULD BECOME OUR ANTHEM OKAY PLEASE LISTEN TO IT I BEG U!! The lyrics are just perfect 😭💔

Wardruna - Voluspá Sometimes I wish I was born a travelling skald reciting verses of the gods and great battles in songs like here in this music video. For my voice to travel far through the fjord, echoing from of the cliffs far into the sea. But for now just listen to this song and you'll be transported here yourself. This gives out an intense goosebumps!

KAUAN - Siiville Nousu More lighthearted song here, much like a distant childhood memory or something. This band means very much to me and I'm ever grateful for their existence.

Old Gods Of Asgard - Poet And The Muse Well yeah, basically Poets again? But Marko's voice is just so irresistibly comforting amiright. They eat up a chunk of the top of my playlist rn and I can't list all their songs here so I left it for yourself to discover. They deserve way more attention :> And yeah, Alan Wake!!

Florence + The Machine - Wish That You Were Here Florence songs always evokes something deep inside as she's doing her magic like here, and this is simply an incredible song that have a place in my heart

With links for you to check them all out. Hope you'll enjoy!

No pressure tags for @sotc @lordofpenandpaper @redbatchedcumbermayned @holylustration to share yours (only if interested :>)

And for everyone who wish to participate and share the absolute gems of your music playlist you're very welcome to join! <3

🎶-Favorite Songs- 🎶

Got tagged by @morimox for a list your favorite song tag game! Started a new post because the other reblog chain was getting long. Thanks for the tag! Love seeing what other folks are listening to 😊

Like you it is nigh impossible for me to pick a single favorite song, so here’s a brief list of some current faves in no particular order!

Rejoice by AJJ

Wildcat! by Be Your Own Pet

Modern Girl by Sleater Kinney

No Waves by FIDLAR

Scream by Stef Chura

Camelot by Skating Polly

Life Rips by Mommy Long Legs

Ouija by Harley Poe

A Coward’s Lament by Stufy

Neutral Spirit Hotel by Local News Legend

BlackBoxWarrior- OKULTRA by Will Wood

If you see this post, feel welcome to reblog with your faves! It’s fun to see people’s taste and get new bands to check out.

No pressure tags in case anyone interested:

@ferindencadash @theworldwalkersdiaries @bardic-perdita @cosmicaeons21 @soykina @n1ghtmeri @groovyleviathan @wastingmytimehere

I always feel like I’m spamming people when I tag, so I try not to name many people, but please feel free to share even if not tagged 🙂

[agusvedder]

--I have in my head on a loop:

"...Gay love can pierce through the veil of death and save the day."

Ghostfacers - 3x13

On a loop. On a loop. In that haunted house, the victims repeat their deaths on a loop, again and again. Always a circle. And if Corbett was freed by the power of love, that means they not only repeat their deaths, but their feelings are still untouched, they're still there pulling something to keep those ghosts stuck, unable to move on...  Like angels and demons in the empty, they repeat their deaths and their biggest mistakes, their unfinished bussiness. 

Ruby: "Why do you call it Empty? This place is full, full of sorrow and despair playing over and over again, of angels and demons dreaming about their regrets. Forever" (15x13)

Now, in this Ghostfacers episode from Season 3, they used Corbett’s feelings for Ed as a comedic resource at some level. Because in Supernatural s3, Gay=Joke. We know it’s not that way anymore. We know it for a fact. 

Now, I wanna bring some attention to this small piece of dialogue of the Ghostfacers episode.

SAM: Think we were off on this? I mean, that was just a death echo. 

 DEAN: Yeah, but what's it doing here? Did anybody get shot here? 

 SAM: No, not that I could find. 

 SPRUCE: What's a death echo? 

 SAM: Look, we got a problem here. That ghost ain't it. 

 HARRY: Yeah, that's real. Like, that happened. 

 SPRUCE: What's a death echo? 

 DEAN: Echoes are trapped in a loop, okay? They keep replaying how they died over and over and over again, usually in the place where they were ganked. It's about as dangerous as a scary movie. 

 SAM: So maybe the echo's not dangerous, but maybe something else is.

Okay, I know maybe it wasn’t the original intention of the writers for this episode to be a perfect guide to explain Destiel’s last episodes and the ending of Supernatural, but as show as well designed as this, and with so many callbacks, parallels and mirrors, I am doubting if this is not intentional, ‘cause the small piece of dialogue I wrote up there is not the end. 

Finally, the intern Corbett dies. And Harry suddenly has a moment of clarity. 

HARRY:- I...I know how we can get through to him. 

ED: How? 

HARRY: Ed... He had feelings for you. 

ED: Huh? 

HARRY: He wanted you. 

ED: Wa-- wanted me to what? 

HARRY: You know.  And you know what you've got to do. You can do it, Ed. You've always been the brave one. Yes, you can. You make us brave -- Maggie, right? 

MAGGIE: Yeah. Yeah you do. You totally do. 

HARRY: Ed...You got to go be gay for that poor, dead intern. You got to send him into the light."

Out of the darkness, into the light. 

"ED: Corbett, look. Hey, it's just Ed, buddy. It's just me. Hey, hey, Corbett, listen to me. Listen to me. I -- we... Okay. You meant... Corbett, you meant a lot to the team. You meant... You meant a lot to  me. You know, never back down...Never say a bad word, okay? I remember that, Corbett. I-I remember that. I remember because I love you, Corbett. I really, truly love you. Do you remember that? do you?"

Ed says the magic words to wake Corbett up from that loop of suffering, death and regret. Words that remind me to other words.

Buddy.  We needed you back. I don't get words wrong. We need you. I need you. 

Goodbye Stranger. When Dean was honest about his own feelings, Cas was free.

Also notice how Harry used “He wanted you” instead of, I don’t know, “he liked you” or something. This is a theme that’s been repeating for seasons with Dean specifically, the Want vs Need, the Plural vs Singular in regards to Cas. The whole purgatory arc, the Michael!Dean arc with his famous, seemingly random question “What do you want?” in the beginning of season 14. Surprise surprise, it’s not random, and we know it. 

(Tiny detail that maybe is not that interesting but I got it on my head and I gotta write it: In this season, episode 4, we see Chuck being a writer again, writing the last Winchester book. Chuck’s pseudonym in season 5 was Carver Edlund. This season we already had that callback to Carver, engraved on stone on the crypt where Rowena chooses to die. Where is our callback to Edlund? .... Well. Edlund wrote Ghostfacers in s3). 

Also, this small thing answer my own question from 15x02 when I noticed a visual parallel between Cas and the ghosts from hell.

Okay, so my speculation is that this specific dialogue will repeat some time in the future when SOME human we know rescue SOME dead angel we know and love. It. Fits. 

To Conclude, and in the Ghostfacer’s words:

ED: We know this much: that every day, including today, is a new beginning. We learned more than we can say in the brutal feat of the Morton House.

HARRY: The Ghostfacers were forced to face something far more scary than ghosts. They were forced to face themselves.

ED: War changes Man.

HARRY: And Maggie.

ED: War changes man. And one woman... You know Corbett, we just... ah gosh, we just like to think that you're out there, watching over us.

HARRY: As far as we're concerned, you're not an intern anymore. You have more than earned full Ghostfacer status. Plus, it would be cool to have a ghost on the team.

ED: Yeah. Heh heh. And here we were thinking that, you know, we were teaching you and all this time you were teaching us, about heart, about dedication, and about how gay love can pierce through the veil of death and save the day. Thank you, Alan J. Corbett.

(I know this is a mix of stuff, I’m not sorry though.)

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OKAY, so I’m not gonna detail phrase by phrase why it feels relevant, because it’s pretty evident, so I trust you guys to read it and share with me what you feel about the end, and how do you think this relates. But this is... ugh ñksndfñ.Its an amazing example on how FAR this show has gotten, how it keep circling back to the start over and over and over, and past canon but evidently evolved as an inspiration for future episodes. Certainly the “Gay” resource stopped being a joke a LONG time ago. 

Side note: thank you crippling depression, anxiety and self loathing for finally allow me to post this meta. 

[subjectsix]

You burn down the forest after that reveal? .p. Any hopes/predictions for Alan Wake 2?

nah my light got snuffed out and I'm sprinting through the PNW away from the living darkness ksejfhsejfhsek

Gosh I don't even know, I'm just excited to have it! I would love to see some furthering of Alan's character and emotional state because I'm always attached to those kinds of developments, and I found the Alan Wake DLC and him in AWE very relatable.

I've always had a hunch that he might end up an inadvertent villain, or even a villain but not out of want, but narrative necessity. It would be really bittersweet and interesting to explore.

I wanna see Rose and Sarah Breaker and Alice so bad! I would love to see a camera game mechanic of some kind (both the idea of a photomode and a camera being used in game for game purposes-- though idk if 'photomode' and 'survival horror' go together). And Mr. Scratch, that wonderful horrid grody dude. Wanna see him up to his general shenanigans again.

Seeing the Alan Wake world in the newest graphics Remedy has is gonna be beautiful. And the music! I'm ready.

[tracybirds]

✨

Scott...

Scott is yours :DD Thanks! Morning Glow from the 2013 revival of Pippin and oh gosh idk if I pulled off the vision in my head but I had lots of fun

Morning glow, by your light We can make the new day bright And the phantoms of the night Will fade into the past Morning glow is here at last.

His first memory is faded from age and taped together with bedtime stories. It’s more of an impression truthfully, the morning chill taken from years of waking before the dawn, the ground falling away stolen from his daily life. He thinks the way his father’s hand had enveloped his was real but he might have imagined the way he’d been bounced in his lap as the airplane picked up speed and left his tiny lungs breathless.

He flew long before he knew he could fall.

And how much more indestructible had the man who took him there become in his childhood memories?

Well. It had been a long time since he had been three. Four. Toddler aged.

“You need to stop looking at me like I’ll break, son.”

Scott smiles, worry keeping his eyebrows drawn together. He pushes aside the image that had haunted him across the long months; his father lying on the kitchen floor a week after his return, brittle bones snapped, too weak to pull himself up the stairs and the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on him. Now, Jeff Tracy stands on his own feet, leaping to new heights every day and as seemingly invincible as ever.

They all know better, but no one will draw attention to it.

Except Scott.

“Final checks, Dad?”

“This will be the third set of final checks you’ve had me do, Scott. What’s really worrying you?”

Solo. His first solo flight since his eight-year stint in space. His first solo flight since Scott had last seen his father explode over and over, out of reach and out of time.

Solo, like he did every day. Not a big deal. Not worth fussing over.

“Just run them, Dad.” If he puts a little bite in his tone, the kind that always got cadets jumping and shuts his brothers up in the field, Jeff doesn’t notice.

He’s too excited to notice, and Scott won’t be the one to take that from him.

“I’ll be on the deck with the others.”

“FAB, Scott. Let’s get her in the skies.”

The little plane is a mere blip of an insect next to their ‘birds, but she’s sturdy, reliable, homegrown and shipped out from Kansas herself. Scott had taught Alan to fly in her, had personally seen to her upkeep and would trust her to the end of his life.

He has more faith in her than in FAB1, a thought that he’d never shared with her owner.

He takes the steps three at a time and bursts onto the deck as the sun’s first rays peek over the long horizon.

The golden light shines and his family looks up to welcome him.

“I didn’t miss it?”

“Oh, yeah,” says Gordon, grin spreading across his face. “That’s what you get for taking the stairs.”

“Shut up, Gordon,” says Virgil, whacking him lightly on the back of his head. “Dad’s just finished taxiing now.”

They watch together, listening for the hum of the engine speeding up and becoming caught in the breathless rush of take-off. The plane rises with the morning dawn, riding on the resounding cheers of the pilot’s family.

And with it, Scott’s worry lifts, faith restored, the gentle love of flight and the adrenaline-filled joy taking over as he sees his father fly again.

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My Semi-Alan Wake 2 Review (featuring my crazy ramblings)

I’m having severe Alan Wake brain rot help me I just think about Alan and Zane and Scratch and Alice (ABSOLUTE GIRLBOSS) and Barry and Pat Maine and Rose (she’s delusional, just like me fr fr) and the Anderson brothers and THIS GAME I LOVE IT I NEED MORE!!!!

I feel bad for anyone who follows me for something else because let me tell you I’m going to be gushing about Alan Wake for A WHILE!!! I love Alan so much he’s my blorbo I want to squish him like a bug I want to give him a blanket I adore him!! He’s such an asshole and I love him.

I can’t wait for the DLC’s and New Game Plus I am going to play the FUCK out of it. I’ve completely abandoned playing any other games (poor Spider-Man 2 is just sitting there, waiting for me to continue) and I’ve been playing AW2 for hours on end. To me it’s such a good game. I love the characters and I’m emotionally attached to so many of them!

Saga my love my life I love her puns and how kind she is and how she cares so much about her daughter and Casey and how fucking badass she is and how powerful she is!

I adore Casey and I love the short film Yöton Yö and my gosh I adore Ahti! I feel so bad for Cynthia and she deserves better than Tom, speaking of Zane, pop off you absolute whore of a man. Scratch was just… he’s Scratch what more is there to say about him?

Gosh this game- I can’t elaborate on why I love it, it’s just so much to dive into, there is so much of it that I love.

Bright Falls is so different and also just how we remember it being! It has so many of the OG Cast (Rose, Pat, Cynthia, Anderson Bros) while also bringing in new characters (like Saga, Casey, Koskela Bros, Agent Estevez) and how Deerfest is still being celebrated. The townsfolk living there have really experienced it all.

Watery is such a cool place to explore. I love Coffee World and the atmosphere, like how the Ferris Wheel played music and how it made it sound so creepy I LOVE IT!! I love how big Coffee World feels and how abandoned it feels even though it currently isn’t. It gives Abandoned Amusement Park vibes and it’s not even abandoned I love it!

My two favorite locations are the Valhalla Nursing Home and The Oceanview Hotel. Valhalla has just a haunting vibe with it being a nursing home, and the basement section fills me with so much dread due to the environment. The Oceanview Hotel seems so grand and like a maze that I often get lost in that section. It seems so grand, especially considering we only go to three floors at most.

The map system is also cool, in my opinion, I like how you are able to see if any Collectibles are nearby and where it shows you when a certain location can’t be accessed. I love exploring and how vastly different it is from the beautiful forests of Cauldron Lake to the Noir Style New York.

The Dark Place is just a perfect mix of being frightening while also having moments of hilarity. It seems so vast, and Alan is basically trapped to a small location, and wandering too far will suck him into pure darkness. It’s such a bending world that going one way can lead you to a completely new direction. It’s such a moldable location that Alan has been trapped in, stuck in a loop (metaphorically and literally) of remembering and not remembering and basically dealing with his personal demons. The ‘We Sing’ section is such a fun one! It’s so fun to play and funny in how almost safe it makes you feel, well, until you fight enemies, of course. The graffiti gives so much to the environment, especially in the Subway section, in which it seems like it has so much history to it.

I adore the way that Alan literally rewrites scenes. I love Sagas Mind Palace and how we can solve things. I love Rose’s Zombie Apocalypse fanfic and how the Angel Lamp also changes environments, and honestly talking about the Yöton Yö short film and how amazing it is deserves a post of its own.

I just- I love the Remedy Games! I’m so excited to see what is coming up in the future! I love these characters, and I can’t wait for more content to come out in the upcoming months.

To anyone who has read all this, here, have a picture of Alan

[sonatanotwo]

What is your all-time favourite scene from TaG and TOS?

Man… this is REALLY hard for me, especially with TAG, because I just have so many favourite scenes. Many are just small moments, where little to nothing is spoken and just the animation acting is just… SO GOOD. So it’s really, really hard. a;soidj;asia So I’m afraid you’re gonna have to put up with more than one, because there’s just no way I can EVER narrow this down to all time XD Not yet anyways. Maybe S3 will give me something that I’m like OMG JUST THAT FOREVER. But yeah. XD

First TOS! though, cause this is a bit easier. lol (…Prolly should read more this… XD)

SO. Like Bro, definitely one that comes to mind first is from Terror in New York when Scott is talking Virgil through that flight home. Cause GOSH. THAT. Yeah. (And then Virg waking up all “Thunderbird 2?!?!” lol Oh Virgil.)

Then… also, outfit aside >.> (cause oh gosh /)_=) really love when Virgil is painting Alan in Move and You’re Dead and Scott comes up all “You’ve really caught a likeness!” and they’re teasing Alan. “Oh, but you’ve gotta admit, it is really you, Alan.” GOLD. Gordon and Virgil teasing Alan in End of the Road is great too. XD

OKAY. So then. TAG!

This is just so hard… There is just so many good things in TAG! Gosh.

Obviously Recharge comes to mind… I DO love that convo with Virgil and Scott, but it doesn’t quite take home the THIS IS THE SCENE cause I always felt like it felt a little rushed and seemed like it just… missed a beat at the end. If that makes sense. Like it just needed ONE more thing maybe from Virgil, after Scott’s “Yeah… yeah.” The moment just kinda fizzled… SO as much as I love it, and I love the faces and everything in it a;soijda it just, can’t QUITE make it. Cry XD 

Also from Recharge I just love Virg and Scott crashing on the couch together. XD For longest time it was really the most we’d ever seen any of them get ‘in each other’s bubbles, so to speak. XD

Then there’s…

Just. Virgil there with Grandma. It’s only a few seconds… not a single word… but oh gosh the expressions and just Virgil there holding his Grandma’s hand. So caring and supportive and worried… I just loved that single shot cause it said so much with so little.

There was so much good in Up from the Depths. ;A; Scott’s “It’s not Dad.” scene was just… amazing. AMAZING. It has such weight, in his voice and look and everything. asoidja;

And course Virgil talking to Gordon from up top and then his face when TB4 goes offline. DX DX DX

Oh man Earthbreaker, when Scott tells Virg to ditch and he’s like NO WAY. a;sidj;asoda and all the red lights and smoke MAN.

Scott rescuin’ Virg in Bolt from the Blue :Db That Scott was already preparing to head out before Virgil called for him. asoidj;a

Telling TB2 to look after Grandma in Grandma Tourismo. (Man I just love that whole ep, honestly. XDDD) (Yeah, a lot of my fave scenes seem to be Scott and Virgil and Virgil and Grandma. XDa)

OBVIOUSLY course any where Virgil is playing piano or painting/drawing are like. *o*!!!!

Ugh… I feel like I’m forgetting something that’ll spring to mind soon as I post this, but anyhoo. Basically, I love a lot. ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡