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velvetjune · 2 months

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(spoilers for alan wake games) thinking about awan again. i like how it included alice and it works a lot with whats shown of her in aw2: particularly like that the radio segments have her somewhat struggling to explain her documentary with how her film is separate to what she actually feels and knows happened irl. how she’s aware of the public perception of her and alan, and part of her making the documentary is responding to that and her own loss.

even in those interviews, the radio host still manages to turn everything about alan instead of alice and her own thoughts and film. she’s put in such an uncomfortable position of trying to be her own person. im glad her friend was there to guide the interview back towards her, but wow alice’s audio and videos in the games are hard to listen to

#my heart aches for her #ive only played awan once so these thoughts aren’t fully formed. but its a great game to play post-aw2 imo #I don’t want to make this post too long since it’s just me feeling sad over Alice lol #but it’s interesting how Alice’s documentary destroys scratch and ‘saves’ alan at the end with a dramatic + romantic kiss #it fits in with Alice saying her documentary wasnt realistic—it still didn’t represent what their relationship actually was but became #it’s own thing. no wonder the ending felt like a fantasy and didn’t fix everything #wonder if I would’ve thought of it differently if I played the game *before* aw2 but no use in guessing #😵‍💫 I don’t even know if I. understood the ending completely. but its a silly and fun game at its core so im not concerned #might be getting some facts wrong #also if there’s aw3 I hope there’s a Serena mention :)#not tagging this since it’s a mess of thoughts

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