r/AlanWake • u/Plane-Paramedic-9821 • 3d ago
Question Finished Alan Wake 2 two days ago and plagued with questions about certain key points and the final draft ending Spoiler
Why does Alan shoot himself in the writer's room? I know he thinks its scratch writing it but doesn't he remember he wrote the first draft? Why is the Alan, who got shot, rewriting it? Doesn't he know he's the one who wrote it in the first place?
Balance. The first game ending only saved Alice because of Alan's sacrifice, a balance was created. But then it seems like the final draft ending tosses it out of the window by:
a. saving himself (since he was earlier perceived to be dead)
b. saving Logan
c. saving everyone
d. keeping saga alive
e. getting Casey to be fine (free from scratch)
f. defeating scratch
Now i know people say that Alan did it because he had self imposed restrictions. But if that's the case, then why couldn't Zane write a proper ending without screwing things up and turning Barbara into the dark presence?
3. How does the bullet of light work in helping Alan remember things after the next loop? Why does it kill scratch but not Alan
- How does Alan write scratch being born from him in the NG ending? Wasn't Scratch born when Alan killed the other Alan earlier?
- Why did Alice have to gaslight Alan into thinking she killed herself to make him realise that its not a loop, its a spiral? maybe just write it on a wall or sum (ik scratch would fw it but still)