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Studies in lighting and new coloring tech to get ready to draw a new series of drawing that might have to do with this tumblr's name I wonder what.

Also apropos of nothing, did you know designing a LOT of keyblades is really freakin' hard?!!

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Got a new drawing monitor and of course I broke it in with Alan Wake art.

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Why I love the Saga Anderson/Alex Casey pairing:

If “Partners to the end” doesn’t immediately pull at your heart strings, I don’t know what to tell ya.

Saga had saved Alex's life in so many ways. After the divorce, Alex had given up. The loneliness and his own self-loathing suffocated him all at once. He reached for the bottle every time it got the better of him drifting farther into a slow motion suicide. Saga had found him in his apartment one rainy night, face down and motionless in his own mess. The look of absolute terror on his partner’s face when she thought she’d lost him was burned into his memory. He never wanted to see that again.

She stayed up with him through that night. He’d let it all spill out, everything he’d been holding tight, out of his chest in a mix of words and tears. His walls crumbling down while she held him, rubbing calming circles on his back.

After that, he reluctantly got to know her family, her happy full household a mocking inverse of his sad one bedroom apartment. But instead of being kept at arms length he was welcomed in, not as a visitor but as a member. David’s corny dad jokes grew on him and Logan… he cried when she called him her “grumpy uncle”.

Saga had always respected her partner but over the years that feeling developed into something more. When she’d first been assigned to shadow the more seasoned agent, her peers had warned her about “terminal case Casey”. That working with him was like working with a growling iceberg. None of that deterred Saga in the slightest, no matter how many times in the early days he’d try to push her away.

She’d tease his about those damn Wake books but never too far. Never to hurt him. The moment she’d managed to get Casey to smile a real smile, not the fake one he showed the world to get by, Saga felt her heart sing. She continued chipping away as his hardened exterior bit by bit until the real Alex Casey emerged. After that, the duo were inseparable.

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More 'Casey with a sword because I said so' concept art.

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Why I love the Alan Wake/ Alex Casey pairing:

The Minstrel's Ballad: Enemies to Lovers trope (Ultimate)

From wherever Alice truly was, Alan could feel his wife’s emphatic approval of her husband’s advances on Alex. Her words, as soft as whispers in a breeze, reverberated in Alan’s head.

“Contrary to universes’ belief, you two are allowed to be happy for once. Go for it.”

Alan dreamed about Casey’s varied loves and found himself wishing he’d been on the receiving end of his detective’s affections. His very first drafts of his Alex Casey stories were more amorously charged, Casey finding his lovers on a wider spectrum. But Alan knew, at the time and the world being the world, his books wouldn't sell that way. So reluctantly, Alan knew certain changes to the detective's tastes would need to be made to reach a wider audience.

The detective’s romances would always ended in tear-jerking tragedy, femme fatales crushing Casey's heart leaving the man hollow and raw by the end of each book. It was a fate Alan longed to change for the man but his readers loved the drama all too well. As time went on, the writer shared his desire for his original version of Casey with Alice who gave him every variety of “well DUH” she could think of. Alan was as content as he’d ever be with this secret crush on his very fictional detective.

Casey was everything Alan thought he wasn’t. Alan put all of the things he knew he couldn’t overcome into the Casey books. Every challenge he knew would destroy him he eagerly threw Casey into head first. Casey in his early life solved problems with his fists until finding his calling solving the worst crimes the sordid city had to offer. As hard as he got knocked down, Casey would always stand back up and his fans loved him for it. Rooftop shoot outs, soul shattering betrayals. The writer had left long trails of scars both visible and invisible on his detective. And that was ok. His Alex Casey wasn’t real.

FBI agent Alex Casey however was very much real and was very much pissed off at the writer from the moment he emerged from the lake’s shore. Years of jokes the moment he said his name out loud, years of that damn murder cult in NYC sending him their twisted work based on Wake’s novels.

Then the events of Bright Falls happened. His memories rewritten, whatever he had experienced in the Dark Place, his side throbbing from a wound he didn’t have. The contents of his skull felt rearranged from Scratch’s possession. The thought of that monster hunting and tormenting Alan for more than a decade made him sick.

Which brought his thoughts back to the writer. His rage towards him had dulled into a manageable annoyance reserved for anyone not Saga adjacent. The Wake of 2023 was a shadow of the man he’d glared at on the newsstands before his disappearance, nothing like the arrogant blowhard he expected him to be.

Casey stood strong through the multiple times wake tried to apologize for… everything. He noticed how flushed the writer’s cheeks would get when he was close, how his voice would stammer ever so slightly. He noticed how dry his throat got when someone mentioned the writer, his hand reaching for the nearest cup of coffee to block his reddening face. He also noticed the raised eyebrows and slight smile Saga gave Casey from across the room. Casey rolled his eyes. Maybe it was the after effects of this damn lake. He wasn’t developing feelings for this wet cat of a man. He wasn’t.

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Why I Love the Thomas Zane/ Alan Wake pairing:

Two deeply lonely artists, in a hotel room with unlimited booze and drugs. There is no way they didn’t get down.

There is no question who’s the master of the House of Zane when it came to Zane and Alan. Alan is a guest, the weight of that statement is felt the moment he leaps into the film. The space felt removed from the shadows like Tim’s safe room but something felt… dangerous. Unpredictable. Where his time in the Dark Place felt dream-like, being in the House of Zane felt like moving through rushing water up past your head. Everything around him felt charged with motion, Zane most of all.

Zane on the other hand, could see the stillness from Alan, stuck in his loop, going through the same motions. He wanted Alan to let go, to rip away his anxieties and lose himself in the hedonistic pleasure of creation. He wanted SOMEONE else to feel what he feels. And if Alan’s other self…selves came out to play? The more the merrier.

Thomas supplied the writer with whatever he wanted, drinks, an approximation of food, qualities of illicit substances that would get them both sent to jail for life in the real world. But here it didn’t matter.

He didn’t know if it was a blessing or a curse Alan’s lapses in memory kept him off balance and into Zane’s waiting arms. It had become a game to Thomas, how he chose to draw the writer to him each time. Once with him, how best to break down Alan’s defenses. And the inevitable outcome each time. A true collaboration in every sense of the word.

He’d continue to help the writer in his own way, make him experience what true art could be. What would happen after that was something Zane only knew for now. But he was damn sure he’d have fun along the way.

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A post game AU where Casey gets a free magic sword because swords are cool dangit I don't make the rules. And Casey would be super scrappy with one.

Alan isn't exactly the most reliable narrator so when he declared himself 'the master of many worlds" I snickered "Source: Trust me bro". He's got the power but boy do I not trust him to wield it with skill...yet.

And this sword is based on a real sword from Finland!

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Why I love the Alice Wake/Alan Wake pairing:

They just really are soulmates. They understand each other so completely, so openly. Their love for each other proven strong enough to stand up to the darkest of nights countless times.

Alice knew many sides of her husband. The one on the press tour, all bluster and machismo, his natural born charisma on full display. The one with bloodshot eyes that stared in frustration at his untouched typewriter for months, more distraught and lost than she’d ever seen him. The one filled with anger, hurling stinging barbs from his mouth, knowing each word would deliver the cruelest cut. Regret flashing momentarily across his face before retreating into the neon lit city.

But she also knew the sides of her husband he rarely let the outside world see, ones just for her and anyone lucky enough to get close to him. The sides of him worth fighting for, worth dying for.

Alan didn’t feel like he deserved someone like Alice in his life. In the past, she anchored him back to reality before any of his more destructive flights of fancy and self indulgence went too far. Wiped his face when he puked up his fifth night on the town, held him close when tried (again) to kick his harder vices cold turkey. Stood by him at his worst moments. If not for her, he knew he would have died a tabloid worthy death long before the ferry ride to Bright Falls.

But after everything, there she was. By his side. His love. Now with her back by his side, two hearts in sync once more, he would try. He would be someone worthy of her light.

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Some characters take to dressing up nice more than others, hee hee.

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Why I love the Alan/Scratch/Mr. Scratch pairing:

Alan was tortured non stop for thirteen straight years, so many loops, so many deaths. So many horrible ends. So many times he’d given up, given him, lost himself in the darkness. How he let his light fade. How even now that he’d won his freedom, his lost time has left an indelible mark on his soul. A mark not easily scrubbed out.

Mr. Scratch, suave, slick, calm and collected. Knows that everything he desired will come to him in good time. It is inevitable. THEY are inevitable. And he has all the time in the world. He’d had fun in Night Springs regardless of his unceremonious end. Watching his writer scramble to keep up with him. He only wanted to show Alan the method to his madness, to show him he’s so much better than the writer is at absolutely everything. He doesn’t want to break Alan as much as necessary, just as much as it takes for him to learn his place. And when he gets bored, he’ll end it and they’ll start over again, locked forever together in a macabre duet of his own making.

Scratch on the other hand is all instinct, all sound and fury. He’s a predator tracking his prey through broken underbrush and neon back alleys. His other dark half favors the preciseness of the blade where he’s at home with blunt and feral improvisation. Claws scraping jagged lines, fangs eager to pierce flesh. Nothing will keep him from his goal but he gleefully imagines what he’ll do to anyone who tries to stop him. The blood, the viscera, it’s almost enough to send him over the edge as is.

We made this. Everything revolves around us. We should be one. We belong together. Welcome me back home.

They’re doing this for Alan’s sake, if only he would stop fighting them and see things their way. They want to share their victories with him, make him see how wonderful the world. If they were free. If they were one.

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Another post game idea where Alan and Alex are hunting Taken or making it out of the lake YET again or whatever horror filled dangers they’re bound to continue to face. Alan steps into the way and takes a hit meant for Alex.

The threat dispatched, they tumble onto the edge of the lake. Alex quickly clamps his hand over the steadily bleeding wound. It’s bad. Real bad. They aren’t looping anymore and they both know it. If Alan dies now, that’s it. And still, he saved Alex without another thought.

Alex is angrier than he’s ever been in his life. After all they went through to get him out of that stupid lake. The selfish, fatalistic bastard. His free hand claws through the dirt as he calls Alan everything under the sun just to keep his attention.

Sirens approach louder and louder as flashing lights round a bend. Help was here. If it wasn’t too late. Alex pleads with Alan to keep his eyes on him, clocking every slow rise and fall of the downed man’s chest with the palm of his hand.

Alan is too weak to do anything else but watch the agent yell frantically to the sound of hurried footsteps reverberating through the sand. He stares up into Alex’s tear filled eyes but everything is going fuzzy. Alex’s face is overtaken by red and blue lights. And then, nothingness.

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This is really important right now and it sucks! Basically my advice is don’t engage with these bad actors online, especially if you work in the gaming industry. They want the attention, the clicks, the engagement. The best thing to do right now is deny all that to them and block and move on.

The thing about these GamerGate 2.0 chuds, is they are being particularly relentless because they want to establish momentum. So a lot of them are mostly focused on just spouting as often as possible.

A point of caution: I know a major difference is that this time they would have to convince people that SBI was somehow bad when their works includes *checks notes* some of the most well received games of the past couple years (GoW: Ragnarok, Alan Wake 2, etc.).

And yeah that'll make it harder. But keep in mind their first time at bat with those nonsense, they literally made up a complete fabrication about a basically unknown game developer and game journalists. Straight up made it up.

I'm not saying don't argue, but if you get the sense your shit is getting hijacked, don't be above a block spree if you gotta.

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Why I Love the Dr. Darling/Thomas Zane pairing:

Come on, this is the easy one, right? There is literally no heterosexual explanation for THAT Final Draft video.

Who’s playing who in this battle of wits. Will Darling’s curiosity get the better of him? What fresh chaos can Thomas conjure? Who is the real experiment, who’s the real artistic subject in this arresting duality. What could they accomplish together, what have they ALREADY dreamed up together? Do they even care when time and space and causality in the Dark Place flow in random streams? The possibilities are as endless as the tides gently pulling them down into the deeper ocean green.

Zane can’t help but enjoy answering the good doctor’s endless stream of questions with more questions as Darling tries in vain to make sense of their shared world. The doctor’s thirst for knowledge is infectious. Zane feeds off of Darling’s inquisitiveness and feels himself reinvigorated, the creative juices flowing with renewed ease. Darling is such a refreshing change from Alan’s dour attitude darkening his doorstep. The part he must play for Alan needs be so crafted so airtight as to bend the writer exactly to his will. But with Darling, there is no role to play, no masks. True artistic expression.

Darling feels he’s found a true equal, not only to his intellect, but an equal to his innermost mind. He’s found someone who won’t just leave him to his own devices with his scientific pursuits, but will join him along the way. Zane is no more a scientist than he is an artist but they match each other on a deeper level. Darling swears he can see the air vibrate and colors shift around Zane it’s not the bottomless drink in his hand talking, though it is are quite helpful. He makes a mental note to add that to the growing list of things to discover about Zane.

Neither of them have ever been good at keeping their clothes on for extended periods of time, this shared space making it even to shed anything and everything holding them back. Thankfully pants aren’t a necessity when you’re collaborating in the House of Zane.

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Post game idea where Dark Presence grabs Alan and drags him back into the lake. Both versions of Scratch materialize and bring Alan to a room high atop the Oceanview Hotel. The Scatches' plan is simple. Break Alan’s spirit enough to let them back in, to return them to their rightful home. If they can bring Alan back down to his lowest point, to kill every shred of hope and light left in him, he’ll have no choice but to welcome them back with open arms. And the Scratches know just the way to do it.

A television buzzes to life in front of the three, the screen fading from static snow to the frazzled image of Saga and Casey approaching the Oceanview’s doors. Alan tries to look away but the smarmy Scratch with the drink grabs his hair and yanks his head back up locking it in place. The agents have followed Alan’s kidnappers into the Dark Place to the Hotel and begin their ascent to rescue him.

The Scratches use their combined power to make the Hotel their own, throwing every shadow, every maze, every obstacle they can conjure in their way. The shadows more aggressive, faster, ravenous for the agents’ blood. But Saga and Casey persist, rising through the never ending gauntlet.

Even as they watch Saga and Casey fight on, the Scratches show no signs of worry. The farther they go, the closer to Alan they get before eventually falling, will make the crushing pain even sweeter. They will show Alan that his momentary victory against the darkness was meaningless, that they will always be one.

Or will they?

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Eagerly awaiting Dragon’s Dogma 2 and oh look a character creator is out! Lemme just make my Arisen and main pawn… and… oh no not again.

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Why I love the Alan/Alice/Alice pairing

Why I Love the Alex/Alan/Alice pairing:

The Trauma Trio and Schrodinger's Wife all wrapped up in one package.

From the Dark Place, Alice had watched Alan pine for her warmth and at the same time crave the touch of his supposed imaginary friend turned foe. She could feel the darkness had taken a cruel pride in tormenting her husband in Casey’s form loop after loop. After returning from the lake, she shared her husband’s love and worry and passion for this FBI agent who they barely knew but had already spent a lifetime with.

Wake was finally reunited with Alice (Back in his arms, stuck in his head? Dealer's choice with this pairing bayybeeeee!). They were together again thanks to her love. But a part of his heart couldn’t come to grips with the realization that there was a real Alex Casey. That this man, that he’d thought about since … and during… puberty, this person he longed for to be real, WAS real. Flesh and blood instead of ink and parchment. This man that he’d done nothing but hurt since the moment he’d crawled out of that damned lake. He could barely look at Casey after everything he’d put the man through. But he yearned for the FBI Agent to understand and maybe one day forgive him. The mere thought of Casey one day smiling his way makes his stomach flutter.

And Casey, now having been touched by the darkness, better understood the absolute nightmare Alan had endured. When he compared his relatively short encounter with the power of lake to Wake’s thirteen years of torture within its depths and Alice’s choice to risk everything to save her love, Casey’s built up anger and resentment ebbed away. It turned into sorrow, then to rage, then into something in-between. He also felt something else he hasn’t felt in a long time, something he felt when he caught Alan sheepishly stealing glances at him and the way Alice’s unyielding gaze (Next to Alan? Through Alan?) seemed to penetrate his very soul. He shoved the feeling back down the moment his cheeks started to flush. Saga would never let him hear the end of it.

Alice could see Alex and Alan dancing around each other, avoiding each other’s gazes and touches, lest an avalanche of emotions spill forth between the pair. A smile spread across her face. She would hold on to her light, not only for Alan but to guide Alex to where he belonged.

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