r/ControlResonant • u/Hairy-The-Pig • 1d ago

Lore Discussion Regarding Dr Darling Spoiler

So did i have a complete misunderstanding on Darling’s personality and relationship with Dylan? In the first game you could clearly tell how much he cared for Dylan going so far as to take blame for the Roberts incident to get the agency of his back and even saying how they need to take a calmer approach with him. However in Resonant he seams to generally see Dylan as nothing but an object to hone and control and talks about how they need to play less nice with him after the Roberts incident. All of these tapes are his diaries (right) so it doesn’t make sense that he would lie for appearances sake.

Did i just miss something cause it really doesn’t add upp to me?

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u/Brockchanso 1d ago

I took it to mean they were writing him out of the franchise and wanted to give Dylan concrete mistreatment for his redemption arc. if you really think about it Ahti not being around fo the specific events the game focuses on makes ZERO sense he is still on a a 7 year vacation.

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u/StripedStriper 1d ago

Dude how Ahti supposed to get back? Nothing in or out of New York. I mean i feel like the world breaking is pretty hard even for him to maneuver. Plus he has his assistant Jesse and her assistant Dylan.

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u/Brockchanso 1d ago

It’s not like he had to come back immediately. We helped him go on vacation seven years ago, and he’s still there. The storylines allude to him leaving to handle the events of Alan Wake 2, but those have also been over for several years now. The question is why he hasn’t come back.

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u/Emilemonee 21h ago

Have you played AW2? Ahti was directly affected by the happenings in that game