History Heartwarming / AlanWake

* A meta-example. During the final iteration players don't have to go rescue Serena, but it feels good to do so anyway.

* After being separated from Barry and Sheriff Breaker on the way to the Well-Lit Room in Episode 5, Alan gets a call from Barry, only to hear their helicopter being attacked by flocks of Ravens. When Alan says they need to go help them, Cynthia Weaver pragmatically insists that they leave the other two behind so they can reach the Well-Lit Room where they’ll be completely safe from the Dark Presence, as Alan is far too important to risk losing, even calling Alan selfish for wanting to risk everything on the off-chance Barry and Sheriff Breaker survived. Alan rounds on her furiously, shouting “[Barry’s] my best friend!”, before leaving the safety of the lighted tunnel they were traveling through to go after his friends. The best part? Alan doesn’t even have to think before making his decision. He is NOT going to abandon his best friend, even if it means delaying Alice’s rescue.

* Alice and Alan finally reuniting at the end of American Nightmare. It might not be real,[[note]] and ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' explicitly confirms it wasn't [[/note]] as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* Alice and Alan finally reuniting at the end of American Nightmare. It might not be real,[[note]] and Control explicitly confirms it wasn't [[/note]] as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* Alice and Alan finally reuniting at the end of American Nightmare. It might not be real,[[note]] and Videogame/Control explicitly confirms it wasn't [[/note]] as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* Alice and Alan finally reuniting at the end of American Nightmare. It might not be real,[[note]] and VideoGame/Control explicitly confirms it wasn't [[/note]] as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* Alice and Alan finally reuniting at the end of American Nightmare. It might not be real,[[note]] and VideogameControl explicitly confirms it wasn't [[/note]] as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* Alice and Alan finally reuniting at the end of American Nightmare. It might not be real,[[note]] and VideoGameControl explicitly confirms it wasn't [[/note]] as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* Alice and Alan finally reuniting at the end of American Nightmare. It might not be real,[[note]] And Control explicitly confirms it wasn't [[/note]] as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* The memory of Alice Zane sends after her ''appearance'' in The Writer.
* Chapter 3, after the incident at the police station, while you're on your way to the coal mine, the next radio you encounter has Pat Maine chew out Agent Nightingale, and addresses Alan directly, apologizing for possibly getting Alan into trouble, and says he believes Alan isn't the bad guy in all this mess, and wishes him luck. "Godspeed", indeed. After all this mess, it's nice to know there's someone other than Barry who's on your side, even if he doesn't know what Alan is really dealing with.

* Alice and Alan finally reuniting at the end of American Nightmare. It might not be real, as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* The memory of Alice [[spoiler: Zane sends after her ''appearance'' in The Writer.]]

* Barry showing quite a bit of legitimate concern for Alan's well-being as he heads out in the dark [[spoiler: with the Clicker in hand, ready to strike directly at the Dark Presence]], giving him a good ol' manhug and even tearing up a little. It definitely goes a long way to show him and Alan being truly close friends. Even before then, in the Anderson brothers' house, while he and Alan are having an "unwinding night" together off the brothers' moonshine, he heartily says that despite their arguments, he wants to stick with Alan "like a brother", and when Alan winds up sagging and telling Barry that he misses Alice and wishes she was there, Barry walks over to him to pet him and just-as-heartily tell him that it's going to be okay.
* Alice and Alan finally [[spoiler: reuniting at the end of American Nightmare]]. It might not be real, as lampshaded by the Narrator, but it's still a case of EarnYourHappyEnding for a series that desperately needed it.

* A meta-example. During [[spoiler: the final iteration]] players don't have to go rescue Serena, but it feels good to do so anyway.
* Alan's behavior overall in American Nightmare. In the original game he came off as a bit of a stuck-up JerkAss, but his time in the Dark Place has mellowed and humbled him. He goes out of his way to help the people he encounters and ensures their experiences, which for Emma includes [[spoiler: being murdered several times in the various iterations]], aren't as traumatic as they were for him.

* Barry showing quite a bit of legitimate concern for Alan's well-being as he heads out in the dark [[spoiler: with the Clicker in hand, ready to strike directly at the Dark Presence]], giving him a good ol' manhug and even tearing up a little. It definitely goes a long way to show him and Alan being truly close friends.

* Alan's behavior overall in American Nightmare. In the original game he came off as a bit of a stuck-up JerkAss, but his time in the Dark Place has mellowed and humbled him. He goes out of his way to help the people he encounters and ensures their experiences, which for Emma includes [[spoiler: being murdered several times in the various iterations]], aren't as traumatic as they were for him.

* Alan's behavior overall in American Nightmare. In the original game he came off as a bit of a stuck-up JerkAss, but his time in the Dark Place has mellowed and humbled him. He goes out of his way to help the people he encounters and ensures their experiences, which for Emma includes [[being murdered several times in the various iterations]], aren't as traumatic as they were for him.

* Barry showing quite a bit of legitimate concern for Alan's well-being as he heads out in the dark [[spoiler: with the Clicker in hand, ready to strike directly at the Dark Presence]], giving him a good ol' manhug and even tearing up a little. It definitely goes a long way to show him and Alan being truly close friends.

* Chapter 3, after the incident at the police station, while you're on your way to the coal mine, the next radio you encounter has Pat Maine chew out Agent Nightingale, and addresses Alan directly, apologizing for possibly getting Alan into trouble, and says he believes Alan isn't the bad guy in all this mess, and wishes him luck. "Godspeed", indeed. After all this mess, it's nice to know there's someone other than Barry who's on your side, even if he doesn't know what Alan is really dealing with.

* The memory of Alice [[spoiler: Zane sends after her ''appearance'' in The Writer.]]