![]() ![]() He appeared to Alan and the two touched hands, with Alan extremely uncomfortable at this. Alan saw him under the lake when Thomas Zane explained what Alan must do to defeat the Dark Presence. He was first mentioned in Departure after Alan destroyed the tornado. Scratch, the sound of the word "Scratch" is muffled out, replaced by either static or appropriately, a record scratch. Scratch was supposed to return to Barry Wheeler, Sarah Breaker, Cynthia Weaver and Alice Wake, but his reasons and purpose are still unknown. Scratch is unknown, but it is implied that he returned to the surface of Bright Falls while Alan Wake was writing the ending to Departure at the bottom of Cauldron Lake. Scratch - Alan Wake as the stories portray him. Scratch states that after Alan disappeared all that was left were the wild stories about him, allowing Cauldron Lake's ability to use art to shape reality to make the stories true, thus creating Mr. However in Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Mr. ![]() It is implied he was created by Thomas Zane, possibly as part of the balance. Scratch is referred to as "Alan Wake's evil double", a "supernatural serial killer", and a "big part of Remedy Entertainment's plans for the sequel". He is also rumoured to return in some capacity in the upcoming sequel Alan Wake II. Serving as the main antagonist of Alan Wake's American Nightmare, he first appeared at the end of Alan Wake, and is also a mentioned antagonist in AWE, the second expansion of Control. Scratch is an antagonist of the Alan Wake franchise. How does this jibe with the exploration of Universal Salvation/Reconciliation that you put forth here, Dr. It is harsh to preach Satan and hell under those circumstances is it not? How are we in troublesome, weak circumstances of life like "little children" in our faith. With my own children, I find that encouraging is so much more helpful than negativity. Am I in denial? Perpetuating a lie? I prefer to encourage, as I would wish it to be done unto me. Unless one of them were to ask me point blank, and then I would try to reassure them. Is a person strengthened to resist the power of "sin" by pointing out the danger from Satanic/demonic control or influence? Did one of the men bring up a fear of the devil? I don't talk about this *ever* at the nursing home, with my friends who are experiencing perhaps the hardest part of their lives. Even if given a cute name like "Old Scratch." The mere suggestion/reminder of this "entity" would be enough to divert my thinking from peace and love. But I hold to my question (and it is a question): If it were me, in prison or in any threatening, insecure situation, it would not help me *at all* to have someone pray that the big, scary Satan be kept from overtaking me. I am sure that I cannot begin to comprehend the reality of prison life (the violence and misery of it). The name is too quirky and fun to be allowed to slip away. I've even gone so far as to introduce the name to Freedom Fellowship, the church Herb and I attend on Wednesday nights. In A Christmas Carol during the visions of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Scrooge overhears a conversation describing his death: "Old Scratch has got his own at last." In literature Aunt Polly describes Tom Sawyer as being "full of the Old Scratch" because of his rebellious and mischievous ways. The source of the name is probably the Old Norse word skratte, meaning "a wizard, goblin, monster, or devil." Old Scratch is attested in the Oxford English Dictionary from the 18th century onward in Great Britain as a colloquialism: "He'd have pitched me to Old Scratch" (Anthony Trollope, 1858). "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Now the term has been regionalized to The Devil's name for himself in the Stephen Vincent Benét short story The eastern United States, especially in New England, as is evident from In the last century it was widely used in ![]() Regional Note: Old Scratch, like Old Nick, ![]()
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