Remedy Entertainment, starting with the game Control, began their "Remedy Connected Universe" Alan Wake 1 and its semi-sequel "American Nightmare" just stood alone by itself, as did Control in its vanilla content, but then Control got the DLC "AWE". AWE introduced that the worlds of Alan Wake and Control were in the same world, and further introduced all of their symbolism, and it's here where the two start to strongly blend into each other. In regards to Alan Wake 2, I need to draw your attention to certain things: The first of which, is Mister Door. In the Vanilla version of Control, prior to AWE and Foundation, Jesse Faden speaks to her brother Dylan Faden. This is like the 5th or 6th time you talk to Dylan, but here's where he tells you about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A95jhVWDA94 He mentions that when he was in a "Dark Place" he met with a "Dark Man" named Mister Door. In this same conversation, Dylan tells of a world where a "Writer" wrote a story about a "Cop"