[For those who fight, laugh, dream, and/or push on, I welcome you with open arms.] Just a musician who happens to really like certain stuff. Creator of (one of) the Outertale Soundtrack(s) Header Art made by the wonderful @the-enderlady !!!
I just started watching Columbo for the first time and oh my god I totally get all y’all’s fascination with this man. He’s hunched and shabby and rambles constantly and seems distressed and disorganized but is in fact always the shrewdest fucker in the room. And like we know nothing about him as a person other than the anecdotes he tells people which may or may not be true. Like the mystery detective is in himself the biggest mystery. Learning his first name is a lore drop. I know more about Doctor Who than I do this bedraggled man with a glass eye. Character of all time for real.
Potential Act 3 and Act 4 "GOTCHA" moments for a What If crossover where Columbo is assigned to investigate the disappearance of Marion Crane and ends up at Bates Motel (Psycho, 1960)
Hi everyone! I've been really obsessed with Columbo recently, and I love seeing people put him in other franchises to track down a killer, and I've never seen anybody have him take on Mr./Mrs. Bates, so I just wanted to share something my hyperfixation-fueled mind whipped up for some later-scene dialogue moments in the latter portions of this fictional episode. I hope you all enjoy!
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Act 3
"Gee sir, I gotta say, your attention to building preservation is astounding. Excellent craftsmanship, fine attention to detail, it even feels like the dust that settles into the pores of the place are meant to have a home here. That's why it didn't bother me at first to see traces of scuff marks all over the floor and walls, it felt like it was a relic in your eyes, and I certainly wouldn't wish ill on anything you see as important family history."
"D-didn't bother you at first, Lieutenant? So it... it bothers you now?"
"Now? Oh no, sir, no no no, not at all. Not anymore."
"Not anymore?"
"No sir, it makes complete sense to me now. I figured out why you felt the need to preserve the extra scuff marks. You know, the ones beyond the signs of furniture moving, or the constant opening and closing of doors and windows over a span of decades. I was just a little puzzled about the marks on, oh where were they again, oh here they are. The marks of what appears to be signs of a fall down the stairs."
"Lieutenant, nobody fell down those stairs recently."
"Recently? Oh. No sir, these marks are very faded, fossils of events that probably happened uhhhhh... well, definitely not recently. But the point I was getting at, sir, the point I was getting at was that I was convinced these marks were different. Special. Unique. But I understand now. They were never unique. At least, not in the way I thought initially."
"I don't follow, Lieutenant."
"Well you see sir, unique scuff marks like that, I remembered, are in any household with a little kid running around in it. I've always let my wife go on and on about her many siblings, how often they'd run around the yard, pick fights at dinner time, get into trouble because they knocked something over that they shouldn't have-"
"Lieutenant, I don't see how-"
"And then you have my family, now, my family, my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers, we all got along swimmingly. We'd yell alot, it was an italian household, but there weren't any fights. But me and my siblings, we had a dog. Cute as a button, but as hot as an iron. That little tyke would dart all around the house, and we'd chase him, and we'd knock things over while chasing him, you would not believe the number of times we were this close to getting grounded because of how close we were to knocking down by grandma's favorite grandfather clock, it was a memento to her from her dad, my great granddad-"
"Lieutenant-!"
"So I got it then. I understood the marks in your house weren't unique that way. They're in my wife's house. They're in my house."
"So what was the point of bringing attention to it-?!"
"Because the marks in your house are unique in a different way. All those marks on the stairs that I saw? I also noticed a permanent indent of footprints on the carpeting at the top step. They're too big to be a child's. And the points in the back of the footprint indicates they were made by someone in heels."
"What?"
"Yes, sir. Every spot in this house that has abnormal scuff marks on the floors, the walls, the stairs, theyre all accompanied by an indent in the floor of someone in heels, barely moving, standing calmly. And each indent shows they had a front seat view of whatever caused the scuff marks in the first place. But I understand now. I understand why it's only peculiar to me."
“…”
"That's because for you, it was an every day occurrence. Every day, your mother would beat you, berate you, or injure you. She'd push you down the stairs, or she'd slam the front door against your arm, or she'd shatter dishware in the dining room and force you to pick it up with your bare hands. Things like that. Horrible things like that. But you never bothered to hide the damage to the house those scuffles caused. Because for you, it wasn't unique. It was the norm. Wasn't it, sir."
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Act 4
Norman would be despondent at this point, ready to be escorted to jail. But as we all know, moments like this are when Mother steps in.
So she does.
Norman goes manic in the eyes. He gets a crazed smile. The violins do the iconic shrieking rhythm. Columbo's eyes widen. He takes a step back, maybe two.
Then Columbo takes a deep breath. Columbo is back to normal. The violins stop. Mother's eyebrows burrow in a scowl, confused and frustrated by how quick Columbo went from shocked to composed.
Then Columbo speaks.
"Mrs. Bates. I'm grateful to finally meet you. Your son told me all about you, very sweet man, you're the entire world to him. I gotta tell you, the boys back at the precinct will never believe me when I tell them I found a man who talks about his mother just as much as I talk about my wife."
"I'm afraid you will not be leaving this house alive, Lieutenant. Not with that son of mine."
"That's okay ma'am, I have no intention of charging him with murder. I'll testify to that. No ma'am I'm merely escorting him out of your house. The murder charges are more likely to be under your name, Mrs. Bates, I'm sorry to say."
"What makes you think I'd allow that?"
"Oh, geez, I'm sorry ma'am, I'm afraid you have the wrong idea-"
"Goodbye Lieutenant."
Mother fishes for his/her knife... but it's gone.
"You... you...!!!"
"Like I said ma'am, I'm sorry, but you had the wrong idea. I never thought you'd allow me to take your son away willingly, or confess to murdering Ms. Crane. That's why I had to dump the knives you own into the swamp pond outside."
Mother's eyes widen.
"I hope you don't mind ma'am, I kind of felt I was doing your boy a favor. You see, I noticed those knives always gave him the willies whenever he glanced at them, and with his knack for making sandwiches, I thought, 'hey, he probably won't need them.' 'Course the boys will likely need to retrieve them when they come down here to take Ms. Crane home. I plan to stop by her house, give her sister the grim news, I hate to do it, but better to do that than let the poor girl wonder, you know? Now, do you think you would be willing to answer some questions for me while I take you down to the precinct for proper charging? I'd think it'd do you and your boy some good to see what the world looks like nowadays, outside of the walls of this house and the motel. Five stars by the way, the beds are top quality, and the pillows' feathers are fluffier than I could ever dream of. Your son has a knack for finding the right kind of bird for any occasion, I have to say!"
"You... are the peskiest kind of fly, Lieutenant. The kind that refuses to leave a lady well enough alone."
"Heh heh, yes um, my wife does say I'm like that. It was a wonderful thing, learning your son would never harm a fly."
Mother would give the evil grin seen at the end of Psycho.
Columbo would reply with his iconic "gotcha" smirk seen in most endings for a Columbo episode.
Credits would roll~
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Thanks for letting me share my silly little idea with you all! Let me know what you think, if you wanna tell me! I'm also interested in knowing if this is something that people would want to see be turned into a full fledged "Columbo Episode" fan story, so lemme know if that's something you'd be interested in or not ^_^
Potential Act 3 and Act 4 "GOTCHA" moments for a What If crossover where Columbo is assigned to investigate the disappearance of Marion Crane and ends up at Bates Motel (Psycho, 1960)
Hi everyone! I've been really obsessed with Columbo recently, and I love seeing people put him in other franchises to track down a killer, and I've never seen anybody have him take on Mr./Mrs. Bates, so I just wanted to share something my hyperfixation-fueled mind whipped up for some later-scene dialogue moments in the latter portions of this fictional episode. I hope you all enjoy!
-----
Act 3
"Gee sir, I gotta say, your attention to building preservation is astounding. Excellent craftsmanship, fine attention to detail, it even feels like the dust that settles into the pores of the place are meant to have a home here. That's why it didn't bother me at first to see traces of scuff marks all over the floor and walls, it felt like it was a relic in your eyes, and I certainly wouldn't wish ill on anything you see as important family history."
"D-didn't bother you at first, Lieutenant? So it... it bothers you now?"
"Now? Oh no, sir, no no no, not at all. Not anymore."
"Not anymore?"
"No sir, it makes complete sense to me now. I figured out why you felt the need to preserve the extra scuff marks. You know, the ones beyond the signs of furniture moving, or the constant opening and closing of doors and windows over a span of decades. I was just a little puzzled about the marks on, oh where were they again, oh here they are. The marks of what appears to be signs of a fall down the stairs."
"Lieutenant, nobody fell down those stairs recently."
"Recently? Oh. No sir, these marks are very faded, fossils of events that probably happened uhhhhh... well, definitely not recently. But the point I was getting at, sir, the point I was getting at was that I was convinced these marks were different. Special. Unique. But I understand now. They were never unique. At least, not in the way I thought initially."
"I don't follow, Lieutenant."
"Well you see sir, unique scuff marks like that, I remembered, are in any household with a little kid running around in it. I've always let my wife go on and on about her many siblings, how often they'd run around the yard, pick fights at dinner time, get into trouble because they knocked something over that they shouldn't have-"
"Lieutenant, I don't see how-"
"And then you have my family, now, my family, my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers, we all got along swimmingly. We'd yell alot, it was an italian household, but there weren't any fights. But me and my siblings, we had a dog. Cute as a button, but as hot as an iron. That little tyke would dart all around the house, and we'd chase him, and we'd knock things over while chasing him, you would not believe the number of times we were this close to getting grounded because of how close we were to knocking down by grandma's favorite grandfather clock, it was a memento to her from her dad, my great granddad-"
"Lieutenant-!"
"So I got it then. I understood the marks in your house weren't unique that way. They're in my wife's house. They're in my house."
"So what was the point of bringing attention to it-?!"
"Because the marks in your house are unique in a different way. All those marks on the stairs that I saw? I also noticed a permanent indent of footprints on the carpeting at the top step. They're too big to be a child's. And the points in the back of the footprint indicates they were made by someone in heels."
"What?"
"Yes, sir. Every spot in this house that has abnormal scuff marks on the floors, the walls, the stairs, theyre all accompanied by an indent in the floor of someone in heels, barely moving, standing calmly. And each indent shows they had a front seat view of whatever caused the scuff marks in the first place. But I understand now. I understand why it's only peculiar to me."
“…”
"That's because for you, it was an every day occurrence. Every day, your mother would beat you, berate you, or injure you. She'd push you down the stairs, or she'd slam the front door against your arm, or she'd shatter dishware in the dining room and force you to pick it up with your bare hands. Things like that. Horrible things like that. But you never bothered to hide the damage to the house those scuffles caused. Because for you, it wasn't unique. It was the norm. Wasn't it, sir."
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Act 4
Norman would be despondent at this point, ready to be escorted to jail. But as we all know, moments like this are when Mother steps in.
So she does.
Norman goes manic in the eyes. He gets a crazed smile. The violins do the iconic shrieking rhythm. Columbo's eyes widen. He takes a step back, maybe two.
Then Columbo takes a deep breath. Columbo is back to normal. The violins stop. Mother's eyebrows burrow in a scowl, confused and frustrated by how quick Columbo went from shocked to composed.
Then Columbo speaks.
"Mrs. Bates. I'm grateful to finally meet you. Your son told me all about you, very sweet man, you're the entire world to him. I gotta tell you, the boys back at the precinct will never believe me when I tell them I found a man who talks about his mother just as much as I talk about my wife."
"I'm afraid you will not be leaving this house alive, Lieutenant. Not with that son of mine."
"That's okay ma'am, I have no intention of charging him with murder. I'll testify to that. No ma'am I'm merely escorting him out of your house. The murder charges are more likely to be under your name, Mrs. Bates, I'm sorry to say."
"What makes you think I'd allow that?"
"Oh, geez, I'm sorry ma'am, I'm afraid you have the wrong idea-"
"Goodbye Lieutenant."
Mother fishes for his/her knife... but it's gone.
"You... you...!!!"
"Like I said ma'am, I'm sorry, but you had the wrong idea. I never thought you'd allow me to take your son away willingly, or confess to murdering Ms. Crane. That's why I had to dump the knives you own into the swamp pond outside."
Mother's eyes widen.
"I hope you don't mind ma'am, I kind of felt I was doing your boy a favor. You see, I noticed those knives always gave him the willies whenever he glanced at them, and with his knack for making sandwiches, I thought, 'hey, he probably won't need them.' 'Course the boys will likely need to retrieve them when they come down here to take Ms. Crane home. I plan to stop by her house, give her sister the grim news, I hate to do it, but better to do that than let the poor girl wonder, you know? Now, do you think you would be willing to answer some questions for me while I take you down to the precinct for proper charging? I'd think it'd do you and your boy some good to see what the world looks like nowadays, outside of the walls of this house and the motel. Five stars by the way, the beds are top quality, and the pillows' feathers are fluffier than I could ever dream of. Your son has a knack for finding the right kind of bird for any occasion, I have to say!"
"You... are the peskiest kind of fly, Lieutenant. The kind that refuses to leave a lady well enough alone."
"Heh heh, yes um, my wife does say I'm like that. It was a wonderful thing, learning your son would never harm a fly."
Mother would give the evil grin seen at the end of Psycho.
Columbo would reply with his iconic "gotcha" smirk seen in most endings for a Columbo episode.
Credits would roll~
-------
Thanks for letting me share my silly little idea with you all! Let me know what you think, if you wanna tell me! I'm also interested in knowing if this is something that people would want to see be turned into a full fledged "Columbo Episode" fan story, so lemme know if that's something you'd be interested in or not ^_^
I created a MAFIATALE Visual Novel Gamejolt page. There is already some exclusive content there that I haven’t shared here! You can also download my waterfall jazz cover from the music section.
Go Now! https://gamejolt.com/games/mafiatalevn/652985
The game will be available for download on this page once it is released. So if you want to be the first ones notified of the download link, follow the Gamejolt page!
I've been obsessing over starkid and I'm also a daydreaming college student who is constantly subjected to Greek literature so hey, here's this silly thing I thought of.
The Odyssey... Except It's The Trail to Oregon
Trail To Oregon = Trail To Ithaca
Independence = With The Trojans
The Grind = (I couldn't think of a good one for this, so this one was left undecided)
Sometimes it Pays to be an Animal = Sometimes it Pays to be a 'Nobody'
When The World's At Stake = When A God's Irate
Dysentery World = Pig Infested World
Your Wagon Is On Fire = Your Boat Is Underwater
Lost Without You = Fine Without You (but please come back, these suitors are pissing me off)
Caulk Your Wagon = F*** Your Goddess (Calypso) [until the day you diiiiiieeeeee🎵]
Speedrun = Speedread
You Gotta Go = You Got A Bow (instead of random farts, it's random sounds of arrows flying and suitors dying/screaming as Odysseus starts killing off the suitors while he's singing)
Getting Naked in a Lake = Killing Suitors in Your House
And there you go! Tune in next time to see my ramblings about Oedipus except it's The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (AKA The Guy Who Didn't Like Oracles)
I designed a fairy-fighting type Pokémon for myself wayyy back in undergrad, and it’s taken me til now to really give her life. Ribbonny in particular is inspired both by sailor moon and the powerpuff girls ✨✨
My Art Shop / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook ✨✨✨✨✨
Remember when Beauregard said that Molly told her he wants to leave every town better than how he found it? I think it makes the events of last Thursday wildly poetic.
This is a SPOILER FREE showcase of my test scene for MAFIATALE VN as well as the current features and UI designs in the game. Tell me what you think in the comments!
Music in this video: A Midnight Stroll and sans shop both by @teffyjeffy Jeffery Watkins.
Kerv and I have been working really hard on designing character sprites for the game. I’ll post them on the Tumblr page once they are finalized :)
For the most part the Visual Novel UI is finished besides a few background images for menus. At this point, I don’t plan on adding a reset feature to the game as it pertains to the story. You will only be able to “reset” your game after you get one of the game endings. There will not be a “true reset” as of now, but this may implemented once I write the true ending of the game.
Since there will be many choices that show many different outcomes, I thought one save game file would be annoying to the player. So even though you won’t be able to reset whenever you want, you will have plenty of saves to travel through timelines with :)
With that being said, at this point I don’t plan on creating a specific separate genocide route. But I do plan on including choices that are quite dark.
Thank you for following and supporting my passion project!
Hello! I'm the same guy that asked you about your Megalovania remix, I just want to say thank you so much! This really has helped a lot! Got another question if you don't mind me asking. Did you use any of the extra sound libraries that Apple made? Such as Edges and Angles, Rock Drummers Vision and Verse, or Gozadera Latina. Cause if you didn't it would save me a lot of time searching for specific instruments XD. Thanks again dude!
If I remember correctly, I made that song before those extra kits were a thing, so I’m pretty sure you’ll be fine with what you have already. Happy to help!
Heyo! I've started to recreate iconic Megalos from the early Undertale fandom, and what better place to start than with your amazing Megalovania remixes! I've been attempting to recreate your Megalovania In Space V2, and I have found a few instruments, such as the Machine Language synth for the main lead and the Transistor Choir for the bridge section begore the guitar solo, but I just can't figure out what drums, guitar, backing tracks, and leads you used at 0:16. Do you think you can help?
Hello there!
The guitar was just the built in metal guitar with some reverb; I honestly do not remember which drums or backing tracks I used, sorry; the lead I used for 0:16 is a Synth Lead called "Dance Anthem"
It's honestly been forever since I made that rendition and I deleted the original song on GarageBand a long time ago in order to keep my storage space from vanishing. Sorry that I can't be of any more help ^^'
I finally got all my stuff together and made the game intro. The visuals may change for the demo or the final game. Mostly because I’m still not sure if I want to go with the lineless art style that I did for this intro. If I stick with this style, I will probably only keep the lineless art for backgrounds and only do line art for the characters.
I want to know what you think! Comment down below if you like the art style or not, if you think I should add line art to the intro, or any other recommendations you have. I am always looking for ways to better my art and the overall game. Or if you want to DM me instead you can certainly do that as well!
Visual Novel story by Stormy
Original UNDERTALE game by Toby Fox
Inspired by AU created by KID
Intro music by @teffyjeffy a.k.a. Jeffrey Watkins
Thank you for watching my game intro. I hope you like it.
