JP: Mi hermana dulce Ilet Moratar helped me out with some of the Spanish, as I'm only conversational not fluent, so I hope my attempts to translate my own parody lyrics transitions OK, and moreover, I tried my best to do this gorgeous Oscar-winning lullaby justice! This request goes out to two of my favorite readers, JoeClone and InjusticeForAll … and all Miego fans everywhere!
CT: I'm... I'm not crying! It's eye sweat, very manly eye sweat! If writing songs based on ships was an Olympic sport, my brilliant co-writer would be earning gold medals and world records left and right. Why must you make me feel, JP? Why?
"Forever Thee"
(Sung to the tune of "Remember Me" from
Disney'sCoco by Godot at the grave of
his beloved kitten, Mia Fey)
[Verse 1: Godot]
Forever thee, why'd you have to go and die
Forever thee, my love they can't deny
From the moment that I met you, I loved you from the start
No one shall ever take your place, inside my mind or heart
Forever thee, though above you're now a star
Forever thee, within my soul I now bare scars
Know that you're with me the only way that you can be
Until I can hold you again, forever thee
[Break: Mia Fey & Godot]
Mi corazón no dejará de latir para ti
Sin tu amor no puedo existir
Siempre Contigo
Que nuestra canción no deje de latir
Solo con tu amor yo puedo existir
My heart won't stop beating for you
Without your love I cannot exist
Forever thee
My heart won't stop beating for you
Without your love I cannot exist
[Verse 2: Mia Fey]
Siempre Contigo, mi amor por ti sigue vivo
Siempre Contigo, mi espíritu está siempre a tu lado
Te llevo en mi corazón y te acompañaré
Donde sea que vayas , contigo allí siempre estaré
Siempre Contigo, mi corazón siempre serás dueño
Siempre Contigo, nunca sientas que estás solo
Aún en la distancia nunca vayas a olvidar me
Que yo contigo siempre voy, siempre contigo
Forever thee, my love for you is still alive
Forever thee, my spirit's always by your side
I carry you within my heart and I'll accompany thee
Wherever you may go to, with you there I'll always be
Forever thee, my heart you'll always own
Forever thee, never feel that you're alone
Never in the distance will you ever forget me
That I always go with you, forever thee
[Bridge: Godot]
Deep within my heart forever you will stay
Keep our love alive, won't let it fade away
Deep within my heart forever you will stay
Keep our love alive, won't let it fade away
Deep within my heart forever you will stay
Keep our love alive, won't let it fade away
[Verse 3: Godot]
Forever thee, for even though you're gone
Forever thee, there'll be a day I'll come along
And know that you're with me the only way that you can be
Until I can hold you again, forever thee
[Outro: Mia Fey and Godot]
Mi corazón no dejará de latir para ti
Sin tu amor no puedo existir
Siempre Contigo
Que nuestra canción no deje de latir
Solo con tu amor yo puedo existir
Siempre Contigo
My heart won't stop beating for you
Without your love I cannot exist
Forever thee
My heart won't stop beating for you
Without your love I cannot exist
Forever thee
Dual (because you know, we're a duet!) shout out of thanks and replies to the following awesomesauce readers/reviewers including PM's! Everyone else…thanks so much for reading!
Chapter 20
Joeclone
CT: Yes, since Trucy is a minor, she'd need to have Phoenix present in order to make things official. Plus, since Phoenix is a lawyer, that would essentially be killing two birds with one stone. Though I also included Phoenix to be the parody's version of Lawrence to help things flow more smoothly.
JP: I don't know what the legal age for signing contracts is in Japan, but in the localization version, with her being under 18, that should have made the whole contract stipulation null and void right out of the gate! Nothing wrong with hearing anything by the Godfather of Soul! Hmmm… would that make his musical unmentionables be his "Downtown (James Brown) Drawers then? :p
I hope you enjoyed my attempted homage to your request! (and I hope you post yours sometime!)
Chloemcg
CT: I could just imagine Retinz being locked in an interrogation room with no way out before Phoenix and Franziska start attacking him with a bottle of grape juice and a whip respectively while Edgeworth lords over the former magician/producer and gives him the verbal lashing of a lifetime. Taka has quite the melodious voice, so it's a possibility.
JP: I read a funny AU one-shot or Phoenix magically managed to come back from Asian for the trial and punched Retinz – POW! Right in the kisser! That sounds like a very accurate speculation of what protective DILF daddy would do if somebody were to mess with his baby girl!, Also I'd like to think the years would have mellowed Franziska by this point, allowing her to get whip happy and be at Edgeworth's side for the legal smackdown! The idea of all the animals getting together having a sing-along would be hilariously adorable let me know if you can think of any suggestions because I'm drawing a blank but I would try to give it a go! :-)
yankeegal13
CT: Glad to see that you're enjoying my cowriter's signature brand of D.I.L.F./daughter fluff. When she takes the reigns for these kinds of scenarios, I never doubt for an instant that it'll be anything less than enjoyable. Regarding your request, we'll see what we can do.
JP: I must be psychic since I preemptively fulfilled your father/daughter request in chapter 19 with my parody featuring Phoenix and Trucy from the Disney movie Tarzan! Hope you shared my kind co-pilot's enjoyment of it! Gern geschehen!
MuhammadGamingS
CT: Funny you should mention Edgeworth, because he does actually appear in a DLC chapter- Special Episode 11: "Fire Festival", to be specific- in which they waste no time in showing how he and Layton get along swimmingly. Granted, the chapter takes place after the events of the game, so there are no witch hunts, mind control, etc. Not to mention, Edgeworth came to Labyrinthia willingly after winning a trip there via the Labrelum Inc. Drugs and Flames competition by having Gumshoe, and I quote, "crack open millions of pills with his teeth to get the lucky one." So when people say that Edgeworth doesn't take advantage of poor Gumshoe, I bring up this example; along with a dialogue from "Investigations 2" where Gumshoe recalls an incident in an optional side conversation where Edgeworth's car got stuck in some mud, so he- being the loyal subordinate that he is- pushed it back onto the road, only for the prosecutor to drive off, leaving Gumshoe behind until he returned 20 minutes later.
Though if Edgeworth and Kay were trapped in Labyrinthia like Phoenix and Maya had, Kay would be probably be arrested for witchcraft within seconds of entering the city and he'd have to defend her. That, or Edgeworth and Kay would be chased around town for hours on end by an angry mob after the former outright slams the Storyteller by questioning his authority.
As for Retinz, I imagine that he'd be the kind of guy who would make a lot of friends very fast in prison, especially with a certain former attorney who was also screwed over by the Gramaryes.
JP: Edgey has come a long way since the original trilogy… I need to believe he is no longer this much of a douche canoe toward his long-suffering subordinate! That being said, considering how the crazy cat lady treated my favourite hunky knight, plus with her being in insufferable wench overall, I'm not the hugest fan of those two as a couple of Zach can do better! Also, I thought the ending was absolutely ridiculous it's not like there hasn't been supernatural elements in Layton games what with the Azran Legacy and the whole time traveling business with the doomed Claire! I wish they had left it at magic… The ending ruined the game for me but I digress! My favourite headcanon about the rancid Ratings Rajah is that he was forced to watch Trucy's magic show on an endless loop in prison to the point where it drove them to insanity! XD
TheFreelancerSeal
CT: When I was first planning this parody, the Feys were one of my first considerations, but I decided against them after realizing that the ones we know of in canon are too nice, too formal, and/or too disinterested in their family's connection with the other side to pull off a song like this.
When I was first playing "Magical Turnabout" and I saw Trucy crying, I- no joke- yelled "Making Trucy cry? That is a sin! A million years of prison for the monster who did this!" Though that anger was quickly balanced out when my hopes were confirmed and it was revealed that Retinz was also Mr. Reus, giving us this goldmine of a villain- a man who's this seedy producer who will sell his soul, and that of everyone else, for the sake of ratings, as well as this embittered magician who has such an intense hatred for the Gramaryes.
JP: Seeing Trucy crying was like seeing dark clouds cover the sun! Absolutely gut-wrenching… I was like thanks a lot Crapcom, I didn't need my heart anyway! Personally, I love the golden age of jazz and all the music of that era so I think you might actually enjoy the Princess and the Frog in all its musical glory it makes me want to go to New Orleans! Also considering I head canon protective Uncle Miles as Trucy's protector as well as Nick, I'd like to think the book was thrown at Retinz, and that his execution was as "unpleasant" a Dahlia's! (Is it to grisly to say the saw in half trick was hopefully real as a means of doing so?)
Simon DiStefan
CT: Tell me about it. After all of the songs I've had to listen to for these parodies, whenever I boot up YouTube, the front page looks like something out of a Disney soundtrack cd. But if it helps me and JP to create parodies that you and other readers enjoy, it's something I'm more than willing to do.
Now that you've suggested it, we'll definitely consider writing a parody for "One Last Hope". And after listening to the song, I've got a few ideas about how to do it.
JP: First of all I don't believe we've had the pleasure of hearing from you before, so thank you very much for reading and dropping us a line, dear reader! Also, your English is actually better than you give yourself credit for since I understood you perfectly so kudos to you for not relying on a translator and I wish you all the best in practicing… I can already tell you your ingles is better than my espagnol!
Second of all, I had no idea Hercules was such a popular movie as we have had quite a few wishes of songs from that underrated film, and I would be happy to take a stab at your request, as I've had a very good idea presented to me by my creative copilot! :-)
InjusticeForAll
CT: Knowing Edgeworth, he's going to have it where every prodigy prosecutor at his disposal- Franziska, Sebastian, Klavier, and Simon- will be prosecuting Retinz trial and unleash their combined wrath on him. Then, after Retinz has been brutally whipped, clawed by Taka, and convicted, Simon's going to use some of his prison connections to ensure that Retinz receives a special welcome from his fellow inmates.
JP: Pretty much everybody loves Trucy, I love the idea of the prosecutor's office forming a banded coalition of indignation on behalf of the sunny magician and opening up a can of whoop-ass on his pansy ass! (All this wicked revenge because he got a little boo-boo on his arm!). Simon will have no qualms about unleashing his blade and I love the idea of Klavier telling him off in song after Franziska and Miles are done with them - I am torn between sawing him in half as a poetic justice execution, or the dreadful chained underwater tank gone wrong as his final fate! Bwahahaha! It's funny you mentioned baritones and altos… I always thought the voice Ursula the sea witch could have easily been played by a man because of how deep her voice was! I hope you enjoyed your request, dear reader!