Karry Universe Footnotes
Okay I guess before I start I should try to explain what this chapter is. To do that I think I have to go back to the beginning.
Well if you have been following this story since day one or paying close attention to the authors notes, you know this started out as simple one-shots. They were just supposed to be cute fluffy things with Barry and Kara and not much story attached. Then something weird happened – it suddenly became an actual story. While I kept the one-shot format (each chapter, if you realize has its own plot) the stories ended up interconnected. People besides Barry and Kara ended up getting backgrounds and dedicated chapters (Lucy for an example here). It truthfully became it's own universe. It became Karry Universe.
Now onto the point of this chapter. From reading some reviews, I am realizing people aren't getting that the events in this story are not actually like they were in the TV shows. That people besides just Kara and Barry have different histories, so in these footnotes I will explain certain things that are different to clear up confusion.
Age Difference:
Okay this is actually not something anyone commented on but it is something I noticed. When I started this I just assumed Kara was the same age as Barry and Iris but then I realized that no Barry and Iris are a year older. To clear this up in this universe Kara got out of the Phantom Zone a year earlier than in the TV show, making her the same age as Barry and Iris.
Same People, Different Histories:
JAMES: Okay, so James' history is mostly the same as in the TV show until the time James decided to move to Natural City.
In the TV show: Clark asked him to go there to protect and help Kara.
In Karry Universe: Clark DID NOT ask him to go there. This was revealed in chapter 'Superdog' as James has a different motive for being there that I will not reveal here.
Reason this is different: Clark trained Kara personally to be a hero. Here she does not need James for guidance. Clark also seems to have a closer relationship with her and so he did not need someone watching out for her. He trusted her to be on her own.
LUCY: Lucy's new history was explained really well in the chapter "The Bet and the Question" but since it is a really different change I'm including her here.
In the TV show: Lucy came to Natural for military business and reconnected with James. She then quit the military, joined CatCo, quit CatCo, rejoined the military and a lot of other stuff that's quite confusing if you don't already know it.
In Karry Universe: She became dissatisfied being in the military and then I assume used connections she had to get herself an honorable discharge (since you can't just quit the military the way she did in the TV). Then she went to work for CatCo in hopes of fixing her relationship with James but well…. Read "The Bet and the Question" if you need help remembering the rest of this.
SIOBHAN: Probably the most drastic change of history.
In the TV Show: We don't know much of her until Cat Grant gets mad at Kara and hires Siobhan as a second assistant – the rest was played out on screen for us.
In Karry Universe: Siobhan was working for CatCo Worldwide Media before Kara as a Fact Checker. She tried to get Kara's job before Kara but was upset when Kara got the job over her. She worked her way up to a junior reporter position. Her and Winn also have an arrangement with each other that involved jumping each other whenever they want.
WINN: Not that drastic of a change here but he deserves a spot on this list since there is a change.
In the TV Show: He is Kara's best friend and has a crush on her. He is also the first person who Kara tells her secret to.
In Karry Universe: Him and Kara are work friends. He still had a crush on her and was competing with Adam and James, but of course all lost. Kara also never told him her secret so he is completely in the dark. He's still an amazing computer geek and could give Cisco a run for his money.
So that's it for this section. There is one more character who has a changed history but that has not been revealed yet. So why I am I telling you this? Because I want to drive you nuts on whom it is and curious the theories people will make.
TV Show Events:
These are events that happened in the TV shows that basically happened almost exactly the same as the show.
SUPERGIRL: The following are the only events from the TV show Supergirl that you can assume actually happened. If it is not mentioned in this list then it probably did not happen or has not happen yet.
ASTRA: As everyone knows Astra's TV Show history took a drastic change in "Astra's Wish" or the episode "For the Girl Who Has Everything" (they 'start' the same, but end very differently for the Kryptonian women), but before that the encounters Kara had with her aunt in the TV Show are basically the same.
LESLIE/LIVEWIRE: Livewire's first episode's happened exactly the same as the TV show. The only differences being James and Lucy were not on a date and Winn did not go to Kara's house for Thanksgiving. Not sure what the point of Winn being there was since he disappeared anyway. In case you're curious and want to find an Easter egg, Livewire was mentioned as fact in the chapter "Woken with a Flash".
BIZZARO: As mentioned in "Astra's Wish" Bizzaro did happened and Maxwell Lord still made her. The events are almost exactly the same only Kara did not go on a date with Adam and Bizzaro did not take James. If you read my post-chapter note on Astra's Wish you know I decided Bizzaro took Alex and Hank was the one to shoot Bizzaro with blue Kryptonite.
THESE ARE THE ONLY EVENTS FROM SUPERGIRL TV SHOW THAT ARE FACT AT THE MOMENT.
THE FLASH: Considering Barry just got his powers, basically none of the events from the TV show has happened yet but will just state one event that will happen.
LEONARD SNART/CAPTAIN COLD: I just love Snart's character too much to write him out totally but do not have plans to rewrite his episodes. They will be fact though (well the first few. One of his episodes will not be fact but won't say which one) and Snart will be appearing in a future chapter.
SARA LANCE/WHITE CANARY: Not strictly Flash-related but people have been asking about her. I don't know much of her history before Legends of Tomorrow but I do intend for her to appear in some shape or form in Karry. I have vague ideas.
Future Plans:
I don't want to reveal too much of my future plans but there is something I feel I need to address.
"Falling" (The Red Kryptonite episode) and "Flash Vs Arrow" (The Rainbow Raider episode) I think I have gotten the question about these episodes from almost everyone who has reviewed this story. Before I continue I want to say I love this episode of Supergirl, not so much the Flash episode. Falling is possibly the best episode of the first season of Supergirl. All that said and done IT WILL NOT APPEAR IN KARRY UNIVERSE AND NEITHER WILL THE RAINBOW RAIDER EPISODE. Before you complain please hear me out now. There are reasons why I decided it could not appear.
The reasons? Well first thing is Maxwell Lord made Red Kryptonite in the show as a trap for Non. Non is dead and Myriad is destroyed. There is no reason for Lord to make the Red Kryptonite. Now I know I could come up with a reason or make the red color natural like it is in comics and was in Smallville, but another reason I am not doing it is that it just doesn't fit into the story. I know this became an actual universe but overall this is a story about Kara and Barry being a couple and getting through life together. It's a fluff piece with some seriousness in it and I have no desire to write Kara having to win the people back plotline. It just doesn't fit. And as I don't watch Arrow, I don't feel comfortable 'rewriting' an episode with him in it, and again don't want to take my Flash down a dark path like that as Karry is a fluff story. Also I already sort of wrote my own version of Red Kryptonite for the sequel to 'Trapped'. It's called 'The Two Karas'. Check it out if you really want to see how it could be.
Okay that it's. That's everything I got for now. I might be updating this as I continue with my story and add more things to it so if you have any questions please ask. I'll make sure to include them when I update/repost the footnotes again.
Karry Master OUT!