Karry Universe Footnotes
READ THIS FIRST: I am just updating the footnotes so a lot of things here will be the same as the previous footnotes. I'm going to put NEW next to anything new and UPDATED next to anything I update.
Before I truly start I should try to explain what this chapter on footnotes is about. To do that I think I have to go back to the beginning.
If you have been following this story since Day One or paying close attention to the author's notes, you will know that this started out as simple one-shots; they were just supposed to be cute fluff pieces 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 being interconnected. People besides Barry and Kara ended up getting backgrounds and dedicated chapters (Caitlin/Crystal for a somewhat example here). It truthfully became it's own universe. It became the Karry Universe.
Now onto the point of this particular 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:
This is actually not something anyone's commented on as such but it is something I have noticed. When I started this I just assumed Kara was the same age as Barry and Iris but then I realized that Barry and Iris are actually a year older than Kara would be in the show. 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 now.
UPDATED Barry's Speed/Power:
I mentioned this in a former chapter, but repeating it here to try and clear it up. Barry is still fairly new to his abilities, akin to the end of season one, in fact - he is not even as fast as the TV show Barry yet as seen (and even expressed) from the "Worlds Finest" chapter. He will get faster and will eventually be faster than Kara on land and slightly faster while she's in the air, but in his own time. I am not going to have him be able to go from Zero to Ten-times-faster than the Speed of Light, even though this happens in the comics. He will learn still the tricks though; I've already given him the ability to phase through objects and the lightning toss Earth-1 Barry showed him. I've also portrayed him running up buildings and, while not yet in the story, I do imagine he can run over water by now too (I'd imagine the storyline involving Plastique happened still here) . Others things like traveling through time and breaching worlds he will have to build up speed for, just like in the show currently.
I have no desire to bring him up to comic book level of power. While I am going to make him more powerful I just don't want him at that level. It's hard now finding villains to take on Barry and Kara together. So please stop telling me how powerful he is in the comics. This is not the comics and IT WILL NEVER BE THE COMICS.
The Gideon Room
I haven't had a chance to explain what happened to Gideon in the story for a while, but will reveal that the group did find the room when they were fixing up STAR Labs for the reopening; Gideon told them about Eobard's motivation and all he did in changing the timeline and even warned them to avoid time travel at all cost before deleting herself so as not to influence the future.
Same People, Different Histories:
JAMES: So James' history is mostly the same as in the TV show until the time James decided to move to National 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 had a different motive for being there and then revealed in "The Price of Being Stubborn" he wanted credit for being Supergirl's mentor. He died in the same chapter, killed by the Reverse-Flash.
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 safe on her own.
I did not kill James off because he is black - I dislike his character in the show and as he added little in Karry (Clark filling the role of mentor for Kara as I could freely use him) he was the perfect candidate to show the dangers of the Reverse-Flash from the start. His death also brought about the interesting, if little-used, dynamic of Lucy disliking Supergirl.
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 National 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.
UPDATED 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 show). Then she went to work for CatCo in hopes of fixing her relationship with James but well…. Read "The Bet and the Question" and "The Price of Being Stubborn" if you need help remembering the rest of this. She has recently reconnected with Lois and has joined the Superfamily. Also in a relationship with Ray Palmer AKA Atom
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 had an arrangement with each other that involved jumping each other whenever they wanted until she tried to give a Supergirl-ruining scoop to Lois Lane who told Kara. Kara handing it off to Cat Grant got Siobhan fired and lead to her becoming Silver Banshee similarly to the TV show.
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: He 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 didn't tell him her secret until she needed him to help track down Firestorm for the Reverse-Flash takedown. He's still an amazing computer geek and could give Cisco a run for his money and is now part of the extended SuperFlash team.
CISCO:
In the TV Show: He's a meta-human known as Vibe
In Karry Universe: He is not a meta at all as I do not need Vibe. His powers are pretty pointless here with no breaches to be created or people to locate (they have a pretty good satellite coverage of the city so no need to Vibe people's locations).
NEW – Caitlin:
In the TV Show: Does not have a twin (that we know of).
In Karry Universe: Has a twin sister who is Killer Frost. I wanted to bring in Killer Frost here somehow, and as I couldn't universe hop like in the show, I decided a sister would be appropriate, so Crystal came into existence.
HARRISON WELLS / EOBARD THAWNE
I wish to clear up a matter regarding Thawne taking Wells' appearance within my Karry Universe. I am NOT doing season 2 of the Flash, obviously, and so Harry of Earth-2 will not appear in this story and neither will Eobard Thawne's time duplicate (see the episode "The Reverse-Flash Returns" for more details), so not having Harry of Earth-2 doesn't ruin anything. The line thrown in during season 2 about Eobard 'discovering' Wells was an after-thought thrown in after season 1 was complete and makes no real sense when you really think about it. When Eobard killed the young Harrison Wells in season 1 he said something along the lines of "you and your wife were supposed to make a working Particle Accelerator" – he did his research on Wells long before he was stranded in the early 2000s; that's how Eobard knows about Harrison Wells, not the season 2 episode alone.
People to Expect and Not to Expect: I am going to briefly mention people from the TV shows to expect turning up in the future, and which ones not to expect, without giving away too many spoilers on how or when…
Harrison Wells (Any Earth Variant): DO NOT EXPECT AT ALL – He does not fit into the Karry Universe at all, not even a version of him from another Earth. In fact, with his reveal as the Reverse-Flash and the public knowing he set off the Particle Accelerator on purpose, if he was to be seen on my Earth there would be a riot. Several riots in fact.
UPDATED – Jessica/Jesse Wells: EXPECT – You have already seen one version of Jesse I have included (my beta's Jesse) but there was a pretty big hint about the second at the same time.
UPDATE – Wally West: POSSIBILITY– You have already seen one Wally West, my beta's Wally. As for seeing him again, I truly don't know if I will include a Wally again. My universe's Wally never existed, but it possible I will include my beta's again or different one if I find a good story for him.
Constantine: DO NOT EXPECT – Having never actually watched the show or any of the comics, I do not feel the need to use him. Yes, I know he appeared on Arrow and logically exists here since he helped bring Sara back in that show (and here), he will however not make an appearance.
Vixen: UNSURE – This depends on what is done with her in Legends of Tomorrow. I am aware there are to be two versions of her, the one who appeared in Arrow and that character's grandmother who will be in Legends, so if she does turn up, it will more than likely be the Legends variation.
NEW – Zoom/Hunter Zolomon: DO NOT EXPECT AT ALL – I don't know how often I can say this, but I am not doing season two of the Flash. No Earth 2, no Zoom. It's not happening.
NEW – Relationships:This section will list all the current relationship in play in this story, their couple/ship names, and the status of their relationship.
Kara/Barry (Karry): Married.
Clark/Lois (Clois): Married with kids.
Ronnie/Caitlin (Ronlin): Married.
Iris/Eddie (Edis): Married.
Sara/Alex (Salex): Dating
Ray/Lucy (Lanmer): Dating.
Cisco/Lisa (Lisco): Dating.
Karen/Carter (PowerGrant): Best friends for now. Had to include them since they have an awesome couple name but they are not dating yet. Might not be for a while as they're still quite young.
Fake Wells' Plans
To clear up some confusion here, I am going to explain some things that never got mentioned in the story regarding Wells/Eobard because they simply didn't fit.
First thing I want to clear up is the mutated Kryptonite. Wells was making it to try to take Kara's powers away permanently in the disguise of trying to help her but accidentally just took her memories away for a short time. This explanation just never fit into the chapter.
Also, the reason he was so upset about Kara and Barry being together is because it destroyed the timeline he knew and came from. Eobard wanted to go back to his time but, because of the two being together changed the timeline, he didn't have his future to get back to. Unless Wells could set it back on track, he had no idea what he would go home to.
Finally, and this is more of a side note, when Eobard killed Barry's mom as stated above he permanently changed the timeline leading to an alternate future anyways - a future where Eobard Thawne or Fake-Wells was never born. Since he created this new timeline he jumped from one timeline to the other without dying even though he was never born. This all means that Eddie killing himself like he did in the TV show would have done nothing to stop the Fake-Wells. I hope that made sense...
NEW – Jax Kidnappers:
I just want to clear up how Jax kidnappers had the FIRESTORM matrix. One of them was an old rival of Stein who worked with Stein during the creation of the Firestorm matrix. When they saw Firestorm knew what he had done and tried to recreate it (with mixed results).
NEW – The Multiverse
This was actually explained in my betas story. It is part of a huge plot going on there, but since you all don't read his story, I'll also explain here. My story and his are linked – they are part of the same multiverse. Other fanfictions are up for debate, but not my jurisdiction so for the moment, the show (Earth-1 and 2), Power Girl and the Flash (Earth-1.5 – it's meant to be the 'main' timeline but obviously the show's return will discredit this, although we will stick with Power Girl and the Flash being Earth 1), the Supergirl TV Show (Earth-3- with some added addition from my beta story), SuperEarth (Earth-4), the Karry Universe itself (Earth-5) and even New Karry all exist within the same multiverse. Also any Supergirl/Flash story Sigma or me write is also in the same multiverse since we are the writers even if there is no crossover. Some of the multiverse has been irreparably destroyed thanks to the finale of season 2 of the Flash.
One of these destroyed Earths is the 'Earth-2 of New Karry', meaning on that Earth, Jesse and Harrison never returned, staying on New Karry earth indefinitely. Also fun fact, Jay Garrick from the show, Sigma made to come from Earth-3, linking The Flash and Supergirl quite nicely.
Also noting Karry Universe lives at the edge of the destruction of the multiverse due to Zoom. This means while it is alive and living the occupants of Karry Universe cannot leave their world without a Vibe to open a portal. Since no Vibe exists on Karry Universe it means they are stuck on Karry Universe, but people can come to them and get off with assistant from their own Vibe or possibility of creating something in the future.
Noting that my World Finest Chapter took place before the destruction of the multiverse so that's why Barry White was able to come and leave so easily.
NEW – Crossovers
As mentioned above, everything that happened in my Beta's chapter 14 (and subsequently his story) is canon here of course, since I had his Wally and Jesse. However, I won't have my own Earth-2, Jesse or Harry because I have no need of this easy-fix.
As for future crossovers I do have plans. Theoretically I can crossover with any fanfiction I want using the same logic of crossing over with my beta, but to crossover with someone else's fanfiction is not something I just want to do. Since I would also have to work with and get permission from the writer to do it as well. I crossover with my beta because that story is special to me and so is the author. I know it and him very well. I could also create another world that I first show in this story, but right now I don't have the plans for that either.
CROSSOVERS I AM GOING TO DO:
I plan on a few more with my Betas story. Two more at least. They will all be like the last chapter where you don't necessary need to read his story to understand it but I love these characters and now that I have it in canon they all exist why not use them again.
Beyond this, I have no other complete plans on anything else. I'm still trying to think of a way to bring in Barry-White again and possibly Kara Kent and Kal, as you guys really did like New Karry and it's in-chapter prequel and you guys really want the two Karas I have made to meet. Nothing's set in stone yet though, I still need to brainstorm on this.
There are also a couple of other plans my beta and me have thrown around. I'm not going to go into unfinished plans right here.
Besides the above no other crossovers are planned unless I decided to crossover with Superearth or TV show Supergirl that is shown in my betas story.
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. She now works for the DEO with her own 'daughter', the Kara clone, Karen.
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. I'm 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". She had the same part in World Finest that she did in the TV show version of the episode, only being teamed up with both Silver Banshee and Bizzaro.
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. Siobhan took her out of her induced-coma where, in "Worlds Finest" she battled Supergirl and ended up dying because her heart gave out after taking a lightning bolt.
THESE ARE THE ONLY EVENTS FROM THE SUPERGIRL TV SHOW THAT ARE FACT AT THE MOMENT.
THE FLASH: We're now practically at the end of the first season of the Flash so some of the events that you never saw are as follows...
TONY WOODWARD/GIRDER: As mentioned in "Copycat", this event did happen in Karry Universe, especially as Copycat herself made a temporary clone of Tony. As the events of Blackout did not happen here, Tony is still alive and well now being held at the DEO having been transferred there after fake Wells was exposed.
LEONARDSNART/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 (besides the one where Snart was helping them take metas out of the pipeline and then betrayed them).
UPDATED – ARROW: As you should know by now I do not watch Arrow and because of this, the history of the show has dramatically changed to fit in with the Karry Universe, so thanks to my Beta's knowledge of the show, I shall be addressing the Karry Universe's changed history in general here than any actual individual character changes like above.
Seasons 1 and 2 are generally the same; the only difference is once Deathstroke killed Moira, Thea became aware of Olly's involvement in the Arrow's way of life and demanded to be introduced to the Vigilante lifestyle to become the Speedy we know a season earlier (trained by Olly too instead of Merlyn) – she was made aware of Malcolm Merlyn's connection to her (being her father) and tried to reconcile with him, to disastrous consequences similar to the show.
Because of this, Roy never became Arsenal under The Arrow, instead leaving Starling at the end of season 2 to train and become a Vigilante in Bludhaven with Nightwing. Due to the Arrow's involvement in the Justice League too, police investigation into him was called off so Roy never had to pretend to be him and fake his death to get Olly off the hook.
Laurel and Sara's history are the same however; Sara was murdered by Merlyn (not Thea under his influence) only to be resurrected by Laurel a year later. Laurel took over the mantle of the Black Canary while Sara is in National City in a relationship with Alex and became the White Canary protecting National City now. Laurel went off with Rip therefore stopping her death at the hands of Darkh.
Please note now that the winner of the vote on new permanent member for Team Arrow was Artemis. She was introduced in chapter 'Sisters'.
Also want to note here Oliver does not have the son that was introduced in the crossover. Does not exist. Mom either never got pregnant or actually did lose the baby.
Now, after Felicity's death, Oliver quit being the arrow and dropped out of the Mayoral race. He's wallowing in self-pity basically, and someone will be kicking him into gear soon. That's left Thea and Paula (Artemis) the only one protecting Starling. They brought in Felicity's co-worker and fellow fast-talking geek, Curtis (Mr. Terrific) to fill in the role of Felicity/Overwatch and to defeat Darkh they had to call in some help from the Justice League – something Oliver refused to do, but with him out of the picture, Thea didn't hesitate to use her new friend's offers of help. I am not writing Darkh's defeat as a chapter. I don't watch Arrow and don't know Darkh beyond word-of-mouth so feel no comfort in writing this, please do not ask me or offer help as it won't work.
Also, with Felicity dead and Ray still MIA, Palmer Tech collapsed. To save the Arrow Cave and other important inventions Kara and Barry bought the company and it's now a branch of STAR labs still going by the name Palmer Tech. They made Thea manager of the company. This will be revealed in chapter soon, but figured I would add it here since it's not a big surprise. Especially after Rip's words of STAR Lab's importance.
NEW - Felicity's Death: Controversial, so hear me out please. As you should be well aware by now I DO NOT WATCH ARROW. My beta is my Arrow guru and it's his ideas on the show which are reflected within my story. That said, I didn't kill off Felicity just because he personally doesn't like her OR just to put Olly with Laurel. Someone in Team Arrow had to die. Yes, I saved Laurel, I like Laurel and it is my story, so I had to kill off someone else. I only had Olly, Thea, Paula and Felicity (as in Karry, Diggle has long since left the team and Roy Harper was never an official member of Team Arrow - again two DIFFERENCES between the TV show and this story). I wasn't comfortable killing Thea, Paula has barely started and I couldn't kill the Arrow himself so that left Felicity. Whether you like it or not, the logic is there and sound, even if some of you disagree on it.
Now, contrary to what I put on the notes in her death chapter, I DID NOT SOLELY KILL FELICITY SO LAUREL COULD BE WITH OLLY! I want to make that quite clear. I do want Laurel with Olly, but not for a long time. Felicity and Oliver and were never going to work out in Karry regardless (much as my Beta tells me they don't in the show so far), but someone needed to die. I'm aware of the rocky relationship Olly and Laurel have had too; he cheated on her at least twice, Laurel betrayed him at some point, but people do change. In my universe love wins out, regardless of history. If that makes me seem foolish, then fine. I admit to that.
Yes, it will take a lot of time for my 'Black Arrow' to become a thing and there will be a time of grace for my Arrow characters to mourn the loss of Felicity and come to terms with it, but remember, Felicity only appeared once prior in my story. Her part was never going to last and she was never going to be a big part in my story (I even avoided using her where possible). She and Barry never even had a 'thing' in Karry as Barry was in a solid romance with Kara when they met, so the emotional investment for Barry in Karry is smaller than it would be in the show (again, a DIFFERENCE from the show to my Karry Universe). If Felicity wasn't going to die she would have left Team Arrow and Olly permanently soon anyway. I personally feel giving her a heroes death (which is what I gave her) is more respectful to the character and the show than writing her off with a line thrown in somewhere. Maybe this sounds too Klingon but I'm a Star Trek fan anyway so I will say it: I gave Felicity an honorable death. Pretty good for a character I personally don't care about.
Besides, this is my story, not what you've seen on screen or what you want it to be. Whether you like Felicity and hated Laurel doesn't affect my decision. If some of you want to stop reading that's entirely your prerogative and doesn't affect me in the slightest. I just needed to reaffirm everyone about my beliefs on decisions my beta and I have made regarding this controversy.
NEW - Batman.
I WILL NOT BE BRINGING BATMAN OR BRUCE WAYNE INTO MY STORY. I would give reasons but since I got a major telling off from many Batman fans last time that left me feeling rather bitter toward the character, I will simply say this: I don't like Batman. I've never understood the love he gets and have no intention or interest in finding out why this is. I don't read comics, have no interest in the films (except maybe next year's Wonder Woman film) and as previously mentioned, my DC knowledge comes solely from the shows I watch like Smallville and, indeed, Supergirl and The Flash. For this reason, I will not be including Batman, Bruce Wayne or any main associated characters from the franchise (such as The Joker or even Owlman). I have given some thought of using a lesser villain of Batman, but their history would be majorly changed to fit into Karry Universe.
As for the human element in my Justice League that leaving Batman out opens, I honestly hope that my Kara and Barry are relatable to everyone, even with their powers, but if this is not so, then look no further than Ray Palmer – his armor is no different to some of Batman's and he's pretty much the 'Tony Stark' of the Karry Universe's 'Avengers' (to mix franchises a moment there). Or, if for some reason Ray doesn't do it for you there is also the Arrow, Speedy, and the Black and White Canaries to add human elements (although Black Canary, Speedy and Ray are, to me, my prime 'human element' of the Justice League, as both have grown in more human ways than Sara or Oliver). So don't try and use this as a reason to still, somehow, include Batman because it will not work.
Besides, any suggestion or threat regarding my reasoning behind this will not be addressed in-story, in author's notes, or privates anymore (by me or my beta), so if you feel the need to question this decision you'll be sorely disappointed with my lack of response. This is a story about Barry and Kara Allen, not Bruce Wayne and friends, after all.
NEW – Nightwing: This was sort of here before but had to be changed up in favor of the above information. Nightwing/Dick has been mentioned as fact, however, the Nightwing I have mentioned has no connection to Bruce or any form of Batman. He is not Roy Harper, obviously, from the last few chapter references. I was thinking he was still Dick Grayson, getting into the vigilante life when he was older in a different way. I don't know if he's actually going to appear or just keep on mentioning him. In the comics he spent time in the city of Blüdhaven, (although I call it Bludhaven as the 'ü´ is hard to make), watching over it like Arrow does for Starling, so using this as basis I may introduce a Bludhaven element in the future.
Also as mentioned above, Roy became a vigilante elsewhere. That elsewhere being Bludhaven – this is where he trained under Nightwing to perfect his Arsenal persona.
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 questions 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 a 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, I don't want to take my Flash down a dark path like that as Karry is a fluff story and I am now technically done with the first season's of both shows. Besides, 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.
So that is it. That's everything I've got for now. I will be updating this as I continue with my story to add more things to it, so if you have any questions please ask. I'll make sure to include them when I next update/repost the footnotes.
NEW BETAING EXPLAINED PLEASE READ: Okay I think I have to go into detail on how me and my beta, Terrance Sigma, work with each other. As you all should know he is my beta and I am his beta, but it seems like using the word beta makes people think all we do is correct spelling and grammar for each other. THIS IS NOT TRUE. I want to take a moment here to explain the effect he has on my story and I have on his story.
First we brainstorm together. When we have ideas but are a bit unsure we mention to the other and just start talking and building up and then ideas are planned. Sometimes one of us just makes a comment and it gets built up on and then we have plans.
Now lets get to the good part. The actual betaing. We do more than just correct spelling and grammar. We in fact add lines, change lines, and even add scenes where we see fit. To explain this further the main writer of the story (Me for this story) writes the chapter and than I go over it and make sure its everything I thought of. IT IS NOT COMPLETE THOUGH UNTIL SIGMA GETS HIS HANDS ON IT. Once Sigma is done adding his lines, scene, and yes correcting spelling and grammar than it comes back to me. I go over what he did and with his add ons I either leave them alone because I like it, edit it a bit, or even remove them if I do not like it (I will admit the third one there is rare). The same thing is done for his story with me although I also Americanize his a bit to take out some of the more British terms he tends to use and replace them with American terms.
To make this even clearer I am going to show you an example. This comes from Chapter 53 Legends of Today.
Before his Sigma Edits took place:
Lucy was still working. Despite the whole in the wall and a million questions from police Cat demanded they continue working. Wanting all she could get about the robot. There was another loud crash and the robot reappeared.
"Not again," Lucy heard someone say as everyone went to hide.
"Stop," Lucy said trying the same thing as before holding out her hand. The robot seemed to be going for Cat but turned to look at Lucy. "Leave us alone."
"You," James said looking at her. "You will do." Lucy was confused and then she was suddenly picked up and then flying through the air
"Ah damn," Lucy said not sure what she had gotten into.
After his Sigma Edits:
Lucy was still working. Despite the hole in the wall and a million questions from police, Cat demanded they continue working, wanting to know all she could get about the robot. None actually expected its return however, until there was another loud crash and the robot reappeared.
"Not again!" Lucy heard someone say as people ran for cover.
"You!" Cat was at her doorway in seconds as she addressed the robot fearlessly, "Either use the public entrance or the first hole you came in – do not go ripping up my office!"
The robot glanced to Cat as it had been looking for someone, before moving toward the boss, who tried not to show fear as Lucy jumped in front of her boss, between the robot for the second time today.
"Stop," Lucy said, trying the same thing as before by holding out her hand. The robot actually did as instructed again. What was going on? "Leave us alone." Lucy now demanded.
"You," the Robot said, looking at her now. "You will do." Lucy was confused momentarily, but then she was suddenly picked up and flying through the air in the Robot's grip.
"Ah damn," Lucy said not sure what she had gotten into.
"Huh. It listened," Cat stated, staring at the first hole the robot had come in, and now just left through. "Someone find Lucy Lane!" She now cried to her cowering employees.
As you can see it's still the same basic principal of the original. Robo James coming to Catco and taking Lucy. He added lines to add more detail than what I had and also added some wonderful Cat Grant lines that didn't even come to my mind. I could probably find a hundred examples from this story, New Karry, and even The Two Karas. Same thing for me in his story.
You're probably wondering why I went into this in such detail. I just felt you guys deserve to know the way we work. The way this story gets made and the way his story gets made. The effect we have and I felt my beta Terrance Sigma deserved more credit than just being my spelling and grammar checker. Especially now that all our stories are connected in the Millma Verse ( Millma = combination of Millie/Sigma).
Phew! These are getting long now.
Karry Master OUT!