#the author talks

[stuckinmymind22]

still not sure how headcannons work but i will persist on pure audacity alone

[readbetweentherealms]

"Accidental hiatus" I fucking died btw. But it's ok I got better

[sky-captain-jack]

(I’m gonna get some ask memes maybe to compensate my absence that will increase soon..then y the end of July enter hiatus till I return from army basic and AIT)

[shitkkwrites]

With Nanowrimo over, I guess it's safe to say...

I failed. But I at least TRIED my damned hardest! A good chunk of the project got written down, so I guess it's still a win for me???

Either way, I'm out of the aether, and back online!

[neon-mooni]

“This is for the best, I’m sorry” Chapter 5 the chapter that never was.

So chapter 5 was going to go very differently the first time I wrote it. I wasn’t satisfied with it though, so I deleted it. Still, I didn’t want the chapter to go to waste so have a read if you want.

Barry continues to walk on the ship until something catches the corner of his eye: a sign. The sign reads: Language Downloading Experiment. If you would like to volunteer, walk through the door and press the button. We will start the procedure. Barry grins upon reading that. If he lets them do this, then he can speak to Sandra in her native tongue. Slowly, he turns the wheel, and closes the door, slowly walking inside.

When he walks inside, the first thing Barry sees is a pod. Slowly, he walks over to the table, and that's when he hits the button, letting the Dominators know that he wanted to do this. It was about five minutes later when Drew materializes in the room.

"You volunteered for our experiment? Why?" He asks.

"Well, I want to be able to speak the native tongues of everyone here." Barry answers.

"That isn't needed, though. We have universal translators for a reason." Drew reminds him.

"I know, but I want to." Barry informs.

"If you're certain that you want to do this, then get in that pod." Drew adds, pointing to the pod. Barry nods as he gets in the pod.

"Now, I'm going to put this on your head, and the languages will be downloaded to you each night. We don't want to overload your brain." Drew explains.

"Can you download the language of JarginAzarae first?" Barry asks.

"I can do that." Drew states as he places the device on Barry's head. Slowly, he chooses the Astrok language on the computer, and starts the download process. Slowly, Barry closed his eyes as he allows the new language to take hold. Something that Barry found fascinating was that there were four different versions of the language: one that consisted of nothing but Gecko noises, a spoken version, a language of nothing but music, and a language that was like purring. Barry expected it to hurt when the new languages were downloaded to his brain, but honestly, it was like falling asleep. Barry wakes up about a day later to hear voices.

The subject's voluntary decision in letting us perform this procedure seems rather strange. We're still having trouble understanding the creature's decision in volunteering for this." That was Drew.

"Do you think we should stop? His heart rate is alarming for his species." Another voice speaks. Drew pushes the stop button, and that's when Barry slowly opened his eyes to see five Dominators looking at him with concern.

"Whoa guys. What's going on?" Barry tries to ask, what came out instead was," Skresha du? Kresta mba do?".

"Well, I guess it worked. Barry?" Drew calls.

"Kresta fluufra du? Skre mar yuu sa worrisa? What's wrong guys? Why are you so worried?" Barry asks. The Dominators were confused. Why wasn't the translator working?

"Barry. Are you alright?" Drew asks.

"Msra ba Drew! Skaba, kra yuu undostre ma? Drew? I'm fine Drew! Wait, can you understand me? Drew?" Barry asks.

"Hook him up to the Eeg machine, something's wrong." Drew demands. Barry's eyes widened.

"Ma! Ma! Msra ba! Msra Ba! Ma! Ma! No! No! I'm fine! I'm fine! No! No!" Barry shouts as they hooked him up to the EEG machine. When they looked at Barry's brain waves, Drew's eyes widened.

"That's it, I'm stopping the experiment." Drew demands.

"Ma! Ma!" Barry protests.

"Barry, Barry, look at me, look at me. It's okay, we're stopping now." Drew speaks, trying to reassure the speedster.

"Ma! Ma!" Barry continues to protest. Drew removes him from the EEG machine, and that's when he takes him to the medical wing. When they get there, Drew hooks him up to the machines, carefully tucking him in.

"I'm sorry, I never should have done that to you. I think we hurt you." Drew apologizes. Barry grabs his arm.

"Ha, Msra ba. Yuu dido hrut ma. Hey, I'm fine. You didn't hurt me." Barry speaks. Drew blinks as the translator kicks back on.

"When we were downloading the language, your heart rate was 220.08. I had to stop it." Drew informs.

"Don't worry, that's normal for a speedster. Now, if it gets lower than that, then that's when you should worry." Barry chuckles. Drew nods.

"I'm still stopping the experiment. You only wanted to know Astrok right?" Drew asks.

"Yeah, I did." Barry answers.

"Then that's it. We're done." Drew demands.

"Why though? I want to learn more." Barry asks.

"Speak to me in your native tongue, and then we'll talk." Drew sighs. Barry sighs. He couldn't speak English right now, his brain isn't processing it correctly. Still, he had to try.

"A aa trying Drew. It's juus haas. I am trying Drew. It's just hard. " Barry speaks, speaking a mixture of Astrok and English. Drew sighs.

"Come on, let's get you some food and sleep." Drew calls, leading Barry to his room after grabbing the food for him. After eating his food, Barry goes into his room, slowly falling asleep. Barry was only asleep for a couple of hours before something crashed into the ship. Panicking, Barry gets up, and runs to the cortex of the ship. When he gets there, his eyes widened upon seeing the Wave rider.

"Skreshamaba? What the hell?" He asks, slowly walking towards the window. Barry blinks when several beams appeared on the ship. Soon those beams materialized into people. Barry recognized these people: Oliver, Kara, Diggle, Mick, Sara, Jax, Martin, Amaya, Nate, Ray, Rene. When Barry didn't see Cisco anywhere, his heart felt heavy. Cisco didn't come here to rescue him.

"Barry, thank God!" A voice calls, and that's when he sees Cisco standing way in the back. Barry sighs. He's standing back there because he still hates him. He only came here because he was forced to.

"Cisco, presha. A duur wanar toe fiiga sbet yuu anymaaayka. Presha, skruusa ma arzu. Avve truus priis. Cisco, please. I don't want to fight with you anymore. Please, leave me alone. I've paid my price." Barry pleads.

"Barry?" Cisco asks with concern, slowly approaching the speedster.

"Skruusa ma arzu! Skruusa ma arzu! Skruusa ma arzu! Skruusa ma arzu! Skruusa ma arzu!" Barry screams.

"Barry! Barry! It's okay, it's okay! We're here to rescue you! It's alright!" Cisco calls. He hates seeing his friend this way, this was all his fault. Kara recognized that language immediately: it was Astrok. When Barry didn't seem to understand them, she decided to try something.

"Barry, skas alruu naj. Weev gruusa kraas. Barry, it's alright now. We're going home." She speaks. Barry looks up at her.

"Kraas?" He asks.

"Yeah, Barry. Kraas." Kara smiles. Barry pulls Kara in for a hug, and that's when they were all transported onto the Waverider.

A/N: And Barry finally gets rescued!

Translation notes:

Whoa guys. What's going on? Skresha du? Kresta mba do?

What's wrong guys? Why are you so worried? Kresta fluufra du? Skre mar yuu sa worrisa?

I'm fine Drew! Wait, can you understand me? Drew? Msra ba Drew! Skaba, kra yuu undostre ma? Drew?

No! No! I'm fine! I'm fine! No! No! Ma! Ma! Msra ba! Msra Ba! Ma! Ma!

Hey, I'm fine. You didn't hurt me. Ha, Msra ba. Yuu dido hrut ma.

I am trying Drew. It's just hard. A aa treshu Drew. Iskre juus haas.

What the hell? Skreshamaba?

Cisco, please. I don't want to fight with you anymore. Please, leave me alone. I've paid my price. Cisco, presha. A duur wanar toe fiiga sbet yuu anymaaayka. Presha, skruusa ma arzu. Avve truus priis.

Skruusa ma arzu!

Barry, it's alright now. We're going home. Barry, skas alruu naj. Weev gruusa kraas.

[hellomissmabel]

Hellomissmabel’s Roadtrip

Hello lovelies! As you might’ve already suspected from this post’s title, I’m taking a little break. I’m going on a roadtrip! So what does this mean for my fic rec?

Don’t worry my lovelies! I’ve got the queue all set up!

There’s a Demon!Clay Appuzzo waiting for you as part of @angryschnauzer her supernatural creatures challenge. It’s my first time writing both Clay and a Demon!character, so this is quite exciting for me.

@jurassicbarnes is also hosting a challenge and I’ve got something special planned for my readers for this one (think: “The worst in us”). I’m not going to tell you which pairing I’ve chosen, just that I’ll be working on it during my summer holiday because I’m very excited.

What I can give you is a small summary: The reader can erase memories, or so she thinks. In reality, she merely misplaces them. But those misplaced memories have to go somewhere, the only question is, where?

This mini-series will be out in approximately 2 weeks but I’ve already got an announcement ready to keep you updated.

So there ya go! Please note that there will be no updates on any ongoing series. Being on a roadtrip means being on a roadtrip.

My tag lists are all still open and feel free to send me messages/fill my ask box. I’ve got my phone and my laptop with me. I will check Tumblr daily and I’ll reply to everything as soon as possible.

Lots of love,

Annie xx

[0prar0]

Tbh I hate how Tumblr makes my writing look

I mean I’d love to just update it and leave for people to read, but the site messes up the html of the whole piece or deletes it or makes it unreadable or yadda yadda yadda...

So I’ll finish up the the special and short round two for the Gajevy week 2014 I should’ve honestly done ages ago and then post a link bundle to them from another site (and the Gajevy Week 2015 shots I’ve done but never updated).

I’ll probably keep doing that as I go because honestly I’m getting tired of having to redo the formatting every time I try to publish a story here, and how the feedback gets scattered on both sites and I miss it. And I love feedback.

To make your day slightly better, one of the specials has another sad attempt of mine to write something nsfw. Let’s hope for the best while we wait, shall we?

[readbetweentherealms]

Also I'm changing the url

Betweenrealms-official -> readbetweentherealms

[readbetweentherealms]

Clasps my hands together. Twiddle my thumbs. So it's been a while, huh?

I took a little bit of an accidental hiatus for ... a year or two? Two years? Yeah. Anybody remember between realms? I remember between realms

And I'm thinking about revamping it! Again. I started this project when I was like 16, and I feel like it kinda shows? Not necessarily in a bad way, but the direction I was taking it in just doesn't feel reflective of who I am anymore. So I'm starting it over again lol

It's entirely possible that I Won't. Do Anything. So don't be surprised if my chronic writer's block is not actually suddenly cured. But I'm tentatively back babyyy

More miscellaneous thoughts under the cut

I'm gonna be changing a lot of things, including probably most of the plot! It wasn't that great anyway I'm gonna be honest But I love these characters. I want to keep playing with them. And! I'm gonna keep this blog, part of me is tempted to make another sideblog for a cleaner slate but it wouldn't feel entirely... genuine? Or something. I might cringe at my earlier work now, but it might be valuable to be able to easily look back at where this started. You know? You know

Some of the changes I want to make to BR include...

I want Darien to have a larger role. This is actually changing Back to the earlier idea I had, where he and Maxim are like, partners in monster hunting. I don't know why I changed that but I'm putting it back. I also want him to be older, like in his 40s maybe? It'd make more sense for what I want to do with him

I'm not sure about having Maria as the narrator. I might take from Leigh Bardugo's writing style and swap povs around or something, we'll see (I read six of crows and it did something to my brain hi)

A lot of ideas I had about religion have changed since I started BR! This will definitely be reflected. The specifics are ummm Personal but it's such a central theme in this story & its world that you're going to notice, and I don't really want to write a book that I don't agree with LOL

I want to lean more into the horror aspect of it, as well as just heavier themes in general. For a long time I was hesitant to make my writing Too fucked up because I was worried people wouldn't like it, but this is My Thing and I want it to be fucked up! I think it would benefit from not holding back. I might also make it funnier, though. These aren't mutually exclusive

What else. Fucking uh... those are the big ones. Other than that I just have a lot of little bits and pieces I'm not satisfied with anymore. Ya 👍

[readbetweentherealms]

Anyway. Just musing about my own brain child but I feel the setting is a lot more integral to the story than I initially thought because like... At its heart, Between Realms is about being queer in the American South and I'd like to think it probably shows? But also part of the beauty of storytelling is that everyone will find their own meaning in it so I'm not gonna like, Word Of God at you about it too much lol

[readbetweentherealms]

I joke and jest but I do hope it doesn't bother anyone how slow I am to progress this, without getting into too many details I have been spending most of my energy on things like Eating Food and Taking Showers so my writing tends to fall by the wayside when I have to ration my spoons

As always I thank my little gaggle of readers for your patience while I work through *gestures broadly* all of that

[readbetweentherealms]

I have another scene finished and ready to be added to the doc, but it's pretty short so I'm not sure if I should wait until I have more or not to update :thinking:

Does anybody want some crumbs? I know I haven't fed you in a while, whoops

[readbetweentherealms]

I'm on twitter! @/aaalexandyr

[readbetweentherealms]

Stews in my several untreated problems disorders while considering opening google docs. Creative Process 💛

[readbetweentherealms]

Anyway EUGH I know it's been a million years since I've posted an update I simply um. Uh