History Characters / AdoraVagabondOfTheEtherianCosmos

* {{Determinator}}: Adora seems unable to give up. Even when the odds are fully stacked against her, she manages to find a way out. During her time in the multiverse, most of this motivation comes from the fact she wants to get back home.
** [[spoiler: When the heroes go to deliver the Failsafe to the Heart at the end of AVEC, [[DarkestHour there's a dark moment where everything seems lost.]] However, its her [[ThePowerofLove love for Glimmer that saves the day.]]]]
* NextTierPowerUp: [[spoiler: Right before the finale, Adora's She-Ra form becomes more powerful, and gains many [[CosmicMotif Cosmic motifs.]]]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Upon sensing that Glimmer is pushing her away, Adora confesses her love.]]
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] when Adora offers her sword to Glimmer upon defeating Prime to let her kill him.

*** Siren!Glimmer purposely wearing a low-cut kimono, and entering her room late at night in order to [[FavorsForTheSexy “encourage”]] her to talk about She-Ra.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Adora thinks something along these lines after [[MyGreatestFailure fatally wounding Siren!Glimmer.]]]]

** Adora has two sets of scars on her back -- one from the fight with Catra during the season 1 finale of the show, and another from her fight with [[spoiler: Siren!Glimmer.]] Often, the narrative describes the later [[AcheyScars “aching”]] when she feels severe anxiety.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Adora is this with Glimmer. Namely during [[spoiler: the finale, after Glimmer is almost taken by two separate monsters two separate times.]]

* ShellShockedVeteran: Vagabond!Adora canonically has PTSD, and in a subversion to [[ThereAreNoTherapists most media]], [[spoiler: she actually starts going to therapy after she gets back to her dimension.]] After her travels, Adora is a bit of [[ShrinkingViolet a shrinking violet (get it?)]], and often struggles to have conversations. She also tends to fidget and space out. At one point, it becomes very clear something is wrong with her after [[spoiler: she experiences a PTSD episode upon seeing a bruise on Glimmer’s stomach -- in the exact spot where she stabbed Siren!Glimmer.]]
* InternalReveal: Adora experiences quite a few of these after arriving back home.
** Glimmer keeps putting off telling Adora that she was a in a relationship with Catra for four years.
* InsecureLoveInterest: In this sense, Adora and Glimmer foil each other. [[spoiler: [[IAmAMonster Adora feels that she is a monster]] for having to kill other people — namely, Glimmer's own doppelgänger.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: A default for the main leads of both AVEC and POMM. Adora often laments this, feeling certain event were caused by her.
** [[spoiler: Despite Adora killing Siren!Glimmer to defend herself, she still feels like driving her to do so was her fault.]]
** [[spoiler: During the final chapters of AVEC, Glimmer has to take the Failsafe after the Heart of Etheria begins to unnaturally surge unstable amounts of power. The Failsafe is guaranteed to kill She-Ra, thus, [[YouDidEverythingYouCould Adora can't do much in the situation]] besides help her get to the Heart. Throughout the final chapters, Adora becomes physically ill with guilt, feeling it's all her fault.]]
*** [[spoiler: As expressed the Heart both, the power surges have something to do with Adora - as the Heart has been unable to share its overwhelming power into another individual. [[{{Hypocrite}} But, the Heart was the one to send Adora away in the first place.]]]]

* ButNotTooBi: Glimmer is bisexual, and is suggested to have been with many partners, but whether or not any of them are men isn't stated.

* [[IntrovertedCatPerson Introverted Parrot Person]]: Glimmer owns a flock of parakeets, and has named them all. Catra (distastefully) jokes that Glimmer has them because she's lonely.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Glimmer grows out her hair -- likely a nod to Angella’s long hair.
* InsecureLoveInterest: In this sense, Adora and Glimmer foil each other. Glimmer is insecure because she feels that she doesn't deserve Adora's love because the way she treated her after Angella's death, coupled with how she failed to save Adora from the portal.
** [[spoiler: Even after they marry, Adora still is sometimes reminded of Evil!Glimmer just by Glimmer's presence. It makes Glimmer sad knowing this, and she wonders if she's actually good for her.]]
* EroticDream: Glimmer apparently has [[spoiler: many of these of Adora... But unbeknownst to her, they weren't dreams — they were actually consciously together during these times. What's worse, Catra overhears Glimmer murmuring in her sleep during ones of these — ultimately being the nail in the coffin for their breakup.]]

[[folder: Siren!Glimmer (POMM Universe)]]

** Her outfit overall is largely inspired by [[{{Shoutout}} the Shadow Queen]] from VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor.

* FemmeFatale: A prime example, and she's proud of it. This trope is also similar to [[TheBaroness the Baroness.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Glimmer has one of this after Adora abandons her.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It's hard to talk about "Phantom of the Mystic Mountains" without spoiling the fact that she survives her seeming death in AVEC.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Glimmer's design in POMM. Note: she has lost her powers, therefore, she also [[PowerDyesYourHair lost the color in her hair.]]]]
* UselessWithoutPowers: Akin to the main universe Glimmer, she nearly died after being born prematurely. The Moonstone also acts as a lifeline to her.
** Similarly to the main universe's Glimmer, [[spoiler: she uses this fact against herself when [[DrivenToSuicide she makes an attempt on her own life.]]]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Right before Glimmer attempts a final blow on Adora, Angella appears and reminds her that she’s the problem.]]
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler: Upon “dying”, Glimmer ejects the Runestone’s powers from herself, and gifts Adora’s magic.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: Throughout the time she spends with Adora, Glimmer [[spoiler: falls in love with her, and hard — to the point where she wishes she could [[FalseSoulmate spend the rest of her life with her.]] It seems she can't resist Adora's naivety and infinite kindness.]]
* SelfDisposingVillain: As pointed out by Catra in the first chapter of POMM, Glimmer clearly had the means to heal [[AgonizingStomachWound the wound]] caused by [[spoiler: Adora stabbing her.]] It’s later revealed that [[spoiler: she wanted to die, and teleported out to Mystic Mountain in the endeavor.]]
* BeyondRedemption: Glimmer believes she is this.
* CharacterTics: When Glimmer is experiencing her lowest moments, she tends to dig her nails into her arms.
* AffectionateNickname:
** Catra sometimes refers to her as “princess” or “your majesty” when frustrated with her, but also uses the former affectionately.
** [[spoiler: In chapter 11, Catra refers to Glimmer as “Gvgeyu'i” — a Tsalagi word that directly translates to "I am selfish for you".]]
* AmazonChaser: Despite canonically hating She-Ra, she’s very obviously intrigued when she first sees both Adora’s She-Ra form and Catra’s.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Glimmer almost states this verbatim, before [[spoiler: Adora interrupts her and abandons Glimmer.]]

* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: Mere moments after discovering she is She-Ra, Adora “kills” Glimmer.]]

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Catra (even more so than Vagabond!Adora) states multiple times in POMM that she doesn’t want to be She-Ra -- and even upright says she hated She-Ra up until a certain point.
%% * Ambiguously Brown: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by having her actively partake in her native language and culture. Half Moon culture itself sees influence from Mesoamerican, Indigenous American (specifically, Cherokee), Afro Latine, and post-Islam Persian cultures.
* BrokenBird: In this respect, Catra and Glimmer are [[{{Foil}} narrative foils.]] Both become standoffish and cynical after falling out from one another.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: What?! [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend But Glimmer's not Catra's girlfriend!]] Regardless, [[spoiler: after a Manticore nearly kills Glimmer, Catra drags it off of her, and almost kills it.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Catra had this with Glimmer. However, they break up prior to the events of AVEC.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Just like Adora, Catra is a reincarnation of both Mara and She-Ra. [[spoiler: As such, the Glimmer of her universe is also her soulmate.]]
** However, [[spoiler: Catra's past differs greatly from Adora's. Catra was born directly after Mara's death. Upon Ahyoka discovering her fate, she took her away from her mother, and [[SealedGoodInACan sealed her away in Whispering Woods for the next thousand years.]] Ahyoka did so to protect both Catra and Etheria.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After chapter 11, Catra begins to wear her hair down - likely inspired by Glimmer requesting she does so in chapter 9.
* ArtificialLimbs: After [[spoiler: Glimmer blasts her arm off prior to the events of AVEC]], Catra requires an amputation. Thankfully, her adopted brother, Bow, creates a prosthetic for her. [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief It seems to be very complex, allowing to her control her fingers at will.]] Interestingly, she keeps the prosthetic when she morphs into She-Ra.

*** [[spoiler: As expressed the Heart both, the power surges have something to do with Adora - as the Heart has been unable to share its overwhelming power into another individual. [[Hypocrite But, the Heart was the one to send Adora away in the first place.]]]]

* ButNotTooBi: Glimmer is bisexual, and is suggested to have been with many partners, but whether or not any of them are men isn't stated.

* AmazonChaser: The fact she’s with Adora implies this. But also, its stated that Perfuma has attempted to set her up with multiple, brawny women, suggesting Glimmer has [[HugeGuyTinyGirl a type.]]
* CleavageWindow: Her primary design includes one. The creator once jokingly stated that “it represents the hole in her heart”.

* CosmicMotifs: Just like how she [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple incorporates purple]] in nearly all her outfits, she always has some sort of moon or star motif.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Deliberately {{Invoked}} by Queen Glimmer, who uses this tactic to throw her enemies off balance more easily.

* AllForNothing: Almost all the evil acts by Glimmer are a disillusioned endeavor to combat the Horde, avenge those who’ve suffered at their hands, or protect Etheria. [[spoiler: Even after reuniting with Catra after five years,]] she actively defends her actions. [[spoiler: However, some events end up negating the need for her to have ever done these things in the first place.]]
** [[spoiler: Most notably, the Catra of this universe ends up being She-Ra. Glimmer likely prevented her from connected to the Sword, seeing she took it from Whispering Woods.]]
** [[spoiler: It’s revealed in POMM that Glimmer is Catra’s soulmate, and they are destined to protect Etheria side-by-side.]]

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: This really applies to all the alternate dimension characters, as their timelines may differ greatly from the canonical / main universe. For Glimmer, there are two major factors that make her a virtually entirely different character compared to the main universe's Glimmer;
** Micah dies — he actually dies in this universe — as in, they recover his body.
** The events at Thaymor are the start of her [[SanitySlippage long, painful decline.]] This casues her to make many bad choices, such as [[spoiler: killing her own mother to take the full power of the Moonstone]] and [[spoiler: blasting Catra's arm off during a fight.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by having her actively partake in her native language and culture. Half Moon culture itself sees influence from Mesoamerican, Indigenous American (specifically, Cherokee), Afro Latine, and post-Islam Persian cultures.

* Determinator: Adora seems unable to give up. Even when the odds are fully stacked against her, she manages to find a way out. During her time in the multiverse, most of this motivation comes from the fact she wants to get back home.

* {{Adorkable}}: Despite being strategical, calculated, and one of the strongest beings in the known universes, Adora is human and makes mistakes — such as burning food or getting bitten by parakeets. Thankfully, every mentioned incarnation of Glimmer finds this irresistible.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Despite all the terrible things she’s been through, Adora still remains naive and kind.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Upon sensing that Glimmer is pushing her away, Adora confesses her love.]]
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] when Adora offers her sword to Glimmer upon defeating Prime to let her kill him.
* ButchLesbian: Adora states many times in the narrative that she doesn’t feel too comfortable presenting herself as feminine.
* LadyAndKnight: Adora is beyond chivalrous to Glimmer.

ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Adora is this with Glimmer. Namely during [[spoiler: the finale, after Glimmer is almost taken by two separate monsters two separate times.]]

* {{Reincarnation}}: Just like Adora, Catra is a reincartion of both Mara and She-Ra. [[spoiler: As such, the Glimmer of her universe is also her soulmate.]]

** GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Even when she's [[spoiler: secluded in a distant, virtually unpopulated mountain]], she finds a way to wear purple. Unlike the main universe’s Glimmer, [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack she also tends to incorporate black as well.]]
** DistractedByTheSexy: Deliberately {{Invoked}} by Queen Glimmer, who uses this tactic to throw her enemies off balance more easily.
** FemmeFatale: A prime example, and she's proud of it. This trope is also similar to [[TheBaroness the Baroness.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Despite being stragietical, calculated, and one of the strongest beings in the known universes, Adora is human and makes mistakes - such as burning food or getting bitten by parakeets. Thankfully, every mentioned incartion of Glimmer finds this irrestiable.

* LadyAndKnight: Adora is beyond chilverous to Glimmer.

ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Adora is this with Glimmer. Namely during [[spoiler: the finale, after Glimmer is almost taken by two seperate monsters two seperate times.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: Matching the canon of the show, She-Ra reincartes into a new individual upon the last She-Ra dying. However, AVEC adds more lore and tries to explain some things [[FixFic the show left unanswered.]]

** She-Ra’s soul is bound to another -- one that is guaranteed to reincate after death, just like She-Ra. [[spoiler: For Mara, she was bound to a Magicat named Ahyoka. In AVEC, it’s clearly suggested that Glimmer is Ahyoka’s reincarnation, and of course, Adora is Mara’s -- therefore, [[ReincarnationRomance they are soulmates,]] “bound together, woven at the seams”.]]
** The Failsafe was created end the She-Ra reincarnation cycle, as Mara and allies feared that someone would attempt to the power for their own gain again. It also acts as a factory reset function for the Heart of Etheria. [[spoiler: The heroes utilize this in the finale of AVEC, after the Heart goes berserk.]]

* InsecureLoveInterest: In this sense, Adora and Glimmer foil each other. [[spoiler: [[IAmAMonster Adora feels that she is a monster]] for having to kill other people - namely, Glimmer's own doppleganger.]]

** [[spoiler: During the final chapters of AVEC, Glimmer has to take the Failsafe after the Heart of Etheria begins to unnaturally surge unstable amounts of power. The Failsafe is garunateed to kill She-Ra, thus, [[YouDidEverythingYouCould Adora can't do much in the situation]] besides help her get to the Heart. Throughout the final chapters, Adora becomes physically ill with guilt, feeling it's all her fault.]]
*** [[spoiler: As expressed the Heart both, the power surges have something to do with Adora - as the Heart has been unable to share its overwhelming power into another indivual. [[Hypocrite But, the Heart was the one to send Adora away in the first place.]]]]

** Adora, spefifically, [[BlasphemousPraise refers to Glimmer as a Goddess and Angel...]] Well, she techincally is the later, but its still flattering nonetheless.

** [[spoiler: Even after they marry, Adora still is sometimes reminded of Evil!Glimmer just by Glimmer's prescene. It makes Glimmer sad knowing this, and she wonders if she's actually good for her.]]
* CosmicMotifs: Just like how she [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple incoprates purple]] in nearly all her outfits, she always has some sort of moon or star motif.
* EroticDream: Glimmer apparently has [[spoiler: many of these of Adora... But unbeaknownst to her, they're weren't dreams - they were actually conciously together during these times. What's worse, Catra overhears Glimmer mummuring in her sleep during ones of these - ulimately being the nail in the coffin for their breakup.]]

After a [[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS1E02 disastrous mission in Thaymore]], this Glimmer performs a hostile takeover of Bright Moon and rules with an iron fist. [[EvilSorceress She's considered the most powerful sorcress in her universe,]] and is universally [[TheDreaded feared and respected.]]

** GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Even when she's [[spoiler: secluded in a distant, virtually unpopulated mountain]], she finds a way to wear purple. Unlike the main universe Glimmer, [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack she also tends to incoperate black as well.]]

** FemmeFatale: A prime example, and she's proud of it. This trope is also simlar to [[TheBaroness the Baroness.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Glimmer has one of this after Adora abannons her.]]

** Similarily to the main universe's Glimmer, [[spoiler: she uses this fact against herself when [[DrivenToSuicide she makes an attempt on her own life.]]]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: Throughout the time she spends with Adora, Glimmer [[spoiler: falls in love with her, and hard - to the point where she wishes she could [[FalseSoulmate spend the rest of her life with her.]] It seems she can't resist Adora's naivity and infinite kindness.]]

** [[spoiler: In chapter 11, Catra refers to Glimmer as “Gvgeyu'i” - a Tsalagi word that directly translates to "I am selfish for you".]]
* AmazonChaser: Despite canonically hating She-Ra, she’s very obviously interiguied when she first sees both Adora’s She-Ra form and Catra’s.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Glimmer almost states this verbatim, before [[spoiler: Adora interrupts her and abannons Glimmer.]]
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: This really applies to all the alternate dimension characrters, as their timelines may differ greatly from the canonical / main universe. For Glimmer, there are two major factors that make her a virtually entirely different character compared to the main universe's Glimmer;
** Micah dies - he <i>actually</i> dies in this universe - as in, they recover his body.

In this universe, Bow's fathers, Lance and George, find Catra abannoned in Whispering Woods. Upon no one claiming her, they take her in as their own. She grows up as Glimmer's childhood best friend. After a bitter falling out and breakup, Catra leads the Rebellion in hopes of standing up to Glimmer's tyranny. But after Adora arrives in their universe, Catra soon learns of her own fate as She-Ra.

* BrokenBird: In this respect, Catra and Glimmer are [[{{Foil}} narrative foils.]] Both become standoffish and cynlical after falling out from one another.

** The fact she is She-Ra validates her too.
** [[spoiler: Bright Moon Violets only bloom when the queen of Bright Moon is in love with another woman. They bloom in POMM, after Glimmer devolps feelings for Catra again.]]

* ArtificialLimbs: After [[spoiler: Glimmer blasts her arm off proir to the events of AVEC]], Catra requires an amupuation. Thankfully, her adopted brother, Bow, creates a prothestic for her. [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief It seems to be very complex, allowing to her control her fingers at will.]] Interestingly, she keeps the prothestic when she morphs into She-Ra.

** [[spoiler: Bright Moon Violets only bloom when the queen of Bright Moon is in love with another woman. They bloom in POMM, after Glimmer devolps feelings for Catra again.

* BrokenBird: In this respect, Catra and Glimmer are [[Foil narrative foils.]] Both become standoffish and cynlical after falling out from one another.

** Her outfit overall is largely inspired by [[{Shoutout} the Shadow Queen]] from VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor.

** Her outfit overall is largely inspired by [[Shoutout the Shadow Queen]] from VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Adora thinks something along these lines after fatally wounding Siren!Glimmer]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: Deliberately {{Invoked}} by Queen Glimmer, who uses this tactic to throw her enemies off balance more easily.
* FemmeFatale: A prime example, and she's proud of it. This trope is also simlar to [[TheBaroness the Baroness.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Glimmer's design in POMM. Note: she has lost her powers, therefore, she also lost the color in her hair.]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: x

* ShoutOut: The creator has stated that her evil queen outfit is influenced by the Shadow Queen from VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Even when she's [[spoiler: secluded in a distant, virtually unpopulated mountain]], she finds a way to wear purple. Unlike the main universe Glimmer, [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack she also tends to incoperate black as well.]]

After a [[Recap/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS1E02 disastrous mission in Thaymore]], this Glimmer performs a hostile takeover of Bright Moon and rules with an iron fist.

* FemmeFatale: A prime example, and she's proud of it. [[EvilIsSexy Glimmer openly admits that she dressed proactively in order to distract her enemies.]]

* ShoutOut: The creator has stated that her evil queen outfit is influenced by the Shadow Queen from [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor]].