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** Vision damage is a risk that the heroes must take to defeat the UltimateEvil. And the heroes, at least, take [[GogglesDoNothing eye]] [[AvertedTrope protection]] [[AnAesop seriously]].

* '''Defied''': "Target their leader! The one with the glowing sword, kill him first!"

* '''Exploited''' The heroes use their weapons as flashlights when they need to find their way in the dark.

** The power that weapons contain create enough heat energy to cause them to glow.

** How about this. Weak items glow, powerful weapons don't glow. The more powerful something is, the less glow there is.

The more powerful something is, the less glow there is... except the deglow is like a glow to beings made of light.
** They can be recharged; it's like ammo when you are fighting shadows.

* '''Deconstructed''': The most powerful characters are all blind. What was the audience expecting, to be able to see after that ultimate attack that's rated at [[Franchise/StarTrek 47]] million Candela? Furthermore, the energy loss from the glow turns out to be a major waste of energy, as a similarly-rated sword that was forged from a light-absorbing material can do the same attack better.

* '''Reconstructed''': Vision damage is a risk that the heroes must take to defeat the UltimateEvil. And the heroes, at least, take [[GogglesDoNothing eye]] [[AvertedTrope protection]] [[AnAesop seriously]].

* '''Hand-Waved''': The weapons are radioactive. ([[FridgeLogic Then why doesn't anyone have cancer?]])

* LogicalExtreme: The business end of the weapon is ''made'' of energy, such as the case with LaserBlade.

** Only weak weapons glow.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Discussed''': "Yes, you're exactly right: The glow is due to [[AppliedPhlebotinum phlebotinum dust]] used during smelting to increase strength."

** A master of unarmed combat must wear gloves to conceal his glowing hands.* '''Zig Zagged''': There's a fifteen-page-long chart explaining how effective weapons with different glow intensities are against one another. And the authors ''still'' manage to do a complete AssPull every once in a while.

* '''Zig Zagged''': There's a fifteen-page-long chart explaining how effective weapons with different glow intensities are against one another. And the authors ''still'' manage to do a complete AssPull every once in a while.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Played For Drama''': Evil weapons do not glow, giving the villains the advantage when they fight in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Cave of Shadows]].

* '''Hand-Waved''': The weapons are radioactive. (Then why doesn't anyone have cancer?)

* '''Deconstructed''': The most powerful characters are all blind. What was the audience expecting, to be able to see after that ultimate attack that's rated at [[Franchise/StarTrek 47]] million Candela? Furthermore, the energy loss from the glow turns out to be a major waste of energy, as a similarly-rated sword that was forged from a light-absorbing material can do the same attack better.
* '''Reconstructed''': Vision damage is a risk that the heroes must take to defeat the UltimateEvil. And the heroes, at least, take [[GogglesDoNothing eye]] [[AvertedTrope protection]] [[AnAesop seriously]].

* '''Averted''': Glowing weapons are purely aesthetic.
* '''Enforced''': The toy company handling the merchandising wants to make all the best weapons glow in the dark, so the producers have that incorporated into the strongest weapons on the show.

* '''Exploited''' The heroes use their weapons when they need to find their way in the dark.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** All magical objects produced heat, light, or other side effect. Light's a common choice because it's useful.

* '''Exaggerated''': The strongest weapons barely affect the heroes, even though the screen is almost completely obscured by their glow.

* '''Justified''': Powerful weapons glow because our heroes are fighting [[LivingShadow shadows]].

* '''Inverted''': Only weak weapons glow.

* '''Subverted''': A huge glowing bomb is assumed to be a superweapon, and is then revealed to not have any effective blast due to its inefficiency.

* '''Double Subverted''': A huge glowing bomb is assumed to be a superweapon, and is then revealed to not have any effective blast due to its inefficiency. But the glow itself [[NukeEm is plenty effective]].

* '''Parodied''': The heroes fight with giant glowsticks.[[hottip:*:*cough*Franchise/StarWars*cough*]]

* '''Deconstructed''': The most powerful characters are all blind. What was the audience expecting, to be able to see after that ultimate attack that's rated at [[Franchise/StarTrek 47]] million Candela? Furthermore, the energy loss from the glow turns out to be a major waste of energy, as a similarly-rated sword that was forged from a light-absorbing material can do the same attack better.
* '''Reconstructed''': Vision damage is a risk that the heroes must take to defeat the UltimateEvil. And the heroes, at least, take [[GogglesDoNothing eye]] [[AvertedTrope protection]] [[AnAesop seriously]].

* '''Exploited''' The heroes use their weapons when they need to find their way in the dark.

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* '''Parodied''': The heroes fight with giant glowsticks.[[hottip:*:*cough*StarWars*cough*]]
** TheHero defeats the BigBad using a [[ImprobableWeaponUser flashlight.]]

* '''Invoked''': "I'll win! I have to! I have a '''[[ThisIsSPARTA GLOWING! SWORD!]]'''"

* '''Deconstructed''': The most powerful characters are all blind. What was the audience expecting, to be able to see after that ultimate attack that's rated at [[StarTrek 47]] million Candela? Furthermore, the energy loss from the glow turns out to be a major waste of energy, as a similarly-rated sword that was forged from a light-absorbing material can do the same attack better.