Line #68 Literature/TheGloryverse


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7	The Gloryverse is an ongoing trilogy of stories written by {{Tropers/Thebarbiemonster}} which chronicle the day in the life of [[UnreliableNarrator Colt Seward]], a member of the revered all-female gang otherwise known as [[AmazonBrigade The Bitches]] who like to make money by conducting elaborate plans to steal cash from wealthy men in town and from anyone male, really. Though after a [[GoneHorriblyWrong mission goes awry]] on them, things start to fall apart. This is also a story in which [[AlternateUniverse America lost a certain World War and is in shambles and criminals run amok due to no control whatsoever.]] There's many other things Colt has to contend with: [[NeverMessWithGranny Nan]], her cynical grandmother; her psychotic friends who push her to keep disastrous secrets; [[SatelliteLoveInterest Virgil]], the poet she lusts for in church; [[MagnificentBastard Redd]], a former friend who has been recently released from prison; and [[ChildhoodFriends Angelo]], also back in her life who doesn't exactly approve of her behavior. The first story in the trilogy is called Glorious Triumph. The second, due out by the end of the year or early 2012, is called A Glorious Angel. You can read the story [[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2889447/1/Glorious_Triumph here]]
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10	!!Provides Examples Of:
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12	%%* AfterTheEnd
13	%%* AllLoveIsUnrequited
14	* AlphaBitch: Portia is seen as this, but [[spoiler: she ''really'' isn't, on account of her being a nun. This is just part of [[UnreliableNarrator Colt's jealousy that her crush]], Virgil likes her.]]
15	* AntiHero: Colt flirts between being a Type III and a Type IV.
16	%%* AmazonBrigade: The Bitches
17	* AmericaSavesTheDay: Averted, and this is a WWII example.
18	%%* BetterAsFriends: [[spoiler:Colt and Virgil]].
19	%%* BettyAndVeronica: Angelo is The Betty and Virgil is The Veronica, generally speaking.
20	%%* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Kit (Beauty), Vixen and Fawn (Brains), Colt and Viper (Brawn)
21	* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Kit and Viper (Blonde), Colt and Fawn (Brunette), Vixen (Redhead)
22	%%* BrainyBrunette: Fawn. Colt has lesser shades of this.
23	%%* BrokenBird: Colt. The flashbacks make it worse.
24	* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: It looks like poor Fawn is headed this way...]]
25	%%* ChattyHairdresser: Averted for laughs in Colt's makeover scene.
26	* CoolOldLady: Out-of-Universe example. Nan is disliked/feared by Colt and most characters, but readers tend to see her as this.
27	* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler:Angelo, full stop. If holding your scalpel toward your best friend's crush's crotch isn't this, then what would be?]]
28	%%* CrapsackWorld
29	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Colt, her Dad, Fawn (light brown), and Virgil all have brown hair and eyes.
30	%%* DaddysGirl: Averted with Colt and her father.
31	* DeadpanSnarker: Colt has this. Every other word that comes out of Nan's mouth is this. Redd and Angelo also have their moments.
32	%%* DefrostingIceQueen: part of Colt's CharacterDevelopment.
33	* DerailingLoveInterests: [[spoiler:Virgil for Colt. She spends so much time with Angelo by the time she and Virgil finally start talking and finally kiss, Virgil points out that Angelo is not only in love with her, but that ''she'' is in love with him as well. Colt doesn't take this well at first.]]
34	%%* DumbBlonde: Played straight with Kit. Averted with Redd and Angelo.
35	%%* MrFanservice: Redd, in-universe example, maybe?
36	%%* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Redd. Full stop.
37	* ForegoneConclusion: You should know what happens with the Flashbacks. Poor Gloria. WeHardlyKnewYe.
38	* GenderBlenderName: Colt [[spoiler: her real name is Felicity-Grace, but it turns out that she names herself Colt after she and Angelo hide from a rebellion and he tells her a story about a fearless horse named Colt to distract her from all of the horrors going on. Felicity insists that the horse be female instead of male.]]
39	* GlorySeeker: The whole part of the series, duh.
40	* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: [[spoiler:All of the Bitches seem to suffer from this after Fawn gets raped and they murder her rapist. Of course, this is done to make sure that Fawn doesn't freak out and tell the Feds about what happened, which could land them all in prison for killing a man. It's complicated, to say the least. Colt seems to have the worst of it, since she is Fawn's best friend.]]
41	%%* HeroWithAnFInGood: played straight with Colt.
42	* HiddenDepths: Colt used to be a choir girl and was stated by many that she could sing. She does so eventually as [[spoiler: a ruse to get Virgil to notice her in order to complete Redd's ''Luxuria'' mission. It works, to say the least]]. Not only that, she's also very good with numbers, something she isn't too keen to brag about.
43	* HoldingHands: Colt and Angelo do this every other chapter. From the flashbacks to the present tense.
44	* LapPillow: [[spoiler:Angelo lies on Colt's lap during ''church''. It's justified, though, considering he was going through The Purge, which is a month long series of tests before you graduate and get Inked, this world's version of ID.]]
45	* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Colt [[spoiler: after Fawn gets raped. Made even worse by the fact that she doesn't tell her about it and Colt keeps having visions and nightmares about the situation.]] The other Bitches seem to be in this as well.
46	* TheMedic: Angelo aspires to be this, thus following his father and his father's footsteps.
47	* MissingMom: Colt's Mother, Gloria. As well as Angelo's mother.
48	* MostCommonSuperpower: Colt likes to sometimes brag about her assets. Nan also has this, so you can see where she gets it from.
49	* NaiveEverygirl: Played for drama with Fawn. Colt has shades of this, but she's GenreSavvy in this case.
50	* %%NamesToTrustImmediately: Fawn Shepps.
51	* NoBisexuals: [[spoiler:Played with. Kit and Vixen. Kit is bi, and Vixen is lesbian. However, Colt fails to see this, thanks to her oblivious to things.]]
52	* NoPeriodsPeriod: a rare example of the lead character in an action story getting her period. It's played for laughs a couple of times.
53	* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler:Colt is painfully this way. She's [[UnreliableNarrator also oblivious to most other things]], to justify it all. Angelo's in love with her to the point that EveryoneCanSeeIt, but it takes some...convincing by ''Virgil'', of all people for her to finally realize it...[[LoveEpiphany some time later]].]]
54	* OddFriendship: Nan has ''a lot'' of these, despite having a cynical outlook of the world.
55	* PoliceAreUseless: Justified. Most of them are pretty corrupt.
56	* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Angelo, during the Inking ceremony, towards his false friend, Isaac, [[BerserkButton who insults Colt to his face]]. Angelo manages to turn this speech around and make it about how superficial everyone in town is as well. This makes Colt fall deeper for him.]]
57	%%* RedOniBlueOni: Colt is the Red Oni and Fawn is the Blue Oni.
58	%%* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Virgil to Colt]]
59	%%* SmittenTeenageGirl: Colt is this whenever Virgil's around.
60	%%* SouthernBelle: Viper's grandmother is this.
61	* TakeThat: Towards Literature/TheTwilightSaga many, many times. [[spoiler: The authoress did this from the start with the character of Virgil, who Colt described in an almost Adonis-like stance. [[DeConstructed when Virgil turned out to be a neurotic, very sickly, MUTATED boy who happened to be the son of the Prison Warden.]] He's still a NiceGuy, though.]] Some of the characters trash talk about girl that once went to Colt's school named Marie Suzelle Isabella Cygnet. Repeat. Isabella (speaks for itself). Cygnet. Cygnet = Swan.
62	* TestKiss: [[spoiler: played with. Colt does this to Virgil. NoSparks ensures. Virgil points this out and points out the situation between her and Angelo. The entire night before the Inking ceremony, Colt is almost desperate to do this with Angelo, which causes her anxiety. She ends up [[AccidentalKiss accidentally kissing him.]]However, even in the that kiss, she feels sparks with him.]]
63	* ThemeNaming: The Bitches. Colt = Horse; Vixen = Fox; Viper = Snake, Kitten = Cat, and Fawn= Deer. All of them are nicknames with the exception of Fawn. The word Bitches itself comes from female dog. [[SarcasmMode As if you didn't know that already.]]
64	* ThereAreNoPolice: Subverted. There are Feds, but many of them are corrupt and actually contribute to the crimes they're supposed to stop.
65	* VerbalTic: Colt has a tendency to start her sentences with "And". It's [[LampshadeHanging heavily Lampshaded]] in one chapter.
66	* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Colt generally keeps her knives stashed around her thighs or under her boots. [[spoiler: Colt's coworker, Lenore was a hostage of hers during Redd's SevenDeadlySins mission. Lenore figures this out and tries to turn the knife on her. Colt recklessly attacks her by pulling out ''another'' knife and says she's got plenty more stored around her body. Lenore also tries to take advantage of this several chapters later, but it turns out Colt forgot to stash her knives there that day. It doesn't end well for her.]]
67	%%* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Angelo]]
68	* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlFriend: [[spoiler:An interesting variation of this. Colt thinks Redd will kill Angelo when he threatens his life when she doesn't act on his orders. Angelo can very well defend for himself and is also the male version of this as well.]]
69	%%* TheVoiceless: Camo.
70	* TwoFirstNames: Colt's real name, Felicity-Grace.
71	* WideEyedIdealist: Fawn. Too bad her universe is [[WrongGenreSavvy more towards the cynical end instead of one more parallel towards her views on life]]
72	* WorldOfNoGrandparents: Averted: Colt is raised by her grandmother. Viper is raised by both of her grandparents.

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