Glimbow Week

“In the world of bowerbirds, love and family is built, quite literally, one sparkly treasure at a time.” Bow paused, staring at the nature documentary as if David Attenborough himself were handing him the secrets of his marriage. His gaze swept over the pile of luxury gifts Glimmer had left him: dozens of shopping bags, the brand new car keys… even the training center. Huh. — — Where Glimmer sugar mommies her way into being a mommy - or Olympian Bow is married to the wealthiest woman alive.

Words: 4,609

Ready to Love

“I’m just saying, respectfully,” Adora said. “You’re both being fucking idiots.” Glimmer waved her off. “There is no way to respectfully call someone a fucking idiot.” “Bow’s just too considerate to make the first move unless he’s 100% sure it’s what you want. If you don’t say something, you’ll both be in this holding pattern forever.” Glimmer rolled her eyes. “This feels tremendously hypocritical. How long did it take for you and Catra to get your shit together?” “That was when I was young and foolish.” “And now, a mere month later, you’re older and wiser?” “Exactly.” Adora hip-checked her. “Bow is so ready to love you as soon as you give him the go-ahead. And I know you want that too and are just being a dumbass about it.” “Wow, so I’m a ‘fucking idiot’ and a ‘dumbass’ and all before 9 am. Screw you.” Glimmer gave Adora the finger, though she wasn’t actually mad about it. She’d said far worse to Adora and Catra when the two of them had been fluttering uselessly around each other for what felt like a century of homoerotic pining. “Go to class, Adora.” - Glimmer commiserates to Adora about her feelings for Bow except maybe Adora doesn't get the text message.

Explicit, Words: 6,134

Strangers

Now that the politics are done, Glimmer's spending the post Interplanetary Summit celebration hiding and hoping no one realizes that Etheria's badass queen is actually an anxious mess at parties. Fortunately she meets a "stranger" who helps her salvage the evening.

Fluff, Words: 2,144

For the @glimbowweek prompt, Date Night

Like Otters

For years, Glimmer and Bow spent every summer together as bunk-mates at the girls’ camp. Then, one year, Bow disappeared without a word, leaving Glimmer to wonder what happened to her best friend.

But this summer he’s back, on the opposite side of the lake this time.

For the @glimbowweek Prompt, Something That Probably Won’t Work

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Bow/Glimmer (She-Ra) Characters: Glimmer (She-Ra), Bow (She-Ra), Castaspella (She-Ra), Adora (She-Ra), Catra (She-Ra), Micah (She-Ra), Angella (She-Ra) (mentioned), Hordak (She-Ra) (Mentioned), Bow’s fathers (She-Ra), Spinnerella (She-Ra), Netossa (She-Ra) Additional Tags: Alternative Universe - Canon Divergence, Hordak landed on Bright Moon, The Horde in Bright Moon, Glimbow Horde Lords, Dark Glimmer, dark Castaspella, good Light Spinner, Attempted Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, ← minor character, we’re also making Bow suffer a bit, for his enrichment, he’ll be compensated Summary:

Every Horde recruit knows the story of how Hordak landed in Bright Moon and Queen Angella gave the Horde her Moonstone in exchange for his help unifying the people of Etheria. Problem is, the Etherians don’t seem to want unifying, viewing the Horde as less of a benevolent savior and more of an occupying force. Hence, war broke loose. The Horde has superior technology, but the other princesses wield powerful magic, allied with an army of sorcerers super-charged by the Spell of Obtainment. Yet a new princess emerges to break the stalemate: a golden warrior out of legend known as She-Ra.

Bright Moon is the eye of the storm and no one’s sure what the truth is, especially since the Queen disappeared shortly after King Micah, leaving Bright Moon’s princess alone and unchecked save for her best and only friend: a tech savvy orphan named Bow who serves as Hordak’s apprentice. 

In Every Universe

In a universe where Bow is the sparkly prince of Bright Moon and Glimmer his regular gal archer best friend, the war with Prime is long over. The two are married and new parents, living Bright Moon as King and Queen, when they get an unexpected visit from… themselves...

...but swapped.

(Fluff, Words: 3,437)

For the @glimbowweek prompt Royalty, I did a collaboration with @diaspro-back-here as part of the @wipbigbang Reverse Big Bang on Horde Lords Glimbow AU.

Here is their fic, which I cannot wait to read!

And here is my original description for the art...

Every Horde recruit knows the story of how Hordak landed in Bright Moon and Queen Angella gave him her Moonstone in exchange for his help unifying the people of Etheria. Problem is, the Etherians don't seem to want unifying, viewing the Horde as less of a benevolent savior and more of an occupying force. No one's sure what the truth is, especially when the Queen disappeared shortly after King Micah. Their disappearance left Bright Moon's princess alone and unchecked save for her best and only friend: a tech savvy orphan named Bow who serves as Hordak's apprentice. 

The Horde has superior technology, but the other princesses wield powerful magic, allied with an army of sorcerers super-charged by the Spell of Obtainment. But a new princess emerges to break the stalemate: a golden warrior out of legend known as She-Ra. With war tearing the planet apart, Glimmer and Bow plot to overthrow Hordak, reclaiming Glimmer's throne, so they can finally set things right. 

But power, both political and mystical, has transformed Glimmer until Bow's not sure he recognizes his best friend anymore. Under Castaspella's ruthless tutelage, the young queen has mastered forbidden dark magics which are The Horde's only hope of countering She-Ra and the dangerous Light Spinner, the enemy's most powerful sorceress. Glimmer's determined to do whatever it takes, but her perspective is warped by manipulation and lies, her path darkening. As everything they've ever been told about their parents, the princesses and Etheria itself starts to unravel, Bow finds himself confronting a cold truth.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bow/Glimmer (She-Ra), Minor or Background Relationship(s), Angella/Micah (She-Ra), Adora & Bow (She-Ra) Characters: Glimmer (She-Ra), Bow (She-Ra), Background & Cameo Characters, Adora (She-Ra), Angella (She-Ra), Micah (She-Ra) Additional Tags: Glimbow Week (She-Ra), Fluff and Humor, Light Angst, Fae & Fairies, Fae Deals, Trans Bow (She-Ra), pregnancy mention, Forced Proximity, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic Summary:

Bow makes a deal with fae Glimmer. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this, right?

or

For @glimbowweek Day 2 I have a collaboration with @jezmatronwrites that we did for the @wipbigbang! It was a reverse Big Bang where I made the art / prompt and Jez wrote the cute fic where Glimmer is a romance author and Bow is her cover model that you should go check out here...

Here is the description I originally wrote for the artwork...

As part of @wipbigbang 2025 (https://wipbigbang.dreamwidth.org/) I have partnered with @tippenfunkaport and their awesome art to compose this little one shot! https://archiveofourown.org/works/70603856

It's the night after her coronation and Queen Glimmer's afraid she'll lose her new circlet in her disaster of a room. Luckily Bow's always been there to take care of the crown.

Missing Scene / Words: 2,089

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Glimbow Week 2025 Prompts List

It's that time of year again!

Time to celebrate Bright Moon’s bisexual power couple, Glimmer and Bow from Dreamworks and Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)!

As is our tradition, the week will start on Bow’s birthday (September 9th) and continue for seven days of fics, art, meta, edits and more celebrating our beloved sparkle queen and archer!

Not sure how to participate? Simply make something celebrating Glimmer and Bow, post it between Sept 9th-15th, and tag us on Tumblr, Instagram or Twitter so we can share it with everyone!

Need inspiration? This year’s prompts are…

Day 1 - Wings and Arrows

Day 2 - Expectation vs Reality

Day 3 - Royalty

Day 4 - Date Night

Day 5 - Always Careful

Day 6 - In Every Universe

Day 7 - Something That Probably Won't Work

Interpret them anyway you like or ignore them entirely and do your own thing. The main goal is just to get some fresh content out there for everyone to enjoy! So save the date and starting thinking about what you might want to make.

Questions? Our askbox is open.

Better Together

It's been a long day of hearing petitioners at the local meeting house and the King and Queen of Bright Moon would like to be done now.

For the @glimbowweek prompt, Trends and Memes, I had to do a redraw of this...