#glimmer

Propaganda:

I have fairly different opinions of the two of them but yeah I’ve seen both of them be fairly “villainized” both jokingly and seriously by the side of the fandom I’m on.

In terms of Mermista, I see both good and bad in her. She isn’t one of my favorite characters, but I don’t dislike her either. Generally I just want more character development for her and it’d fix some of my problems. One part is her relationship with Sea Hawk, which I do think is cute and ship but it needed a bit more screentime to feel a bit less unhealthy, if that’s the right word? Just wanted more hints of their past together, more of him showing he cares about her interests past just “he thinks she’s a cute damsel in distress” (I hate that one shot in Mer-Mysteries), and more of her showing him kindness past using him as a ride. I still do ship it but I edit it a bit in my head.

As well, I wanted to see more of the impact of losing Salineas. It was a major milestone in the war and felt like a strong emotional point and then kinda just faded away. I could tell some of that anger was taken out on Entrapta, but I wanted it to be explored past that.

In the end, while I feel she could’ve had more screen time and more understanding to Entrapta, I do see where her feelings were coming from. She was hurt and angry and she knew that the two had been close. Post war I see her taking time and eventually settling those feelings, especially with an apology from Hordak and him helping clean up the mess he made. She’s probably never going to fully forgive what the Horde did in the war, but over time her anger will calm and she will accept that they are still part of the world she’s in. I make jokes about her but I do enjoy her.

Let it be officially stated here that I am not a fan of Perfuma. I hold no grudges at anyone who is, but I’ve personally never particularly liked her past ‘she’s okay’. I’m sorry 😭 As a concept, I always enjoy seeing how pacifists handle war, and Perfuma is an interesting take on it. I was there for it in season one. Her resistance to fight and than realization that she can be the part of the ‘universe that stops them’ is intriguing.

Then she never really develops. She becomes, at least to me, the background main character who either offers unhelpful solutions or gets emotional for no discernible reason. I thought she was okay in the Crimson Waste and shipped her with Huntara but then that also didn’t happen and their friendship never developed. To me Perfuma is just kinda forgettable and occasionally annoying.

And then how she treats Entrapta genuinely makes me upset. She has no patience, makes no effort to understand or meet halfway, and uses that child safety tether twice. When I speak about ableism in the rebellion I’m generally taking about her. And unlike Mermista, she doesn’t have much reason because she acts like this before Entrapta even joins the Horde and makes points like “the Horde is still people” well you sure aren’t acting like it ma’am.

I do enjoy Scorpfuma but do wish Scorpia had found someone else? I’m fine with it, they are cute together in the few scenes they have. I headcanon they’re one of, if not the last couple to get together. Scorpia needs time to recover from Catra and Prime and the Horde and Perfuma needs some changes, maybe by Scorpia, of learning how to actually be kind to everyone, not just the ones she deems good.

In terms of other characters I think I’m fairly with general opinions? My only two perhaps straying thoughts;

1.) I like Glimmer! She is my least favorite out of the Best Friend Squad though. Because of season 4. I, like Bow, love and forgive her, but it still hurts and I remember it quite a bit. Don’t get me wrong, I am a sucker for main characters getting a dark side, I just also am salty about it.