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Glory and Moonwatcher tie for my least favourite Wings of Fire characters of all time.

In fact, "least favourite" is too mild a phrase. I absolutely despise both of them.

But first, let's talk about why Glory is on that list. 

RANT INCOMING!

She is a complete Mary-Sue. She's basically Tsunami and Starflight without either of their weaknesses; she gets to rule two tribes whilst Tsunami, a direct descendant to the throne, doesn't rule any (also, does anyone else feel like the "Glory is related to Grandeur who is actually of royal blood" thing was just shoved into the story?) and her (a 14 year old dragonet by human standards) boyfriend is a 21 year old NightWing assassin who fell in love with the first of his selected targets he talked to (great assassin skills by the way, Deathy). She's the only RainWing who's willing to use her venom (because she's somehow bAtTlE hArDeNed, most likely because of all the sarcasm she's throwing around). 

She's described as pretty and elegant and beautiful by everyone who sees her, and she's a straight up hypocrite:

"Pretty much any female of the tribe can be queen if she wants to," said Liana.
"Really?" Tsunami said curiously. "How about me? Can I be queen? I'm originally a princess, you know. And I'm really good at telling dragons what to do."
[...]
"Well," Jambu said, I guess you could ask."
"Absolutely not," Glory said. "Have a little tribe dignity, for moons' sake. You cannot have a SeaWing as a queen of the RainWings. Tsunami, quit that."

(Yet she has no problem with ruling the NightWings because somehow that's the only way to solve the problem. Not to let Grandeur keep them in check. Not to agree to find them another home. Nope, every dragon in the rainforest has to bow down to her.)

She's a sacrifice whore (got called out by Tsunami when the latter told her to stop being a martyr for her "selfless sacrifice" at the start of book one, when she wanted to face Kestrel alone. That part was obviously made to point out how sElFlEsS she is, but all it did was make her that one person who makes a point of being selfless ["guys it's okay I can handle it myself you run" at literally every opportunity there is], therefore rendering the point useless, because it appears the only reason she's selfless is to seem like a good person). 

Adding onto this, she literally uses the fact that Dune and Kestrel hated her to act like a martyr, to play the "hero" and be the sacrifice and was SO DRAMATIC about it. She was always guilt tripping the other DODs and she was manipulative, mean ("featherbrain"), threatening ("don't make me come down and bite you"), and downright rude ("OH MY MOONS, WE KNOW!").

Her only personality traits are sarcasm and grumpiness. Literally that's it. Everything at the end of Hidden Kingdom is shoved in because before then, she showed no signs of having any more substance. She acts super dramatic for the sake of it, and she manipulated everyone into feeling sorry for her about not being in the prophecy by running away from the others right before Clay is meant to meet his parents, turning everyone's attention on her. She knew that would happen because she knew that was how everyone would react.
Yeah. Real selfless, Glory. 

Good God she sounds like me from fucking primary school. And the fandom's letting this bitch have eggs with the equivalent of a 21 year old?? 

Adding on to this!! I'm rereading The Dragonet Prophecy for my WOF AU Fanfiction Prison Break and I found something interesting.

So you all know how when Tsunami gets tied up with chains that can't be undone, the dragonets have the escape talk and conclude that the only possible way to get out of the caves is by swimming through a really tight hole in the battle cave wall? One that nobody's gone through before, that nobody knows where the water leads, that is as dark as night in the countryside, that is completely and utterly terrifying and dangerous?

You know how Clay volunteers to swim it to save Glory?

Tsunami is 100% unabashedly starkly against the idea and is very vocally petrified of Clay drowning; Sunny is terrified about the idea and tries to get them to reconsider by thinking up more ideas; Starflight is strategic about it and opposes it.

What does Glory do?

EXCERPT FROM THE END OF CHAPTER 6 OF BOOK ONE, THE DRAGONET PROPHECY:
"The sky hole," Clay said, pouncing on an idea of his own at last. "You guys start a fire in the study room, and I'll follow the smoke back to you. Then I'll know the entrance is nearby, and once I find it, I can let you all out."
Glory's eyes glinted. "I can think of a few scrolls I'd like to burn."
[...] 
"Stop joking about this," Tsunami cried. "Clay, you can't go and that's final. You'd almost certainly die."
"But Glory WILL die if I don't," he said. "Right? There's no other way."

So we can use the excuse that Glory got caught up in making a joke to lighten the mood. But even if we do, when Tsunami reminds them of the reality of what's happening, Glory doesn't do shit. Directly after this she demonstrates how she can change colours without a word of opposition to the plan.

More:

EXCERPT OF THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 7 BOOK ONE, THE DRAGONET PROPHECY:
"I hate this," Tsunami called softly. "I hate this a lot." She beat her wings against the chains that trapped her.
"I don't like it either," said Glory's voice.
[...]
He felt the brush of wing tips next to his and turned. The river eddied around the blurry outline of Glory beside him.
"Go hide," he whispered.
"Thank you, Clay," she said quietly. "I'll never admit I said this, but... I want you to know I would never have made it through the last six years without the four of you."
"Same here," Clay said. Growing up under the mountain without Glory, Sunny, Tsunami and Starflight would have been too miserable to bear.
"Good luck," said Glory. She stepped out of the river and melted back into the shadows.

And then she says nothing else as the others say their goodbyes. Or before they say their goodbyes. Or after Clay volunteers to put his life on the line.

BITCH, ONE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS IS RISKING THEIR LIFE FOR YOU. HE'S ABOUT TO GO ON A TERRIFYING JOURNEY AND IS AT HIGH RISK OF DYING ALONE IN THE DARK BY DROWNING, WHICH IS A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE, AND YOU MAKE A JOKE?????? AND FUCKING LET HIM????????? YOU DON'T FIGHT AGAINST IT?????????? AND YOU SAY THE BARE MINIMUM KIND THING TO SAY BECAUSE OF YOUR PRIDE??????????????????????? HE'S ABOUT TO FUCKING DIE, BECAUSE OF YOU, AND THE BEST YOU CAN MUSTER IS "I never would have made it without the four of you" NOTHNG EVEN SPECIFIC TO CLAY HIMSELF???????????????????????????

Need I remind you that before this, at the start of chapter six, Glory was making the hugest biggest most humongous fucking deal about how "oh no you guys don't risk yourselves for me! I'm not even in the prophecy, nobody cares about me!!!" to make herself look like the most selfless and noble dragon ever, but when one of her closest friends actually does volunteer risking swimming a tiny dark river that might lead to nowhere to save her life, she's absolutely fine with it? 

Jesus Christ Glory's such an asshole.

She was also pretty mean to Sunny, for no reason. (As well as her other clawmates, for no reason. Oh right, because she's eternally grumpy which means she has to take it out on others. For no reason.)

*whips out TDP, turns to early pages in book, adjusts glasses and clears throat* ahem....

"Naturally, I'd make the best queen, but Sunny can be Oasis since she's a real SandWing," Tsunami instructed.
"Well, sort of," Glory muttered.

Like, who could be mean to SUNNY?! Displeasing her would be like kicking a puppy!

This concludes my rant.

peace out *drops mic and dabs like a boss* (I am a walking cringe factory, but I stand by the mic drop and dab.)