Glitra

Glitra is the femslash ship between Glimmer and Catra from the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power fandom.

Canon
Glimmer and Catra are enemies. They are both on opposite sides of the war between the Rebellion and the Horde. Glimmer has been shown many times to despise the Horde for violently destroying, conquering and killing innocent people. As such, she acts hostile towards Catra. That feeling is enhanced because of how many times Catra tried to harm the Rebellion. Catra, on her side, didn't originally seem to show any particular interest in the Rebellion (and didn't seem to know Glimmer) until Adora left the Horde for the Rebellion. Angry at Adora for having left and betrayed her, Catra starts acting against the Rebellion, and, consequently, against Glimmer.

Catra and Glimmer do not directly interact during season 1 as they don't talk to each other. They, however, appear together in some scenes. In episode 2,  "The Sword Part 2", Glimmer and Bow save Adora from Catra. As Catra is trapped in Bow's net, she sees Glimmer reaching Adora, and angrily aims her stun gun at them, but Glimmer manages to teleport them out of the way before the blast hits them. In episode 8, "Princess Prom", Catra and the rest of her team kidnap Glimmer and Bow after blowing up Frosta's castle. In episode 9, "No Princess Left Behind", Glimmer is held hostage in a room by Shadow Weaver while Catra is waiting in a corner, before being dismissed. It's possible that Catra assisted in carrying Glimmer to the room after kidnapping her and Bow. Later in that same episode, she lets Adora escape the Fright Zone with Glimmer.

Catra and Glimmer's first official interaction happens in season 2 episode 2 "Tiles that bind". Glimmer and Bow infiltrate the Horde to save Entrapta. As they're sneaking in, Glimmer spots a seemingly bored Catra walking outside, and hides with Bow. Catra then receives a distress call from Kyle, who is watching over Entrapta while she attempts to control one of her robots. As their call continues, Glimmer and Bow get closer to hear the conversation. The pleas made by Entrapta (that were meant for her wild robot) are misunderstood by Glimmer, who believes the Horde is torturing Entrapta. In a fit of anger, she teleports in front of Catra and surprises the latter. The two start to fight, joined by Bow and Scorpia. As the fight gets more and more heated, Bow convinces Glimmer to escape, and with several attempts of teleporting themselves out of the Fright Zone territory, they instead get teleported inside, facing Catra again. They briefly fight before Glimmer reaches towards Bow to teleport them out of the Fright Zone. However, Catra managed to grab onto Glimmer and teleport herself along with them. As a result, the teleportation fails to send them to a precise location and they end up free-falling from the sky (due to Glimmer's difficulty to teleport 3 people at once). When Glimmer notices a horrified Catra clinging to her cape, she kicks her in the face. After a harsh landing, Catra tries to fight Glimmer but is captured by Bow. The duo later discusses what to do with her, and Glimmer decides to take her as a prisoner to Bright Moon.

On their way to Bright Moon, Glimmer attempts to order Catra around but ends up failing as Catra teases her and acts immature. When Catra jumps on Bow and ends up falling to her death with him, Glimmer is forced to use her weakening magic to save them. They all safely land in a river, but the current is strong, and Catra has to hold on to Glimmer in order not to drown. As they are heading towards a dangerously huge waterfall, Catra teases Bow and Glimmer before getting teleported on land. After some more teasing, Glimmer gets mad and attempts to use her magic on Catra, but fails to do so.

The trio gets back on the road, and Glimmer is dragging Catra by her collar. Catra licks Glimmer’s arm and falls on the floor laughing, making use of Glimmer’s frustration to activate her Force Captain badge and send her location to her team.

Catra refuses to get back up and Glimmer has to drag her. Catra starts teasing Glimmer again and makes her believe the Horde is harming Entrapta. She then gets up and makes fun of Glimmer’s weak magic. Glimmer loses it and mentions Adora, telling Catra that she left the Horde because of her. Catra angrily follows Glimmer and tells her that Adora will leave her too, that she needs to get used to it. The two seem about to fight but Scorpia shows up along Lonnie and Rogelio. Glimmer attempts to trade Catra against Entrapta, but Catra refuses and threatens to kill Entrapta if she is not released. Glimmer pushes Catra against a tree and is planning on attacking her, but Bow convinces her not to. Catra safely joins her team and reveals that Entrapta wasn’t being tortured, but she, in fact, joined the Horde. She makes fun of the Rebellion for believing in “the power of friendship”, and Glimmer initiates a fight. Soon, everyone is fighting and Catra attempts to capture Bow. However, Glimmer uses her remaining magic to teleport both Bow and herself home.

In episode 4, “Roll with it”, the Rebellion is planning an attack on a Horde tour. The planning soon becomes a game similar to Dungeons & Dragons, and everyone starts fantasizing over their far-fetched plans. In Glimmer’s mind, she breaks in the tour and runs into Catra as a final boss. Glimmer imagines Catra in quite an unusual style (long black dress, fur coat, heels, makeup, holding a cat) and unusual behavior (cliche villain femme fatale from the 90s movies), much to Adora and Bow’s amusement.

In episode 5, “White Out”, the Rebellion runs into the Horde in the Northern Reach, and they start fighting. When Catra corrupts Adora with the First Ones disk, Glimmer teleports next to her and asks her what she did. Later in the episode Bow and Glimmer teleport inside a building, right next to Catra. They soon start fighting and Glimmer pins Catra down, attempting to take the First Ones disk away from Catra before the creatures break into the building.

Fanon
The ship gained in popularity after the release of season 2, when Glimmer and Catra truly interacted. The ship is shown as being very chaotic and comedic, with Catra enjoying to put Glimmer in difficult situations, to tease her and to make her mad. The "Tiles that bind" episode, commonly known as the hostage episode, is a great example of their turbulent dynamic.

The "Roll with it" episode could also be hinting at Glimmer having some sort of attraction towards Catra, as she imagines her in a very seducing attire and attitude. Catra never calls Glimmer by her name, instead using the nicknames "Sparkles" or "Princess", which adds to the charm of their interactions.

Although they do not interact much until season 2, in a meta sense, Glimmer and Catra have much in common. They parallel each other (although to many different degrees) when it comes to their personalities, relationships with other characters and motivations. Noelle Stevenson even draws upon comparisons to the two girls. Personality-wise, both Glimmer and Catra are determined, hot-headed and sensitive young girls, striving for the approval of their respective mother figures. They can also be pictured as rivals towards Adora's love, one being her best-friend while the other used to.

The shippers like to imagine Catra and Glimmer getting along by relating to each other's experiences, and possibly even stopping to fight over Adora to become friends (that is if Catra obtains a redemption arc). If Catra doesn't redeem herself, fans like to imagine her and Glimmer developing some sort of secret relationship (due to them being on opposite sides of the war).

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Variations

 * Glitradora refers to the ship between Glimmer, Catra and Adora