The Gloryverse

The Gloryverse is an ongoing trilogy of stories written by Thebarbiemonster which chronicle the day in the life of Colt Seward, a member of the revered all-female gang otherwise known as 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 mission goes awry on them, things start to fall apart. Oh, and by the way, did you know this is a story in which America lost a certain World War and is shambles and criminals run amok due to no control whatsoever? There's many other things Colt has to contend with: Nan, her cynical grandmother; her psychotic friends who push her to keep disastrous secrets; Virgil, the poet she lusts for in church; Redd, a former friend who has been recently released from prison; and 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. Yes... Story can be read here

Tropes found in The Gloryverse:

 * After the End
 * All Love Is Unrequited
 * Alpha Bitch: Portia is seen as this
 * Anti-Hero: Colt flirts between being a Type III and a Type IV.
 * Amazon Brigade: The Bitches
 * America Saves the Day: Averted very hard. And this is a WWII example.
 * Asian Airhead: Kit. She does have her moments, but they're very and far between.
 * Betty and Veronica: Angelo is The Betty and Virgil is The Veronica, generally speaking.
 * Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Kit (Beauty), Vixen and Fawn (Brains), Colt and Viper (Brawn)
 * Blond Brunette Redhead: Kit and Viper (Blonde), Colt and Fawn (Brunette), Vixen (Redhead)
 * Blue Eyes: Redd (very light blue), Nan (has literally ice blue eyes), Ellis, Portia, and Colt's Mother.
 * Brainy Brunette: Fawn. Colt has lesser shades of this.
 * Broken Bird: Colt. The flashbacks make it worse
 * Brown Eyes: Colt, her Dad, Fawn (light brown), and Virgil (very dark brown) all have these.
 * Chatty Hairdresser: Averted for laughs in Colt's makeover scene.
 * Cool Old Lady: Out-of-Universe example. Nan is disliked/feared by Colt and most characters, but readers tend to see her as this.
 * Crapsack World
 * Curtains Match the Window: see the above Brown Eyes trope.
 * Daddy's Girl: Averted hard with Colt and her father.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Colt has this. Every other word that comes out of Nan's mouth is this. Redd and Angelo also have their moments.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: part of Colt's Character Development.
 * Dumb Blonde: Played straight with Kit. Averted with Redd and Angelo.
 * Mr. Fanservice: Redd, in-universe example, maybe?
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Redd. Full stop.
 * Five Woman Band of The Bitches:
 * The Leader: Vixen/Jeanne
 * The Lancer: Colt
 * The Smart Guy: Fawn
 * The Big Guy: Viper/Vinessa
 * The Chick: Kit
 * Foregone Conclusion: You should know what happens with the Flashbacks. Poor Gloria. We Hardly Knew Ye.
 * Gender Blender Name: Colt
 * Glory Seeker: The whole part of the series, duh.
 * Green Eyes: Angelo, Viper has blue-green eyes.
 * Hero with an F In Good: played straight with Colt.
 * Hidden Depths: Colt used to be a choir girl and was stated by many that she could sing. She does so eventually as . Not only that, she's also very good with numbers, something she isn't too keen to brag about.
 * Holding Hands: Colt and Angelo do this every other chapter. From the flashbacks to the present tense.
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Colt  The other Bitches seem to be in this as well.
 * The Medic: Angelo aspires to be this, thus following his father and his father's footsteps.
 * Missing Mom: Colt's Mother, Gloria. As well as Angelo's mother.
 * Most Common Superpower: Colt likes to sometimes brag about her assets. Nan also has this, so you can see where she gets it from.
 * Naive Everygirl: Played for drama with Fawn. Colt has shades of this, but she's Genre Savvy in this case.
 * Names to Trust Immediately: Fawn Shepps.
 * No Periods, Period: a rare example of the lead character in an action story getting her period. It's played for laughs a couple of times.
 * Odd Friendship: Nan has a lot of these, despite having a cynical outlook of the world.
 * Police Are Useless: Justified. Most of them are pretty corrupt.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Colt is the Red Oni and Fawn is the Blue Oni.
 * Smitten Teenage Girl: Colt is this whenever Virgil's around.
 * Southern Belle: Viper's grandmother is this.
 * Take That: Towards Twilight many, many times.  Some of the characters trash talk about girl that once went to Colt's school named Marie Suzelle Isabella Cygnet. Repeat. Marie Suzelle. Isabella (speaks for itself). Cygnet. Cygnet = Swan.
 * Theme Naming: 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. As if you didn't know that already.
 * There Are No Police: Subverted. There are Feds, but many of them are corrupt and actually contribute to the crimes they're supposed to stop.
 * Verbal Tic: Colt has a tendency to start her sentences with "And". It's heavily Lampshaded in one chapter.
 * Victoria's Secret Compartment: Colt generally keeps her knives stashed around her thighs or under her boots.
 * The Voiceless: Camo.
 * Two First Names: Colt's real name, Felicity-Grace.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Fawn. Too bad her universe is more towards the cynical end instead of one more parallel towards her views on life
 * World of No Grandparents: Averted: Colt is raised by her grandmother. Viper is raised by both of her grandparents.
 * Southern Belle: Viper's grandmother is this.
 * Take That: Towards Twilight many, many times.  Some of the characters trash talk about girl that once went to Colt's school named Marie Suzelle Isabella Cygnet. Repeat. Marie Suzelle. Isabella (speaks for itself). Cygnet. Cygnet = Swan.
 * Theme Naming: 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. As if you didn't know that already.
 * There Are No Police: Subverted. There are Feds, but many of them are corrupt and actually contribute to the crimes they're supposed to stop.
 * Verbal Tic: Colt has a tendency to start her sentences with "And". It's heavily Lampshaded in one chapter.
 * Victoria's Secret Compartment: Colt generally keeps her knives stashed around her thighs or under her boots.
 * The Voiceless: Camo.
 * Two First Names: Colt's real name, Felicity-Grace.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Fawn. Too bad her universe is more towards the cynical end instead of one more parallel towards her views on life
 * World of No Grandparents: Averted: Colt is raised by her grandmother. Viper is raised by both of her grandparents.
 * Two First Names: Colt's real name, Felicity-Grace.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Fawn. Too bad her universe is more towards the cynical end instead of one more parallel towards her views on life
 * World of No Grandparents: Averted: Colt is raised by her grandmother. Viper is raised by both of her grandparents.