#why be prepared for a coronation if your monarch isn't going to die?

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do you ever think about the fact that Glimmer was never supposed to be queen?

Angella was an immortal being, she had been ruling Brightmoon forever, and everyone expected her to rule Brightmoon forever. No one ever was training Glimmer to be queen because it was inconceivable that Angella wouldn't be around.

It's honestly probably part of the reason Glimmer was so intense about being a commander. It was a way for her to be a leader for her kingdom, and protect them, because she was never suppose to ascend the throne. And that's why she refers to herself as "just a princess" because as far as she knows, that is all she will ever be.

And then the portal happens and Angella sacrifices herself.

Glimmer had grown up dealing with the loss of a parent, but also with the comfort that her mother was suppose to be incapable of death, and then that reality is stripped away in an instant and she then has all this responsibility thrust upon her that she was never prepared to face believing that this day would never come. 

So while dealing with tremendous grief, Glimmer is trying to do arguably the most important job in Brightmoon that she was never trained to do, that she was never suppose to have.

Do you ever think about the fact that Glimmer was never meant to be queen?