i've mentioned this character before in passing:
Queen Mean by Lopoddity
and pitched her as a former bully to Magnolia May. I'm chucking most of this original personality/design out the window.


1.) Glitzi Glamour Gladmane is the one and only (that we know of, anyway) daughter of Gladstone Gladmane. Since Gladmane himself is an obvious reference to Elvis Presley, for Glitzi I decided to take inspo from another beloved kitschy music icon, Dolly Parton. Hence big tatas, big attitude, and bigger hair- everything about Glitzi is big. She has a way of instantly taking over a room and commanding everypony's attention.

I initially envisioned Glitzi as a monstrous bully to Magnolia May, but now I'm wondering if it'd be more interesting for her to be……actually kinda nice. Sorta. Glitzi is of course a cutthroat businesspony and made of that same syrupy fake-cordial stock as Big Daddy Gladmane, but she does really, really want to be liked, and that means playing nice. She's just not very good at it. Having been raised by her father (well, really by his disinterested assistant), she never really had anypony to model sincere kindness to her. So she approaches others with aggressive, vaguely condescending Southern hospitality and gentle teasing that really isn't so gentle at all. This is not a good way to make friends, and has absolutely earned her the ire of Magnolia May (which would startle Glitzi if she knew- she always thought she and Magnolia were like best friends? …..Aren't best friends supposed to be a little catty?)

notes

Glitzi, as you may have noticed, ain't the brightest. Sheltered, oblivious, and shallow as a puddle, she's often called "Ditzy" behind her back…..not that anypony would dare saying it to her face, because of the power and influence her father wields.

-Magnolia thinks she's tacky and fake as shit. She gets much satisfaction out of the fact that Glitzi flunked out of the beauty school they both attended

-Glitzi has a deep-fried Tennessee twang to contrast Magnolia's airy Georgia debutante drawl


-popular night time singer at several of Gladmane's Las Pegasus clubs, sounds a bit like this . Glitzi's special talent is singing~

-Glitzi is a rather impressive amateur chef. Getting on her good side means being subjected to all manner of delicious fatty comfort food after all, Glitzi believes the best way to a pony's heart is through their arteries.


-has a vested interest in Magnolia, keeps tabs on her. Whenever they cross paths Glitzi will brag a LOT about her success and riches compared to Magnolia's paltry Ponyville beauty salon…..but it's possible this is a misguided attempt to impress Maggie. It is one of Magnolia's deepest darkest secrets that she and Glitzi used to date…..thus their interactions are always charged with the passive-aggressive semi-flirty tension of salty exes. Neither of them is as over their breakup as they pretend to be.


-Bruce is so terrified of this woman you don't even know


-Glitzi despises Jam Sandwich. It's an easy thing to do, considering Glitzi's father seems oh-so-eager to dote on this skinny twig nothing of a mare from Ponyville and ignore his own daughter. Glitzi enjoys nothing more than sending Jam on pointless and banal errands (finding a needle in a haystack, capturing Glitzi's horrible and bitey runaway bichon frise, etc). Jam is uncertain if refusing would earn her the ire of Glitzi's father, so she often buckles, and frustrates Glitzi to no end when she succeeds at every task.


-Daddy Gladmane rarely talks to Glitzi except to chastise her spending/scold her for doing something stupid




2.) Glitzi and her darlin' Magnolia. (quote is shamelessly taken from the old Batman cartoon)


Glitzi's mane is naturally the same dull silver as Gladmane's. She claims to dislike this because it makes her look old, but really, deep down she doesn't like how much her reflection reminds her of her dad's sneering face. Dying it is the ONE lesson she retained from beauty school, and while blonde is her favorite, she's been seen sporting nearly every color of the rainbow, to the point where she may even (happily) forget what her natural hair color is.



3.) Glitzi and her mama, Suri Polomare~

Suri most certainly didn't plan on getting knocked up by Gladmane, but whatever, it's cool, she always kinda wanted to try the whole domesticity thing. Gladmane was wholly uninterested in being a family, but Suri didn't need him anyway. She was gonna be a fierce, gorgeous, and responsible single mom, because there's nothing Suri Polomare can't do! She quickly got to work creating (plagiarizing) whole lines of mommy merch- clothing, baby toys, essential oils, the works. And she found a lot of success! One problem, though…….it was getting awfully exhausting to push product and keep in contact with her suppliers with this whole……baby thing in the way. She'd kinda assumed a baby would be like a doll you could dress up, or one of those tiny dogs you could cram into a purse. Nobody said anything about spit-up and colicky tummies and sleepless nights….


So one day, when Gladmane's mostly forgotten the whole affair, Suri shows up on his doorstep, dark circles under her eyes, and cheerfully informs him that if he doesn't take this little snot factory off her hands right now, she's totally gonna leave it in a dumpster, mm'kay? In the future, Gladmane keeps Glitzi dependent by reminding her it was him that so kindly took her in when her mother abandoned them both. As an adult Glitzi does eventually reach out and reconnect with her mother, but the connection is shaky. Suri would much rather play the part of Glitzi's youthful BFF than be a mom, and will ditch her daughter the second she starts wanting to "talk about feelings" and "ask for advice" and "cry because she feels unloved". Blah blah blah, Glitzi, don't you know you're killing Suri's good mood? The whole point of ditching you the first time was to put an end to the tears and snot, so like, be a little considerate, hm'kay? Rude.


4.) I wonder if Glitzi, for all her general airheadedness, might actually be quite good at business and bookkeeping, having perhaps learned the skills as an avenue of bonding with her dad. Didn't work. For this reason, Glitzi is very jealous and very spiteful toward Jam Sandwich, Gladmane's business associate and obvious favorite. Jam doesn't know why Glitzi is always such a stone-cold bitch to her, but she's always up for some smack-talk!

note on "sugar britches": for those of y'all not in the know, it's a term of endearment for one's girlfriend/wife/mistress, or a way of saying someone has a sweet ass. Gladmane obviously has no such inappropriate feelings toward his daughter, but the guy does have some difficulties viewing women as anything more than sexual objects. Combine that with his disdain for his daughter (whom he views as an annoying parasite, much like her long-fled mother), and most of his "fond" nicknames for Glitzi end up having this sort of backhanded, demeaning slant to them. Glitzi takes it all in stride…..or at least is good at pretending to.