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[[File:golden2.jpg|link=Saint Seiya|frame|...and absolute power glows absolutely.]]
{{quote|''"We're the [[Stone Protectors]], now you know
''[[Stone Protectors]], our stones of power glow!"''
|''Theme song to The [[Stone Protectors]]''}}
{{quote|''"This hand of mine glows with an '''awesome power'''!"''
|'''Domon Kasshu''', ''[[G Gundam]]''}}
'''Power glows.''' The more power, the more glow. So, anything that glows is [[Power Makeover|automatically presumed to be superior]] to otherwise identical things that don't glow, and more glow is better. This is closely related to the [[Rule of Cool]] because glowing is cool, so things that glow automatically get more [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]], allowing them to be more unrealistically powerful. They're often [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience]], too. For example, evil glows bright red, good glows blue or gold, and [[Sickly Green Glow|radioactive materials glow green]].▼
▲{{quote|''"This hand of mine glows with an '''awesome power'''!"''|'''Domon Kasshu''', ''[[G Gundam]]''}}
▲Power glows. The more power, the more glow. So, anything that glows is [[Power Makeover|automatically presumed to be superior]] to otherwise identical things that don't glow, and more glow is better. This is closely related to the [[Rule of Cool]] because glowing is cool, so things that glow automatically get more [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]], allowing them to be more unrealistically powerful. They're often [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience]], too. For example, evil glows bright red, good glows blue or gold, and [[Sickly Green Glow|radioactive materials glow green]].
[[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]? Inherently superior to ordinary, everyday, garden-variety eyes of doom. Glowing [[Battle Aura]]? Opponents who don't glow won't stand a chance! Any physical object that glows will also be powerful somehow. [[Laser Blade|Glowing sword]] vs. boring sword? Glowing sword wins, every time. [[Stuff Blowing Up|Explodey things]] that emit a [[Pre-Explosion Glow|glow first]] are bigger, louder and/or do more damage, and if they were [[Sucking-In Lines]] first, they're even more so. The most powerful magical potions will also glow to signify their superiority over ordinary, non-glowing magical potions. And don't forget the inherent awesomeness of the [[Pillar of Light]], which is Glow going to Heaven just to show how overwhelming it is.
Strangely enough, in real life glowing would usually indicate a wasting of energy, but it could still count as just the excess energy manifesting as light. A good example is in [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s [[Heralds of Valdemar|Velgarth series]] in which Gates and Portals only glow when energy is being used inefficiently.
[[Super-Trope]] to [[Battle Aura]], [[Holy Halo]], [[Volcanic Veins]], and [[Phosphor Essence]]. See also: [[Power Crystal]], [[Power Echoes]], [[Power Floats]], [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep]], [[Pure Energy]], [[Holy Backlight]], [[Background Halo]] and [[Family-Friendly Firearms]]. [[Pre-Explosion Glow]], [[Star-Spangled Spandex]], [[Throat Light]], and [[Sucking-In Lines]] are special cases of this trope. In media with audio, this is commonly a [[Whining Light]]. Very often overlaps with [[Powerup Full-Color Change]].
If only certain people are aware of the glow you could be looking at [[Editorial Synaesthesia]] or even [[Aura Vision]]. May be used as a [[Fantastic Light Source]] as [[Mundane Utility]].
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime]] ==
* In ''[[Akira]]'', at the moment of the greatest release of energy, everything is reduced to a bright white. Maximum glow for maximum power.
* As the trope image shows, the holy Gold Clothes(armors) from ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' sometimes glow...very much so.
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** Hello? ''Holographic Cards?''
* The 2003 series of ''[[Astro Boy (anime)|Astro Boy]]'' explains this by giving the titular robot a kind of [[Applied Phlebotinum|surge-protector that somehow converts excess electricity into photons]].
* Used in the [[In-Universe]] ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' Brigade-movie "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina", just like any other cliche-trope. When Koizumi's power is released, he glows blue-ish. Interestingly though, it does not appear to be the comically used [[Special Effect Failure]], like with the Mikuru-Beam.
* If you notice yourself being bathed in a soft, pink light in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', that is your signal to run fast
** If you find yourself in a similar situation in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', you're about to be blown up by Majin Buu. Generally speaking, soft, pink light is best avoided in Anime.
* Performing alchemy causes stuff to glow in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. This is actually used as a small plot point when Ed realises that he and Al can't use alchemy to sneak into the fifth laboratory, as the guard would see the glow.
* In the first few story arcs of ''[[Bleach]]'', Ichigo's eyes/body glow a faint blue when he's harnessing a particularly high amount of 'spirit energy'. He later acquires a black/red glow upon achieving bankai. We see a few other characters with an aura as well, including Kenpachi (yellow) and Yachiru (pink). This seems to have been largely dropped by the Arrancar arc, however.
* [[Getter Robo]] has this for Getter Rays' use. Most designs of Getter-1 even include several clear panels on the face and some on the chest and limbs so they can light up when it's time to kick ass.
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' may not be the [[Ur Example|oldest example]], but it might be [[Trope Codifier|the
** Actually inverted in the Android saga. The titular androids - cyborgs more powerful even than Frieza - are shown as extreme threats, despite their lack of any glow at all. In fact, Androids 17 and 18 are for a short time the two strongest beings in the DBZ universe, the latter totally trouncing the very glowy, newly Super-Saiyan Vegeta.
*** This is because the glowing [[Battle Aura]]
** Inverted again in the Buu saga. When Gohan achieved a new level of power beyond the glowy Super-Saiyan or even the glowier and sparky Super-Saiyan 2, his hair remained black and had almost no battle aura to speak of.
** In ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'', both Goku and Baby as Golden Great Apes have a golden, glowy aura. Seeing as this is basically Super Saiyan Oozaru, it makes sense.
* The finale of the third arc of ''[[Robotech]]'' and during ''[[Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles]]'', where Ariel glows whenever she's using creepy Invid powers.
* ''[[One Piece
** Partially justified, because the idea of the attack is that he's heating up his leg with friction (without tearing his skin or clothes to shred). The heat then glows, like a toaster coil.
** It should be noted, one of the most powerful Marines, Admiral Kizaru, literally turns into light.
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* Both ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Zeta Gundam]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Gundam ZZ]]'' had effects from the pilots resonating with their titular Mobile Suits' main device, the Bio-Sensor, making them glow pink and allow them to do kick-ass stuff.
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack]]'', The Nu Gundam's Psycoframe gives off a green glow when Amuro's Newtype powers start to overload it.
* The same happens in ''[[Gundam Unicorn]]'': the full Psycoframe under the RX-0's armour glows whenever its NT-D is activated. Its colour depends on the strength of the Newtype's abilities.
* Once every 22 years in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', the [[World Tree]] in Mahora glows with a brilliant light. This is from the magical energy within accumulating to the point where it overflows. When it's like this, it could grant wishes of the heart, from something as simple as making someone fall in love with you to {{spoiler|[[The Unmasqued World|convincing the entire world that magic exists]]}}.
* The ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' movies introduce this in spades. The most obvious example is what happens to Unit-01 at the end of the second movie: it starts going berserk and gets the usual [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]. But so does its pilot. And the mecha's fluorescent green parts starts glowing sickly red. As well as the inside of its maw. {{spoiler|Then it rebuilds its amputated arm as a glowy, proteiform appendage, grows a halo, shoots [[Eye Beams]] left and right and lose its armour only to reveal glowing white patches beneath it. By the time the credits flash, it has become a giant glowing figure of pure white.}} Unsurprisingly, its opponent is [[Curb Stomp Battle|unable to resist such a brilliant display]].
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* In ''[[Naruto]]'', the titular character, as well as his fellow [[Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can|jinchuuriki]], are engulfed in a glowing aura of chakra when in their demon forms (except Gaara, he gets covered in sand). This [[Demonic Possession|takes the form of the jinchuuriki's demon]] after the initial stage, at which point it is often time to [[Unstoppable Rage|run]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side|away.]] Of course, there IS a threshold past which the aura disappears in exchange [[Body Horror|for]] [[One-Winged Angel|something]] [http://www.mangareader.net/93-444-13/naruto/chapter-439.html far worse]...
** This is lampshaded when {{spoiler|Naruto's controlled form of the 9-tails's chakra}} is actually [[Mundane Utility|used as a flashlight.]]
**
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', B Class and higher beings like Toguro, Yusuke, Bui, and Sensui often display bright auras when either manifesting their full power or when using a powerful attack. Especially powerful auras can cause adverse things to the wielder's surroundings: Toguro's can disintegrate anything drastically weaker than him, and the combined power of Sensui's {{spoiler|Sacred Energy}} and Yusuke's {{spoiler|new-found demonic power}} created massive earthquakes and twisters strong enough to kill A-Class beings in an instant.
* Then there's the ultimate attacks of the titular [[Super Robot]] in ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'': [[Yin-Yang Bomb|Hell and Heaven]] has one fist glowing red and the other glowing yellow, while using the [[Drop the Hammer|Goldion Hammer]] results in the entire robot glowing gold. This is then taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the OVA ''FINAL'', where they introduce {{spoiler|the world's biggest ban hammer that has a head several magnitudes larger than the handle and is made up of nothing but pure, glowing energy}}.
* Is no one going to mention the [[Rule of Cool|Spiral Energy]] of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''? While the glowing energy powered by [[Hot-Blooded|Fighting Spirit]](aka. [[Rated "M" for Manly|Pure Manliness]]), is present from the first episode, it reaches new extremes nearly every other episode, until by the end, the main characters are piloting {{spoiler|a [[Humongous Mecha]] 100 times the size of
* ''[[ARAGO]]''
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', [[Differently-Powered Individual|NEXT]] glow blue when they use their powers. Except for the members of Ouroboros, who glow orange [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|because they're totally evil.]]
* In [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]], Madoka, as a [[Magical Girl]], glows brightly enough you could mistake her for the sun in a few scenes.
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* [[Doctor Strange]] typically has orbs of light around his hands when spellcasting.
* In ''[[All Fall Down]]'', Siphon exhibits this to a blinding degree {{spoiler|shortly before she dies}}.
== Fan Works ==▼
* The fact that the protagonist of ''[[Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns
* In ''[[Keepers of the Elements]]'', the Keepers often have [[Color-Coded Elements|colour-coded]] power glows when casting spells. Other magical beings also have glows when casting spells.▼
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*** Which can work without inviting magic. If the stones were radioactive and enveloped in a fluorescent substance, the effect could be quite close to what was seen in the movie - when you get more of it close together, the rate of radioactive decay gets up, which in turn means more heat and more light from the fluorescence. Of course, it probably weren't awfully healthy to keep them near yourself and touching them.
*** Of course, you still have to explain why they glow brighter and with more intensity when people chant at them.
* This happens to Cartman in ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'' once he harnesses the power of his malfunctioning V-chip.
* The reagent in ''[[Re-Animator]]'' is not only a fine example of [[Technicolor Science]], but also glowy.
* In ''[[Tangled]]'', Rapunzel's [[Hair of Gold]] glows whenever she uses its powers of healing and immortality. She manages to take advantage of this when she and Flynn get trapped in a flooding cave and need to find a way out.
* In the film of ''[[Harry Potter and
* [[Godzilla]]'s dorsal fins flash or glow (depending on the film) when he's preparing to unleash his [[Breath Weapon|atomic ray
* In ''[[Stardust (film)|Stardust]]'', {{spoiler|Yvanne defeats Lamia when she glows
* In ''[[Contact (film)|Contact]]'', the Machine glows when it's turned on to demonstrate that Crazy Alien Technology Stuff Is Happening. The glow increases as the machine picks up speed.
* In ''[[WALL-E]]'', not only does EVE glow very faintly (the better to invoke a Gaussian Girl), her presence and touch cause electrical lights to glow as well.
▲== Fan Works ==
▲* The fact that the protagonist of [[Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns|this]] particular [[Dragon Age]] fanfiction gets his magic {{spoiler|from a fairly unstable tear in the Veil, which he has in his body,}} means, among other things, that he starts glowing white whenever he does something unusual, either just from the eyes or his whole body, up to looking like a [[Stargate|Stargate ascended ancient]].
▲* In [[Keepers of the Elements]], the Keepers often have [[Color-Coded Elements|colour-coded]] power glows when casting spells. Other magical beings also have glows when casting spells.
== Literature ==
* In ''[[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]'' magical Power Glows [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience]].
* [[J. R. R.
** Gandalf invokes this trope when he adds lighting to [[Hand Wave|explain]] the disappearance of Bilbo in his Birthday party.
* Mocked in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' when Stannis gets Lightbringer, a literal glowing sword, but despises it because it doesn't do anything else better than most swords.
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* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' Harry more than once makes his staff/blasting rod glow, usually when he is about to smash something into the water table.
** Also his much abused amulet, which glows whenever he uses it as a light/silver bullet against superpowered werewolves.
** Then we have the Swords of the Cross, all of which glow with varying intensities depending on the wielder and situation. For instance Amoracchius once shines so brightly that it chargrills many light
** Any time Harry uses Soulfire or Hellfire.
* Subverted several times in the ''[[Discworld]]'' series. Because of the world's narrative causality, mundane items wielded with true conviction are often stronger than fancy magic weapons.
** Justified in the case of Death's scythe and sword, since these are so sharp, they cut up the air molecules that happen to bump against them. This, of couse, causes lightning-like ionization.
* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novel ''[[Blood Angels|Deus Encarmine]]'', the Spear of Telesto. And Isskvan the Hated glows with anger.
** And then the tomb of Sanguinius in ''Red Fury''.
* All magic produces bright glows in ''[[Elantris]]'', because it is the sign of the power of [[The Force|the Dor]] breaking in to the physical world. The most powerful practitioners of magic, the [[Physical God|Elantrians]] actually glow non-stop, but other magic-users produce light with their powers as well.
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* Deconstructed and [[Played for Drama]] in Jessica Amanda Salmonson's ''The Golden Naginata'': Unless it has been [[Applied Phlebotinum|used]] to [[Unholy Holy Sword|wound]] the ''[[Unicorn|kirin]]'' who guards it within the past month, the [[Blade on a Stick|titular weapon's]] glow is so bright that it blinds anyone who sees it.
* More powerful Wizards like Septimus and Marcia in ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' get enveloped in a purple aura when they are spellcasting.
* Invoked in ''[[Dream Park]]'', as holographic auras of appropriate intensity are overlaid on
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*** Then later Geordi [[Fridge Logic|fails to realize]] that another android built by the same guy who built Data isn't a human.
**** In this case, she was built with devices that mimic human life signs. It would stand to reason that they also shield any EM field emitted by the machinery. Otherwise, any old tricorder would be able to pick up the readings.
* In ''
* In the pilot for ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', the crude [[Energy Weapon]] Cameron assembles in the safe of the bank only has enough power to kill Cromartie when the "isotope" powering it begins to glow.
* In
** ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'' had an interesting spin on it: The five Riders' costumes were covered with "veins" through which pumped a glowing substance that to powered them. In nighttime scenes, the "veins" and visors would glow, and use of a [[Finishing Move]] would cause a bead of energy to run from the belt (the main power source) to the Rider's foot or sword or whatever they were going to use to kick butt.
* When a magical [[Chekhov's Gun]] is found in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' the following conversation is held:
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'''Willow:''' How can you tell?
'''Giles:''' Well, it's so shiny. }}
* The [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|''Wonder Woman'' TV series]]: There is always one of those just when [[Secret Identity|Diana Prince]] [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spins]] [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action|to change clothes into]] [[Wonder Woman]]. (Notice that there wasn't any [[Audible Gleam]] nor Power Glows in "The Feminum Mystique Part 1", the only episode in the series where Wonder Woman changes back into Diana Prince.
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* In ''[[World of Warcraft]],'' enchanters can put a glow on any weapon. Typically, the more powerful enchants glow brighter, and the type of enchantment determines the color of the glow.
** In the ''Burning Crusade'' expansion to WoW, Blizzard one-upped themselves by enabling enchanters to apply a glow to weapons that's actually a complex graphical animation. The Mongoose enchant causes your entire weapon to crackle with lighting, while the Savagery enchant makes your weapon drip blood.
*** While the primary theme of The Burning Crusade was "WoW {{
*** The multi-colored glowy-[[Lite Brite]]-Crystal cave in the original Un'Goro Crater was simply power-glow-tastic.
*** ''Wrath of the Lich King'' too, the whole nexus which is Malygos' lair is really one hell of a glow-tastic [[Scenery Porn]].
*** In ''Cataclysm'', Blizzard one-ups themselves again with the Power Torrent enchant, which shifts through the colors of the rainbow periodically ''and'' is the best-in-slot enchant for all raiding casters.
* In ''Dragon Quest 8'', Once a character reaches maximum tension, that character will glow until they attack or use magic that has a quantifiable effect, be it damage, healing or a stat buff. They'll also stop glowing if a boss nullifies their tension with a [[Status Buff Dispel|wave of ice]].
* In ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', any place with a constant glow to it (such as the Mako Reactors in ''VII'' and Bahamut's hideout in ''VIII'') is very important place with lots of either magical or technological power hidden from mortals. Party members tend to glow when using special abilities, and [[Limit Break
** An interesting example is in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', where Kefka is surrounded by a pyramid of magic before the final fight. In addition to showing his immense magical powers, it reflects his emotions: when he's taunting the party and laughing, it's blue, then turns purple as he laments the futility of life, green when the party members declare he's wrong, then red when he gets angry. Emotion Glows too.
* ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', pretty much every character gets an aura of some sort when they enter EX Mode.
* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' (
** Even without the
* In ''[[Fable]]'', your tattoes and hands glow with high enough magic levels.
* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', when characters go into [[Super Mode|Over Limit]], they get a black aura around them.
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* In Richard Bartle's original MUD, swords ''inherently'' glow. If you use your wizardly powers to create a wooden sword that falls apart after one hit, it'll still glow purely by virtue of being a sword.
* The eponymous race of [[Valkyria Chronicles]] are said to {{spoiler|and do}} glow with an otherworldly blue flame, as well as [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]], when using their powers.
* Many [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]s have weapons that glow when they're enhanced. So what does a newbie typically ask of the wielder of such a weapon?
** "What kind of weapon is that?" Nope.
** "Where did you get that?" Not even close.
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* In ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'', Art asks, "Why is it that big, ominous tomes always glow so bright?!" [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=298 Good question.]
** Because they're ''illuminated texts!'' [[Just for Pun|Ha!]]
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': One of Eglamore's [[BFS]]es glows; presumably this makes it more effective against Shadow men. Also, antigravity glows [[Technicolor Science|purple]]. [https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=283 Various] [https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1007 effects] of Donlans' "etheric computer" glow with maze-like patterns. [https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=539 Valknut-shaped] portals [[Valkyries|Brinnie]] (and Eglamore, as it turned out) uses to travel glow bright blue.
* As demonstrated [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510195016/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00474.html here] in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130922013109/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/ Nip & Tuck]'', particularly sexy lingerie glows, too. (Obviously a reference to the ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' example mentioned above.)
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Gwynn tends to glow and [[Power Floats|float]] when she starts really channeling her witchy powers.
** Also happens to Horribus when he's getting ready for his grudge match with Torg. And, of course, Torg's sword glowing is the sign that it's awakened its sentient, kill-anything-in-one-strike mode.
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' takes this to its logical conclusion; if one high-level spellcaster's power glows, then the combined effects of ''[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0634.html four]'' of them glow even more.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', magic and Ki users can glow to indicate that they are using their powers (though in many case it's optional SFX to look cool). For Nanase's Fairy doll spell, this has practical uses. For martial arts, it's [[Rule of Cool]].
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has the river has Dyne glowing blue (before it goes through the power extraction plant under the Castle, after which this water is reasonably safe to drink), of course this might be because it is radioactive. Then again, most things that have something to do with [[God-Emperor|God-Queens]] glow — such as their [[Instant Runes]] effects, floating symbol halos and occasionally eyes; as a spring of the local battle-goddess in a town with working [[Portal Network|Queen's Mirror]] (those also glow when active, of course), Dyne's source is on this list.
* Magical things in ''[[The Way of the Metagamer]]''. Particularly the [[BFG|Rob of Za-Boom]].
* Magic items glow in ''[[Goblins]]'' when being used. Some of them also "smoke" light.
** Actually they channel the users aura, which changes color and effect (i.e., "smoking" light) depending on the individual. This is why when someone loots a magic weapon, it glows differently than whoever was just using it.
* [[The Dreamland Chronicles]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120623153814/http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-08/page-508/ Why Felicity chose to steal the amulet].
* In [[Harkovast]], magic is generally represented as glowing. This is most evident on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140404194848/http://www.harkovast.com/index.php?id=22 Darsai] energy weapons.
* [[Bob and George]] [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031213c Warning Dr. Wiley that he's about to lose his fortress. Again.]
* A few of the more powerful player characters in ''[[Homestuck]]'' do this. Aradia and Sollux both glow when using their [[Mind Over Matter|telekinetic abilities]] (white and red/blue, respectively). Rose, on the other hand, glows ''[[Dark Is Edgy|black]]'' when tapping into [[The Dark Arts]].
** [[Our Vampires Are Different|Rainbow Drinkers]] have glowing skin.
* [[Strays]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110830152902/http://www.straysonline.com/comic/76.htm Feral's blade]
* [[Memoria (2010 webcomic)|Memoria]] [http://memoria.valice.net/?p=243 His hand]
* [[Wooden Rose]] [http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/comic.html Reviving a woman from the bed where she just had a C-section].
* In [[Roza]], [[The Power of Blood|her blood is magical]]. [http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/?date=2007-05-03 It glows.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140404194211/http://whatsshakincomic.com/2011/01/17/page-20/ Ell] from [[What's Shakin']] has a power up moment with a golden glow.
* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', even the [[Mundane Utility]] of unlocking the door [https://web.archive.org/web/20131007235241/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter003/ib017.html glows].
* In ''[[Endstone]]'', the [[Artifact of Doom]], [http://endstone.net/2011/06/23/6-04/ the Banestone], can really glow.
* Graham's 'mark' in ''[[Wizard School]]'' is an ordinary tattoo placed while our 'hero' was in a drunken haze - which [https://web.archive.org/web/20130530000532/http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=1141 glows because the Big Bad infused it with magic.]
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