Divinity (Shining Bonds)/Tropes

Tropes that apply to the Divinity, written as if it were a TV Tropes page.

## Characterization and background

* **Expy**: Obviously, She is one to the God of Abrahamic religions, but with several things modified and/or made more fantastical to avoid religious controversy.
* She is also one to Rose Quartz from *Steven Universe*, as both gave up their existence to empower their successors.
* **Good is Not Nice**: She is generally kind and wise, but won't hesitate to unleash Her wrath on evildoers or traitors.
* **God is Good**: The Divinity had no problem praising or rewarding those who had done exceptional service to Her.
* **Heroic Sacrifice**: She gave up Her existence to imbue Kiseki with Her powers, turning into her magic aura.
* **God**: The closest thing the series has to one.
* **God is Dead**: Despite being the creator of the Multiverse, She died and passed Her powers to Kiseki.
* **Old Beggar Test**: To find a worthy successor, She traveled to the 21st century and disguised Herself as an ugly old beggar, looking for someone who wouldn't turn Her away solely because of Her ugly appearance.
* **Have You Seen My God?**: Besides the fact She Herself is dead, the real problem in the series is that Her *successor* has gone missing as well, leaving the Multiverse more vulnerable to attack. The surprising twist in the last few episodes of the series is that Her successor has appeared in almost every single episode and has been right under the heroes' noses the whole time... she's just brainwashed and goes by "Event Horizon."
* **And I Must Scream**: If She were alive, She would almost certainly be horrified at the way Her powers were being used, with nothing She could do about it.
* **Killed off For Real:** It is confirmed that She is *not* still alive inside Kiseki's body, but actually died when turning into her magic aura.
* **Hidden in Plain Sight**: The whereabouts of Her successor are deliberately kept a secret for most of the series except for subtle clues that are sometimes dropped to the audience. However, it's revealed that Cure Supernova has actually been in plain sight the entire time, as Event Horizon *is* Cure Supernova.

## Appearance

* **Gold and White are Divine**: She's a goddess who's golden-colored.

## Abilities

* **Holy is Not Safe**: Actually averted. It was perfectly safe to look at Her true form. Also averted for Kiseki/Cure Supernova, as she's a corporeal human.
* **Good Powers, Bad People**: Her powers are inherently good, but Event Horizon (being Her successor who is brainwashed) uses her powers for evil. She also retains a corrupted form of the Power of Creation, but uses it to create evil weapons/devices.
* **The Power of Creation**: The Divinity could create whatever the heck She wanted out of nothing. Cure Supernova has a more restricted form of this (similar to Ladybug's Lucky Charm filtered through her Miraculous compared to Tikki using Lucky Charm on her own), but she has to focus her mind on the exact thing she wants to create and more often than not, her laziness keeps from doing it correctly and results in the wrong item. This also carries over to her brainwashed identity.

## Relationships

* **Take Up My Sword**: She passed Her powers to Kiseki.
* **Symbiotic Posession**: Subverted. While She was absorbed into Kiseki's body (amplifying her magic aura by a huge degree), and thus it looks like this trope, She is no longer alive as She *turned into* her magic aura.