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[[caption-width-right:250:"I have swords." -Kathryn "SwordCat" Kennedy]]


[[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com SwordCat Princess]] (formerly Eternal Knights) is a comic book series created, written, and illustrated by Caley Tibbittz. It is published online under the banner Eyes Painted Red Productions as a webcomic on Comic Fury.

[=SwordCat=] Princess stars suicidal immortal superheroine Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy, who is haunted by a millennium of death and her failure to save her lover, family, and friends. In new friend NYPD Detective Erica Richards and new squire Julia (a faerie princess beginning a new life as a human), Kathryn again finds reasons to live... just as she finally finds a way to die.

Antagonists in the first story arc include Officer Jack Dawson (who blames Kathryn for his father's murder), Jonathan [=MacKnight=] (a billionaire who is dying of cancer and seeks to steal Kathryn's immortality), and Lord Oberon of Avalon (an incredibly powerful faerie king who seeks to control Kathryn's fate).

In addition to a focus on action, superhero adventure, and (often bawdy) humor, [=SwordCat=] Princess deals with serious themes of seeking purpose in life, suicide and suicidal thoughts and depression, seeking friendship and "found family". It features both heterosexual and homosexual (gay, lesbian, bisexual, LGBT) romantic elements. The Kathryn/Erica pairing may be described as a lesbian superhero romance, and is a major element of overarching plot.

The action and superhero stories are heavily character-driven, with interpersonal relationships between the characters general taking precedence over the procedural aspects.

(The comic is intended for mature readers; some pages are {{NSFW}} and feature nudity, sexual situations, expletives, and graphic violence.)
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!!Stories Include:
* [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/1/ A Dark and Stormy Knight]]
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!![=SwordCat Princess=] contains examples of the following tropes:

* TheAlcoholic: Jack Dawson is often seen [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/29/ drinking at Zora DaiQuirides bar]]. He sometimes drinks while on duty. He has bottles of alcohol around his apartment, [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/95/ including a 40 of Pabst]] in his living room.
* BadassPrincess: [=SwordCat=] Princess features two such princesses: Kathryn, who ignored [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/97/ her father High King Brian Boru]]'s wishes and learned to fight from the captain of his guard, and Julia, who can [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/33/ dispense electric justice]], despite her cloistered upbringing in Oberon's palace.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Lord Oberon appears nude but has no discernible genitals; James Barrington remarks upon this, noting that Oberon's [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/40/ "still got the Ken Doll genitalia"]]. Oberon's princess daughter Julia arrives from Avalon similarly [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/27/ smooth in the crotch]] (though she quickly forms human genitalia in anticipation of intimacy with James).
* BoobsAndButtPose: In [=SwordCat=] Princess, this pose is used for varying effect; in [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/98/ this example]], it is meant to underscore sexual "heat" between Kathryn and [=MacKnight=], even as she uses a broken window to chop off his hand to recover her ring. In [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/18/ this example]], to underscore Kathryn's ability to split her focus and fighting skill into different extremities simultaneously.
* BuffySpeak: Erica clumsily lies about how she obtained Kathryn's phone number, offering "Detective-ing?" as her clearly false answer (on the first page of [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/89/ issue #5).]]
* ClarkKenting: Kathryn "disguises" herself as Artemis by wearing symmetrical stylized streaks of red paint over each eye. Despite the fact that her recently "deceased" alter ego Kathryn Kennedy looks exactly like Artemis without war paint, no one seems to notice that they are, in fact, the same person -- until Erica finally notices and steals a red marker to draw the "disguise" [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/76/ over a newspaper photo of Kennedy]]. (The "paint" is actually the [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ blood of her deceased first lover]], Etienne.)
* CosmicPlaything: Kathryn tries to steer her own life, but [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/43 Karma & Fate is working to steer her]] toward where she "must be" to do the most good. Lord Oberon and his sort-of employee, [=MacKnight=] are also [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/64/ continuously testing Kathryn]] without her knowledge.
* CountryMatters: Arayna uses the C-word after "racist" [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/79/ as she grumbles epithets at her sister Kathryn]] for making her retract her vampire wings. Kathryn [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/97/ returns the favor]] upon recognizing Arayna's voice under the mask that "disguises" her as one of the bad guys.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Kathryn's Knights' uniform of armor and leather [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/12/ bares her cleavage, upper chest, and upper arms]]; James Barrington's armor [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/33 covers all of these areas]].
* DrivenToSuicide: Kathryn [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ seeks her own death]] after 1,000 years suffering losses of loved ones.
* FamousAncestor: Kathryn is the semi-secret [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/54/ daughter of High King Brian Boru of Ireland]]. Julia and James acknowledge that she is the [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com//comics/36/ daughter of Lord Oberon]].
* FairCop: Erica is attractive enough that she has previously posed nude for Pleb Boi (the in-universe analogue of Playboy magazine); she keep a framed copy of the magazine cover [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/75/ on her desk]].
* FakeBoobs: Smiley steals Kathryn's breastplate [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/86/ and then wears it]], stating that he has "gone up more cup sizes than a knocked-up Paltrow".
* GoodBadGirl: Erica Richards is very sexually open; in the course of the first arc, she has a [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/ sexual encounter with Nicky Dawson]] not once but twice, and also [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/118/ has sex with Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy after this kiss]]. She also admits to having slept with her adopted brother Officer Jack Dawson in the past.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Erica displays no romantic or sexual interest in any of the female cast -- with the exception of Kathryn, with whom she flirts (musing on Kathryn's [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/71/ "mannish" hands ruining the fantasy end of things]] for her). They later [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/118/ share a lesbian kiss]] (and lesbian more).
* ImmortalityBisexuality: Kathryn professes missing her [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ dead male lovers]], then displays her bisexuality by [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/118/ engaging in lesbian sex]] with Detective Erica Richards.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Julia flies from Avalon [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/27/ to New York naked]] (appearing at first to be body-painted/latexed blue, with no defined genitalia). She doesn't need protection from the elements and has no body shame, therefore she doesn't see a need for clothing. James Barrington [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/36/ clothes her via shoplifting]].
* KnightInSourArmor: Kathryn no longer engages verbally with those she saves, instead prompting them to run from danger by [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/13/ threatening them with her swords]].
* LesbianCop: Erica initially "subtly" expressed [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/71/ lesbian feelings]] for Kathryn; after helping to rescue Kathryn from an [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/106/ illegal interrogation]], they engaged in [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/118/ lesbian kissing followed by sex]]
* LesbianVampire: Kathryn's sister Arayna is a lesbian vampire; she enjoys staring up at the anatomically-correct details of the [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/53/ crotch of a statue of Titania]].
* LovableSexManiac: James Barrington is sex-obsessed and peeks [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/74/ up Julia's t-shirt]]; his sense of chivalry makes him a lovable letch, such as when he caters to Julia's modesty by [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/36/ shoplifting a dress for her]].
* ManInAKilt: Leader of the Avalonian Guard Ribwort wears a kilt with nothing under it [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/53/ as observed by James Barrington.]]
* MostCommonSuperPower: Most of the main female cast is of [=SwordCat=] Princess is [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/18/ large-breasted]], with the artistic intention being to accentuate their warmth, softness, and womanly humanity; this is used as a visual counterpoint to the [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/50/ relatively small-breasted Arayna]], to make her seem less soft and inviting in contrast.
* MrFanservice: [=MacKnight=] appears shirtless [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/20/ early]] and [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/64/ often]], and then nude for a [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/86/ ritual he could have worn pants to]].
* NakedOnArrival: Julia touches down in the human realm [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/27/ naked]], but indistinctly so, appearing to be covered as though by latex/body paint.
* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Immortal Kathryn regenerates, growing a new (naked) body after her head [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/98/ gets separated from her previous body]]. She is then stared at by dumbfounded cops before they [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/100/ chase her into an alley]].
* NameMcAdjective: James Barrington refers to Avalonian Guard Captain Ribwort as [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/53/ Scotfaerie McFreeballer]], as Ribwort is wearing a kilt.
* NotBloodSiblings: Erica has had sexual relations with both of her adopted brothers: Jack, who she was raised with and who she calls "sisterf***er at the end of [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/106/ this scene]], and [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/ Nicky]], who she was not raised with.
* PhallicWeapon: Kathryn fights with either a pair of katanas or a two-handed omega battle sword -- she used the latter of which uses to phallic effect in [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/59/ penetrating the ground]] to try to resist Oberon's telekinetic pull toward his more feminine omega throne. Kathryn also carries an iron railroad spike to ward off faeries; she [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/55/ penetrates Julia's heart with it]].
* SecretIdentity: Kathryn has not one alter ego, but a chain of them throughout her life to create the illusion of of lineage where none exists. While her Knight's title and superhero identity, Artemis, has remained the same for 1,000 years, she has gone through many aliases, each a supposed progenitor of the next. Her "ancestor" Kathryn O'Brien (daughter of Irish High King Brian Boru) was actually her. So was [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/ recent "homicide victim" Kathryn Kennedy]] (whose "death" prompts Kathryn's Intellexi supervisor to urge her to [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ select a new alias]].
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Erica in strips for fellow officer Nicky while on duty and then forgets that she was even wearing panties (in the [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/11 page preceding this one]] where Nicky keeps the underwear as a memento); she later shocks her co-workers by whipping off her hospital gown to dress while they're still in the room at the end of [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/47 this scene]].
* SuperSexOrgans: Captured and shackled Kathryn tells her captor that she can use her magic ring to form metal wherever it is needed -- her vagina, in this case. She makes it clear she has previously used this ability to [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/96/ chop a choke pear in half]] -- warning him away from thoughts of sexual assault, should he have any.
* SugarAndIceGirl: Faerie princess Julia is generally very warm and friendly, but can turn quite cold and indifferent to people's suffering when she feels threatened or when she is in a "reading" state and [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/120/ divining the nature of an object]] or person.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Erica throws her hands over Kathryn's exposed breasts after Smiley teleports her breastplate away with him at the end of [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/84/ this scene]] -- ostensibly to maintain Kathryn's modesty, though Smiley is gone by then and, as Kathryn points out, Jack is unconscious.
* VaginaDentata: Captured and shackled, Kathryn tells her captor that she can use her magic ring to form metal wherever needed. She makes it clear she has previously used this ability to [[http://www.SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/109 chop a choke pear in half]] -- warning him away from thoughts of sexual assault, should he have any.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Smiley causes a wardrobe malfunction when he teleports Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy's breastplate away with him at the end of [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/84/ this scene]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Amapola of the Avalonian Guard calls Kathryn out on [[http://SwordCatPrincess.thecomicseries.com/comics/55/ threatening Julia with iron]], which is harmful to faeries.

[[caption-width-right:250:"I have swords." -Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy]]


[[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com Eternal Knights]] is a comic book series created, written, and illustrated by Caley Tibbittz. It is published online under the banner Eyes Painted Red as a webcomic on Comic Fury.

Eternal Knights stars suicidal immortal superheroine Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy, who is haunted by a millennium of death and her failure to save her lover, family, and friends. In new friend NYPD Detective Erica Richards and new squire Julia (a faerie princess beginning a new life as a human), Kathryn again finds reasons to live... just as she finally finds a way to die. Antagonists in the first story arc include Officer Jack Dawson (who blames Kathryn for his father's murder), Jonathan [=MacKnight=] (a billionaire who is dying of cancer and seeks to steal Kathryn's immortality), and Lord Oberon of Avalon (an incredibly powerful faerie king who seeks to control Kathryn's fate).

In addition to a focus on action, superhero adventure, and (often bawdy) humor, Eternal Knights deals with serious themes of seeking purpose in life, suicide and suicidal thoughts and depression, seeking friendship and "found family". It features both heterosexual and homosexual (gay, lesbian, bisexual, LGBT) romantic elements. The Kathryn/Erica pairing may be described as a lesbian superhero romance, and is a major element of overarching plot.

* [[http://EternalKnights.thecomicseries.com/comics/1/ A Dark and Stormy Knight]]

!![=Eternal Knights=] contains examples of the following tropes:

* TheAlcoholic: Jack Dawson is often seen [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/29/ drinking at Zora DaiQuirides bar]]. He sometimes drinks while on duty. He has bottles of alcohol around his apartment, [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/95/ including a 40 of Pabst]] in his living room.
* BadassPrincess: EternalKnights features two such princesses: Kathryn, who ignored [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/97/ her father High King Brian Boru]]'s wishes and learned to fight from the captain of his guard, and Julia, who can [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/33/ dispense electric justice]], despite her cloistered upbringing in Oberon's palace.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Lord Oberon appears nude but has no discernible genitals; James Barrington remarks upon this, noting that Oberon's [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/40/ "still got the Ken Doll genitalia"]]. Oberon's princess daughter Julia arrives from Avalon similarly [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/27/ smooth in the crotch]] (though she quickly forms human genitalia in anticipation of intimacy with James).
* BoobsAndButtPose: In EternalKnights, this pose is used for varying effect; in [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/98/ this example]], it is meant to underscore sexual "heat" between Kathryn and [=MacKnight=], even as she uses a broken window to chop off his hand to recover her ring. In [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/18/ this example]], to underscore Kathryn's ability to split her focus and fighting skill into different extremities simultaneously.
* BuffySpeak: Erica clumsily lies about how she obtained Kathryn's phone number, offering "Detective-ing?" as her clearly false answer (on the first page of [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/89/ issue #5).]]
* ClarkKenting: Kathryn "disguises" herself as Artemis by wearing symmetrical stylized streaks of red paint over each eye. Despite the fact that her recently "deceased" alter ego Kathryn Kennedy looks exactly like Artemis without war paint, no one seems to notice that they are, in fact, the same person -- until Erica finally notices and steals a red marker to draw the "disguise" [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/76/ over a newspaper photo of Kennedy]]. (The "paint" is actually the [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ blood of her deceased first lover]], Etienne.)
* CosmicPlaything: Kathryn tries to steer her own life, but [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/43 Karma & Fate is working to steer her]] toward where she "must be" to do the most good. Lord Oberon and his sort-of employee, [=MacKnight=] are also [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/64/ continuously testing Kathryn]] without her knowledge.
* CountryMatters: Arayna uses the C-word after "racist" [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/79/ as she grumbles epithets at her sister Kathryn]] for making her retract her vampire wings. Kathryn [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/97/ returns the favor]] upon recognizing Arayna's voice under the mask that "disguises" her as one of the bad guys.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Kathryn's Knights' uniform of armor and leather [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/12/ bares her cleavage, upper chest, and upper arms]]; James Barrington's armor [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/33 covers all of these areas]].
* DrivenToSuicide: Kathryn [[http://EternalKnights.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ seeks her own death]] after 1,000 years suffering losses of loved ones.
* FamousAncestor: Kathryn is the semi-secret [[http://EternalKnights.thecomicseries.com/comics/54/ daughter of High King Brian Boru of Ireland]]. Julia and James acknowledge that she is the [[http://EternalKnights.thecomicseries.com//comics/36/ daughter of Lord Oberon]].
* FairCop: Erica is attractive enough that she has previously posed nude for Pleb Boi (the in-universe analogue of Playboy magazine); she keep a framed copy of the magazine cover [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/75/ on her desk]].
* FakeBoobs: Smiley steals Kathryn's breastplate [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/86/ and then wears it]], stating that he has "gone up more cup sizes than a knocked-up Paltrow".
* GoodBadGirl: Erica Richards is very sexually open; in the course of the first arc, she has a [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/ sexual encounter with Nicky Dawson]] not once but twice, and also [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/118/ has sex with Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy after this kiss]]. She also admits to having slept with her adopted brother Officer Jack Dawson in the past.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Erica displays no romantic or sexual interest in any of the female cast -- with the exception of Kathryn, with whom she flirts (musing on Kathryn's [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/71/ "mannish" hands ruining the fantasy end of things]] for her). They later [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/118/ share a lesbian kiss]] (and lesbian more).
* ImmortalityBisexuality: Kathryn professes missing her [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ dead male lovers]], then displays her bisexuality by [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/118/ engaging in lesbian sex]] with Detective Erica Richards.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Julia flies from Avalon [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/27/ to New York naked]] (appearing at first to be body-painted/latexed blue, with no defined genitalia). She doesn't need protection from the elements and has no body shame, therefore she doesn't see a need for clothing. James Barrington [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/36/ clothes her via shoplifting]].
* KnightInSourArmor: Kathryn no longer engages verbally with those she saves, instead prompting them to run from danger by [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/13/ threatening them with her swords]].
* LesbianCop: Erica initially "subtly" expressed [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/71/ lesbian feelings]] for Kathryn; after helping to rescue Kathryn from an [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/106/ illegal interrogation]], they engaged in [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/118/ lesbian kissing followed by sex]]
* LesbianVampire: Kathryn's sister Arayna is a lesbian vampire; she enjoys staring up at the anatomically-correct details of the [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/53/ crotch of a statue of Titania]].
* LovableSexManiac: James Barrington is sex-obsessed and peeks [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/74/ up Julia's t-shirt]]; his sense of chivalry makes him a lovable letch, such as when he caters to Julia's modesty by [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/36/ shoplifting a dress for her]].
* ManInAKilt: Leader of the Avalonian Guard Ribwort wears a kilt with nothing under it [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/53/ as observed by James Barrington.]]
* MostCommonSuperPower: Most of the main female cast is of Eternal Knights is [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/18/ large-breasted]], with the artistic intention being to accentuate their warmth, softness, and womanly humanity; this is used as a visual counterpoint to the [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/50/ relatively small-breasted Arayna]], to make her seem less soft and inviting in contrast.
* MrFanservice: [=MacKnight=] appears shirtless [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/20/ early]] and [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/64/ often]], and then nude for a [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/86/ ritual he could have worn pants to]].
* NakedOnArrival: Julia touches down in the human realm [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/27/ naked]], but indistinctly so, appearing to be covered as though by latex/body paint.
* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Immortal Kathryn regenerates, growing a new (naked) body after her head [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/98/ gets separated from her previous body]]. She is then stared at by dumbfounded cops before they [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/100/ chase her into an alley]].
* NameMcAdjective: James Barrington refers to Avalonian Guard Captain Ribwort as [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/53/ Scotfaerie McFreeballer]], as Ribwort is wearing a kilt.
* NotBloodSiblings: Erica has had sexual relations with both of her adopted brothers: Jack, who she was raised with and who she calls "sisterf***er at the end of [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/106/ this scene]], and [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/ Nicky]], who she was not raised with.
* PhallicWeapon: Kathryn fights with either a pair of katanas or a two-handed omega battle sword -- she used the latter of which uses to phallic effect in [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/59/ penetrating the ground]] to try to resist Oberon's telekinetic pull toward his more feminine omega throne. Kathryn also carries an iron railroad spike to ward off faeries; she [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/55/ penetrates Julia's heart with it]].
* SecretIdentity: Kathryn has not one alter ego, but a chain of them throughout her life to create the illusion of of lineage where none exists. While her Knight's title and superhero identity, Artemis, has remained the same for 1,000 years, she has gone through many aliases, each a supposed progenitor of the next. Her "ancestor" Kathryn O'Brien (daughter of Irish High King Brian Boru) was actually her. So was [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/ recent "homicide victim" Kathryn Kennedy]] (whose "death" prompts Kathryn's Intellexi supervisor to urge her to [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ select a new alias]].
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Erica in strips for fellow officer Nicky while on duty and then forgets that she was even wearing panties (in the [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/11 page preceding this one]] where Nicky keeps the underwear as a memento); she later shocks her co-workers by whipping off her hospital gown to dress while they're still in the room at the end of [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/47 this scene]].
* SuperSexOrgans: Captured and shackled Kathryn tells her captor that she can use her magic ring to form metal wherever it is needed -- her vagina, in this case. She makes it clear she has previously used this ability to [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/96/ chop a choke pear in half]] -- warning him away from thoughts of sexual assault, should he have any.
* SugarAndIceGirl: Faerie princess Julia is generally very warm and friendly, but can turn quite cold and indifferent to people's suffering when she feels threatened or when she is in a "reading" state and [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/120/ divining the nature of an object]] or person.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Erica throws her hands over Kathryn's exposed breasts after Smiley teleports her breastplate away with him at the end of [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/84/ this scene]] -- ostensibly to maintain Kathryn's modesty, though Smiley is gone by then and, as Kathryn points out, Jack is unconscious.
* VaginaDentata: Captured and shackled, Kathryn tells her captor that she can use her magic ring to form metal wherever needed. She makes it clear she has previously used this ability to [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/109 chop a choke pear in half]] -- warning him away from thoughts of sexual assault, should he have any.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Smiley causes a wardrobe malfunction when he teleports Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy's breastplate away with him at the end of [[http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/84/ this scene]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Amapola of the Avalonian Guard calls Kathryn out on [[http://EternalKnights.thecomicseries.com/comics/55/ threatening Julia with iron]], which is harmful to faeries.

* MrFanservice: [[=MacKnight=]] appears shirtless [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/20/ early]] and [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/64/ often]], and then nude for a [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/86/ ritual he could have worn pants to]].

* MrFanservice/Webcomics: [[=MacKnight=]] appears shirtless [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/20/ early]] and [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/64/ often]], and then nude for a [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/86/ ritual he could have worn pants to]].

In addition to a focus on action, superhero adventure, and (often bawdy) humor, Eternal Knights deals with serious themes of seeking purpose in life, suicide and suicidal thoughts and depression, seeking friendship and "found family". It features both heterosexual and homosexual (gay, lesbian, bisexual, LGBT) romance.

* BuffySpeak: Erica clumsily lies about how she obtained Kathryn's phone number, offering "Detective-ing?" as her clearly false answer (on the first page of [[http://www.eternalknights.thecomicseries.com/comics/90/ issue #5).]]

* [[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com/comics/1/ A Dark and Stormy Knight]]

* TheAlcoholic: Jack Dawson is often seen [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/29/ drinking at Zora DaiQuirides bar]]. He sometimes drinks while on duty. He has bottles of alcohol around his apartment, [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/95/ including a 40 of Pabst]] in his living room.
* BadassPrincess: EternalKnights features two such princesses: Kathryn, who ignored [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/97/ her father High King Brian Boru]]'s wishes and learned to fight from the captain of his guard, and Julia, who can [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/33/ dispense electric justice]], despite her cloistered upbringing in Oberon's palace.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Lord Oberon appears nude but has no discernible genitals; James Barrington remarks upon this, noting that Oberon's [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/40/ "still got the Ken Doll genitalia"]]. Oberon's princess daughter Julia arrives from Avalon similarly [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/27/ smooth in the crotch]] (though she quickly forms human genitalia in anticipation of intimacy with James).
* BoobsAndButtPose: In EternalKnights, this pose is used for varying effect; in [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/98/ this example]], it is meant to underscore sexual "heat" between Kathryn and [=MacKnight=], even as she uses a broken window to chop off his hand to recover her ring. In [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/18/ this example]], to underscore Kathryn's ability to split her focus and fighting skill into different extremities simultaneously.
* BuffySpeak: Erica clumsily lies about how she obtained Kathryn's phone number, offering "Detective-ing?" as her clearly false answer (on the first page of [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/90/ issue #5).]]
* ClarkKenting: Kathryn "disguises" herself as Artemis by wearing symmetrical stylized streaks of red paint over each eye. Despite the fact that her recently "deceased" alter ego Kathryn Kennedy looks exactly like Artemis without war paint, no one seems to notice that they are, in fact, the same person -- until Erica finally notices and steals a red marker to draw the "disguise" [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/76/ over a newspaper photo of Kennedy]]. (The "paint" is actually the [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/24/ blood of her deceased first lover]], Etienne.)
* CosmicPlaything: Kathryn tries to steer her own life, but [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/43 Karma & Fate is working to steer her]] toward where she "must be" to do the most good. Lord Oberon and his sort-of employee, [=MacKnight=] are also [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/64/ continuously testing Kathryn]] without her knowledge.
* CountryMatters: Arayna uses the C-word after "racist" [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/79/ as she grumbles epithets at her sister Kathryn]] for making her retract her vampire wings. Kathryn [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/97/ returns the favor]] upon recognizing Arayna's voice under the mask that "disguises" her as one of the bad guys.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Kathryn's Knights' uniform of armor and leather [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/12/ bares her cleavage, upper chest, and upper arms]]; James Barrington's armor [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/33 covers all of these areas]].
* DrivenToSuicide: Kathryn [[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com/comics/24/ seeks her own death]] after 1,000 years suffering losses of loved ones.
* FamousAncestor: Kathryn is the semi-secret [[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com/comics/54/ daughter of High King Brian Boru of Ireland]]. Julia and James acknowledge that she is the [[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com//comics/36/ daughter of Lord Oberon]].
* FairCop: Erica is attractive enough that she has previously posed nude for Pleb Boi (the in-universe analogue of Playboy magazine); she keep a framed copy of the magazine cover [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/75/ on her desk]].
* FakeBoobs: Smiley steals Kathryn's breastplate [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/86/ and then wears it]], stating that he has "gone up more cup sizes than a knocked-up Paltrow".
* GoodBadGirl: Erica Richards is very sexually open; in the course of the first arc, she has a [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/11/ sexual encounter with Nicky Dawson]] not once but twice, and also [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/118/ has sex with Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy after this kiss]]. She also admits to having slept with her adopted brother Officer Jack Dawson in the past.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Erica displays no romantic or sexual interest in any of the female cast -- with the exception of Kathryn, with whom she flirts (musing on Kathryn's [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/71/ "mannish" hands ruining the fantasy end of things]] for her). They later [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/118/ share a lesbian kiss]] (and lesbian more).
* ImmortalityBisexuality: Kathryn professes missing her [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/24/ dead male lovers]], then displays her bisexuality by [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/118/ engaging in lesbian sex]] with Detective Erica Richards.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Julia flies from Avalon [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/27/ to New York naked]] (appearing at first to be body-painted/latexed blue, with no defined genitalia). She doesn't need protection from the elements and has no body shame, therefore she doesn't see a need for clothing. James Barrington [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/36/ clothes her via shoplifting]].
* KnightInSourArmor: Kathryn no longer engages verbally with those she saves, instead prompting them to run from danger by [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/13/ threatening them with her swords]].
* LesbianCop: Erica initially "subtly" expressed [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/71/ lesbian feelings]] for Kathryn; after helping to rescue Kathryn from an [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/106/ illegal interrogation]], they engaged in [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/118/ lesbian kissing followed by sex]]
* LesbianVampire: Kathryn's sister Arayna is a lesbian vampire; she enjoys staring up at the anatomically-correct details of the [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/53/ crotch of a statue of Titania]].
* LovableSexManiac: James Barrington is sex-obsessed and peeks [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/74/ up Julia's t-shirt]]; his sense of chivalry makes him a lovable letch, such as when he caters to Julia's modesty by [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/36/ shoplifting a dress for her]].
* ManInAKilt: Leader of the Avalonian Guard Ribwort wears a kilt with nothing under it [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/53/ as observed by James Barrington.]]
* MostCommonSuperPower: Most of the main female cast is of Eternal Knights is [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/18/ large-breasted]], with the artistic intention being to accentuate their warmth, softness, and womanly humanity; this is used as a visual counterpoint to the [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/50/ relatively small-breasted Arayna]], to make her seem less soft and inviting in contrast.
* MrFanservice/Webcomics: [[=MacKnight=]] appears shirtless [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/20/ early]] and [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/64/ often]], and then nude for a [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/86/ ritual he could have worn pants to]].
* NakedOnArrival: Julia touches down in the human realm [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/27/ naked]], but indistinctly so, appearing to be covered as though by latex/body paint.
* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Immortal Kathryn regenerates, growing a new (naked) body after her head [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/98/ gets separated from her previous body]]. She is then stared at by dumbfounded cops before they [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/100/ chase her into an alley]].
* NameMcAdjective: James Barrington refers to Avalonian Guard Captain Ribwort as [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/53/ Scotfaerie McFreeballer]], as Ribwort is wearing a kilt.
* NotBloodSiblings: Erica has had sexual relations with both of her adopted brothers: Jack, who she was raised with and who she calls "sisterf***er at the end of [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/106/ this scene]], and [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/11/ Nicky]], who she was not raised with.
* PhallicWeapon: Kathryn fights with either a pair of katanas or a two-handed omega battle sword -- she used the latter of which uses to phallic effect in [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/59/ penetrating the ground]] to try to resist Oberon's telekinetic pull toward his more feminine omega throne. Kathryn also carries an iron railroad spike to ward off faeries; she [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/55/ penetrates Julia's heart with it]].
* SecretIdentity: Kathryn has not one alter ego, but a chain of them throughout her life to create the illusion of of lineage where none exists. While her Knight's title and superhero identity, Artemis, has remained the same for 1,000 years, she has gone through many aliases, each a supposed progenitor of the next. Her "ancestor" Kathryn O'Brien (daughter of Irish High King Brian Boru) was actually her. So was [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/11/ recent "homicide victim" Kathryn Kennedy]] (whose "death" prompts Kathryn's Intellexi supervisor to urge her to [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/24/ select a new alias]].
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Erica in strips for fellow officer Nicky while on duty and then forgets that she was even wearing panties (in the [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/11 page preceding this one]] where Nicky keeps the underwear as a memento); she later shocks her co-workers by whipping off her hospital gown to dress while they're still in the room at the end of [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/47 this scene]].
* SuperSexOrgans: Captured and shackled Kathryn tells her captor that she can use her magic ring to form metal wherever it is needed -- her vagina, in this case. She makes it clear she has previously used this ability to [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/96/ chop a choke pear in half]] -- warning him away from thoughts of sexual assault, should he have any.
* SugarAndIceGirl: Faerie princess Julia is generally very warm and friendly, but can turn quite cold and indifferent to people's suffering when she feels threatened or when she is in a "reading" state and [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/120/ divining the nature of an object]] or person.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Erica throws her hands over Kathryn's exposed breasts after Smiley teleports her breastplate away with him at the end of [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/84/ this scene]] -- ostensibly to maintain Kathryn's modesty, though Smiley is gone by then and, as Kathryn points out, Jack is unconscious.
* VaginaDentata: Captured and shackled, Kathryn tells her captor that she can use her magic ring to form metal wherever needed. She makes it clear she has previously used this ability to [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/109 chop a choke pear in half]] -- warning him away from thoughts of sexual assault, should he have any.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Smiley causes a wardrobe malfunction when he teleports Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy's breastplate away with him at the end of [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/84/ this scene]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Amapola of the Avalonian Guard calls Kathryn out on [[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com/comics/55/ threatening Julia with iron]], which is harmful to faeries.

[[http://http://eternalknights.thecomicseries.com Eternal Knights]] is a comic book series created, written, and illustrated by Caley Tibbittz. It is published online under the banner Eyes Painted Red as a webcomic on Comic Fury.

[[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com/ Eternal Knights]] is a comic book series created, written, and illustrated by Caley Tibbittz. It is published online under the banner Eyes Painted Red as a webcomic on Comic Fury.

* BoobsAndButtPose: * In EternalKnights, this pose is used for varying effect; in [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/98/ this example]], it is meant to underscore sexual "heat" between Kathryn and [=MacKnight=], even as she uses a broken window to chop off his hand to recover her ring. In [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/18/ this example]], to underscore Kathryn's ability to split her focus and fighting skill into different extremities simultaneously.

[[caption-width-right:250:"I have swords." -Kathryn "Artemis'" Kennedy]]

Eternal Knights stars suicidal immortal superheroine Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy, who is haunted by a millennium of death and her failure to save her lover, family, and friends. In new friend NYPD Detective Erica Richards and new squire Julia (a faerie princess beginning a new life as a human), Kathryn again finds reasons to live... just as she finally finds a way to die. Antagonists include Officer Jack Dawson (who blames Kathryn for his father's murder), and Jonathan [=MacKnight=] (a billionaire who is dying of cancer and seeks to steal Kathryn's immortality).

In addition to a focus on action, superhero adventure, and (often bawdy) humor, Eternal Knights deals with serious themes of seeking purpose in life, suicide and suicidal thoughts and depression, seeking friendship and "found family". It features both heterosexual and homosexual (gay, lesbian, bisexual, LGBT) romance.

The action and superhero stories are heavily character-driven, with interpersonal relationships between the characters general taking precedence over the procedural aspects.

* TheAlcoholic: Jack Dawson is often seen [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/29/ drinking at Zora DaiQuirides bar]]. He sometimes drinks while on duty. He has bottles of alcohol around his apartment, [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/108/ including a 40 of Pabst]] in his living room.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Lord Oberon appears nude but has no discernible genitals; James Barrington remarks upon this, noting that Oberon's [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/40/ "still got the Ken Doll genitalia"]]. Oberon's princess daughter Julia arrives from Avalon similarly [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/27/ smooth in the crotch]] (though she quickly forms human genitalia in anticipation of intimacy with James).
* BoobsAndButtPose: This pose is used for varying effect; in [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/111/ this example]], it is meant to underscore sexual "heat" between Kathryn and [=MacKnight=], even as she uses a broken window to chop off his hand to recover her ring. In [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/18/ this example]], to underscore Kathryn's ability to split her focus and fighting skill into different extremities simultaneously.
* BuffySpeak: Erica clumsily lies about how she obtained Kathryn's phone number, offering "Detective-ing?" as her clearly false answer (on the first page of [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/102 issue #5).]]

* CosmicPlaything: Kathryn tries to steer her own life, but [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/43 Karma & Fate is working to steer her]] toward where she "must be" to do the most good. Lord Oberon and his sort-of employee, [=MacKnight=] are also [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/64/ continuously testing Kathryn]] without her knowledge.
* CountryMatters: Arayna uses the C-word after "racist" [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/79/ as she grumbles epithets at her sister Kathryn]] for making her retract her vampire wings. Kathryn [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/110/ returns the favor]] upon recognizing Arayna's voice under the mask that "disguises" her as one of the bad guys.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Kathryn's Knights' uniform of armor and leather [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/12/ bares her cleavage, upper chest, and upper arms]]; James Barrington's armor [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/33 covers all of these areas]].

* GoodBadGirl: Erica Richards is very sexually open; in the course of the first arc, she has a [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/11/ sexual encounter with Nicky Dawson]] not once but twice, and also [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/143/ has sex with Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy]]. She also admits to having slept with her adopted brother Officer Jack Dawson in the past.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Erica displays no romantic or sexual interest in any of the female cast -- with the exception of Kathryn, with whom she flirts (musing on Kathryn's [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/71/ "mannish" hands ruining the fantasy end of things]] for her). They later [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/143/share a lesbian kiss]] (and lesbian more).
* ImmortalityBisexuality: Kathryn professes missing her [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/24/ dead male lovers]], then displays her bisexuality by [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/143/ engaging in lesbian sex]] with Detective Erica Richards.

* LesbianCop: Erica initially "subtly" expressed [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/71/ lesbian feelings]] for Kathryn; after helping to rescue Kathryn from an [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/119 illegal interrogation]], they engaged in [[http://eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/143/ lesbian sex]]
* LesbianVampire: Kathryn's sister Arayna is a lesbian vampire; she enjoys staring up at the anatomically-correct details of the [[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com/ crotch of a statue of Titania]].

* NakedOnArrival: Julia touches down in the human realm [[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com/comics/14/ naked]], but indistinctly so, appearing to be covered as though by latex/body paint.
* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Immortal Kathryn regenerates, growing a new (naked) body after her head [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/111/ gets separated from her previous body]]. She is then stared at by dumbfounded cops before they [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/113/ chase her into an alley]].
* NameMcAdjective: James Barrington refers to Avalonian Guard Captain Ribwort as [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/53/ Scotfaerie McFreeballer]], as Ribwort is wearing a kilt.
* NotBloodSiblings: Erica has had sexual relations with both of her adopted brothers: Jack, who she was raised with and who she calls "sisterf***er at the of [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/119/ this scene]], and [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/11/ Nicky]], who she was not raised with.

* SecretIdentity: Kathryn has not one alter ego, but a chain of them throughout her life to create the illusion of of lineage where none exists. While her Knight's title and superhero identity, Artemis, has remained the same for 1,000 years, she has gone through many aliases, each a supposed progenitor of the next. Her "ancestor" Kathryn O'Brien (daughter of Irish High King Brian Boru) was actually her. So was recent homicide victim Kathryn Kennedy (whose "death" prompts Kathryn's Intellexi supervisor to urge her to [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/24/ select a new alias]].
* SexierAlterEgo: Kathryn's standard plainclothes tend to be more conservative than her Artemis armor.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Erica in strips for fellow officer Nicky while on duty and then forgets that she was even wearing panties (in the [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/11 page preceding this one]] where Nicky keeps the underwear as a memento); she later shocks her co-workers by whipping off her hospital gown to dress while they're still in the room at the end of [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/47 this scene]].
* SuperSexOrgans: Captured and shackled Kathryn tells her captor that she can use her magic ring to form metal wherever it is needed -- her vagina, in this case. She makes it clear she has previously used this ability to [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/109 chop a choke pear in half]] -- warning him away from thoughts of sexual assault, should he have any.
* SugarAndIceGirl: Faerie princess Julia is generally very warm and friendly, but can turn quite cold and indifferent to people's suffering when she feels threatened or when she is in a "reading" state and [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/145 divining the nature of an object]] or person.

* BoobsAndButtPose: * In EternalKnights, this pose is used for varying effect; in [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/111/ this example]], it is meant to underscore sexual "heat" between Kathryn and [=MacKnight=], even as she uses a broken window to chop off his hand to recover her ring. In [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/18/ this example]], to underscore Kathryn's ability to split her focus and fighting skill into different extremities simultaneously.

* BuffySpeak: Erica clumsily lies about how she obtained Kathryn's phone number, offering "Detective-ing?" as her clearly false answer (on the first page of [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/102 issue #5).]]

* CountryMatters: Arayna uses the C-word after "racist" [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/79/ as she grumbles epithets at her sister Kathryn]] for making her retract her vampire wings. Kathryn [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/110/ returns the favor]] upon recognizing Arayna's voice under the mask that "disguises" her as one of the bad guys.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Kathryn's Knights' uniform of armor and leather [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/12/ bares her cleavage, upper chest, and upper arms]]; James Barrington's armor [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/33 covers all of these areas]].

* WhatTheHellHero: Amapola of the Avalonian Guard calls Kathryn out on [[http://EternalKnightsUniverse.com/comics/55/ threatening Julia with iron]], which is harmful to faeries.

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Eternal Knights stars suicidal immortal superheroine Kathryn "Artemis" Kennedy, who is haunted by a millennium of death and her failure to save her lover, family, and friends. In new friend NYPD Detective Erica Richards and new squire Julia (a faerie princess beginning a new life as a human), Kathryn again finds reasons to live... just as she finally finds a way to die. Antagonists include Officer Jack Dawson (who blames Kathryn for his father's murder), and Jonathan MacKnight (a billionaire who is dying of cancer and seeks to steal Kathryn's immortality).

* BoobsAndButtPose: * In EternalKnights, this pose is used for varying effect; in [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/111/ this example]], it is meant to underscore sexual "heat" between Kathryn and MacKnight, even as she uses a broken window to chop off his hand to recover her ring. In [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/18/ this example]], to underscore Kathryn's ability to split her focus and fighting skill into different extremities simultaneously.

* ClarkKenting: * * Kathryn "disguises" herself as Artemis by wearing symmetrical stylized streaks of red paint over each eye. Despite the fact that her recently "deceased" alter ego Kathryn Kennedy looks exactly like Artemis without war paint, no one seems to notice that they are, in fact, the same person -- until Erica finally notices and steals a red marker to draw the "disguise" [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/76/ over a newspaper photo of Kennedy]]. (The "paint" is actually the [[http://www.eternalknightsuniverse.com/comics/24/ blood of her deceased first lover]], Etienne.)