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* EvilVirtues: Most of the villains in The Kingfisher have some redeeming quality. Notable exceptions are Tomasz and Sarah.
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* UndeathAlwaysEnds: Most of the vampires in this story don't seem like they're going to fall into this trope... until they get older. The elder vampires find ways to die left and right.
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* {{Muggles}}: The Kingfisher has no truly important human characters. Fortunately for these muggles, they are often seduced and left alive.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Early in The Kingfisher, Helen gives Marc {{Laser Guided Amnesia}}.
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* MemoryWipingCrew: Helen is used by Vitus as a one-woman {{Memory Wiping Crew}}.
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* PetTheDog: Demetri picks Jack out to be thrown into a deadly game (be a vampire or be food?) and tries to sway him with moral relativism, but he does have cute pets.
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* HappinessInSlavery: The progenitors' oldest children are usually comfortable in servitude.
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* StockholmSyndrome: Some of the middle generation of vampires have developed loyalty to monstrous masters. This is more apparent in some characters (Sarah) than others (Vitus).
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* TheChewToy: The character Darren seems to only serve the purpose of being humiliated for the audience's amusement.
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* VampireVannabe: The Kingfisher has at least one vampire wannabe, who misses her big chance and does not become a significant character: Arsonella Jones.
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* CrustyCaretaker: Blockhead is Theodore's {{Renfield}}, but too defiant to fit that eponymous trope. He is, however, good and crusty.
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* BodyHorror: The Kingfisher features a moderate amount of body horror, especially when new vampires are born, or when a vampire assumes the form of their death or in surreal scenes.
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* TheVirus: In this comic the vampire condition can be communicated. It usually doesn't affect the mind of its victims directly, unless they become too hungry for blood.
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* VampireInvitation: These vampires that require invitation. There are degrees of invitation and other complications, most of which isn't explained in the comic unless it becomes an issue.
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* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness: The progenitors seem inherently evil. Vampires created by them seem fully able to resist evil - unless in a blood frenzy - though most become acculturated to violence as they serve the progenitors.
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Various vampires from The Kingfisher see themselves as moral, with varying degrees of truth. The youngest remaining vampires - Jack, Darren, and Tristan - are essentially human, unless in a blood frenzy. Vitus is the preachiest nice-guy character in the comic.
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* InvisibleToNormals: Mortals seem to miss out on the supernatural. Asked why people don't notice them climbing on the side of buildings, Vitus tells Jack, "most people don't look up."
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* [[Masquerade]]: Supernatural phenomena are at least somewhat InvisibleToNormals, and the Circle persecutes the Crowboys with the ostensible excuse of keeping vampires secret.
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* BeatItByCompulsion: The progenitors have mental frailties along these lines. Theodore learns these secret weaknesses and uses them for revenge. His first victim, Inka, was compelled to count beans while he attacked her.
* HypnoticEyes: Of course, these vampires can hypnotize.
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* VeinOVision: This appears a few times in The Kingfisher, notably on one of the chapter covers.
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* VeinOVision: This appears a few times in The Kingfisher, notably on one of the chapter covers.covers.
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* VeinOVision appears a few times in {{The Kingfisher}}, notably on one of the chapter covers.
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* SuperSmoke: This seems to be a power of the Kellgren lineage. Patricia is shown using it to move quickly in Theodore's backstory, and Theodore himself uses it in front of Jack.
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* VeinOVision appears a few times in {{The Kingfisher}}, notably on one of the chapter covers.
* VeinOVision appears a few times in {{The Kingfisher}}, notably on one of the chapter covers.
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* SuperSenses: Vampires in The Kingfisher seem to have all senses heightened. Occasionally a human will be differentiated in the comic with a fiery aura, which represents a vampire observing their body heat.
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* SuperSmoke: This seems to be a power of the Kellgren lineage. Patricia is shown using it to move quickly in Theodore's backstory, and Theodore himself uses it in front of Jack.
* SuperSmoke: This seems to be a power of the Kellgren lineage. Patricia is shown using it to move quickly in Theodore's backstory, and Theodore himself uses it in front of Jack.
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* DesignatedVictim: The protagonist Jack is all too frequently abused, through no fault of his own.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: There are vampire lineages with distinct powers in The Kingfisher.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: There are vampire lineages with distinct powers in The Kingfisher.
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The Kingfisher currently updates twice weekly, plus bonus material on Fridays.
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The Kingfisher currently updates twice weekly, plus bonus material on Fridays.Fridays.
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!!This webcomic contains examples of:
* DesignatedVictim: The protagonist Jack is all too frequently abused, through no fault of his own.
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!!This webcomic contains examples of:
* DesignatedVictim: The protagonist Jack is all too frequently abused, through no fault of his own.
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''[[http://www.borfy.com/Kingfisher/ The Kingfisher]]'' is a horror webcomic started in 2010 by writer and artist Kelly Martin. It can be considered a horror comic, a gay comic, and a humor comic, and takes the form of large pages with additional writing, unfolding a continuous plot.
The plot follows two main arcs. Mainly, it is about Jack Ballard, the protagonist, who is turned into a vampire and must adjust to that new life. His relationships are complicated by webs of obligation and his utter powerlessness, in the face of elder vampires. The other story is of Theodore Leighton, an abnormally powerful, eccentric vampire with a vendetta against the cabal that turned Jack. He means to destroy all of the elder vampires in a gruesome, cannibalistic fashion.
The Kingfisher currently updates twice weekly, plus bonus material on Fridays.
The plot follows two main arcs. Mainly, it is about Jack Ballard, the protagonist, who is turned into a vampire and must adjust to that new life. His relationships are complicated by webs of obligation and his utter powerlessness, in the face of elder vampires. The other story is of Theodore Leighton, an abnormally powerful, eccentric vampire with a vendetta against the cabal that turned Jack. He means to destroy all of the elder vampires in a gruesome, cannibalistic fashion.
The Kingfisher currently updates twice weekly, plus bonus material on Fridays.
