Francity

Francity  is the Het ship between Francis and Felicity/Felicitas from the Felidae fandom.

Canon
Francis is being pursued by the Church of Claudandas when he falls into a skylight while running across the roof of Felicity’s, or in the book/comic, Felicitas’s roof. The Church cats can’t find him and walk past. Francis stares at the skylight in surprise, but hears a voice behind him. He turns around to see Felicity sitting in an armchair by a fireplace. Felicity asks him wether he’s new to the neighborhood, and he answers yes and tells her his name. She then asks him wether he is friend or foe, and he responds, “Friend. A friend forever.” She replies, “A friend who fell, suddenly out of the sky.” Francis corrects her, telling her he only fell through the skylight. She jumps off of the chair and walks past him to the window, as he continues to explain how the cats of the Claudandas sect chased him for witnessing their ceremony. She says that’s typical of them, and asks him if it’s gotten light outside yet, although she is sitting right in-front of a window. Francis questions why she is asking him when surely she can see for herself, jumping up to join her. He realizes that the molly is blind, and speaks this aloud in a pitying tone. She responds with telling him that she’s not blind. He starts to ask “then what-?” but is cut off as she continues with, “I just can’t see”.

She jumps back down again and sits in front of the fireplace, while he asks if she ever goes out. She says no, but that not a day goes by, not one day, that she wishes see could see the world, evil and cruel as it is. He places a paw on hers and apologizes. She asks him why; there are much worse things, and that they can get used to anything(‘They’ probably referring to cats), except living in a dog kennel, possibly. Francis starts to laugh at this, and she follows. They don’t laugh for long before Francis continues to question her, asking if she’s always been blind. She says she was blind from birth, except she can see pictures in her mind. He asks what kind of pictures, and she describes her visions; humans gathered around her preforming some sort of test on her, although she isn’t aware of the meaning behind them, or what is really happening to her. She sniffs and wipes her paw across her eyes, as if crying, and she leaves the fireplace to face the window again. Francis thinks that humans had done something terrible to her, but she denies the possibility, and states that the human race is the kindest there is- who else would give a useless thing like her a home?

Francis asks to change the subject and ask her a question, and she turns to face him and tells him her name. He asks her if she’s heard anything unusual lately, and she somewhat sarcastically replies, “only the death cries.” Francis tells her that this mean that she was the first witness of the killings. She says she doesn’t see why he’s so interested in this, and he replies, “Felicity, we’re talking about murder!” She says, Murder? she’s sure he’s wrong, and thinks it’s more likely that it’s just sex, gone too far. He asks her why she thinks this, and she tells him that the death cries were always uttered by tom cats, and she could tell by their growls they were excited. “Somebody they knew is suddenly there, and although their exited they don’t attack him.” “And did someone speak to our exited expectant brothers?” “Yes, I’m sorry I couldn’t hear what he was saying to them, but his tone of voice… there was a sense of urgency in his tone, a persuasive conviction. He was trying to tell them something of great importance.” Francis wonders aloud what he might have been trying to tell them and then asks Felicity what happens next. “Then I’d hear those awful cries.” He asks her if she knows anything about the Claudandas sect, and she says not much, except they pray to a dead martyr called Claudandas, a brother, who lived around the neighborhood many years ago and was tortured by men all his life. Francis asks her how she knows this, but the skylight is opened by Bluebeard, who asks Francis why he ran off; the sect brothers only wanted to talk. Francis jumps down towards him and angrily says something sassy and turns back to Felicity, telling her that he’ll be back soon, real soon, but right now he has to get something straight with his “friend.”

he glances back at her before jumping to the skylight, but stops to stare at her. She gazes back at him, going closer under the skylight to view him as he leaves.

While looking through Pascal’s computer list of cats to try to find a similarity between the victims, he observes to Pascal that all the dead cats were horny English short-hair tom cats. Pascal tells him that he’s wrong, Agatha had just came back with news of a new victim he hadn’t had the opportunity to add to the list; Felicity. Francis is shocked and horrified and races alongside Bluebeard to Felicity’s house to find her dead with her head viciously torn away from her body. Francis is devastated and swears that the killer will pay for his vile actions.

quotes

 * Felicity: ”friend or foe?”
 * Francis: ”Friend. A friend forever.”
 * Felicity: ”A friend who fell, suddenly out of the sky.”


 * Francis: “Yes, but surely you can see that for yours- Oh…your blind.”
 * Felicity: “I’m not blind.”
 * Francis: “then what-?”
 * Felicity: ”I just can’t see.”


 * Felicity: “No, but not a day goes by, not one day, that I haven’t wished I could see this world, evil and cruel though it is.
 * Francis: ”I’m sorry.”
 * Felicity: ”why? There are much worse things, Francis. We can get used to anything. Except living in a dog kennel, possibly.”

Fanon
Francity is by far the most popular ship in the very small fandom. Felicity herself is one of the most, if the the most popular and iconic character from the Felidae series. Her relationship with Francis, though brief due to her soon passing, is touching and they have obvious chemistry. Many fans wish that Felicity had lived, her death was very emotional. Some feel like Felicity was a tragic waste of potential and was fridged. They want her to be let out of the fridge please, she is cold.

This ship and Felicity in particular are often compared to Franphtekh, both being mollys in Francis’s lives; one has a purely lust-fueled relationship with him, while the other has a genuine friendship- or romance.

Fandom
https://www.deviantart.com/search/deviations?q=Francis+and+Felicity https://www.deviantart.com/search?q=Francis+x+Felicity

Trivia

 * Felicity and Nhozemphtekh are the only female cats who are alive when Francis met them in the movie.
 * In the book and comics, Francis kills Claudandas by tearing of his head, perhaps intentionally as revenge and a cruel irony.

Gallery
https://www.deviantart.com/search/deviations?q=Francis+and+Felicity https://www.deviantart.com/siberiaheartty/art/Francis-and-Felicity-677579731 https://www.deviantart.com/angeldalet/art/Francis-and-Felicity-Felidae-Fanart-863031175