Ying x Shay

"LaShayla is a beautiful girl, but above and beyond that, a beautiful soul. She's kind and honest and loyal and she's put her life on the line for me at least twice already. And I lived my life up until the day I met her, sure I was going to end up dying as a side effect of one of my own experiments or in an assassination attempt gone bad. And I can't imagine why she cares about your approval... She got all dressed up and had me dressed up just to meet you and I see how you treat her and I think... how can this empty, self-absorbed woman look at that brilliant girl and not see the wonders that will change the world spinning behind her eyes?"

- Ying stands up to LaShayla's homophobic mother, The Unstoppable Wasp #6 (2019)

Ying x Shay is the femslash ship between Ying Liu and Shay Smith from the Marvel fandom.

The Unstoppable Wasp (2017)
Shay and Ying meet each other as part of Nadia Van Dyne’s list of recruits. Nadia recruited young women who excel in STEM fields and brought them together for her GIRL (Girls In Action Research Labs) program. Ying was a Red Room operative at the same time as Nadia. Ying and Nadia worked together on projects in the Red Room under the supervision of Mother. Despite the harsh and isolating conditions of their situation, the two became close friends. Now Mother has tasked Ying to kidnap Nadia and return her to the Red Room. Ying almost seems to envy Nadia’s new found freedom and regrets having to kidnap Nadia. But it’s either that or have the explosive device attached to her spine by Mother blown up as the penalty for failure. Nadia proposes another option and calls in all of her GIRL recruits, including Shay.

Ying, Shay, and the other GIRL geniuses meet for the first time at Hank Pym’s former residence where Nadia has been staying as she tries to start her life over in the United States. Ying displays a black sense of humor and then calm confidence under the tenseness and gravity of the matter as she and the others work together to devise a plan and means to remove the explosive before it detonates and kills her. Shay manages to successfully remove the device from Ying’s neck using gloves inspired by tech used to create the Vision. Despite some complications, Ying is free of Mother and the Red Room.

Janet Van Dyne throws a party for Nadia and the girls to celebrate saving Ying and all the initial steps they’ve taken as part of GIRL. Shay and Ying enjoy dancing together. And as they dance, Ying starts flirting, as Shay is left super shy and flustered. As Ying takes Shay dancing, Shay blurts out that she thinks this is a date, so Ying is quick to tease her about this. She asks Shay if she wants this to be a date, to which Shay agrees.

Fanon
is a rare ship within the Marvel fandom. This is due to the fact that both characters are minor ones in their series and in a series that isn't that popular within the Marvel fandom. However, this is a very beloved ship within queer spaces in the Marvel fandom. Fans love the two's dynamic and often reflect the softness in it in fan works for the ship.

Fandom
FAN FICTION