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- And the crazy part is? She gets me.
- —Cindy talking about Felicia
SilkCat is the femslash ship between Cindy Moon, AKA "Silk", and Felicia Hardy, AKA "Black Cat", from the Marvel fandom.
Canon[]
Felicia and Cindy initially had a rocky relationship. After Peter freed Cindy from the bunker, Felicia and Electro were the first people they faced together. Later, in Silk run, Felicia paid for Harris Porter's upgrades; after first investigating Silk's combat skills, she also fought Cindy. The two came into conflict again after Felicia kidnapped Marie Porter. Silk rescued the girl; However, the Repairman betrayed Felicia, blew up one of her goons and put Cindy on an operating table. It's revealed that he works with the people who have captured Cindy's parents. Unfortunately, before Cindy could find out more, Felicia buried the Repairman under the ceiling for betraying her.
Cindy furiously confronted the master thief for this, but Felicia tells her she didn't kill him; the ceiling did. They fought again; Felicia kicked her off the building they were on, then offered Silk a chance to join forces with her, yelling that things don't have to be like this. Cindy doesn't give up and continues to fight Felicia. Fortunately for Black Cat, and unfortunately for Silk, Felicia would manage to escape.
Some time later, though, Silk would discover that S.H.I.E.L.D. had information on her parents; in exchange for this information, Mockingbird had her go undercover to infiltrate Black Cat's gang. In the process, Black Cat, Silk, and Black Cat's lieutenant Killer Shrike would come into conflict with Goblin Nation. During one of their missions, Killer Shrike would betray both Silk and Black Cat. For his betrayal, Killer Shrike would receive a traitor's reward; a thorough beating from Black Cat, which the queenpin would only end at Silk's request, and criminal charges. The incident earned Silk the trust of Black Cat and a spot in her criminal gang.
Later, Silk would wind up captured by S.H.I.E.L.D.; Felicia rescued her from a prisoner convoy, believing she had fully "gone bad". Together, the two would pull a heist on Parker Industries and get trapped in an elevator shaft in the process. In order to pass the time, they'd share life stories; Silk began to see Felicia as not all bad, and instead a victim of circumstance that had tried to retire before having her 'nest egg' of cash taken away by Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. After escaping, Felicia resolved to show the world 'beyond bad'. After the heist, Felicia patted Cindy on the back, expressing her trust in her. This was a ruse to attach an eavesdropping device on the superhero's shoulder, allowing her to listen in as Mockingbird ordered Cindy to take down Felicia for good.
The two fought one final time. Felicia, betrayed and infuriated, would beat Cindy bloody, while Cindy repeatedly tried to reason with the enraged queenpin, protesting that she did respect Felicia for her skills and her goals. The two were simply on opposite sides of the law: victims of circumstance, cursed by a black cat's luck.
Fanon[]
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SilkCat is a rare ship within the overall Marvel fandom. However, it's one of the most popular Spiderman ships.[1] For Cindy, for example, it's her most popular ship overall; fans of the ship keep pointing out that the two characters should be a couple.[2]
Fandom[]
FAN FICTION
- Felicia Hardy/Cindy Moon tag on AO3
FAN ART
- SilkCat search results on DeviantArt
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