Obviously, biologically speaking, to a degree this is natural. We’re programmed to enjoy sex because it’s required for the survival of our species. If we don’t make more little versions of us, we die out. But there are certain people we encounter in our lives who just turn us on and set this off in a completely inexplicable way. Peter and Cindy hardly know each other. There is no emotional connection between them outside of (presumably) a bit of empathy. There is no relationship here – not even the foundation for one. You couldn’t even call them friends. They’ve just met and BOOM. The people we meet in our lives who do this to us can prove as confusing and complicated as they are fun.

They are being driven by something baser than their rational brain. It’s just a physical attraction. It’s just a sexual thing. And it feels good! It’s an interesting angle that it has something to do with the “spider-pheromones” they share because they both got similar spider powers from the same radioactive spider. It’s a clever narrative way to explore the fact that there are just some people we have an undeniable, uncontrollable physical attraction to. Silk was created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos and first appeared in a cameo in The Amazing Spider-Man Vol.3 issue 1 and the following issues before appearing fully in Issue 4 of the same series. She proved so popular that she received her very own ongoing series, and more after. Major Story Arcs Freedom Adjusting to normal life, Cindy lived with her brother and began a job as a journalist for J.J Jameson. She went on some adventures as Silk during this time, involving fighting a cat demon and being betrayed by her "frenemy". Sixth Volume Following the events, Cindy quit her job at the Fact Channel and thought about what she wanted to do with her life. After a heart-warming discussion with her brother, her therapist, and helping a child free his kite in the graveyard, she decided to join SHIELD academy. After some work with SHIELD, Cindy researched her father's secret meetings and eventually confronted him about his secret with a mysterious doctor, who turned out to be Fang. She worked for Ezekiel and was the leader of a splinter group of a spider society, and while she claimed to Cindy's father that she would be curing Cindy of her powers, her actual plan was to transfer Cindy's powers to herself and use her abilities to take over the spider society. After inheriting Ezekiel's fortune and manipulating Cindy's father, she kept her eyes on Cindy during her time in the bunker and after the bunker. Cindy became Silk and defeated Fang with the help of Spectro and her father accepted her for who she was. With her family closer, her job at SHIELD, and with Rafferty and Lola married, Cindy Moon finally felt happy again. Fifth VolumeSeven years later, during the events of Original Sin, Spider-Man would be exposed to the energies of the Watcher’s eye alongside his fellow heroes. As secrets began to flow into his head, Spider-Man saw that the radioactive spider that bit him managed to bite another before it died—a girl named Cindy, and learned what happened to her afterward. Spider-Man and Mary Jane: Soul Mates? (Y/N/Maybe) for an examination of Peter and Mary Jane’s relationship, with a focus on the question of Soul Mates as well as the classic romantic tropes of the will-they-won’t-they and best-friends-first relationships. The next day, at work, her boss got angry that Lucas Young had more footage on Silk than they did. The next morning, Cindy had to wake up early to investigate breaking news that something had happened at the Met. A police officer let her inside and when her Spidey Sense went off, she changed into her Silk suit. As she investigated, she came across a being that she wasn't sure was human. Cindy then heard someone pleading for help and found someone who appeared to be an old man, but who as actually Lucas. He told her that "she" did something to him the previous night. Cindy didn't know who "she" was but agreed to help. Personal Information Appearance

Operating on base instinct and driven by passion, they begin to pull each other’s clothes off as they kiss. Peter thinks, “There’s a moment where I can’t even remember my own name. Let alone hers. I’m Spider-Man and she’s…Silk. Cindy Moon. Just met her. Don’t know anything about her…other than I can’t stop! I can’t let go! I can’t…” On the one hand, this obviously reminds the reader how little they know of each other. But it also captures the feeling of that moment when we’re lost in passion. This captures those kisses, those touches, that shoot through your body like lightening and fry everything in your mind except the here, the now, and the burning desire that pulls you to the other. Have you ever just been drawn to someone? It’s like this other-worldly force has grasped you and you couldn’t fight it even if you wanted to. Damn! What an amazing feeling! You’re so alive! Cindy and Peter navigate their sexual tension while fighting off Hydra thugs. / Photo Credit – Marvel Comics It’s time for the fifth installment in my li’l series using only Spider-Man comics and characters to examine the variety of romantic archetypes we find in literature (illustrating the variety of romantic experiences we find in life). Cindy Moon attended the same scientific demonstration Peter Parker did when he was bitten by the radioactive spider that gave him his powers. Before it died, the spider would bite Cindy, too. She gained the same basic powers as Peter – albeit with a more attuned spider-sense, faster speed, and the ability to spin organic webbing from her fingertips – and would eventually take on the name “Silk” and become a superhero in her own right. She and Peter also have an overwhelming physical/sexual attraction to each other. Their relationship, such as it was, represents those “purely physical” attractions we have in our lives. It’s fun and it’s so hot but it was never really going to last nor was there any way they could’ve ever been “the one” as it was only ever just a physical thing. Cindy – “I’ve been training. Getting my spider-routine down. I’ll take care of New York…you go somewhere else. Maybe even off-world. How about the moon?”

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Spider-Man and the Spider Family: A Look At What Might Have Been… to contemplate the “What if…?” people we think of when we consider our romantic “what might have been”s care of the alternate reality series The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows. Cindy appears in as a classmate of Peter and a member of the decathlon team of the school. She is portrayed by Tiffany Espensen Games Marvel Avengers Alliance MAA Spider-Man and Lily Hollister: She’s My Best Friend’s Girl dives right into the uncomfortably taboo waters we find ourselves in when that inexplicably magnetic attraction ignites within us and we realize we are freely flirting and passionately infatuated with our best friend’s significant other. Silk is a playable character in the game. She is a speed type, and her description in the game says: As a teenager, Cindy Moon was bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, giving her powers similar to those of the Amazing Spider-Man: powers of adhesion, a unique precognitive awareness of danger, and the ability to weave spider webs from her fingertips, she now swings through the skies of New York City as Silk!

Cindy was set to play a large role in the upcoming Spider-Verse event. Right when Spider-Man released her from her bunker, Morlun is seen at an unknown location suddenly catching her scent. He referred to her as "the Spider-Bride" and "the spinner at the center of the web," and then declared that the great hunt begins. Spider-Man and Anna Maria Marconi: The Healing Power of Love considers if/how we may be healed and thus saved by someone else in and through love their love. To this end, it examines a relationship “Peter” had with Anna Maria while Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus was in control of his body and living life as the Superior Spider-Man. After dying and being reborn on Doom's battlefield in the Kingdom of Manhattan dimension, Cindy participated in a battle between this new dimension and Earth-616. After learning the truth from Miles Morales, Cindy was among the group who confronted Doom and were erased from reality. Earth-71928In this reality, Cindy was a high school student. She was thought to be deceased but was later revealed alive when she was accepted into Stark Camp. Earth-19925 However, this was not the end; as mere moments after biting Parker, the spider bit another young student by the name of Cindy Moon. During her short tussle with Spider-Man when he broke her out of her bunker, she also manages to easily dodge all of his web-shots thanks to her Spider-Sense, which Peter describes as "Matrix/Bullet-Time good!" Biological wiring or not, this alone is not a great foundation for a relationship so the unavoidable sexual chemistry becomes a problem. There are plenty of bad relationships built only on wild, physical attraction and they ultimately crumble. We are complex beings who live connected within networks of nuanced relationships. We need more than sex and/or physical attraction to make a relationship last. Don’t get me wrong – it’s fun. It can be fun for a while, too. But there comes a time when you have to own you can’t live on bread alone. Or…well, you get it. Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy: All the Beautiful Angst of First Love to consider how Gwen Stacy has far more significance than just “the girl who died” and how her relationship with Peter perfectly presents all the awkward, cringy, and still oh-so-magical moments of the first time we fall in love.