Silk and Spider-Man can’t be together because they choose not to be together. It is as simple as that.
But that does not mean the mutual attraction between the two superheroes has lessened, not to mention gone away altogether.
And considering that they have remained friends until now, the pair will likely have to deal with their so-called Spider-attraction every time they encounter each other within Marvel Comics pages.
In this post, we will try to explain how their attraction came to be. And if you are a PeterGwen or PeterMJ stan who happens to be unfamiliar with Silk, this post should help abate your discomfort (at least, we are hoping so).
So let us go ahead and untangle this web of attraction once and for all.
Why Is Silk Attracted To Spider-Man?
It all comes down to the biology of both Silk and Spider-Man. To better explain it, we will have to review their respective origins in Marvel Comics history.
We all know how Peter Parker came to be. He got bitten by a radioactive spider that gave him the ability to crawl walls and super powers like enhanced strength, stamina, quickness, and of course, Spider Sense.
As it turns out, that same radioactive eight-legged freak had bitten a second person that same fateful day before it bit the dust.
That second person is Cindy Moon, a Korean-American high school student and hockey varsity player from Peter Parker’s school.
But just as she was starting to manifest her powers and abilities, she was approached by a mysterious dude named Ezekiel Sims, who proceeded to train her in using her Spider-powers properly.
To protect Cindy from Morlun, an interdimensional being who hunts and devours Spider-powers (and any person who possesses them), Sims persuades her to stay inside a bunker (sans windows, but with books and a television set), where she remains, in her own volition, for more than a decade, although not completely oblivious of what goes on in the outside world.
