Like many people over the last few days, I’ve been
thoroughly enjoying playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac
on Playstation
5. Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows I love the MC2,
but I was honestly not expecting a potential reference to one of the MC2’s
groundbreaking couples. Let me explain. Minor spoilers for the game ahead!
During the mission ‘Make Your Own Choices,’ Miles
Morales aka Spider-Man is attempting to locate Felicia
Hardy aka the Black Cat to warn her about the threat of Kraven’s
hunters. Of course, he arrives too late and Felicia is already on the move
attempting to flee New York by stealing the Wand of Watoomb from Doctor
Strange’s Sanctum
Sanctorum. While fighting off the hunters, Miles learns from Felicia
that she wanted to use the Wand in order to reach Paris where her
girlfriend is in danger. After defeating droves of the hunters, Miles
helps Felicia use the Wand of Watoomb to open a portal to Paris,
near the Eiffel Tower and away from the threat of Kraven the Hunter
to whatever fate has in store for her there.
What does this have to do with the MC2? Well, the MC2
was the first to establish Felicia’s bisexuality
by revealing her new partner was a woman named Diana. In Spider-Girl
#47, Mary Jane invites
both Felicia and her partner Diana over for a
cup of tea. Diana mentions the couple were previously living
in Paris but have moved back so that Felicia’s
daughter Felicity can reestablish a relationship with her father, Flash
Thompson. When Mary Jane asks how long the two have
known each other, Felicia states ‘it’s going on six years
now’ and mentions that Diana used to be a contract
operative for her detective agency.
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Could this be the unidentified girlfriend Felicia mentions
in the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game? I’m willing to believe so, at
least. I can’t think of any other romantic partners of Felicia with a
connection to Paris. Let me know what you think!
Until I stop jumping to conclusions, I remain
frogoat