Moon Knight - SPOILERS

Enevhar Aldarion · Apr 3, 2022

Umbran said:
So, we ought to be careful here. Steve has a regular job. Either high-priced mercenary Marc Spector spends a lot of time as a guy in a souvenir shop, or Steve has been the one in control of the body most of the time recently.

Yeah, Marc is the original personality, but as Layla said to him on the burner phone, he has been out of touch with her for months, and who knows how many months that is, so Steven has been the primary personality for that long for sure.

Umbran · Apr 3, 2022

Ryujin said:
There are so far two distinct personalities (Steven and Marc). Moon Knight is the expression of the powers that Khonshu gave to Marc, the mercenary.

This is my understanding. I have gotten another tidbit that is a bit of a spoiler...

You may have seen this image in the promos - it is "Mr. Knight". When Mark attempts to manifest the power, he gets Moon Knight. Supposedly, when Steven manifests the power, he gets Mr. Knight.

Davies · Apr 3, 2022

In the comics, Mr. Knight is a somewhat more cerebral version of the Moon Knight persona, more Sherlock Holmes and less a guy who beats the naughty word out of people and thoroughly enjoys it.

Umbran · Apr 3, 2022

Enevhar Aldarion said:
Yeah, Marc is the original personality

As noted above - the personality that bore the name in the past may not really be the same as the one who uses the name currently.

With real dissociative identity disorder, you don't generally have a healthy person go through massive trauma, and develop new personalities but keep the original normal, healthy, and intact. The original Marc Spector shattered. One of the current personalities uses the name, but he probably won't be really the same person, any more than Steven is the original.

I mean, we can't go too much by the real disorder, but it seems reasonable for the comic book structure.

Ryujin · Apr 3, 2022

Umbran said:
So, we ought to be careful here. Steve has a regular job. Either high-priced mercenary Marc Spector spends a lot of time as a guy in a souvenir shop, or Steve has been the one in control of the body most of the time recently.

I was talking about the comics Moon Knight. Of course they could have changed things up for the series, or we might find out that Marc was "laying low for a while, to take the heat off."

Janx · Apr 3, 2022

Umbran said:
So, we ought to be careful here. Steve has a regular job. Either high-priced mercenary Marc Spector spends a lot of time as a guy in a souvenir shop, or Steve has been the one in control of the body most of the time recently.

yeah, that's the p[art that has to make sense as a solid reality basis. He'd be fired already if his missing time (as Mark) was large enough for Mark to "get stuff done" without super-impacting Steven's dayjob.

noticeable impacts not withstanding that caused Steven to take the steps he had.

MarkB · Apr 3, 2022

Steven does seem to be becoming a more dominant persona than they expected. He surfaces unexpectedly for a long time during their mission to retrieve the scarab, and Mark is only able to grab control back for brief periods. And at the end, Mark has to ask permission to take control in order to save them.

So far, I'm strongly reminded of Jane from Doom Patrol. I wonder whether this character could develop in that direction, gaining additional personae each with their own power-set.

Rabulias · Apr 3, 2022

MarkB said:
Steven does seem to be becoming a more dominant persona than they expected. He surfaces unexpectedly for a long time during their mission to retrieve the scarab, and Mark is only able to grab control back for brief periods. And at the end, Mark has to ask permission to take control in order to save them.

Though it is interesting to note at least one museum employee is in Harrow's cult. Quite the coincidence. Maybe the Steven persona's job was a way to get into the museum?

MarkB · Apr 3, 2022

Rabulias said:
Though it is interesting to note at least one museum employee is in Harrow's cult. Quite the coincidence. Maybe the Steven persona's job was a way to get into the museum?

Good call. The alternative of the classic villain "we have people everywhere" trope is still a strong possibility, though.

Dire Bare · Apr 3, 2022

MarkB said:
Steven does seem to be becoming a more dominant persona than they expected. He surfaces unexpectedly for a long time during their mission to retrieve the scarab, and Mark is only able to grab control back for brief periods. And at the end, Mark has to ask permission to take control in order to save them.

So far, I'm strongly reminded of Jane from Doom Patrol. I wonder whether this character could develop in that direction, gaining additional personae each with their own power-set.

Watching Jane interact with her different personalities is one of the best parts of Doom Patrol!!

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