Moon Knight - SPOILERS

[Omand]

OK, out there theory time.

So, what if there is not a third personality, or rather, what if Marc does not have a third personality?

Yes, we saw the sarcophagus that was chained up and rattling around as if a monster was inside. But we also saw Steven start to take great joy in smashing the dead on the journey through Duat.

What if Steven has a sub-personality? What if the Steven persona is actually fractured as well. Steven was Marc's escape from his mother's violence, but we saw her coming after "Steven" before Marc pulled Steven from the room when they were exploring memories. So, maybe Steven was aware of the abuse (or became aware during that specific instance that we saw cut short), and his sub-personality was fractured.

It would explain why there were only two hearts on the scale to be weighed instead of three, and Steven integrating his internal split by accepting that his mother is dead, and accepting the violence within himself (by embracing violence to help Marc) healed that part.

A different way at looking at the same set of circumstances.

But, at this point, any of our theories could be correct with the number of twists we have been presented with. I mean, I never expected to have a hippo guide show up (I mean, I should have considering the ancient Egyptian theme, but ...).

Cheers

 

[Omand]

Oh, and I agree on Oscar Isaac's great acting in this (and all of the episodes).

Plus, I think Marc/Steven are physically dead in the real world at the moment. The question is how, not if, they come back to life before the season concludes. Layla may indeed become Khonshu's avatar, but I am fairly certain that Marc/Steven are not written out of the equation.

 

[Tonguez]

Hmm... there's a report that episode 6 is the shortest episode of the show, clocking in around 42 minutes. (Moon Knight Season Finale Run Time Is Rumoured to Break MCU Records? - FandomWire)

Earlier in the thread I have dismissed the idea that the unknown alter is somehow still alive, but if this latest news is true, I half-jokingly thought the final episode will show Marc dealing with his issues, rescuing Khonshu (maybe the afterlife is the same or adjacent to the place where Khonshu is imprisoned?), and mentally girding himself for the fight against Harrow. Khonshu prepares to resurrect him, and the moon god says "Hrm. That's odd..." as Marc's perception of the afterlife fades and he returns to his body -- already standing up, and encircled by the bodies of a very dead Harrow and his followers. Marc's reflection catches his eye and says "All done here. You're welcome!" in a definitely not-Steven accent and/or manner. Cut to Marc's perplexed face and then cut to black.

Strangely enough I had the thought last night - what if the third personality was already dead (that could be why its trapped the sarcophagus) Mark and Steven were the living souls but third (Jake) is now released as a ‘Moonknights Mummy’

 

[Rabulias]

Strangely enough I had the thought last night - what if the third personality was already dead (that could be why its trapped the sarcophagus) Mark and Steven were the living souls but third (Jake) is now released as a ‘Moonknights Mummy’

Interesting ideas. I may have to go back and watch episode 4 again, but I thought Steven was also trapped in a sarcophagus, only getting out when Marc opened it. Maybe I imagined it? If not, I took this to mean that Marc was the original personality, and his alternate personalities in the afterlife are trapped in sarcophagi.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

By the way, despite the almost complete lack of MCU connections or easter eggs so far, aside from the mentions of the Ancestral Plane and Majipoor, episode 2 did confirm the show is post-Snap Return because there is a bus billboard for the GRC and their work reuniting people who returned from the Snap. It appears so quickly that I did not even see it the first time I watched the episode.

Something else I had totally missed is that Disney+, in their MCU in timeline order for viewing, Moon Knight is listed after Hawkeye, which is Christmas 2024. So with the nice weather in London, this would make it Spring/Summer 2025?

 

[Morrus]

So with the nice weather in London, this would make it Spring/Summer 2025?

In some parallel universe, maybe!

 

[Ryujin]

In some parallel universe, maybe!

Don't you get sunny days like once a decade, or something?

 

[Haiku Elvis]

Don't you get sunny days like once a decade, or something?

You get anything from a week to two months of good weather randomly distributed between March and October.
You could get a glorious summer with nary a clound for weeks or 3 nice days in March, two in September and cold wet and miserable the rest of the time and like a Forrest Gump box of chocolates you never know which you're going to get.

 

[Morrus]

And this year ain't looking great so far!

 

[Ryujin]

You get anything from a week to two months of good weather randomly distributed between March and October.
You could get a glorious summer with nary a clound for weeks or 3 nice days in March, two in September and cold wet and miserable the rest of the time and like a Forrest Gump box of chocolates you never know which you're going to get.

All my friends in Seattle kept telling me how wet and miserable it was there, all the time. First time that I visited was in the Spring of 2016. April showers, and all of that. Except that it was almost 90 degrees and sunny for my whole 2 week stay. Broke records.

On subsequent visit I was treated to their "rail." In Ontario, Canada we get Midwestern US style rain. As in dumping water out of your boots type. They get sun showers by comparison.