Moon Knight - SPOILERS

[Ryujin]

It's interesting that people are assuming that the guy with the obviously made-up name "Marc Spector" is 'real', and the guy with the relatively plausible name "Steven Grant" is 'imaginary'.

But hey, the doctor with the last name Strange is totally OK.

 

[Umbran]

It's interesting that people are assuming that the guy with the obviously made-up name "Marc Spector" is 'real', and the guy with the relatively plausible name "Steven Grant" is 'imaginary'.

People are assuming that they are maintaining the setup from the comics, until we see evidence otherwise.

And, honestly, it makes more sense, in that skill with modern firearms and other equipment isn't really in the bailiwick of an ancient Egyptian Moon God to grant.

 

[Davies]

But hey, the doctor with the last name Strange is totally OK.

People with the surname Strange. On the other hand, I now discover that there are people with the surname Spector who aren't in the music business.

 

[Umbran]

But hey, the doctor with the last name Strange is totally OK.

"Guy named Otto Octavius ends up with eight limbs. What are the odds?"

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Is Khonshu in the body? I was under the impression he was a god.

In pop culture, Egyptian gods almost always don't work like the gods from from different pantheons (the Aesir/Vanir from Norse, the Olympians/Titans/Primordials from Greek and Roman Mythology, etc). Instead of being physical gods, they're more spiritual gods. In a way, they're kind of like a lot of pop-culture ghosts. They don't really have a physical form, but can possess someone in order to temporarily have a physical body.

This stems from the fact that a lot of Egyptian pharaohs claimed to be the gods, like Horus, Osiris, Amun-Ra, and others. So, it's a common theme in pop culture versions of Egyptian mythology for the gods to be incorporeal entities that need to possess an "Avatar" in order to actually manifest on Earth.

In the comics, it was often unclear whether or not Moon Knight was actually the Avatar of Khonshu (Egyptian God of the Moon) or if he was just imagining the whole thing.

So, the answer is "kind of yes." Marc Spector might actually be being possessed by Khonshu or he might just be crazy. It's not exactly clear.

 

[Bolares]

People are assuming that they are maintaining the setup from the comics, until we see evidence otherwise.

And, honestly, it makes more sense, in that skill with modern firearms and other equipment isn't really in the bailiwick of an ancient Egyptian Moon God to grant.

Narrativelly it makes a lot of sense too. Make Steven discover he is not real, give the audience some drama...

 

[Umbran]

So, the answer is "kind of yes." Marc Spector might actually be being possessed by Khonshu or he might just be crazy. It's not exactly clear.

It was a bit easier to question in the comics, because he had to physically put on the costume. In the show, he manifests it apparently out of thin air, which otherwise needs some explanation.

Plus, the comics had years to unfold the story. We have six episodes.

 

[Stalker0]

People are assuming that they are maintaining the setup from the comics, until we see evidence otherwise.

And, honestly, it makes more sense, in that skill with modern firearms and other equipment isn't really in the bailiwick of an ancient Egyptian Moon God to grant.

And the idea that the moon god would pick a bad ass merc to be their champion rather than a gift shop person makes a bit more sense

 

[Bolares]

And the idea that the moon god would pick a bad ass merc to be their champion rather than a gift shop person makes a bit more sense

Well, Steven could have stumbled in to some mythological stuff in the museum if this was a 90s movie....

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Well, Steven could have stumbled in to some mythological stuff in the museum if this was a 90s movie....

Or a horror installment in the Night at the Museum movies.