Avengers: Endgame Was Secretly Moon Knight's Origin Story - Theory Explained
Avengers: Endgame could have secretly told Moon Knight's origin story. The first wave of MCU Disney+ TV shows were a hit, with WandaVision serving as a particular standout — a superhero sitcom unlike anything that Marvel Studios has made before. All signs are that Moon Knightwill deliver on WandaVision's promise, because the first trailer suggests it will be a dark and brutal psychological thriller. But the trailer may also hint at an actual alien invasion too — straight from the comics.
In creative terms, it's easy to see why this is the right moment for Moon Knight; WandaVision was the big risk of Marvel's first wave of Disney+ TV shows, with the others already in various stages of production when it proved so successful. There's a sense, then, in which the Moon Knight trailer serves to suggest Marvel has learned the right lessons from WandaVision; that viewers will respond to something bold and experimental, something that breaks the formulas rather than follows them. But the interesting question is how Moon Knight fits into the overarching narrative of the MCU.
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The first Moon Knight trailer is surprisingly short of answers to this question. Where most Marvel marketing stresses the relationship between the latest film or TV series and the narrative to date, Moon Knight is standalone; there isn't even a reference to the Blip, which would surely have caused serious disruption for those with mental health issues. But that doesn't necessarily mean Moon Knight will have no connections at all; in fact, it's entirely possible Avengers: Endgame was the show's secret origin.
Moon Knight is often compared to Batman, in that he's a street-level
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