Moon Knight’s Fifth Episode Journeys Through A Hero’s Trauma
Running away from problems never really works because, eventually, they tend to catch up and that is certainly the case for Moon Knight, the MCU’s new troubled superhero. As was revealed in its penultimate episode, Marc Spector is the real star of the show and his life gives Marvel fans the crudest origin story seen to date with the promise of more to come for its finale.
Marc’s confession to the council of Egyptian gods that he is unwell had already foreshadowed something similar to the traumatic childhood that was finally revealed to Steven and viewers in “Asylum”, and yet somehow his reality exceeded expectations, even in Disney’s sugar-coated world. From the death of his brother to the burden imposed on him by Konshu, and his estranged relationship with Layla, it’s hard not to sympathize with Marc, all of which makes his future in the MCU all the more interesting.
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Moon Knight’s most distinctive trait is that he wasn’t born, destined, trained, or even really chosen to be a hero for his merits, but rather due to the fragility of his own tormented mind. Marc’s journey is not one of taking on the responsibility of saving the world because he was a virtuous man like Captain America, it’s a heavy burden that he must carry, and one that he continues to bear for the safety of his wife.
Even that sole happy aspect of his life, Layla, is tainted by its own beginning as Marc had to confess to the woman he loves that he first approached her after being partly responsible for the events that led to her father’s cruel death. The briefing Steven gets is short, nevertheless, it sums up pretty well that Marc did not have many good things going in his life prior to leaving his Chicago home and joining
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