Moon Knight: Why Steven Is Able To Resist Marc So Much More In Episode 2

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This article contains spoilers for Moon Knight.

One of the core themes of Disney+'s Moon Knight is the struggle between Steven and Marc over control of their shared body, a struggle that developed in episode 2 with Steven resisting Marc more than might have been expected. Moon Knight tells the story of Marc Spector, who lives with dissociative identity disorder, sharing a body with one alternate identity thus far: Steven Grant. Steven lives a seemingly normal life until he discovers his alter is a mercenary empowered with the abilities of the vigilante Moon Knight by the Egyptian god Khonshu.

The first episode of Moon Knight focuses most of its time on Steven, who has missing periods in his life that he assumes are caused by an extreme sleepwalking disorder. However, it is revealed Steven's blackout periods are when Marc Spector takes control of their shared body to carry out his work as the mercenary Moon Knight. Episode 1 of the Disney+ show showed Steven as largely unable to stop Marc from controlling their body, simply blacking out and then waking back up once he resumes control. However, in Moon Knight episode 2, the show changes this dynamic. Steven can seemingly resist Marc and is more aware of the latter's presence. It leads to questions of what has changed and why Steven is now better able to resist Marc.

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The main change between the two episodes is the fact that Steven is now completely aware of his other identity. As opposed to putting his unusual circumstances down to sleepwalking, Steven now knows they were the actions of his host identity, Marc. This fact alone is enough to explain why Steven is able to resist Marc. In Moon