Layla

Mon Knight Headcanons

Still thinking (obsessing) about Moon Knight!

• So we all agree Ammit was Khonshu’s ex right? Maybe it was just physical for Khonshu but she was planning their wedding until whoopsie! Khonshu reveals he’s in love with Hathor! (But he never makes a move because love would interfere with his mission) so now Ammit’s ticked off and decides that she should punish everyone who will ever do evil even if they haven’t done anything yet. Because her bird brained boyfriend never cheated on her but he was thinking about it!
• Jake is not the “evil alter”. In fact when he fronts the body after Egypt and sees Khonshu he’s like, “oh those idiots didn’t include me on the deal…Khonshu you son of a…”. “Oh you know you enjoy it. Come on. Suit up. We’ve got work to do.” And Jake goes along with it because Khonshu is all he has. He doesn’t feel good enough for Layla and he wants to protect Steven and Marc and let’s them live a normal life.
• So if we get a season 2 and after Marc and Steven find out about Jake I want a scene where they meet back in “Dr. Harrow”s office. (With special guest star Ethan Hawke!) they’re confused but then the camera pans over and there’s Jake, arms folded and annoyed. And Dr. Harrow says they’re there for group therapy. They start arguing and accusing Jake of being a psycho when Jake asks…
• “Who paid the electric bill?”
• What?” Steven asked.
• Jake looks at them, “when is the water bill due?”
• “What are you talking about?” Marc asked.
• Jake sits up, “I’m talking about paying the bills. Doing the laundry. Buying groceries. Do you know how hard it it to buy vegan AND kosher!? And yeah. Sometimes I want a nice steak. But that’s a treat I save for myself so that you two can eat your kosher vegan meals and never bother to ask where the food comes from. And do you really think our money comes from our merc days? You spent most of it on booze and whatever charity you could donate to ease your guilty conscience. We sure don’t get the money from Steven’s paycheck at the museum. No I took some of the merc money and bought my own cab. Now we own a third of the cabs in London and we provide limo services. We have a townhouse in freaking Chelsea!
• “We do?” Steven asks.
• “Yeah! We do. And a penthouse in New York. And our own helicopter! And we send Dad a check every month.”
• “We do?” Marc asked.
• “Im always cleaning up your messes. I take care of things. That’s my job. If I have to make a deal with the Devil to protect you both I will. And I have.” Jake finished.
• Everyone is silent a minute.
• Dr harrow says, “thank you Jake. Well what I’m hearing is Jake is feeling under appreciated.”
• “Damn right…” Jake mutters.
• “Also it sounds like Jake feels isolated. I mean you two have each other. And Layla. And all he has…is Khonshu.” Dr. Harrow pointed out.
• Marc and Steven nod. Thinking.
• “Was it you that set up that date with me and Dylan?” Steven asks.
• “Did you bozos keep me locked up in that third sarcophagus in the Duat?”
• “We were trying to avoid relationships to keep them away from Khonshu. Why would you ask Dylan out?” Marc asked.
• “Because I was horny and Steven is a freaking virgin alright?” Jake answered.
• Marc slaps a hand over his eyes, “oy…”
• Steven blushes.

Mon Knight Finale: Finally!

Ya’ll I’ve had this meme on hold for three weeks! But we got ‘em! We finally met Jake! (Khonshu you sneaky old buzzard…) But for real, I hope future Moon Knight projects (second season? I hope…) show that Jake isn’t “evil”. That’s kinda ableist. I honestly hope he is written like Louis from Ducktales 17. They called him the “evil triplet” but he really was just clever but more willing to trick people. He had the street smarts. I hope Jake will be the same way.

In the meantime I love how Marc went back for Steven! And Steven! I’m so proud of you Baby! For negotiating the deal with Khonshu (oh you are going to be so mad when you find out about Jake…) to fighting the bad guys with Marc. You did so good!!!

Comfort

So my heart just broke upon learning Marc’s story. Not even with Loki did I want to reach into a TV screen and hug a character. This episode made me fall in love with Marc as much as Steven. (BRING HIM BACK MARVEL!!! ) And until episode 6 comes out, I need this catharsis to tide me over. Hints of Steven x reader and Jake x reader, but mostly Marc x reader. Enjoy!

Waking up in the middle of the night was to be expected when dating a superhero that worked mostly at night. What you could never expect was the same experience each time. Because your boyfriend was actually three people in one body thanks to their Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Steven would try to be quiet when he came in. He really did. But his natural clumsy nature would often bump into something with a hushed curse along the lines of “Oh Bollocks!”

Or sometimes you’d open your eyes to see him sitting up and reading in bed. Still unable to sleep sometimes. Squinting through his glasses in the moonlight. He’d always notice you had awakened, and apologize,

“Sorry Love. Did I wake you?”

Then you would curl up on his chest as he read to you, his London accent soothing you back to sleep.

Jake didn’t bother being quiet. He knew you were a light sleeper. He did try to avoid you seeing the blood on him before he stripped to take a shower. Other times you would wake up to find Jake lavish his attentions on you. Giving you a sly wink on his way down.

Marc almost never woke you up. Maybe you’d wake up when he come home, but he’d always whisper in his Chicago cadence,

“Just me. Go back to sleep Baby.”

And with a gentle kiss to your forehead you would, only briefly becoming aware when he’d join you under the covers. He never tried to wake you up again.

So imagine your surprise one night when you awoke to the sound of whimpering. Jake would never and the lack of Steven’s accent told you it was Marc. You turned over to see Marc practically in the fetal position, eyes clenched closed.

He was muttering softly in his sleep,

“No…please Ma…Mom please…please stop…stop…I didn’t mean it…please…Mommy please…”

You sat up, unsure. You wouldn’t dare with Jake. Steven you wouldn’t hesitate. But how would Marc react? Though you couldn’t see or hear Khonshu, you knew he had his way to make himself known.

“Should I wake him?” You whispered to the dark. A gentle breeze that came from nowhere ruffled the curtains.

“I hope that’s a yes.” You muttered to yourself. You turned to Marc and started to shake his bare shoulder.

“Marc? Marc? Marc Honey wake up.” You called gently.

He jolted awake, sitting up trying to catch his breath. His eyes, watery and red from unshed tears took in his surroundings before landing on you.

“Bad dream?”

He nodded, swallowing,

“Bad memories.”

He sighed rubbing his hands down his face.

“Come on. Lie down.” You nodded plumping up the pillows. Unsure, Marc waited until you laid down and made grabby hands at him. He gave a small upturn of his lips before he complied. Adjusting himself so that he was using you as a pillow. His head nestled between your boobs. He sighed in content as your fingers started to comb through his curls.

Still he had to ask,

“Aren’t you going to ask me about it?”

“Do you want to talk about it?” You replied.

You waited. He didn’t say anything. But you could hear the gears turning in his head.

“Not really.” He finally replied. “But you need to know.”

So he told you. About his little brother. About the accident in the cave. About his mother. You felt your nightshirt growing damp with his tears. You felt your own tears threaten to fall. You knew from your research with DID that some kind of childhood trauma caused it. But suddenly it all made sense. Steven’s innocence. Jake’s intensity. Marc’s protectiveness. All combined by a sweet gentleness that took your breath away.

When he was finished, you sniffed,

“Oh Baby. I’m so sorry. I wish I could have helped you.”

“You do though. Every time you touch me with love. Every time you comfort me. And Steven. And Jake. All those times you do something for us to make us feel loved. That helps.” He told you.

What else could you say?

“I love you. All of you.”

“I love you too. Steven and Jake say Ditto.” Marc told you with a glance at the mirror. You only saw his reflection of course, but you knew in his minds eye that Steven and Jake were there. Steven smiling softly with adoration. Jake smirking with pride.

With a giggle you put a hand on his chiseled jawline and drew Marc up to meet your lips. He shifted up on his knees to deepen the kiss. You wouldn’t mind it if this was how Marc would wake you up.

Glasses and Nerds

A Marc Spector/female reader fic! Hint of Steven Grant/Reader and Jake Lockley/reader; apologies if I get anything wrong about DID, but I’m basing this purely on the world Marvel built here. Quick summary: the reader notices something about Marc that he’s quick to deny.

Dating a superhero was one thing. You never thought it’d happen to you. But it did. Sure there was the expected difficulties. The late nights. The bruises and cuts and sometimes broken bones weren’t fun. Even if the suit did heal them by morning. You’d even been kidnapped a few times to use as bait.

But dating a superhero that happened to have Dissociative Identity Disorder? That sweet, shy Steven Grant shared a body with ex mercenary Marc Specter? That there was an even a third alter named Jake Lockley? That they each had their own quirks, habits, hang ups and preferences? That had taken some getting used to.

But it was so worth it. You quickly found yourself falling for all three. Steven was easy to love. He was open and honest and a hopeless romantic. Jake surprised you. Sure he was a bit more hedonistic than his alters, but he was also very thoughtful. You’d come home finding the dishes done, the laundry in the wash and that leak in your kitchen sink fixed. Apparently Jake was used to doing the “boring stuff grown ups do” since Steven got easily distracted and Marc got too focused on ‘the mission’.

“I’m always cleaning up their messes Babe.” Jake had winked. Before giving your butt a firm smack.

Marc on the other hand was a different story.

It had taken him longer to return your affections. Though Steven swore Marc had been smitten with you from the start. But he was slow to trust. Especially after they opened up to you about their past. And why Steven and Jake came to be in the first place.

So you took it slow with Marc. You started by learning his favorite foods and trying to make them. One fire later and Jake telling you to stick with take out as he pulled out the fire extinguisher stopped that. Poor Steven tried to assure you by trying to eat some of the babka. He chipped a tooth.

It was your touch that made Marc come around. Holding his hand at first. Then once while you were hugging Steven, they switched so Marc was fronting. You could tell by the way Marc stiffened a little. Jake would always try to cop a feel.

You had stood there a moment, just staying still, when he seemed to melt in your embrace. After that you found that he was even more cuddly than Steven was. He practically purred when you would run your fingers through his inky black curls. And after the first time you made love while he fronted, you were walking funny for a week.

So now that you were completely in love with the three of them (and still trying to figure out how you were going to explain this relationship to your mother) you began to notice something about Marc since he had finally let his guard down around you.

Steven was the bookworm and had little interest in watching movies and tv shows with you. (Though you had made him a fan of Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy.) Jake was the sports nut but Marc? You often found yourself wrapped in his arms watching cheesy old B movies and tv shows. You introduced him to Doctor Who and delighted at the childlike smile on his face as he watched the Doctor outwit his enemies.

That’s when you noticed some Captain America comics mixed in with Steven’s books. And when you went shopping, sometimes you found Marc looking through the toy aisle, gazing wistfully at the Avengers action figures and the Funko pops.

And your suspicions were confirmed when he showed you the Tomb-buster movies. How he went into near obsessive detail about the lore. It definitely reminded you of Steven’s many lectures about ancient Egypt.

Not wanting to embarrass him, you asked Jake about it. After making sure Marc wasn’t listening.

“Oh yeah Babe. Marc tries to act like me, but let’s face it. Steven ain’t the only nerd in the system.”

Then one day, you noticed something else. Steven and you had been sitting quietly and reading, when suddenly Marc switched to the front. And he instantly took off Steven’s glasses.

But seeing him turn back to the chapter he had been reading, squinting at the print, you asked him,

“Why don’t you wear the glasses?”

“They’re Steven’s.”

“But it’s the same body. And Steven needs reading glasses.”

“Glasses just aren’t for me.” Marc shook his head.

“Afraid I’ll figure out your secret?” You began to tease him.

He furrowed his brow, confused,

“What are you talking about?”

“About how you’re secretly a nerd.”

“Steven’s the nerd. Not me.”

“But Steven is a part of you. And you literally based him on the character of a Indiana Jones knock off.” You countered.

“Hey Dr. Grant is nothing like Indiana Jones okay? He doesn’t seek fortune and glory but lives for the thrill of discovery.” Marc argued. Then he stopped seeing your smirk. Dammit. He had proven your point.

A calming touch of your hand relaxed him,

“Seeing you enjoy something only makes me love you more you know? Besides…”.

You stood and climbed in his lap, putting the glasses on his face.

“Secret nerds are hot..” you purred before pulling him into a searing kiss. Priding yourself on steaming up his glasses.

And months later on their birthday when you got Marc a Dr. Steven Grant Funko pop? He definitely showed you how hot his nerdy side was.

Mini Mon Knight Theory and a thought

I think I’ve moved into the bargaining stage of grief (STEVEN!!! MY BABY!!! ) so here’s the shred of hope I’ve latched onto. I found this pic online and it’s not something we’ve seen yet, so it has to be from Episode 6. Now call me crazy, but I think this is Steven. I know he’s in the Moon Knight suit, but I think he’s taken control briefly. It’s just giving me Steven vibes. I think he’s going to seriously consider taking Harrow’s life but Marc will talk him down. (Or vice versa maybe! Maybe this is how it’ll be revealed to Marc that Steven is still with him). I think this moment will be a callback to the moment in episode 5 where Steven asks Marc why he remembers everyone he killed. Marc replied by telling him, “you try taking a life”. I think Steven will be back because this is his story as much as it is Marc’s. And this would be a crucial step in their combined hero’s journey. Choosing not to kill Harrow and redefining their deal with Khonshu.

As for the thought I’ve had, Marc (and Jake by extension) make the world think they’re this big tough cool guy . But the fact that Steven is the one that Marc wanted to have a happy normal life is interesting. He let Steven be a smart, excitable nerd that was based on a cheesy adventure movie they watched as kids right down to his name. Meaning Marc is a secret nerd because what makes him happy is reading, and nostalgia and action figures and pet goldfish. Secret nerds are hot.

MARVEL I SWEAR IF YOU DON’T BRING BACK STEVEN (and introduce Jake) I WILL CROSS THE MULTIVERSE AND DO IT MYSELF!!!

Mon Knight Mini Theories Part Deux

So I think Marc and Steven (and Jake) is on a metaphysical plane somewhere. Specifically that boat Steven talked about in episode 1 that takes them to the Field of Reeds. And my girl Taweret (Goddess of Rebirth) here is to help them come back to life. But in order to do that, Marc will have to deal with his past and his present.

Where’s my proof? Remember when Marc is running down the hall of the mental ward and the lights and carts are swaying and shifting around? It’s like they’re on a boat. And the trailer has shown a boat like this showing up.

Plus some critics accidentally got to see episode 5 when they were given advanced previews by Disney and they said not only will we be surprised but that this episode will deal with Marc’s backstory and his Jewish heritage.

I think the boat is supposed to manifest a persons fears as a way to test them. So this episode is where we’re going to meet Jake. This is where we’ll learn Marc’s backstory. And this is where we’re all going to cry because Marc is so scared of his condition that his test comes in the shape of a mental hospital. But he’ll triumph by embracing all sides of himself.

Also I think Layla will sadly sign those divorce papers by the end of this. Mainly because I see Marvel setting her up to be the MCU version of the Scarlet Scarab. An antihero/villain that goes to extremes to steal back Egyptian artifacts. Technically Layla is already doing this thanks to her Madripoor connections. Her name is similar to that of the character in the comics. The red flares Layla used through the episode invokes the red fireballs the Scarlet Scarab uses in the comics. Plus they gave us a little Easter egg of a red scarab drawn on a bandage Fake Layla wore on her pinky in the mental ward.

I’ll even bet she’ll get recruited to the Dark Avengers. And she won’t be able to do that if she’s married to the avatar of an Egyptian moon god of justice and his adorable alters. Plus after the tragic passing of the actor that was supposed to play Moon Knight’s arch enemy, I can see them setting up this dynamic of a hero literally in love with his villain. And it would be so interesting to watch.

Moon Knight Spoilers Episode 4

If you listen closely, Marc is screaming at a higher pitch than Steven. I love them.

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Steven using his intelligence in episode 3 makes me admire him so much more, all those nights he’s spent reading about egyptology and using his skillsets to help marc and layla figure out the puzzle from the sarcophagus is just so attractive. intelligence is attractive in the right areas and right moments. this bri'ish guy is so full of egyptology knowledge and i love him so much for that

Not Moon Knight bringing out all the Sapiosexuals on Tumblr

Moon Knight Mini Theories

• So this show is so unpredictable so anything I say here I’m not sure of. Just my thoughts.
• A third alter Jake Lockley from the comics will appear. Being a married man trying to stay away from Layla to protect her, I doubt Marc set up the date for Steven.
• Marc and Steven will keep being Moon Knight to protect Layla…
• …or…if they wanted to mix up the Marvel formula a bit, maybe reveal Layla is secretly working for Harrow? Like she didn’t give him the scarab because Harrow wanted to confirm Steven and Marc are Avatars? And later use Steven’s knowledge of Egypt and Khonshu to find Ammit’s tomb? Maybe even making Steven and Marc think they never signed the divorce papers to play them? Probably not and I like Layla fine as a good guy, but this would be such an interesting twist. Especially if she joins Harrow after he promised to get rid of Khonshu to save Marc.

Moon Knight (2022)

More thoughts on Moon Knight’s Ammit

After Moon Knight episode 5, I decided to do a lot more thinking about how Ammit judges who lives and who dies. And from doing some light research into Egyptian mythos and re-watching some of the scenes from older episodes, I think I know how she works now.

Ammit, like the Ennead in episode 3, don’t view immoral thoughts/actions as sin. In their twisted godly way of thinking, the Egyptian Gods in the MCU view mental illness as “sin”.

Nothing in the mythos of Anubis’ scales says that those sentenced to damnation are “evil”, just that they are “impure” and “untruthful”, which allows for creative liberties to be taken on what that means. So Marc Spector was judged because he wasn’t being honest with himself (and Steven) about his past trauma.

Because we know Marc has done things that are morally wrong and still got judged worthy, likely because he acknowledged his trauma and now has the capacity to move on and better himself. When Ammit judges someone without Anubis and Taweret’s jurisdiction, their soul plummets straight into the Duat’s sands without a chance to go on the journey of healing that Marc and Steven got to go on.

So when Ammit sentenced that old lady to death in episode 1, the old lady might have been telling the truth about never being bad. She might even have lived the rest of her life without doing anything bad either. But the old lady probably had some undiagnosed mental illness, even a minor one, that Ammit saw as “unstable” and a liability, so she killed the old lady. Ammit’s just been lying to Harrow that she’s killing sinners instead of the mentally ill. (This is how she isn’t clairvoyant and isn’t the same as the TVA)

To simplify things, we can look at the three factions of gods and how they view mental illness through Marc and Steven’s journey:

Ammit and Harrow: People with mental illness are a liability, they are “chaos”. They must be eliminated before they have the chance to harm others, even if they haven’t done anything wrong yet.

Khonshu: People are good until they commit a sin. Then they are “bad”, and must be killed asap with no second chances.

Taweret: People can be both good and bad throughout their lives, but everyone deserves a chance at self-improvement. The only real sin is refusing to better yourself.

It will be interesting to see if Marc and his alter(s) ever rebel against Khonshu because of this if Moon Knight returns after season 1!

Moon Knight Episode 5 without context:

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The comedic potential of

Steven “with a V”meetingStephen with a “ph-D”

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