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Unfinished Library: Moon Knight
Player Name: Gail
Player Contact(s): cacophony @ plurk
Are you over 18? Yes
Do you have any other characters in game?: No
Who invited you?: NA
Character Name: Marc Spector AND Steven Grant AND Jake Lockley. It's complicated. I usually call them "Marc et al" or just "Moon Knight"
Canon: Moon Knight, MCU version
Canon Point: Post-canon, after they think they've gotten rid of Khonshu
Age: 37
History: MCU wiki. CW for child abuse.
Is this character an AU? What type?: NA
Personality:
This character is made up of three distinct alters, people developed to protect the self during childhood trauma. Marc and Steven are aware of each other and work closely together. Jake is aware of Marc and Steven, and they are vaguely aware there must be a third, but they do not know who he is or anything about him. Jake will come up much less in play than the other two, until we find a good plot for him to reveal himself.
The alters have many things in common, but often they differentiate themselves in how they express those common traits.They all put other people first, to a self-sacrificing degree. For Marc, some of it is genuinely wanting to protect people, some of it is punishing himself for the death of his little brother, and some of it is his deep lack of self-worth after his abusive childhood. Steven's tendency towards putting others first is rooted in this, but expressed in a more healthy manner, as over politeness and blurting things out that he thinks people need to hear. Jake sacrifices most of his time and happiness to Marc and Steven, letting them pilot the body for all the "good" things. He resents this some, but that doesn't mean he's about to start claiming equal time, either.
They can all be protective, sometimes over-protective. The whole plot of the show came from Marc being over-protective of Steven and Layla, and Marc got into his whole situation with Khonshu because he tried to protect people from his former CO. Steven makes the conscious decision that he'd rather save the world than stay safe in their mind. For Jake, it's simply his sole purpose, protecting the other two
In the service of protection, Marc is cautious to the point of paranoia, not just in his actions, but in his relationships, never reaching out because he might get hurt, and is quicker to give up in a fight he doesn't think he can win. Steven is cautious instead to the point of passivity, never really going out of his way to try new things, with no real ambition. Being thrust into a new world with new dangers is going to be difficult for both of them. This is one place in which they differ from Jake, who has most of the team's boldness and confidence, though as the latch-ditch "keep us alive" alter, he definitely knows when to stop in a fight.
Despite not having done very well in school, due to their troubled home life and switching between Marc and Steven in childhood, all three are pretty smart. Though Marc doesn't have a lot of patience for book-learning, his mind works quickly and cleverly. Steven has the book-learning side of them, and Jake is cunning, particularly about hiding himself from the other two.
None of them are particularly introspective, though. Talking about feelings is the most uncomfortable thing in the world for Marc; it's much, much easier to deflect, to hide, to run away. Steven is a little better about it, but Steven is also heavily amnesiatic about a lot of things on Marc's side of the brain, and doesn't always have the experience or words to talk about things. His mind is also wired to easily miss the signs of their disorder, making it harder to really understand himself. Even Jake thinks talking is pointless, though admittedly he mostly only has Khonshu to talk to so that might influence his opinion. Their shared coping mechanism, dissociation, is the most extreme form of avoidance there is.
Finally, neither Marc nor Steven are actually very good with people. Marc is stand-offish and awkward, and Steven is info-dumping and overly familiar, tending to be off-putting. Neither of them have many friends. Jake could do better, but he doesn't really have a lot of time to himself to make friends, these days.
Powers and Abilities:
Jake is still technically the avatar of Khonshu, which means he (and the other two, even if they don’t know it) can summon a magical suit of armor that protects them in battle, gives them superior strength, allows them to glide (when wearing a suit version with a cape), and heals them from most wounds. It allows them all to see hidden magical entities to some extent, and affect deities when working with another avatar. The suit also comes with endless projectile knives and truncheons.
Marc and Steven are unaware they still have these powers, and Jake will try very hard to keep it from them.
The trio all have physical fighting abilities, to varying levels of skill and ferocity, and Marc and Jake are good at infiltration and blending in. Steven is decidedly not, but he's also better at researching than the other two. They speak multiple languages between them.
Inventory:
Just their clothes, wallet, cell phone, and Marc's wedding ring in a pocket. They also have the scarab device that would, on Earth, point to Ammit's now-broken ubshani, which Steven has been treating like a fancy worry-stone.
Sample: From the previous TDM.
When presented with a choice, is the character more likely to stick with tried and true methods? Or make something new up on the fly? Marc leans towards tried and true, while Steven and Jake lean towards making up something new.
What is more important to your character, preserving the past or forging a future? Marc says preserving the past, Steven says forging a future, and Jake says "I'm busy enough with the present, thanks." Steven is the most optimistic of the three.
How does your character influence their own story? What about the stories of others? Marc's actions create the whole story, pretty much, molded some by Khonshu. He does not feel like he is in any kind of control of his life, though, which leads to a lot of his own problems. Steven feels relatively powerless in his own story, but that doesn't bother him as much now that he knows about Marc as when he simply thought he was a weird loser. Jake is the Deus Ex Machina, so he knows where his own influence is best used.
Are you alright with your character’s canon being used as a Recommended Reading?: Yes
Player Contact(s): cacophony @ plurk
Are you over 18? Yes
Do you have any other characters in game?: No
Who invited you?: NA
Character Name: Marc Spector AND Steven Grant AND Jake Lockley. It's complicated. I usually call them "Marc et al" or just "Moon Knight"
Canon: Moon Knight, MCU version
Canon Point: Post-canon, after they think they've gotten rid of Khonshu
Age: 37
History: MCU wiki. CW for child abuse.
Is this character an AU? What type?: NA
Personality:
This character is made up of three distinct alters, people developed to protect the self during childhood trauma. Marc and Steven are aware of each other and work closely together. Jake is aware of Marc and Steven, and they are vaguely aware there must be a third, but they do not know who he is or anything about him. Jake will come up much less in play than the other two, until we find a good plot for him to reveal himself.
The alters have many things in common, but often they differentiate themselves in how they express those common traits.They all put other people first, to a self-sacrificing degree. For Marc, some of it is genuinely wanting to protect people, some of it is punishing himself for the death of his little brother, and some of it is his deep lack of self-worth after his abusive childhood. Steven's tendency towards putting others first is rooted in this, but expressed in a more healthy manner, as over politeness and blurting things out that he thinks people need to hear. Jake sacrifices most of his time and happiness to Marc and Steven, letting them pilot the body for all the "good" things. He resents this some, but that doesn't mean he's about to start claiming equal time, either.
They can all be protective, sometimes over-protective. The whole plot of the show came from Marc being over-protective of Steven and Layla, and Marc got into his whole situation with Khonshu because he tried to protect people from his former CO. Steven makes the conscious decision that he'd rather save the world than stay safe in their mind. For Jake, it's simply his sole purpose, protecting the other two
In the service of protection, Marc is cautious to the point of paranoia, not just in his actions, but in his relationships, never reaching out because he might get hurt, and is quicker to give up in a fight he doesn't think he can win. Steven is cautious instead to the point of passivity, never really going out of his way to try new things, with no real ambition. Being thrust into a new world with new dangers is going to be difficult for both of them. This is one place in which they differ from Jake, who has most of the team's boldness and confidence, though as the latch-ditch "keep us alive" alter, he definitely knows when to stop in a fight.
Despite not having done very well in school, due to their troubled home life and switching between Marc and Steven in childhood, all three are pretty smart. Though Marc doesn't have a lot of patience for book-learning, his mind works quickly and cleverly. Steven has the book-learning side of them, and Jake is cunning, particularly about hiding himself from the other two.
None of them are particularly introspective, though. Talking about feelings is the most uncomfortable thing in the world for Marc; it's much, much easier to deflect, to hide, to run away. Steven is a little better about it, but Steven is also heavily amnesiatic about a lot of things on Marc's side of the brain, and doesn't always have the experience or words to talk about things. His mind is also wired to easily miss the signs of their disorder, making it harder to really understand himself. Even Jake thinks talking is pointless, though admittedly he mostly only has Khonshu to talk to so that might influence his opinion. Their shared coping mechanism, dissociation, is the most extreme form of avoidance there is.
Finally, neither Marc nor Steven are actually very good with people. Marc is stand-offish and awkward, and Steven is info-dumping and overly familiar, tending to be off-putting. Neither of them have many friends. Jake could do better, but he doesn't really have a lot of time to himself to make friends, these days.
Powers and Abilities:
Jake is still technically the avatar of Khonshu, which means he (and the other two, even if they don’t know it) can summon a magical suit of armor that protects them in battle, gives them superior strength, allows them to glide (when wearing a suit version with a cape), and heals them from most wounds. It allows them all to see hidden magical entities to some extent, and affect deities when working with another avatar. The suit also comes with endless projectile knives and truncheons.
Marc and Steven are unaware they still have these powers, and Jake will try very hard to keep it from them.
The trio all have physical fighting abilities, to varying levels of skill and ferocity, and Marc and Jake are good at infiltration and blending in. Steven is decidedly not, but he's also better at researching than the other two. They speak multiple languages between them.
Inventory:
Just their clothes, wallet, cell phone, and Marc's wedding ring in a pocket. They also have the scarab device that would, on Earth, point to Ammit's now-broken ubshani, which Steven has been treating like a fancy worry-stone.
Sample: From the previous TDM.
When presented with a choice, is the character more likely to stick with tried and true methods? Or make something new up on the fly? Marc leans towards tried and true, while Steven and Jake lean towards making up something new.
What is more important to your character, preserving the past or forging a future? Marc says preserving the past, Steven says forging a future, and Jake says "I'm busy enough with the present, thanks." Steven is the most optimistic of the three.
How does your character influence their own story? What about the stories of others? Marc's actions create the whole story, pretty much, molded some by Khonshu. He does not feel like he is in any kind of control of his life, though, which leads to a lot of his own problems. Steven feels relatively powerless in his own story, but that doesn't bother him as much now that he knows about Marc as when he simply thought he was a weird loser. Jake is the Deus Ex Machina, so he knows where his own influence is best used.
Are you alright with your character’s canon being used as a Recommended Reading?: Yes