MOON KNIGHT: Plot Holes and Unanswered Questions EXPLAINED

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Moon Knight took the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a new realm of gods and mysticism. The Disney+ series introduced a lot of strange new concepts, so a lot of fans were confused. So we've put together answered to all the plot holes and unanswered questions that the show did not answer.

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First we had lots of questions about avatars.

Ivan Beethoven asks “How did Harrow get the cane that Ammit gave to her first avatar and his tattoo in the first place if Ammit was imprisoned and the only way to get those is to be judged by her first?”

Well first of all, you don’t need to be judged by Ammit to get the cane and the tattoo. In fact, Ammit proves this. The first thing she does when she’s released is judge Harrow. As for where the cane and the tattoo came from. Ammit had followers when she was imprisoned. This was normal in ancient Egypt, all the gods had their own cults.

One of Ammit’s cult members was the medjay who left a map to Ammit’s tomb in his sarcophagus. This was what they were hunting for in episode 3. So, I think that Harrow leads a cult that is a direct descendant of Ammit’s cult. Or, that he cult members buried the cane and Harrow found it centuries later. Point is, before she was imprisoned, she placed a portion of her power in the cane, and that has been waiting for a man like Harrow for thousands of years.

Our Matt Singer had a question about Harrow: “are we supposed to think Harrow is dead now?” You know, one the one hand, I see why Disney plus wouldn’t want to show a man get his head blown off. But, in the MCU we do get a lot of offscreen, fakeout deaths.

And to be honest, I never doubted that Harrow died, because Khonshu wanted him dead. But now I’m wondering if there was value in keeping him alive after all. Khonshu might have needed him for something. I hope he’s alive, because my number one pet peeve is how comic book movies kill off great villains that have more stories to tell

It could also be that a portion of Ammit’s power is still in Harrow, because their minds are melded together. This could explain how he survives. Which brings me to a question of Swagato Sakar, regarding Avatars and their regenerative abilities. They asked why Harrow was able to kill the others gods’ avatars so easily. My take on this is that not every god gives people the git of fighting. Like Hator is the god of music and love. No good in a fight. Whereas Konshu gives marc the gift of his healing armor.

Also, Ammit is badass. She eats the souls of the unworthy. Once these people were weighed against the cane, they were judged unworthy and died. Harrow tried this with marc, but his DID kept the scales form balancing.

This also got us thinking: if Ammit’s mortal form is killed, does she die? They don;t say so in the show [clip]. And it doesn’t seem right that these ancient beings could be killed just because they were tied to flesh on earth. I think that this more than likely severs a god’s connection with earth, so they can never travel here from the overvoid. Or, maybe it’s like a you die in the matrix situation

J on Youtube brings up a good point: Why was Layla already so good at using Tawerets powers on her very first try. Okay, so let’s compare this with Steven, who was…not as good on his first try. Or his second. Whereas Layla was already a badass who had been on adventures with Marc. Taweret probably spoke to her as well, guiding her through how to do new things like flying.

Diego Ruiz on Twitter asks: Why Harrow didn’t have armor as the avatar of Ammit? Marc, Steven and Layla have armors or outfits as avatars?

Because Diego, he was never actually Ammit’s avatar. He acquired the cane while she was imprisoned. After she was released, they met for the first time. By this point, Ammit didn;t even need an avatar. She deputized her whole cult to start judging people.

Now the costumes in the show looked pretty awesome. The mummy-inspired suit with the crescent cape was a cool concept for Moon Knight, and Mr .Knight looked pretty good for a [psycho colonel sanders]. And I especially loved Layla’s avatar costume. Taweret wasn’t lying when she said.

Maximilan Marvel on twitter also asks “Was Layla's scarab outfit & powers a product of the Scarab Compass (which she took with her from the Alexander's Tomb), a result of being avatar'ed by Taweret, or all of the above?