There is an actual goldfish. Museum shop worker Steven Grant lives in a garret, his only company being a goldfish that has only one fin. He's the only friend Steven has, aside from a statue in the park who Steven shares his meals and conversation with.
Steven is trod upon by his superior in the gift shop, and ignored by his co-workers.
If they knew he strapped his ankles to his bed at night, and surrounded the bed with fine sand to see if he got up and around at night, he'd really be avoided.
Steven calls and leaves his mom messages every day chatting about his life, but she never answers.
At night, Steven finds himself in other places. He gets little sleep because this terrifies him, and his travels wear him out.
We see him one night (dreaming?) he's in the Alps and being chased by men with guns. In a village square, a man with scales on his arms that move and judge people in the crowd zeroes in on a thoroughly confused and frightened Steven.
The man demands that Steven gives him a scarab Steven somehow has, and Steven tries, but a voice only Steven hears controls his body and won't release the scarab.
There's a car chase wherein Steven, driving a cupcake truck, on wildly winding mountain roads, seems to black out periodically and he's defeated some of his pursuers.
Steven has a dissociative disorder, featuring two personalities. There's mild, sweet Steven Grant, and Marc Spector, a tough mercenary who follows the orders of Khonshu, the voice Steven hears in his head.
When he's not Steven he's Marc. I'm guessing we will see more of Marc, but what happens to kind, bumbling Steven if Marc takes over more?
Ethan Hawke's Arthur Harrow character is interesting, a prophet type with loyal followers. That scale on his arm, balancing whether a person is worthy, is fascinating.
We don't know the Moon Knight version of Steven at all yet, but hopefully he has some redeeming qualities. I really don't want to see poor Steven facing all of this alone.
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