Wednesday, May 24, 2023

"Guarded."

We haven't seen her use her actual powers around here, but Moonstone was pretty powerful; to the extent that what could divine intervention from Khonshu really do for her? That and I don't think she wants to be too beholden to him for anything: anything Khonshu could give her, he could just as easily take away, and I don't think she's interested in the subscription model of worshipping him. Also, while she's able to manipulate him pretty adeptly, Moonstone probably correctly figures other gods might also be vulnerable to her psychiatric mumbo-jumbo.

Our faux-Moon Knight, Fortnite's Brutus, has wee little feet! A mild challenge in the background there.
Posted by googum at 5:00 AM
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9 comments:

Mr. Morbid said...

OMG he does! And you know what they say about small feet…

Can also take a moment to sit back, appreciate & admire just how good that Khonshu figure looks? Whoever sculpted him deserves a raise for how well he turned out.

I don’t remember, but exactly how much of the Moonstone, if any, that gave her her power falls under Khonshu’s influence/ or authority? You could definitely ask the same about John Jameson’s Manwolf as well. Surely Khonshu was either involved or knew about the creation of those Moonstones right?

Woo kinda has a point though. They didn’t die, so that kinda counts as a personal victory of sorts.

10:55 AM
H said...

Yeah, that armor's good enough to keep them from dying so points there.

Frankly, I'm not sure what good being able to manipulate other gods would do. I mean, she's already pretty powerful and there are a decent amount of heroes that are gods or god-level power. Is she looking to make a Super Thunderbolts or something? There's something more going on here. Either that, or she's on some sort of serious ego trip.

11:27 AM
Mr. Morbid's House Of Fun said...

@H: Probably a bit of both as Loki famously said. I see her as having enough of an ego to attempt to see if she could manipulate other gods like she feels she's doing with Khonshu. She's DEFINITELY going to learn a lesson about that the hard way should she continue on with that plan of action once everybody catches on to her scheme

4:13 AM
H said...

More of an 'if everyone catches on' to me- she seems the type to get away scot-free here, just staying away from these circles.

2:01 PM
CalvinPitt said...

Moonstone strikes me as someone who doesn't need the favor of a god so much as she needs a muse. She seems very good at looking at someone else's plan and nitpicking it or insisting she could do better, but never seems to have any schemes of her own. She does it to Zemo in the "Under Siege" story in Avengers, and again in Thunderbolts. In the latter, once Zemo's out of the picture, she really doesn't have any good ideas and turns out to be a terrible leader/motivator/tactician.

She's a coat-tail rider, the kid in the group project who sits back and lets everyone else do the work, then puts her name at the top.

5:14 PM
Anonymous said...

I can definitely see that. Ambitious but not original nor a trendsetter

12:01 PM
Anonymous said...

Pretty much yeah

12:01 PM
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