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Moon Knight color symbolism thoughts part 2!

Some of @sparklingbinjuice and @ragnell 's comments on my last post have motivated me to get my thoughts down on Jake's color, and because I could probably talk about this show for three days straight without breathing, I decided to attempt a coherent post about it. No promises but to do so, there'll be some references/elaborations on Marc and Steven, but only to illustrate what I'm trying to get at with Jake. Here we go :)

It's easy to understand why having red as Jake's color can be dismissive of the actual depth to his character, diminishing everything we get of him down to just 'violent' and 'aggressive'. I'm not denying that and I'm sure that's the perspective some people have/will have on him. Red is a tricky color because of this; its connotations are ones that are well recognized and ingrained, imbueing widespread interpretations of mostly negative feelings -- danger, blood, "seeing red", etc.

However, much like how Marc and Steven's colors allow for more than the conventional read on their characters, Jake's should be no different. I love how Marc's wardrobe wasn’t dark and broody like him; it was unexpected and yet still made perfect sense. And with Steven, his wardrobe didn't consist of innocent and non-demanding colors to mirror his arguably simple life, it was the opposite, but again, made perfect sense. Having Jake's color as red is, yes, a little more obvious at first, but that doesn't ultimately disregard the ambiguity it can have.

Connecting white/khaki with Marc means recognizing the negative AND positive allusions. With white, there's the innocence he's lost throughout his life AS WELL AS the virtues he remains to live by, (loyalty, perseverance, etc). With khaki, there's his level of reserve (to the point of isolation), its connection to the military and perhaps his need to be directed and almost 'used' to feel purpose, AS WELL AS the strength he possesses despite all of the trauma in his life.

Steven wearing black/blue shows us a wide range of symbolism as well. Black is perhaps the grief that's left from being without a meaningful connection for so long, something we see Steven ache for, and grief for parts of his life that were 'taken' from him without even knowing, the seemingly eternal struggle for searching for happiness in a life with so much missing, AS WELL AS his depth and nuances. Blue is the loneliness AS WELL AS his intelligence and sincerity ("Being honesty.")

So it's the same with Jake, and here's why.

The red in terms of his character is anger and revenge AS WELL AS life and vigor, all of which are evident at some point, all of which require passion, which I think should be the main takeaway when characterizing him. Passion underlies all of his actions (I guess some of it depends on where you deem he was present), and I feel that that is the quality that aligns with red and most resonates with Jake.

HOWEVER. Failing to acknowledge that there is more to Jake than just the violence is the most harmful aspect with 'assigning' Jake with the color red, and I'm optimistic in hoping most of the audience doesn't/won't think that way. Because there is so, so much more to him, despite his screentime.

Anger, because it doesn't negate his development with the way it's implied (I'm gonna say implied here even though I want to say shown, only bc we do get very little of him that's explicitly canon). It's not senseless or aimless, it always has precise intent. And it's not a reckless show of violence, it's always the result of a threat -- not so much a physcial threat but a mental one.

I think Jake is often assigned to be 'the hands' out of the three, the one that takes over in response to physcial trauma. And I don't necessarily disagree with that, there's just a lot of evidence suggesting more of a different role. First, Marc is very capable with killing. We've seen it, we know his background, and even though he might not enjoy it, he's not by any means incompetent, so I don't think it's fair to disregard that.

Also. Some of the implied and canon instances where we see Jake (the aftermath of him, really) follows after a trigger of Marc's, specifically any mention of his brother, but also just any threat against Marc's psyche, when he becomes self-destructive. We get Marc at the end of ep 2 in a drunken haze just after he leaves the room in shambles, after fighting with Steven, which clearly dug up some unwanted thoughts. This one's more implied, I know, but I'm dying on the hill that Jake steps in here, if only just for a second. We got gloves on the bedside table, we have Steven confused, as if he'd been pushed away from witnessing it and we know Jake is still managing to stay undetected at this point, and then the covering over the mirror, the RED covering....

Then there's ep 5, when Harrow mentions "before you got upset, you were talking to me about a boy. Do you remember that boy? You think you could tell me about that little boy?" Something happens here, whether it's Jake trying to front or impersonating Marc, it's something. It reeks of SOMEONE trying to protect Marc from thinking about his brother if you ask me :'). And thennn we have ep 6, during the climax. "Had Ammit been allowed to rule, young Randall's life would've been saved, your family would've been happy." Next thing he knows, Marc is about to kill Harrow. This was canon Jake, 'nuff said.

Revenge, because. Ahem. The very last scene, anyone? "Hoy te toca perder."

Also life, because Jake is just as invested in protecting the system as the others, if anything, the most invested. You think Marc has discipline but then you look at Jake, who's gone undetected for how many years now? I firmly believe he's still with Khonshu for a very good reason.

Also vigor, because although most of it goes without say, there's no denying he can be violent. It doesn't inherently subject him to the evil alter stereotype once you see everything else^.

So. Red on the collar of Marc's shirt as a kid, red covering during one of Jake's first 'appearances', a red sarcophagus, red interior in the limo, (technically) a red eye ahdhdjkfkf I just can't unsee it okay lol.

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