Would It Be Like Flipping A Switch?

In honor of Christmas, a post about Moon Knight. What do you mean he has nothing to do with Christmas? He has three personalities, which are the 3 Wise Men, and at certain times, worships a mystical being whose existence we can't be certain of. Relax, I'm comparing Khonshu to Santa Claus, not, you know. Perhaps I should get to the point, before irate people storm the blog.

So there's Marc Spector, Jake Lockley, and Stephen Grant. As near I can tell, they are separate personalities, but are at least vaguely aware of each other, and Moon Knight seems able to switch between which is dominant as necessary. In Moon Knight #20, he was a cabbie - Jake I think - and when he learned about the lycan fights, Marc shows up with Marlene on his arm, so I'm thinking information can be passed between them.

Frenchie said that even if Marc Spector is dead, Jake Lockley is still very much alive. Does that mean, the Spector personality has been put away for a time, or that it was actually "killed" in his mind to really sell Spector being dead? That would mean Moon Knight only has two personalities, instead of three*. And if it is the latter, then how does one go about doing that? Was there anything inside the mind that was exclusively Marc, and if so, was that lost in the process, or could any information, memories, or emotions be dredged up as necessary?

Anyway, Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays, or Have A Nice Thursday. Choose which one you like.

* Or is it three instead of four? Does Moon Knight count as a seperate entity altogether? Bendis played it that way in Ultimate Spider-Man, but I don't know if it's the same in the 616.