( marc's secret identity has never been very secret, in spite of his at-times best efforts. he's vascillated between caring deeply about separating the different areas of his life and, at others — and much to steven's chagrin, mostly — not.

the avengers had all known who he was under the mask, but it wasn't something that ever had been particularly difficult to piece together from a non-governmental, non-superhero point of view. there had been the superhero registration act (that'd gone swimmingly...), but even before all that, there had been that documentary. the one about khonshu that he — marc, not steven — had decided was a brilliant idea.

in other words, it's not — despite what marc might say — about having a secret identity. it is about separating the facets of his life, but not like, say, spider-man. instead of having a secret identity to protect his loved ones specifically (as reese had pointed out, marc doesn't have any friends), marc has a reticence of dealing with things that make his life difficult or things about his life (almost always caused by himself) that he dislikes.

maybe eventually he'll introduce himself like a regular human being, but today is not that day. )

That's easy to say when you're not familiar with the alternative. ( that is: peter doesn't know moon knight and doesn't know his reputation. where mr. knight is a concerned citizen, moon knight's a ruthless vigilante, and the difference in costume, name and (mostly) methods meant that whilst everyone knew mr. knight and moon knight were the same person (probably), one could work the police when required and the other ... could not. ) And what either of them do with their free time is irrelevant.

( well, it's not, because moon knight is how marc spends his free time but

you know. )