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The second half of Marvel Rivals<\/a><\/em>\u2019 first season kicked off on Feb. 21<\/a>, bringing with it two new characters \u2014 Fantastic Four mainstays Human Torch and the Thing \u2014\u00a0as well as a third New York City map that turns a popular Moon Knight meme into an official part<\/a> of the competitive shooter\u2019s lore.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re playing as Moon Knight on the Convergence map Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park, there\u2019s a chance you\u2019ll hear him refer to Dracula \u2014 the big bad of Marvel Rivals<\/em> season 1, and a major fixture in the stage itself \u2014 as a \u201cbloodsuckin\u2019 nerd\u201d who \u201cowes me big.\u201d Further into the match, Moon Knight may even call out to the vampire with taunts like \u201cTime for Dracula to pay up!\u201d and \u201cI know you\u2019re here, Dracula!\u201d While this might seem like a reference to some longstanding comic book feud, Moon Knight\u2019s hatred for Dracula was actually born in memes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As Polygon senior entertainment writer Susana Polo previously explained<\/a> when the Moon Knight television show was in full swing, the disassociating anti-hero\u2019s portrayal as a Dracula-hating debt collector has no real comic book basis. Rather, a fan edited a single panel from a 1988 issue of Solo Avengers<\/em> to depict Moon Knight calling Dracula a \u201cbig fucking nerd\u201d and demanding \u201cmy goddamn money\u201d and posted it to a Facebook group in 2018. Since then, this absurd meme has been the most prevalent \u2014 if not entirely accurate \u2014 example of Moon Knight\u2019s characterization online, thanks to his mainstream obscurity as well as the image\u2019s inherent humor and shareability.<\/p>\n

Since Marvel Rivals<\/em> exists in its own narrative continuity, the NetEase developers who haven\u2019t been let go<\/a> obviously have some freedom as to how they use Marvel\u2019s iconic heroes and villains in the game\u2019s storylines. Sometimes that privilege will result in serious worldbuilding. But as the Moon Knight situation indicates, sometimes it\u2019s just an excuse to reference a seven-year-old internet gag.<\/p>\n

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The second half of Marvel Rivals\u2019 first season kicked off on Feb. 21, bringing with it two new characters \u2014 Fantastic Four mainstays Human Torch and the Thing \u2014\u00a0as well as a third New York City map that turns a popular Moon Knight meme into an official part of the competitive shooter\u2019s lore. If you\u2019re playing as Moon Knight on the Convergence map Empire of Eternal Night: Central Park, there\u2019s a chance you\u2019ll hear him refer to Dracula \u2014 the big bad of Marvel Rivals season 1, and a major fixture in the stage itself \u2014 as a \u201cbloodsuckin\u2019 nerd\u201d who \u201cowes me big.\u201d Further into the match, Moon Knight may even call out to the vampire with taunts like \u201cTime for Dracula to pay…<\/p>\n

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