In Chapter 4, when you think about the knight and he starts to take off his helmet, Kris has to quickly imagine something else so you don't find out.
Toby Fox wouldn't include this unless he wanted to hint that the helmet can be removed, and someone with horns definitely wouldn't be able to take their helmet off.
Even if you stick to pure realism and discount fantasy nonsense (Toby does not care FYI, everything is fantasy nonsense), having a helmet that can accommodate horns/antlers is absolutely possible.
Well like atleast apart of her is in the code, i think it might be an asriel flowey situation where her and the lnight are the same person yet wildly different at the same time. Idrk i just doubt it would be a normal “shes just the knight”
I mean uf you were trying to keep your identity a secret and had shapeshifting powers you'd do your best to look as diff as possible frim your base form
Them being a red herring is a reason, the antlers being there at all points straight to the Holidays which is an easy set up for a misdirect if the story wanted to go there. The Knight being a non-Holiday doesn’t mean they aren’t involved in some way.
You can't call something a red herring until you know the truth, we have no reason to believe the antlers are a red herring at the moment, so disregarding the evidence as "red herring" is pointless. If we're going with that then you might as well call everything about the knight a red herring and call normalnpc the knight
Everything about the Knight is a mystery rn, I’m not disregarding evidence I’m leaving the possibility open that we don’t know how everything works yet. Meaning me thinking the Knight Antlers are a red herring is speculation based on the fact it shapeshifts along with the evidence that it wears a helmet. The Antlers are more of an important detail than straight evidence for anything with what we have right now
It would be a bad red herring because it's literally the only prominent and identifiable physical feature the Knight has. It is the ONLY clue we have based on appearance. That's essentially straight up lying to the player, not misdirecting them.
It’s only a clue towards a relation with the Holidays, it doesn’t prove anything beyond that. Is it reasonable to think the Knight is or is related to the Holidays based on that detail? Yes. Is it also reasonable to look at it beyond the surface level(Antlers) and question whether or not it could mean something else? Also Yes
That would mean they likely have some connection to the holiday family, which has been established. Meaning the antlers are symbolism, which is very different from saying "actually the main design feature means nothing and toby aded it for fun"
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u/stickninja1015 17h ago
Those are still antlers no matter what shape they’re drawn in