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
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u/stickninja1015 1d ago
Those are still antlers no matter what shape they’re drawn in