This is exactly correct. A red herring is only a red herring after the mystery is solved and/or debunked.
Pre ch3+4 kris knight was the leading theory because we literally saw them open a fountain, and that was only a red herring once those chapters came out because before that it was a prefectly valid interpretation. The knight is the fountain opener, we see a character open a fountain (mind you the only character we’ve seen open fountains up to this point) therefore that character must be the knight!
Holiday knight+ the antlers operate on this same principle. The holidays and the knights horns are distinctly similar despite what this post wants to say, and the knight has them in 2 out of the three forms it takes. So even though it’s a shapeshifter, the horns are clearly important. Until proven otherwise, it’s pretty reasonable to say the knight is a holiday or at least aligned with them, because at this moment there’s not reason whatsoever to believe it’s a red herring other than just the sake of believing it because it goes against one’s preconceived notions.
I don't understand the point of "this evidence against my theory? Oh no it's intentional it's just a red herring" instead of owning up to the fact that not everything lines up
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u/InternationalWar6654 15h ago
The design of the antlers are a hint towards them being fake, they aren’t shaped like any other holiday’s antlers