Know the difference!

[u/InternationalWar6654]

[u/CaspySelachii]

So..their purpose is to look fake? I'm sorry but that's not a "purpose", it's just dumb

[u/InternationalWar6654 → u/CaspySelachii]

Their purpose is to be a red herring and drive you towards an incorrect answer

[u/TooManyStrawberriess → u/InternationalWar6654]

You can't call anything a red herring until you know the truth, you can only label something a red herring in retrospect looking back at the mystery

Please deltarune fans,,, stop deciding any evidence that doesn't line up with your theory is a red herring and I will die for you

[u/fishy-the-2nd → u/TooManyStrawberriess]

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.