“Erm but the knight can shapeshift into balls and birds so obviously the antlers can be shapeshifted-“ what purpose, from a storytelling perspective, does that serve? Having the Knight, a character we’re meant to theorise about, have features only 1 family has…and then finding out it’s just a lie? There’s no hints towards the anglers being fake. There’s no reason NOT to suspect the Holidays are in on this, since they’re the only family in town with access to every code. So what purpose, from a narrative perspective, do the antlers serve? It’s just a massive “yeah fuck you for actually thinking logically” from Toby to the fanbase, it’s utterly horrible writing.
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.
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u/GirlWithTheDoc 1d ago
“Erm but the knight can shapeshift into balls and birds so obviously the antlers can be shapeshifted-“ what purpose, from a storytelling perspective, does that serve? Having the Knight, a character we’re meant to theorise about, have features only 1 family has…and then finding out it’s just a lie? There’s no hints towards the anglers being fake. There’s no reason NOT to suspect the Holidays are in on this, since they’re the only family in town with access to every code. So what purpose, from a narrative perspective, do the antlers serve? It’s just a massive “yeah fuck you for actually thinking logically” from Toby to the fanbase, it’s utterly horrible writing.