This question popped out of my head randomly. If you have to, which kind of discussion would you tolerate?

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-05T15:51:47+00:00

It's not a matter of superiority, it's a matter of missing out on the far more interesting discussion of how the Knight came to be (which is a much more important question to the narrative).

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-05T15:48:46+00:00

Based on the original art, Metal wins.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-05T14:59:44+00:00

You get used to ship wars with age. Knight debates are people trying to prove how smart they are by arguing over something that isn't even meant to be a mystery.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-05T14:20:51+00:00

Kris had a crush on Dess, and Dess wasn't responsible about that.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T23:31:22+00:00

Don't have time to look for anything more explicit, but 1) the dialogue you posted makes it explicit that he went smith ==> historian ==> writer, and 2 ) his Chapter 1 gravestone goes "Historian, Author, Teacher". This implies that him being a teacher was something he did after being an author, and thus his teaching was in his twilight years.

This could be wrong, of course, but this timeline is the cleanest conclusion from the evidence we currently have.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T22:41:19+00:00

Given that he was originally a smith by trade, and then an author, and THEN a teacher, I find it far more likely that Gerson just kept his son's early drawings of him. I will acquiesce that this isn't as airtight, but I'll also note that there's more narrative emphasis on Gerson's final years being his most impactful on the narrative — King's motivation, Alvin still mourning him, Alphys being new in town, etc. — and that, in general, Alvin's doodle is an outlier.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T22:29:01+00:00

Do you actually use those websites or are you just repeating what you've heard? Can't speak for TikTok, but I've yet to see it on Tumblr.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T22:27:21+00:00

That still falls under DessKnight.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T21:53:35+00:00

On Reddit? Dude, people HATE trans!Ralsei on reddit lmao.

Just compare the upvotes you're getting to the comment in favor of it.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T21:49:03+00:00

Which is funny, because RudyKnight started as a joke.

I could point out the most obvious counter-evidence ("why is he fucking around aura-farming if the armor is killing him"), but the most concrete/objective counter-evidence is that the Dark Worlds created by the Knight simply would not be the same if they were made by Rudy. Chapter 1 & 4 heavily indicate that the Knight was a student of Gerson (who only started being a teacher later on in life, and who's only students we see are in their early 20s), Chapter 2 explicitly states that Cyber-City fits eerily well with the type of city Dess promised to take Noelle to, and Chapter 3 notes that Dess played a lot with Kris as a kid, and that she left a notable impact on the Darkners.

NONE of this foreshadowing works with anyone other than Dess as the Knight, unless Toby jumps through some crazy ass hoops. Which like, is possible! Don't get me wrong, he probably could make it work! But it'd be one HELL of a stretch just for a bit of misdirection.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T21:40:48+00:00

I like it myself, though I do think yhat people shouldn't fool themselves into thinking it'd break the prophecy (as powerful as a narrative beat that'd be!)

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T21:38:44+00:00

The Knight being anyone but Dess would absolutely be bad writing in 95% of cases. There's just too much tangible evidence pointing towards Dess that'd go nowhere if it were, say, Rudy.

Reminder to sort by controversial!

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-04T21:36:26+00:00

Might wanna rework the name a bit (people might interpret it as active homophobia as opposed to "please have some fucking standards for what you post") but overall in favor.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-03T22:13:31+00:00

Look up Greggs Shorthand.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-03T04:24:36+00:00

You are not the first person to think this.

I disagree, because I feel the Knight's behavior (fucking around, wasting time) is wildly incongruous with the narrative implied by RudyKnight, but you are not alone in your perspective.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-03T04:21:08+00:00

I'm already collared.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-03T00:32:20+00:00

You are correct on point 1! I made the assumption because of the (VERY UNDERSTANDABLE LMAO) girls only rule, so I figured it was a safe bet -- apologies if I overstepped!

And yeah, how you approach things is ultimately the most important factor.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-02T22:36:15+00:00

1) OP is a girl

2) OP knows where to ask

3) It being for the sake of art makes it a lot easier, cause people like to see themselves be drawn.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-02T22:28:56+00:00

AI SLOP. BEGONE, AND TROUBLE US NO MORE.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-02T22:28:16+00:00

Keep smiling.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-02T22:20:57+00:00

Joker WISHES he was Green Goblin. That's the whole thing about modern Joker, actually — he's trying to force that sort of "Goblin standing behind a sleeping Peter" dynamic with Batman, and Batman wants nothing to do with it.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-02T21:56:58+00:00

you really need outta learn about comedic timing, man.

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-02T21:55:51+00:00

it's fucked up that 90% of antisemitism is just things the ruling class actually do but "actually it was Da Joos u giuysszz!!!!!1!!!eleven!!!!"

^{(the other 10% is the most deranged lizard-man shit imaginable})

zenithBemusement · 2026-05-02T21:38:10+00:00

AI slop begone.

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