#i don't want to play the splatfest atm

[coffeelomort]

something i've been theorising about recently is how exactly does a fragaria become a knight? and are there any requirements or limitations to becoming a knight?

obviously we don't know a lot about this lorewise yet and i forget lore things so i could totally eat my words later, but it's fun to theorise and i don't mind if i'm wrong about things

Have love for your lord and not expect anything in return

an obvious requirement, considering literally everything fmm puts out has it written all over it.

something we don't know though is whether or not that love is something forced upon the knights when they're contracted with?

for example, hangyon seems to have approached hangyodon to form a contract with him. does that mean he had affection for hangyodon before even meeting him? or was that affection formed because hangyon was contracted with hangyodon?

(things that may have already been answered but i haven't slept well in 2 years)

Be a guy (?)

this is more just observing the fact that all the knights are guys. it's entirely possible that there's no gender requirement for being a knight (considering that sanrio is pretty happy to have representation), but as of now all the knights we've seen have been guys, so just following that pattern!

one thing to note: in this tweet, the knights are referred to as 彼ら (karera), which i at first assumed was a plural for "he" (so essentially meaning a group of men), but it turns out it's used to refer to both a group of men and a mixed-gender group (like saying "they" or "them" in english).

the singular form 彼 (kare) is specifically for men though (like how you would say "he" or "him" in english)

Be able to use magic (?)

the knights can all use magic. presumably, at least, considering all of red bouquet have or have been mentioned to in red bouquet ep 1 (sans romarriche).

we don't know yet whether or not magic is commonplace in the fragaria world, but presumably if the townspeople in the hello kitty kingdom weren't able to defend themselves from the seeds when it attacked, they either can't or have a limited usage of it

Pass a test (?)

there might be some form of strength test that a fragaria has to undertake in order to become a knight... or just some other test, considering the premise for the upcoming ep 1 blue bouquet voice drama (typical kuromi, lol)

anyway i don't know how to end this. i'll add more if i think about it i guess