7. Speculation here but it could also explain Carol’s reason to be messing with the dark worlds to bring back her daughter, Dess knight theory and this don’t NECESSARILY have to be mutually exclusive, she lives on through the knight?
6. Still on the topic of the ARG, there a lots of answers that reference Noelle and some other person, this doesn't much directly support the theory but the lake answer is from the same ARG.
5. A weaker point here but the graveyard answer of the same ARG, getting the response “I get it” (the rest of the response I believe it’s a mother or earthbound reference can’t remember).
4. The recent ARG answer we've all seen, confirming that the lake has some significant role, possibly in the weird route which involves Noelle, “This is it. you only need to see her once. and you’ll move on” Noelle is forced to let go of Dess after seeing that she’s dead?
3. The previous point then explains asgore’s connection to Carol possibly, as she was Mayor and in a senior position to be able to fire him over what he knew. Carol also keeps his flower shop afloat and excuses his missed rent (Potential blackmail to keep quiet?).
2. Dess has been missing so could be dead, and Asgore was potentially the one who saw it happen (shop is next to the lake) and that's why he was fired as police chief and Toriel left, in the chapter 5 trailer he says "This time, Tori will finally see,,, see what really happened."
csm fans are so unbelievably deluded im glad the ending made everyone realise what a superiority complex yall think you have over every other manga when fujimoto didnt have a clue what he was doing for the second half of pt2