>>542456745
you want my extreme take?

I don't think the knight has made ANY of the dark worlds yet. all of the dark worlds so far barring chapter 1 can be thematically attributed to certain characters and motivations expressed within the story.

chapters 2 and 3 are created by noelle and kris respectively, which is why they share so many common themes regarding december and FRIEND, who are both virtually non-existent in chapters 1 and 4. chapter 2 even has a very on-the-nose plot about queen aka carol wanting to turn noelle into a "new knight" and forcing her to make dark fountains, even giving her a "royal pin" aka a fucking pushpin from the mayor's schizo corkboard.

chapter 4 is clearly tied to alvin despite him not appearing in the chapter, with ralsei all but saying the fountain was created by one of gerson's relatives, with there being a multi-chapter buildup around him digging up gerson's hammer and putting it in his desk drawer. and where did gerson find his shadow crystal? in the desk drawer. alvin was trying to give gerson a shadow crystal so he could finish his story. and when you finally get to the third fountain which is likely created by the knight, it's a schizophrenic mess unlike the first OR second fountains. like all three are by different people.

chapter 5 is already being set up as an asgore creation, with him having the black shard and literally being in the boss portrait for that chapter.

that leaves chapter 1 as the wild card, and that is intentional; even seam is shocked and confused as to how jevil even got a shadow crystal. we aren't supposed to know who created the field of hopes and dreams.