(THEORY) Nan is Chevre's Shadow?

[JustAWeavile]

So I noticed Nan & Chevre who are both Normal goats have pictures of each other in their house. I then realized that their houses are exactly the same just mirrored and the colors swapped. Maybe there's some symbolism behind this. Nan is all black. Chevre is all white. Could Nan be Chevre's shadow?

 

[Aliya]

A theory I like to believe is that they are based off of a Japanese children's song about two goats who write letters to each other and eat them (yagi-san yūbin or goat mail)

I believe I read the theory first on Reddit, but someone has also mentioned it on the AC wiki linked here.

 

[Cancoon]

Whoa this is super cool!

 

[elfs]

when i first saw chevre on my island, i confused her for nan for a second
i had no idea their houses were so similar! i didn't even notice her framed picture of nan til now.

ac wiki says that this is a reference to goat mail, like Aliya said

 

[senbeiiscool]

Wow that's actually really cool :O Yin to the other's Yang

 

[kojuuro]

That's actually so cool! I had no idea houses could be this similar, nevermind flipped like this! :O

 

[swifterly]

I always figured they were sisters! The goat mail thing is very cool :0

 

[Jared:3]

This is kinda creepy not going to lie I had no idea who Nan was until just now, also thought Nan was a guy but I'm wrong lol

 

[elphieluvr]

This is kinda creepy not going to lie I had no idea who Nan was until just now, also thought Nan was a guy but I'm wrong lol

Understandable assumption because there is an error on Nan’s amiibo card where they printed her with the beard that only male goats have. No idea how that passed quality control lol, bc she does not have the beard in game.

 

[brockbrock]

I'll be honest, I expected a wild stretch of the imagination when I clicked on this thread, but, it's hard to deny... That's a really cool observation!

 

[Neechan]

That’s really Interesting, because their homes in NL are completely different and not mirror opposites like NH shows.

For reference, Nan has a study/music like room and chevre has a bathroom/bedroom hybrid...no idea why they went this direction in nh...it’s really odd unless they were supposed to be sisters

 

[Rabirin]

I guess maybe Nintendo decided that they wanted to create more links between characters I guess. It’s an interesting theory, and I think it could work but maybe they’re just sisters? I feel like if Nan was Chevre’s shadow, she’s make some kind of reference to this in her picture quote or w.e.

 

[meggiewes]

Understandable assumption because there is an error on Nan’s amiibo card where they printed her with the beard that only male goats have. No idea how that passed quality control lol, bc she does not have the beard in game.

Fun Fact: there is a girl goat who has a beard. It is Velma.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

This is kinda creepy not going to lie I had no idea who Nan was until just now, also thought Nan was a guy but I'm wrong lol

wait this is kinda creepy for me as well as i've never had an idea who nan is until recently...
i've had chevre on gamecube, never seen or heard of nan

 

[JustAWeavile]

This like the Animal Crossing version of the Gengar/Clefable theory

 

[SheepMareep]

A theory I like to believe is that they are based off of a Japanese children's song about two goats who write letters to each other and eat them (yagi-san yūbin or goat mail)

I believe I read the theory first on Reddit, but someone has also mentioned it on the AC wiki linked here.

I am pretty sure this is it! It would be nice if they talked about sending letters to each other; currently waiting on my sister to have nan in boxes so I can see how they interact c:

I personally like to think they're girlfriends lmao. The pictures over the beds and similarities in the rooms is kind of like if they could they'd live together it's really sweet.

 

[Velo]

Whaaaaa that is totally wild! I had Nan in New Leaf, and I loved her.
Her house was super beautiful, it wasn't quite the same as it is in New Horizons - but very similar. She did not have a picture of Chevre in her house though.
It's very cool seeing Chevre's house for comparison *o*

Oh man, this totally makes me want both Nan and Chevre on my island now! I do have Nan's card (I was afraid I would miss her on my island after New Leaf) but I don't have Chevre's. But I mean, that's a pretty sweet package deal.

 

[cinch]

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[DinoTown]

They are 1000% girlfriends in my book.

 

[Paperboy012305]

Now you wonder why they didn't do this in the other games?