Hmmm, so, as I suspected this massclaim has only left me more confused than before. If everyone has two roles, then it seems to me that scum would have no reason to lie here. They would just claim their first role like everyone else. Why risk being uncovered and getting double lynched?
So there probably aren't any "fake" claims here. Then how do we sort through this? Would scum be given "scummy" roles for the first role? Or "towny" roles? What about their second role? I don't know. It kind of makes sense to me that scum's first roles might be townier, so that it would hold up better as an alibi. But that's getting pretty speculative.
I guess we could lynch based on how "dangerous" the roles seem. But that doesn't seem like a very fruitful way to me to actually hit scum.
All that being said, here's my impressions of the recent claims:
Archetype's claim rings true to me, and not just because it corroborates mine to some extent (excluding the mysterious fact that Volt was shot...). It seems like a nice parallel to my role, and the fact that he got semi-verified results is encouraging. So Arch has given me a good feeling lately.
Volt and EFHW sort of seem maybe like town roles that are put in place to balance a disincentive against claiming. Of the two, EFHW comes off a little scummier to me here, because of her insistence since D1 that she not be targeted...Volt tried to avoid claiming, perhaps so he might more effectively use his ability. On the other hand, it would be difficult to verify...so it's hard to say. But I think I lean town on both.
xeiron's power seems cool...null to towny I'd say.
faust I still don't like. Yes, bodyguard, very towny seeming power (for what that's worth). But it's the circumstances under which he claimed that still bother me. Such an early claim D1, and what, to defend ash? And now he is eager to claim about how he has revealed his PM to xeiron, for verification. It feels to me like he's been flaunting his claim since D1, perhaps with the foreknowledge that he would have a second. And maybe he wanted to defend ash for the towncred, knowing that ash was town.
I am also coming around to the idea that Eevee might be scum. The vanillizer thing strikes me as scummish for some reason. And the more I think about it, the less I like the drop-off in posting activity, which is excusable in itself, but also the "I just don't get it, you guys take it from here" sort of sentiment he was giving off. It sort of reminds me of caught theorel from Dynasty Warriors 1, when he was like "I'm too sick to think this through, I give up." Some flavors of scum would definitely be interested in sitting to the sideline of discussion (e.g. scum!Eevee from Game of Thrones), and while this game is kind of baffling, it's towny to at least try.
Oh, and joth...pretty null on joth, haven't heard from him in a while. I suppose if he dayvigs we'll get confirmation of his role at least.
I'm going to bed, I'll be around tomorrow but this is probably my last proper long reads post before deadline. So I will keep my faust vote for now, but I would also be OK with an Eevee lynch/vig if that's the way the wind is blowing.
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