Thanks for sharing that personal story, WCD. Sorry to hear this time of year is difficult.
Care to elaborate on scum!Swowl reasoning? I'm, looking for somewhere to park my vote.
For me, the case boils down to his statement of: “ I am just gonna let this Galz and MiX thing play out here, but pretty much one of them have to be skum here...”
It’s the definitive expression that strikes me as scummy. I see no reason that MiX and my interactions in any way indicate that one of us “must” be scum. I instigated some weird crap because it’s BM and I’m having fun messing around. I don’t think I do that ever as scum (make a spectacle for no discernible reason), but especially D1 with so much game left - and ESPECIALLY not in a multi-ball setup.
MiX, the target of my randomness, couldn’t exactly ignore me. So a statement of near certainty that “pretty much one of them have to be scum” feels entirely like he’s attempting to do one of two things:
Either one of us IS scum (but not his faction), so he’s trying to direct a lynch to us knowing it’s safe for him.
Or we’re both Town in which case at worst he’s hoping to influence the reads of his opposing scum faction into NK’ing us - again, a very safe outcome for him as it directs away from him/his partner.
It’s not a conclusive case all tied up in a knot, but I’m definitely feeling it for D1.