Okay, so let's see whose plays here make sense as scum:
ash: Trying to push a lynch when it's pretty clear that it won't go through? Claiming to have been visited by the Love Doctor and having done strange things that could easily be viewed as scummy for no reason? I think if he really was scum, he would have somehow tried to get PPS lynched by now. Especially if he's loved. And even if PPS is his partner. Also, how is the VT claim scummy again? I think scum would have preferred a fake claim. If scum!ash is just going to claim VT, why did he refuse to claim on D3?
PPS: His D1 play seriously makes no sense at all for scum. It's not grabbing towncred to claim an anti-town role. Also, do you think he was indeed targeted by "the dice destroyer" N0? Because that would kinda imply that he's not that role himself. Which means his partner has it, which means his partner has to be ash. And ash's not scum. Add in the way he claimed today - what reason would scum possibly have to make a full turnaround on how their role works? Add in that his posts when he first claims imply that his role actually works the way it does (he says, IIRC, that his role gives out "1d12". In the OP, it's stated that 1d12 means a random number between 1 and 12).
liopoil: Used his power in a very pro-town way so far. He is super hardcore tunneling PPS, which could be an epic bus (unlikely). If it's not, then that implies that he's not partners with PPS, which means his partner has to be ash, and ash is town.
Arch: Actually the one whose play fits a scum narrative best, lurking, sheeping claimed Masons, not providing much content of his own. But there is no partner for him, so I just have to assume he's anti-town town.
This seems townie from Faust.
What is said about PPS makes some sense, though I can't see why being hit by the dice destroyer can't be a fake claim for cred. Or even a real claim.
Points on Archetype and Lio make sense as well.
Of course, each statement comes back to the "Ash can't be scum" thing, which is
Trying to push a lynch when it's pretty clear that it won't go through?
Does this all the time
Claiming to have been visited by the Love Doctor and having done strange things that could easily be viewed as scummy for no reason?
If it doesn't make sense to do this as scum and therefore he must be town because of these things, doesn't it make sense to do it as scum?
I think if he really was scum, he would have somehow tried to get PPS lynched by now. Especially if he's loved. And even if PPS is his partner.
If he's Loved, yes. If not, if PPS is lynched as Town Ash is the next choice, so it could be dangerous here. If PPS is his partner, I'm not so sure.. Ash isn't the biggest busser around.
Also, how is the VT claim scummy again? I think scum would have preferred a fake claim. If scum!ash is just going to claim VT, why did he refuse to claim on D3?
Okay, VT claim is not scummy.. only other unconfirmed role is you if we believe PPS, so you must be the dice destroyer. Is that better?
Ash provided a theory argument for why he didn't claim on D3, a theory argument that he would realize as town or scum, and in particular as scum he can go back and say "look at how pro town I was!" The argument itself isn't even good. After everyone else claims marginal roles at best, Ash things scum are going to see his no claim and confirm he somehow has the uberest town role possible and kill him, when he's clearly going to get a lot of heat from his play? I do not buy this at all.