I think Hydrad's big defensive post was null; by default I would say it's scummy, but I think coming from a newbie who hasn't been under that much lynch pressure before would be reasonable as town or scum. However, I don't think it would be unreasonable to read it as towny or scummy (I just think it would be wrong), which means whoever voted Jimm (I think it was at least two people?) for saying Hydrad's defensive post was towny is, uh, at least wrong. I guess that doesn't make them scummy though.
Okay, so then there's this thing with ash, he put Hydrad at L-1 without announcing. I think the main possibilities are:
1. Scum ploy hoping someone will derphammer, especially since it's easier to draw attention to that person the next day.
2. Scum generating reactions, hoping to draw attention to someone else (like silverspawn for jumping off).
3. Town generating reactions.
I think (1) is not unreasonable, not like he really expects a derphammer to be likely, but man it's sweet for scum if it happens, and he does stuff like this as town anyway so he thinks it won't look scummy anyway (same goes for (2)). And the thing pointing away from (3) is, I don't know, I still feel like you announce L-1 in that case. I don't think (3) is unreasonable coming from ash, just less likely than null.