I reread TWM, and while it was a great scum!narrative that he was protecting gkrieg with a town claim, alas, but also fortunately, I still find him thoroughly towny.
Also none of his interactions with RR seem partner-like, or with mcmc.
So if he is scum, he is having a GREAT first game.
Things I noticed:
-- He is kind of irritable, sarcastic, scolding. This was consistent throughout and seems equal opportunity for all. Also seems like he is motivated by a town wincon.
-- He got way too caught up with Jake, and that was annoying to me, because I was trying to take the "skip Jake's posts" route, but then I had to read TWM's responses to Jake, which were all things Jake has heard many times before. I guess each of us has to go through the "trying to reason with Jake" experience for ourselves. The RR-Jake conspiracy theory seemed reasonable, though.
-- While he brings up being new many, many times, it feels like he is earnestly trying to master the game. Someone had seen this as scummy, but that wasn't my impression.
-- His Day 2 insistence that gkrieg was town now makes more sense, given his result.