Also: Remember I also proposed Archetype as a possible lynch. Similar to your proposing ahoppy, almost nobody responded to that (the only one I remember is Robz). Do you draw the same conclusions vis-a-vis Archetype as you do vis-a-vis ahoppy? If not, what is different?
Just starting my catchup, but I -believe- that I do, yes. I haven't actually reread Archetype, so I couldn't say for certain.
Also, I want to elaborate that I don't HAVE a scum read on AHoppy. Nor do I have a town read. The whole thing with him at deadline followed thusly:
Shortly before the craziness started, I asked why AHoppy hadn't been talked about. Voltaire said that in fact he had, and that town had come to the consensus that his posts, while few, were chock full of content. I expressed that I had looked for both the discussion, and the consensus that he spoke of, but could find neither.
Fast forward to TA suggesting EFHW (or rather, the point you said "operation quickhammer"). The biggest point I saw TA making was that he didn't expect either "attention" lurker (lio/mcmc) to be scum, but instead felt that scum would be one of the less talked about lurkers (Shraeye was, to an extent). I was asked (I think by TA) if I had a town read on EFHW. At that point I had a null read, so I pulled her up and reread. During this, you questioned why I wasn't posting, and asked what my thoughts were. Having reread her, I found that:
A) She wasn't lurking. At nearly 50 posts she was pretty average.
B) She asked a lot of questions and brought plenty of content.
So I posted that I did not, in fact, think she was a great lynch. In the same post, I mentioned that AHoppy fit the criteria that TA was supposedly interested in much better than EFHW. I then immediately decided that since I wasn't big on mcmc/lio/EFHW, and time was running short, I should at least open up a fourth avenue. I voted.
Voltaire came forward with "I won't lynch AHoppy, period.". This struck me as odd considering my previous exchange with him over AHoppy, and the fact that he had AHoppy listed as one of his top town reads all day long, well before I believe strong reads were even available towards any player.
In any case, you condemned the action, TA more or less refused, and that was that. My whole point in the vote however, wasn't that I found him particularly scummy, it was that I was looking for a viable alternate lynch that fit the criteria listed by TA.
What I took away from that is that TA didn't have any real criteria. It left me feeling that there might be a connection there. I don't know. But the whole thing struck me as odd.
Not that TA was the worst offender on that front. Maybe he honestly didn't feel we had time. You certainly didn't. Voltaire is who really stood out. Especially considering he knows AHoppy's flavor.