Holy shit I think my read from yesterday was wrong
Whiteflame
So his claim sucks. I agree that he’s bad at fake claiming, but the reason is because he claims something specifically designed to keep him alive. Either something safe that wouldn’t raise eyebrows (Strengthener, Ace Attorney Mafia- obv we sus strengthener a lot now, but it was safe at the time), or it was something that was designed to disincentivize lynching him (suicide bomb - Bo Burnham Mafia). Meanwhile, his claim here lacks that trait.
Additionally, I don’t hate the justification, and bad justifications are usually a feature of his fake claims (other aforementioned games, plus Diary Mafia iirc).
It is for this reason that the claim is a departure from his past scum games. I had considered the idea of a slapdash claim, with the idea of an added JOAT to “roll for deception” under fast pressure from Mikal, but honestly, if he were to send up a prayer, he has no reason not to just leave his claim at commuter, which would be what Whiteflame would normally do as scum anyway.
Also, his night actions seem consistent with his role (roleblocker is objectively the best tool in his kit), and he did hint that one of his roles was the one he’d specifically use. The decision to say he has at least one interference role, but not reveal the other was a clever way of letting town know his role has something normally scum, while holding his cards.
Also I knew there was room for a commuter in the setup, it just felt weird because there’s normally only one type of those roles per game. But price how there’s no (claimed, anyway) protective roles- now hider + commuter makes more sense.
And the piece de resistance (which inspired this whole turnaround for me):
post 181 of DP1:
Car issue’s largely resolved. Going to eat something and then catch up again.
Seems innocuous, right? But it’s worth noting that at the time, That2 had been CC’d. You’d think since that2 made such a mistake, she’d be apologizing up and down the scum PM, and Whiteflame would’ve seen it. Instead, the first chance he gets to check in, he just says he’s going to catch up more later. I’m thinking if he were scum, he would make note of the CC and vote that2 before going to lunch, not after he comes back from it.
Again it might be too late, but if he flips town I know where I went wrong. And if he flips scum he was just a shitter this game, no offense. I am partially basing my read off of him not being terrible this game.
