[Macalaure]

Originally Posted by Rikae

But in other villages, there has frequently been an 'alpha wolf' type who did take a leadership role, which allowed him/her to direct votes and appear knowledgable, helpful, indispensible...while the other two kept a low profile.

True. But there are always 'alpha innocents', who are knowledgable, helpful and indispensible. Lynching those is the joy of the things at night.

Try, yes, but according to the experiences of other villagers, the certainty of a wolf/thing has a tendancy to show through nonetheless.

I have the impression that it's the eagerness to avoid certainty that often gets wolves into trouble.

I'm saying random accusations may be the act of an innocent who wishes to get his/her vote out of the way without starting a bandwagon.
I am certainly not saying others should join in on a random persecution. Just the opposite!

Then we agree.

Bandwagons are easy to hide in!

Not always. The waggoneers will usually be closely examined the next day.


I generally hold the opinion that it's not good to narrow the search for things on specifics. Different things hide in different ways. Though everybody of course has some stereotypes in the back of their heads, it's best to have a wide view of everybody, though it's not always easy to.

Macalaure casts me in a bad light while simultaneously distancing himself and drawing attention to his own experience. I'm not saying it's thingish behavior, only that it might be worth taking note of.

It wasn't my intention to cast a bad light on you. After this post, I'm rather fond of your innocence actually. Also note that I defended you against Lommy. It was only a possibility to get people to discuss, to me. You know how slow and unsubstantial Day 1s often are in the beginning.

Originally Posted by Lommy

Can't a suspicious person make sense?

Sure. But if I suspect somebody to be a thing, I suspect there to be something wrong in the sense that is made.