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Aiwendil · 02-26-2006, 06:02 PM

The Play's the Thing . . . going on inside Aiwendil's brain

First synapse: Wow, Spawn's dead. Eomer must be a wolf!
Second synapse: Of course not; that would be way too obvious. It's a frame-up.
Third synapse: But it's too obvious to be a frame-up. And Eomer, knowing that it would look like a frame-up, could very well have done it!
Fourth synapse: But, knowing that everyone would come to that conclusion, the wolves might still have tried to frame him.
Fifth synapse: Yes, but knowing that, Eomer could still be a wolf.
Sixth synapse: Oh, give it up! You were dead wrong about LMP and Garin, so what makes you think you can untangle this mess?

Exeunt omnes

Well, that's the little drama that went on in my head a few minutes ago when I saw that Spawn had been killed. Obviously, we're all familiar with the whole frame-up/double bluff/triple bluff/etc. craziness that's going on here. So what's the point of my little play? Well, it's this. It seems to me that to try to disentangle the psychology of last NIGHT's kill is futile. Either Eomer did it or he's being framed. But beyond that, who can say? Either possibility seems equally plausible to me.

My point is that we shouldn't just stare at Spawn's dead body all day trying to divine who it was that killed her. We need to make a decision about Eomer, but that's not the way to do it. The way to do it is to look at Eomer and decide for ourselves whether he looks like a wolf. For my part, I'll be going back and reading carefully over all Eomer's posts. It's critical that we get this right. If Eomer's a wolf and we lynch him, we'll have scored our first victory. But if he's innocent and we lynch him, we'll be in very dire straits indeed.

I agree that it's important not to let the matter of Eomer prevent us from having any other discussion toDAY. But with both of those whom I chiefly suspected dead and innocent, I'm rather stuck. I need to review the past few DAYs' discussion. In particular, I'm looking at:

Tar-ancalime - I found her somewhat wolvish on DAY 1 but let her off the hook after that, due to my rising suspicion of LMP and Garin. But both of those suspicions were, obviously, way off. I will definitely be looking at Tar again today.

Kath - Could her recent verbosity be a wolf's response to charges that she was too quiet? Something to consider, anyway.

Farael - He went exclusively and ferociously after me until it was pointed out that this looked like a good tactic for a wolf. Then he proposed lynching LMP because, if LMP was guilty, then (by his logic), I probably was too. LMP wasn't guilty, but (surprise, surprise) Farael still wants to lynch me anyway.

Edit: Crossed with Farael

02-26-2006, 06:02 PM	#344
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	The Play's the Thing . . . going on inside Aiwendil's brain First synapse: Wow, Spawn's dead. Eomer must be a wolf! Second synapse: Of course not; that would be way too obvious. It's a frame-up. Third synapse: But it's too obvious to be a frame-up. And Eomer, knowing that it would look like a frame-up, could very well have done it! Fourth synapse: But, knowing that everyone would come to that conclusion, the wolves might still have tried to frame him. Fifth synapse: Yes, but knowing that, Eomer could still be a wolf. Sixth synapse: Oh, give it up! You were dead wrong about LMP and Garin, so what makes you think you can untangle this mess? Exeunt omnes Well, that's the little drama that went on in my head a few minutes ago when I saw that Spawn had been killed. Obviously, we're all familiar with the whole frame-up/double bluff/triple bluff/etc. craziness that's going on here. So what's the point of my little play? Well, it's this. It seems to me that to try to disentangle the psychology of last NIGHT's kill is futile. Either Eomer did it or he's being framed. But beyond that, who can say? Either possibility seems equally plausible to me. My point is that we shouldn't just stare at Spawn's dead body all day trying to divine who it was that killed her. We need to make a decision about Eomer, but that's not the way to do it. The way to do it is to look at Eomer and decide for ourselves whether he looks like a wolf. For my part, I'll be going back and reading carefully over all Eomer's posts. It's critical that we get this right. If Eomer's a wolf and we lynch him, we'll have scored our first victory. But if he's innocent and we lynch him, we'll be in very dire straits indeed. I agree that it's important not to let the matter of Eomer prevent us from having any other discussion toDAY. But with both of those whom I chiefly suspected dead and innocent, I'm rather stuck. I need to review the past few DAYs' discussion. In particular, I'm looking at: Tar-ancalime - I found her somewhat wolvish on DAY 1 but let her off the hook after that, due to my rising suspicion of LMP and Garin. But both of those suspicions were, obviously, way off. I will definitely be looking at Tar again today. Kath - Could her recent verbosity be a wolf's response to charges that she was too quiet? Something to consider, anyway. Farael - He went exclusively and ferociously after me until it was pointed out that this looked like a good tactic for a wolf. Then he proposed lynching LMP because, if LMP was guilty, then (by his logic), I probably was too. LMP wasn't guilty, but (surprise, surprise) Farael still wants to lynch me anyway. Edit: Crossed with Farael