An interesting pick-up. I also pay attention to when players ping each other seemingly at random and question what their motives in doing so might be, so this is a +1 from me.
I feel that Shuijing is pointing out here that bittersweet is attempting to white-knight Naomi. I'll need to re-read the interaction again but I do recall thinking at the time that bittersweet's post was a very reasonable* stance to take at that point.
*reasonable does not always mean town. Reasonable takes are often easy for scum to make in order to appear pro-town.
I'm not sure on bittersweet yet, I'll need to read their ISO later, but I can at least see the train of thought that led Shui to this conclusion.
A very reasonable* stance to take. I would've preferred it if Shui offered up some thoughts on my reads at this point so that I'd have something to judge him by, but I think that the slight paranoia is warranted.
*reasonable in this instance is more likely +town because it pertains to a read of a specific player and not just generic "offing people early is bad" macro read. I hope that makes sense.
Now, this one could go either way for me. Town-Shui being worried that a wall-posting replacement may be pocketing his fellow towns... or scum-Shui worried that a wall-posting replacement is being widely town-read for an entry post.
I'll reserve judgment for now. I will point out, however, that I too thought Flowers' town-read of me came very easily based off a single post. Either that or the bar for scum-sub entry posts is extremely low here.
(on a veeery slightly positive note, does scum-Shui see me picking up suspicion and votes from Naomi and Alex, and just completely ignore me? Or does scum-Shui use that momentum to get more suspicion on me going. Not sure either way, and I think if I was to say 'no' I might be conf-biasing myself a little bit into *wanting* Shui to be town to reduce my PoE at this stage)
This questioning is consistent with Shui's expressed skepticism of "easy" town-reads. There is paranoia here that I don't think is feigned, and I believe this interaction shows Shui is unpaired with both Naomi and Juliet.
@Pot Goblin This is where I'm up to on Shuijing's ISO so far. I welcome your thoughts and any continuation you might be able to provide.
I have to go to work soon so I'll finish up when I return.