Ugh. So much to read. I've been reading now for 2 hours. I really dropped the ball.
Anyways...
I can't say I'm entirely surprised Flare turned up Town. Honestly, I only voted for him to avoid the penalty. I was confusing him with MacK, so I think that speaks to how distracted I was that day/night (IRL it was like 3 AM when I made that post). I didn't even notice that Hinck had been voted for 3 times, a few posts back. Normally I would stand up against a lynch such as Flare's because it's usually just a noob who said something odd that drew attention, but I realized after Ragnarok that that doesn't normally help anything at all. So I chose to lazily follow the bandwagon. I'd be really surprised if the Day one lynch actually resulted in a scum killed. I'm a bit suspicious that Tammo seems so vocal about how sure he was that Flare was Town (from all his "Towntells") and his annoyance with that bandwagon. No offence, but you weren't as vocal yesterday when it mattered, and emphasizing your opinion after the fact isn't particularly helpful.
The vote on Hinckley that formed seconds before I posted yesterday is actually quite interesting. I had been somewhat suspicious of Hinck for his aggressive posts earlier in the day, but I don't know if my suspicion stemmed from surprise at Hinck's uncharacteristic behavior, or me actually thinking it was a scum-tell (a word I hate almost as much as Ping.) After reviewing Ragnarok Day 1, and crying a bit that my epic last second final post was lost forever, I'm leaning more on the first option than the second. Hinck's scum behavior in that game was allot of roleplaying and very little analysis (and a gross scene with a dog ), and while he was a good bit more aggressive/dickish yesterday than normal, he did make posts that were more than, "I agree with you, what do you have to say about that mister?" That said, I'm still not as comfortable with his Townieness as I was in Heartbreak, but I had reason to trust him then.
As for who I think we should vote for Mayor, I haven't the faintest idea. Shadows' Idea sounds, no offence, silly and almost antagonistic. I'd be inclined to vote for myself, as I'm the only individual I trust at the moment, but I don't want to be Mayor/die, and I don't trust myself to be the deciding vote in a tie situation.
As for the killers, I am not as sure now as I was yesterday that the chainsaw killer is scum. He could be the SK too. I don't know if 3 MOs indicate 3 killers yet. The chandelier can't be a consistent way of killing, and it's possible that the caped killer was the same individual who used the chandelier yesterday. I, personally, and somewhat despite evidence to the contrary, think that the chainsaw killer is scum, the chandelier killer, the SK, and the caped killer, the vig. This is based on how they're presented in the opening, not because I know anything, or I think that their targets enforce this line of thought. Additionally I'm not as sure about any of this as I was yesterday, as DD's death at the hands of the scum doesn't make much sense unless they were planning on using her death to either influence Hinck's lynch or give credence to Hinck's statements--both of which either revolve around Hinck or demonstrate my slight fixation on him.
I want to know what people think about the Witch role that seems to be cursing people, Hinck today. Is it a scummy role, or is it Town affiliated? I can see it being either. It really distracts the Town, and perhaps grants some level of ethos-esque defense to those afflicted, but it could just be a randomish power held be a townie who has been trying to use it somehow to help us (If that's the case, and you can without suffering a vote penalty, stop.) I think it would make the most sense as a scum-held role, but naturally this is unverifiable speculation. If that is the case, then I wonder what it means that Hinck is now cursed. Would the scum curse one of their own in order to counter somewhat the predicted arguments he'd be facing today, or would they curse him in order to slick his lynch today by removing his loquaciousness and ability to form solid arguments. If the latter is the case, it doesn't seem to have worked particularly well.
~Insectoid Aristocrat
Huh. I didn't see Hincks immense song and dance number before I posted. Interesting. we do indeed have a conundrum. Well, we have to lynch him somehow, and now that he knows you know (as I'm sure he'll recognize himself in your words), he may just come forward and try to connect the teams anyway. I guess if we Lynch him at the last second that'd help. I don't know. But yay! at least we found one. Unfortunately, it seems that someone has trusted you with a role, which would be dumb in a normal game (no offence--at this point I think Town Blocks are pretty bad), but may be horrendously bad in this game.
~Insectoid Aristocrat