OK, some quick thoughts, as I must go soon and won’t have a chance to get back until later today.
I am rather amused, phantom, that you took the time to explain how unconcerned you were about being lynched as part of your continuing effort to address and dismiss my suspicions of you, particularly as I had already switched my vote from you (thus, effectively saving you from being the one who’s life would hang in the balance with Boro’s).
I am glad that I did, though. At the time that I switched my vote, my suspicion of you had lessened considerably and I am now pretty much content to trust you, for the time being at least. Re-reading your contributions overnight, they come across genuine enough and it seems to me that you were far more vocal yesterday than I would expect a Wolf to be on Day 1, particularly in this game. Your attempts to defend yourself (more, now I think of it, than I would expect from a Wolf) and your “pessimism” aside (and I can understand what you were trying to achieve here), your contributions yesterday were some of the best, in terms of trying to flush out the Wolves.
For now, therefore, the phantom is off my lynch list. I fully appreciate that he is quite capable of giving a very effective impression of innocence, and I could be having the wool pulled over my eyes big time here (by a "Wolf in sheep's clothing"). But, even in this game, an innocent phantom is a formidable asset to the village, so I am prepared to take that risk for the time being.
I have come to the conclusion that the best strategy for a Wolf on Day 1 would have been to lay relatively low, say or do little that was controversial, but at the same time make sure that their presence was felt.
The three that best exemplified that approach, it seems to me, were the three ‘Es’: Eomer, Estelyn and Elempi. All three, I might add, are very plausible choices by Fea for Wolf, if we are working on the basis that one of the Wolves, at least, was not randomly selected.
My main suspicions remain with Elempi, since I would expect a Wolf on Day 1 to at least try to give some reasoning for their vote, to avoid being challenged for unreasoned voting. The votes of both Eomer and Esty were pretty much unreasoned, but Elempi attempted to explain his reasoning for voting for Di. And, as I noted when I voted for him yesterday, it was pretty poor reasoning. Di was far from being the only villager to have made a point of declaring her innocence before any serious suspicion was cast in her direction. The phantom (in the first post of the day) and Esty did the same, as, effectively, did Elempi and Boro.
For this reason, I also have slight concerns about Roa, as her reasoning for suspecting Di follows along similar lies. You find it suspicious that Di would invoke “Diamond’s rule” so early. Yet you make no comment about others having done much the same.
Like Di, I would welcome any thoughts on Fea's narration (as I too feel that there may be some clues there), and also her blog - which we are directed to look at by the "?". Does she perhps have something against people who wear shawls?
That’s all I’ve got time for now. Back later.