Okay, seems the discussion has started, I want to contribute now, time for picking Saruman's lines will be later.
First: who looks suspicious to me now. You have "colored yourselves" nice over the time I wasn't here, especially some of you. And there is already a bandwaggon running: against Anguirel. Some people seem also concerned about Sixth, which is quite logical (or is it?) contrasting move. Now, what I feel about these two:
Anguirel the Strange. Anguirel the Wood-walker. Anguirel the Barbarian Elf. Don't know what Anguirel's style of playing is, but he seems strange to me. From the beginning, I didn't like his style, it seemed to me as too much in-role and too long for an in-role, nothing-saying post, being vocal enough to be noticed, maybe even get sympathies, but saying nothing in game - not even trying to. Of course everyone posted in-role at that time (and I thought it all right, if only we didn't overdo it), but you would say Ang could make it shorter: for example Agnazir&Volo made little Gollum-Sméagol entertainment and finito. Ang was the first to post something longer, but saying nothing. This is why I suspected him then, and now, seeing a bandwaggon rolls, despite all doubts there might be, I am inclined to vote for him. Though I will wait yet - plenty of time. Let's see if anyone has anything to add to this topic.
Six on the other hand seems ok to me, and if you read the above, you'll understand why: he independantly came to the same conclusion as I, he started to suspect Anguirel. I sympathise with him now and I think he didn't do anything that could be called suspicious besides starting a bandwaggon against Ang (if Ang is even innocent, see above), so I'm leaving him out of my suspicions now.
Now to the matters that are connected with this. Based on what I said of Six, I am somewhat uneasy about
SpM, because, like Six, I thought his "suspicion" on Anguirel (which he then said was a joke) as serious.
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Originally Posted by SpM
Actually, as Lommy the Balrog has correctly noted, my accusation of Anguirel was mere flippantry. Anguirel is far from being the only one to have posted mostly in character and, indeed, is one of the few to have made some points of substance among the frippery. You seem to accept that your suspicion is less than well-founded, but why single out Anguirel from all the banterers?
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If Six thinks like me, I'd understand why he picks Ang, so this matter would be solved for me. But now what alarmed me SpM did was, he rigtaway continued with:
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Originally Posted by SpM
I am ever suspicious of those who pick up on flippant accusations, so my eye is on you Sixth.
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I understand the thought if SpM were innocent - when you mention someone suspicious, even in a joke, if a person jumps on it, it can as well be a Wolf seeking for opportunity to find a scrapegoat. But the way SpM rightaway jumps at Six does not seem all okay to me. Also, SpM's vote for Sixth might look like creating a secondary bandwaggon to save a friend. Of course it wouldn't make sense then, if SpM & Ang are wolves, to even joke about suspecting Ang, on which some people could jump (like Six did). If Ang were not a wolf, it would make perfect sense if SpM were - making a joke, rising a suspicion on someone, then retracting from it so that he doesn't end blammed for innocent Ang's lynch.
The other person who spoke up in an important point in this discussion was
Lommy, who mentioned that "SpM probably joked" even before SpM himself said it. What this says of Lommy? Well, if he's wolfish, for Lommy then it wouldn't make sense to be in alliance with SpM because of aiding him (with saying that what he said was joke) would get them in connection in the eyes of public. Then the question is, if they would've thought of that, or if they wouldn't ignore it (Lommy, from that part). But here I am coming to the place of very big speculating, so let's leave it for now.
The other person who raised alarms in Orthanc when I was reading through the thread was
Mac. Mac is strange. He seems to be "over-eager in speaking sense", and when I remember him as being innocent, when I was innocent and him as well, we were pretty much agreeing on many things. Now he seems over-eager and strange. He is at first harsh like Treebeard's bark and then in #42 he is smooth as the wall of Orthanc. If I didn't have my script at me, I'd think he stole my text from the chapter "Voice of Saruman".
Other people have said either too few, or just in-character, or it makes a neutral feeling for me, or not of interest at this point.
In conclusion: Ang looks suspicious, Six not unless something else happens, SpM might as well be a wolf, Mac is strange. Others - either questionable or no data.
Oh, and one more thing. I think it was Mac who said it first and in a rather offensive way, but also some others, I don't know who, but some people said that my posts were just banter. Here I would like to note that ALL my posts have content. In the posts at the beginning of the Day, I was using Saruman's lines, but modified them, so that I both enjoyed the in-character play and also said something. So whatever LotR language my posts may seem, I am saying real things, sometimes just in LotR language. After all, there even wasn't much to say at that time. And as Agnazir said, if it at any time seemed offensive, well, that's the nature of Saruman's words.
EDIT: x-ed with Ang, Kath, Brinniel