Now that more time has passed (and i’m free) let me go through the theories floating around in this boat. Either:
A) Lifeboat is Town and did simply misread the post and thought HB was 2-shot.
B) Lifeboat is Scum, they scanned Town!HB to find out they were 2-shot, and let this info slip.
C) Lifeboat AND HB are scum, with Lifeboat slipping the fakeclaim too early without realizing it.
Now thanks to some replies we have more to go through to parse this all out, specifically whether or not we believe Lifeboat simply misread that post. For ease we will have Lifeboat 1 and Lifeboat 2 to differentiate.
Lifeboat 2 says: They believed HB was 2-shot, they misread the claim post, they did not discuss the 2-shot aspect in their Boat chat
Lifeboat 1 says: They asked who HB protected last night, they are interested in reactions to HB’s claim, they (according to 2) did not believe HB was x-shot
So, how much do we believe that Lifeboat 2 misread this claim post here (which I find hard to believe?) and, despite Lifeboat 1 being invested in HB’s claim, never once realized their discrepancy between x-shot/not x-shot?
Alright, -2 with 2 hours to go is not where I wanted to be on Day 1. I will simply put my cards on the table.
I am the doctor.
I was trying to be more lowkey at the start because of this role. When my partner started getting heat I told them to play it cool. Perhaps that is why they were nervous and fumbled their explanation. Shit happens, no worries partner. You do not need to apologize or explain to me.
Do with that information as you will. I would like to live but I am still not going to vote my town reads. If you want to kill your doctor go ahead.
I personally find that hard to believe to misread that and be so focused on HB’s claim that this never popped up in chat, which leads us to options B and C. Unfortunately the only confirmation we can get is from HB and I would rather they didn’t claim more than they already have, but this doesn’t free Lifeboat in any way. So they either scanned them or they are in cahoots, which both have their own problems.
I say all of this like I’m confident but I’m not. Could this be a misread and mistake from Town? Yes. Could they have never brought up the x-shot aspect? Sure, I guess. There are a handful of posts here between HB and Lifeboat now that I’m hesitating and thinking, “okay, maybe they are being honest?” Which, hey, that helps read two boats which is a win. But I can’t figure it out and it’s bothering me.
Also, there is something interesting here as I’m thinking this through. I feel that Lifeboat is now tied to Houseboat, our claimed Doc. So if both parties are telling the truth then Scum has to gamble with the Doc claim here - do they let them live and potentially stop a kill to keep things muddled OR do they kill them, clearing up (or damning) Lifeboat? So if there is a consensus of ‘dunno’ we can leave them be for now.
My partner is out and I plan to chat with them when they come back about what we want to do.