Purple - originally had a scumtell, I don't know how exactly, maybe because of how direct they were? Upon re-reading and reading the interaction between you and purple I'm thinking that she could be acting normal and as a town.
Brian - initial scumtell as his posts felt a little off, and that thing you said where he said honestly twice - but I feel like it's too little to go after right now and I'd much rather pursue Dess.
I also think purple is town now, and I'm considering switching to Dess as well. I just want brian to talk more since otherwise I'm just gonna leave my vote there probably
But yeah, here's my explanation that I had written out before I asked you that:
I think purple is town now, she has a townie tone, feels pretty pure, and I can buy that her theorizing post that I said had a drop of busy-work feeling to it was just her being bored, it makes sense with my impression of who she is. Plus when I was asking her what she'd think of someone if they were doing what she was doing with telling us to read her M&M's she seemed to kind of misunderstand what I was looking for in her answer and I think if she was consciously saying those things as a tactic to seem townie, she'd find it easier to understand where I was going with that and answer more directly (and possibly have some nervousness about her, which is what I was looking for when I asked her that, but I didn't sense any)
I don't like Dess's vote on purple, his read of 'you saying you'll leave votes until last minute makes me think you're just wanting to hammer' felt a bit fake to me, and considering he said he's notorious for being wrong in his reads and remembers he town read all the mafia last game, I don't fully buy that suddenly he feels the conviction and confidence in purple being scum enough to vote for her and abandon pressuring brian. It feels like an opportunistic vote after he saw notty put one down and realized a few of us were doubting purple.
Plus his tone still bothers me. It's like when he posts I can imagine him clearing his throat, standing up to a podium and speaking. It feels constructed. As opposed to my memory of him for when he's town, where his posts feel like he's just kinda standing casually and remarking his thoughts in a chilled way. I can understand why he'd have this new way of speaking as a townie who just wants to articulate properly and that makes sense to me as well, and I'm not confident on him at all, I'm just not sure I buy that that's the reason rather than it being because he feels he has to put extra work into being presentable because he has something evil to hide.
His read of vy also seems weird since I don't understand it, and his town read on me seems slightly fake too since he's listed some concerns but then town reads me anyway and says my vote on brian is 'strong' when I really don't think it is so I'm just not sure where he's coming from there so feels a bit fake. Also kinda agree with TWG about dess's read on him being weird, saying TWG didn't answer the questions in case he slipped up seems very unlikely, it's not difficult to not slip up if you're cautious of it.
Leaving my vote on brian for now, his post saying 'It's funny because I know I'm innocent so what did I say lol' or something didn't exactly inspire me to town read him and in the worst case scenario if he's town, his role will possibly be able to tell us something about the clock since it has something to do with the numerals that he's unsure about so it should be interesting to see. I'll switch my vote to someone else (most likely Dess) if he posts and seems more townie but for now I'm leaving it there
