Firstly, Carthrat, <3 pun.
Yeah, I'm analytic. This tends to lead to not many severe opinions, though if I get even one I stick to it like hellfire. I try for thoroughness, too... but yes, it does sometimes lead to sound and fury signifying at best little. This being said, it's how I tend to catch scum, if I manage it; I need to process this stuff a shitload before I get much of anywhere.
Re: EvilTom and Smodge: Mrr. I was hoping for their guts to have helped us by pointing us in some direction, but all they really did was point us in the directions we were already looking, mostly, so ergh. Yeah, that could have been trimmed, in retrospect.
...I forgot entirely about doing an analysis of Bobbin/Kilga. That was, what, with the whole Yakumo/Bobbin Cranbud thing? Yeah, I think that made me entirely forget. Where did I say I was going to do one of you, idly, other than earlier today? I remember the post saying I'd do one for Kilga, but not one for you. As I said, you've been under my radar.
As for Excal/I... Perhaps it's that synchronism that's modifying my view of him; I hadn't noticed the similarity so precisely, but it's worth keeping in mind. Still, mine is due to timing, but his. ...mmm, you bring that up and now -I'm- the one disturbed. It's... waugh. Thanks, man, now I really don't know what's going on, there. He still feels solid, but... is that my own goddamn feedback mechanism? Cha.
I'm voting Strago because I want him posting and talking; his silence is creeping me out and it's been a longer silence than Otter's silence thus far. Since I disagree with the main push thus far, though Mad Fnorder's response may change things here, I'm pushing at something I consider very bad at this point in the game - silence. If you're dying for quick breakdowns, I think I see you as neutral (seriously, you give me less of a solid read than anyone else here - my blind spot, I suppose. Vote pattern seems neutral, and your posts are neutral to town in point, but gut's giving a slight vibe agianst; nothing I can validate, but it isn't giving me any solid reads on you right now), Kilga as neutral due to nagging thoughts re: how easy it would be for his current roleclaim to be aped by scum (of the three options I see regarding Kilga and his claim, two benefit Shale's standing as town and one... kinda out there one right now has Shale as scum, which I'm considering but not thinking is likely), Otter as... sporadic, is the best word for it?, VSM and Excal as townie vibe area, Shale as neutral/town, and Sopko in my land of uncertainty. Quite frankly, this game has felt a bit like I'm an outsider looking in; I comment when I can, get patted on the head by random people, and then the discussion keeps going, especially while I sleep and shit, leading to me, as you noted, never really advancing my own ideas because, by the time they reach anything resembling coherency, people have roleclaimed and fights have been made and my suspicions are changed by the situation. Again, this is probably a feedback mechanism; I've been trying to help town as best I can, and thus far, well... mrf, it's just been worthless thus far, except for helping against Nitori. I mean, I'm playing, but it's felt like any attempts I've made to contribute have been just pissing in the wind, so to speak. So I've kept looking at things the same way to try and get something going. At this point, though... maybe I need to scrap the style and restart. I dislike change, but... if it helps, it's worth it.
Carthrat has obtained 1x Tai Rant. And now I try to sleep for my next final (reading).