Time to analyze the one person Emma didnāt make a post on in regards to Helen interactions.
I will quote all posts to/about Helen, even if I view them as NAI.
This is (to the best of my ability) ignoring how I view Emma individually.
NAI interaction.
Her first post about Helen contains horrible reasoning to put someone above the null-line, but I feel it fair to chalk this up to early-game gutreads, as there wasnāt a lot else to go off of.
This also isnāt a read you can keep up for very long. A partner would look for more solid reasoning to put their buddy in townleans, yet this is the only place where Emma says something positive about Helen.
A great post. She actively scumreads Geoffrey, and this reads as incredibly genuine. She is seemingly testing whether or not Geoffrey will actually follow through with this, and this almost feels likeā¦ taunting? Baiting? I canāt find the correct word, but I can feel the suspicion that Emma felt when writing this.
She herself follows up with a vote on Helen a little bit later.
I very much like this post. If Emma were Helenās partner, she could have let Helen go UTR, and hopped onto a different wagon quite easily. Instead, Emma brings attention to Helen as someone who has not been under enough scrutiny for their behavior.
The Grand Trial took place after this, and Emma moved their āspiritual voteā to Gilbert.
Emma has far and away the most content on Helen out of anyone else in the thread.
A few posts give me pause, such as where Emma said they would rather lynch Alan over Helen, and the fact that Emma attempted to move their vote to Gilbert during the Grand Trial. But in all fairness, there was so much time left in the day, and we have no clue how EoD wagons would pan out. Itās possible that Emma would have jumped back onto Helen.
Regardless
They were the main proponent for a Helen lynch, and constantly applied pressure to the slot.
If not for Emmaās constant prodding and questioning, I doubt Helen would have frozen up.
She brought attention to Helenās lack of content and the fact that Helen was sidelining for quite some time. If Emma were Helenās partner, she could very easily have allowed Helen to continue with this behavior.
If this is distancing, Emma went all in - with the goal to get Helen to flip.
As one of the strongest voices in the thread, Emma could likely push any angle she wanted in regards to the d2 wagons, and she chose to aggressively pursue Helen over anyone else.
Along with this, the reaction Helen had to Emmaās push was to completely freeze over rather than confront her attacker. This feels more like a wolf who is scared to interact with Emma (or the court in general), because of pressure, than a wolf who is partaking in theatrics to distance.
TLDR:
I donāt see Emma as a likely partner as of d2, simply based on interactions, unless it is extremely aggressive bussing.
I agree with all of Emmaās assessments of Helen interactions.
I thought Iād have more to say on them, but I actually donāt. I feel as if I was reading all of my own thoughts, but they werenāt written by me.
I have to say, this post from you feels extremely confident, and you make some valid points that I find myself agreeing with, which is giving me pause on the situation.
The overall tone feels rather genuine, and Iām now very interested in what Mary will have to say.
Before commenting on it more, Iām going to wait for her responses.
I was hoping Gilbert was scum there.
The fact that they werenāt partnered with Helen by lack of associations should have been a warning sign then.
Still at least we confirm Jane was starting Noble.
Anyways I think either one of Peter or Andy is a fairly safe Prince axe.
Though if Iām being honest,
I feel more inclined to flip Andy today and allow Peter to be chopped.
Andy makes valid points regarding Mary, and their post feels incredibly genuine, which is giving me some doubts and making me wonder if we should risk the Prince yeet, though I still think they have high wolf equity. I just think Peterās is higher.
If Andy flips town, Mary can be dealt with overnight by killers/offensives.
Peter can just die. Theyāre just a frozen wolf imo
Weāre still eliminating both Andy or Peter today and whoever isnāt executed out of the two gets chopped by the Princeā¦
The only thing thatās in question is how each of them are going out of the game.
According to the class cards, the only class that can be converted to the Cabalist is the Alchemist.
Yet itās most likely Helen was starting 2nd cultist, which means Mary can only be convert if they are cult.