I think Thesp's role is an ideal scum role in this particular game with 3 killing groups:
* It disincents him from "vigging" except in emergencies, because he'll lose his cover. A town vig would be less concerned about the tradeoff.
* It incents him heavily to kill rival scum and punishes him heavily for killing town, so it is not a role biased against town.
* It makes up for the difficulty imposed by scumgroups having to tag TWICE at night to kill.
* It provides him with a decent, but not overpowering, safeclaim.
I don't like that his flavor is "nearly ninja". Particularly considering he knows his kills (day or night) will all be carried out with "samurai/ninja flavor".
I don't like the fact that he's been so zeroed in on Skruffs as a dayvig... it seems there's more meat to that accusation, as if his scumpartner has a tracking role...
His reaction to my fake dayvig was understated, then overstated, as if he almost forgot what his safeclaim was, then overreacted to get his "reaction" on the books asap.
I've thought Thesp was a ninja for some time now, and now that his claimed flavor fits, I'm thinking the hunch was right. He's one of the few people I could see targeting me N1, his play re: kscope fits scum whose NK failed N2, he was TOO unsubtle about counterclaiming my dayvig.
As Thesp would say, I don't think Thesp should be allowed anywhere near endgame. I think he should be run up every day and forced to vig before the lynch occurs. He has plenty of people he finds scummy, and likely for VERY good reasons. I say we put him to the test now, and every day.
Thesp, Twomz, cicero, Claus, VERY quick to get on the kscope wagon. Remember, at least two ninjas knew scope was scum to start D2. Thesp and Twomz try to act all offhand casual about their votes but there is clearly intent there. Not likely that Fonz or Iammars are ninjas, for similar reasons--they defend and ignore scope, when that's not likely what a ninja would do. TSQ and UltimaAvalon are also suspect in the way they hop on kscope.
Lynch Thesp NOW, people. Make him dayvig.