Now I'm here. Prepare to be dazzled. My catch-up read.
10- Dwlee jumps on the Aero wagon [+, I like this, bold]
15- Garmr calls out Matt [+, I thought the same thing]
Matt wagon takes off
47- Aero calls Matt awkward [+, yep]
51- Frozen asks Matt questions [-, more "I'm helpful, guys" than helpful]
53- Aero metaclaims Frozen as town [-]
57- iraon equivocal as hell about Matt [-, looks like "white knighting" an imperiled player]
61- Taly claims miller [+, unlikely fake, as it came without pressure]
77- Dwlee stands by Matt (L-2) wagon [+]
88- AI shows up to question miller claim
110- iraon suggests null read on Taly's miller claim
111- Frozen points out claimed millers are dangerous at LYLO [+, true, hadn't thought about that]
115- Taly's postwall [+, tl;dr but happy for participation]
122- ABR suspicious of miller claim [+, disagree, but sensible]
123- iraon brings up "nuance" of early wagons [-, very meta, very pointless, still casting doubt on wagon without disputing it, a la 57]
130- Dier disagrees with Matt wagon, calls Aero town as well [+, agree with most of this]
161- iraon posts about avatars, then leaves Mattwagon to "prove" he's not going for an easy lynch [-, FALSE FLAG! iraon only too happy to jump off wagon]
163- iraon critisizes Radja's vote [-, doth protest too much]
167- iraon openly can't explain his unvote [-]
186- Aero calls out dier for buddying in 133 [+, I like players who attack ppl who buddy them]
189- Radja wagon reaches L-2
198- AI jumps off radja-wagon [+, somewhat courageous, acutally]
203- Lowell kills it
221- Mathilda questions naked vote, offers nothing [-]
Some thoughts.
Iraon's treatment of the mattwagon is classic wagon-aversion. Despite being on the matt wagon from the beginning (before it was dangerous), iraon several times subtly tries to derail it ("well, maybe it is the drugs, idk"... "there's 'nuance', *shrugs shoulders*") without unvoting. Then, when (thank heavens!) someone gives him the excuse to jump by accusing him of going for an easy lynch, he jumps (161)! Haha, showed you guys, I didn't settle for an easy lynch-- but OMG you guys don't worry I still think matt may be scum, btw!
If I had to guess, and using the common parlance, I'd say iraon is "white knighting" matt (as scum), but it could also be that he's trying to derail a wagon on his teammate. Either way, there's no pro-town reason why someone on the leading wagon would be so squishy about leaving it, if he thought it was the right thing to do.
As mentioned earlier, I'm inclined to trust Taly's claim. ABR's purported history and WIFOM notwithstanding, I find it unlikely he'd come out with that claim (in his first post) if he were scum. I've also got townreads on Aero, Dier, and Dwlee. Also an
fos Frozen
. Largely gut here, but in general the case is: asking questions is helpful, until it isn't anymore, and Frozen may be assuming more a "leadership" role than a "being helpful" role.
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and I'm glad how you picked up on matts role drop wifom and got a similar thought process than mine. All the things he quoted in 255. His trying to say he was trying to bring us out of rvs with his question. 
