I changed who I think are pirates to green above to help make my point(s). Known innocents have been changed to pink. I also got rid of the retracted votes to make it clearer hopefully.
Here is what is the most telling to me.
Look at the who the known pirates are..JM and JL. My belief is neither of them voted for another pirate the first night. A pirate would have helped jump on a train to lynch a known innocent (Beth) or pick another innocent so as not to look too guilty. I'm thinking that Blackbeard the first night did not vote for Beth, they didn't want to get questioned on their vote when people voting for Beth were called to task. However, the game allows for Blackbeard to demote him/herself and promote someone else to Blackbeard and with the heat that JM was taking (she didn't vote for Beth the first night by the way) she may very well have done just that which is why Ice (the guard) didn't end the game in favor of the town with his killing her.
Also on day one..notice how when Beth voted for you to walk the plank LC, that JM (a known pirate) attached her vote to the known innocent? This just underscores what they were doing in my mind. JM was distancing herself from the train of a known innocent and doing what? Oh yes, still voting for another innocent that would set the stage for a future train the pirates hoped to create.
And lookie who only 8 posts later joined herself at the hip to what JM was doing...Blue. Not only does this look bad but when you add in what I discovered last night, that when I called Blue and DD out for this exact behavior...NONE of them called me on it. Not Blue, not DD, and certainly not JM whom I'd not have expected to even if she had been innocent. But Blue and DD didn't do it because why highlight what I said for everyone else to pick up on? Why draw more attention to the fact that there was a connection to them and hey to JM too. What has ended up as my biggest error (along with talking so much that the pirates freaked out about me) is what has helped to out 2 more pirates in my mind..Blue and DD.
Now the second night. This was the night I switched my focus from RB to JM. I believe that all voting for JM are innocent..except Mad. Why give Mad the pass? Because he thought JM was safe from the lynch (which she was). With the way the pirates had us all focus on Rb, JM was probably going to be saved. My guess is that Mad might be the new captain. That I'm just throwing out there, I'm not so sure on him being the Captain but I'm thinking he'd make an excellent one. He has been helpful to the town yes...but not taking a lot of risks either.
Oh and in my mind, JL and JM's votes on MeeMee and you LC the second night, just makes me more convinced you and she are innocent.
First let me thank you for the laugh and idea LadyG. I think from here on out we should all select one post from the entire game and award them this:
So far I'm nominating you.
His posts about the times that you were posting have nothing to do with my thinking you're pirate. Instead, your hyper-focus on him and your defensiveness about it has everything to do with it. In fact, it makes me question Mal a bit more because like you she ONLY focused on Rb. Whoops, did I just turn my attention to another probable pirate? Sorry about that pirates, have some more rum to drown your sorrows.