Oy. Assuming J is scum:
I'm going to outline the reasons why J pretty much has to be Town:
1. J revived someone who could have potentially had a guilty on hypothetical Jscum or the rest of the scum team.
Occam's razor states: No, he couldn't. J wouldn't bring out someone who could have a guilty. He either knows what the detective role does, revives the player without abilities, or has confirmation from the mod that his kill acts as a sort of interrupt / goes first.
Pretty simple.
2. J could have saved his ability use for toMorrow in the event that scum was lynched toDay and subsequently reach a scum majority as a result assuming a townie dies from poison in the next couple phases.
Occam's razor states: He either A) made a mistake, B) couldn't have done that, C) isn't mafia but actually indie, D) wanted to make sure that scum wasn't lynched today so they could just end it.
Again, simple. Just because something is the best course of action given your current knowledge doesn't mean that obviously hidden knowledge doesn't dictate a different course of action. He could have had a stipulation that said "you must use this ability before Day 6" for pete's sake.
3. J's intent is pretty obvious here even though I don't necessarily agree with the decision making process. This is a bit more of a WIFOMy point and not as strong as the others but I still feel it's legit because it comes off as the genuine rationale that J had, i.e. J is a town read.
Occam's razor says: Duh. If J is scum his action is going to attempt to be as townie as possible so, status quo here unless you assume J is incompetent.
4. J's role has nothing to do with modifiers or anything of the sort because his role ability was not activated until the day was already progressing. It is very clear here that J sent his ability in during toDay primarily because if this was all a set up from the start, Nabe would have revived Kantrip at the beginning of the day phase. This is proof that J did not have to revive Kantrip as well as proof that he could have just as easily saved his ability use for later.
Occam's razor: Nabe was waiting for Kantrip to confirm he could come back OR there are modifiers you simply haven't thought of. Don't pretend there couldn't be.
From a mod perspective, revival roles are stupid hard. Wouldn't be surprised if Nabe stipulated that "hey, uh... this role can only go through if they respond, otherwise you have to try a different player".
More importantly, WTF are you thinking there are no modifiers or rules to this ability? If I knew for a fact there weren't I would kill J right now simply for not reviving Kantrip at the END of a day phase after we had a claimed Switch-Doctor that could protect herself AND someone else
and thus getting a free investigate.
Seriously, how would you not consider J scum as a possibility AT LEAST if J didn't do that.
5. He FRIGGIN REVIVED SOMEONE! Why would Mafia have this kind of ability? OP much? Semi-weak point here, but still, mafia reviver, are you serious? I just don't see it as likely whatsoever in all honesty, especially if we're working with a hypothetical scum team of 4 mafia (which you even suggested we were!)
Why would mafia have this kind of ability?
Occam's razor: Nabe sucks at balancing setups OR the role is balanced and you just don't understand it. Don't meta the mod, you'll get burned.
Here's a scenario, but let's replace J with Overswarm so you have your fear bias in play:
Overswarm and his scum team nearly make it into lylo, but they're worried about getting lynched! Overswarm decides to play his ace in the hole:
He will revive a townie!
His ability only lets him revive a townie but they're stripped of their abilities... or maybe his ability can ONLY revive the detective, but the detective will then come back as an insane cop, or some other dastardly thing.
Overswarm is now cleared from being a lynch suspect and has Kantrip, his detective buddy, obviously going to think he's town too! This means that the remaining scum AND a revived townie will all be on the same lynch (possibly), giving them a huge vote swing.
Like, with all of these points, I just don't understand how or WHY people are trying to see J's role as scummy.
Because we know the difference between a for-sure thing and a game that has had a ton of left turns.
Ok so since OS is suggesting that Jscum is a possibility here, I propose that he goes in-depth regarding what Jscum is trying to accomplish by reviving a player that could have potentially had a guilty on Jscum or his mates. What was J's rationale for doing it?
Easy. He knew there wasn't a potential for a guilty or decided to take the risk. Take your pick.