Honestly, looking back, the idea that Shade is Mafia seems much more plausible.
This was the first daypost. Out of nowhere, without provocation, attempting to draw attention away from himself and put forth the idea that town had a vig without any evidence whatsoever.
Building off of this, he builds off of yesterday's discussion of the possibility of a jester to try and put some focus on Chopbam. Again, out of nowhere, and again, without evidence. Both of these arguments are far more complex than "mafia killed a neutral because they didn't like what he could do."
And here he goes acting as if he knows it wasn't Mafia. Heck, he seems resistant to the idea that Mafia made the kill, going to any lengths possible to dismiss the idea until he essentially argued himself into a corner. And, of course, he throws a little bit of shade at Retaliation, probably hoping that I'd continue my line of reasoning from yesterday. To be fair, if I hadn't stalked Retaliation, I'd probably be continuing this line of reasoning.
Oh, and what was your win condition, again?
He needs to kill to win. This makes him a hostile, which means we need to kill him to win. This is by his own admission.
SO either he's a mafia member clumsily disguising himself as Third Party, or he's just a clumsy TP.
##vote Shade