I had to make sure all my lover's pairs survived the entire modifier, that means the NK too. If I had just claimed wholesale out the gate then scum would have known that there were free 2-for-1 kills out there. Without explaining the whole lover mechanic, I don't see how I could have really claimed this without just going into everyone's crosshairs, especially when people can get so itchy on day 1 without any other info.
So two things, I used that excuse to try to get people to drop voting for love boat. I just happened to luck out that cthulhu had such a weird modifier, notice how far I stretched to also point out election and phoenix wright had nothing to do with their games even though those weren't real modifiers and just bear chosen things to start off day 1. Second, all the modifiers since then have pretty much been pulled straight from the game, so yeah, that does lead me to wodner what Bear would have pulled here. I know he calls it a game with unusual mechanics but it really wasn't. The most unusual things about that game were Blarg's claim and just how it all ended (Palmer pulled a clutch neutral win where he had to make sure a scum member survived to game end and no, I didn't get any weird powers from this modifier before you start wondering, I'm still just a normal survivor).
Also, for the other thing you say here, why would last night be any more special than any other night? The vote results aren't secret, just the actual active time was secret. Scum can't just all pile together to swing the vote if we then see what everyone voted for.
