Very well, as Teal insists, I shall counter your argument, Luis.
Let's start.
You know what a big part of the problem is? This part from your post:
So, that little coincidence that nothing happened that night bugged me
Coincidence.
You believe there is a connection with there being no kill and the Equalists' failed attempt on me, and thus drew out a hypothetical scenario that would fit that, ending with accusing me of being Red Lotus. But you know what? You yourself already made statements that prove that is not the case. And I'll even throw in some facts from previous posts to add to that.
1)
The Equalists attempted to take away the Bending from Reinforce (as he stated here), but they failed. Also, the Red Lotus apparently forgot to submit a Night Kill.
From the start, you yourself already lay out that they are two different incidents. The connection between the two wasn't the revelation or the result of a deduction of facts or similarities or logical flow to arrive at a conclusion, it's the other way around: You laid out a scenario that would make them connected, created a person that would fit the culprit criteria, thrust me at the role, and then tried to justify it. But your justification is shaky, and I'll go into detail below why.
And... this is sort of meta so I'm not using it as a main foundation for arguing why the two are not connected, but it's a little intriguing and revealing for me so I'll share it: The first sentence of the quote is an event that involves actions/roles/game mechanics. The second one is a result of player/human error. Think about it.
2)
Also, the Red Lotus apparently forgot to submit a Night Kill.
This in particular, you are correct. IE has explicitly stated as such in the Day 3 update, specifically the part under the spoiler. If we are to take that as fact due to that, then how and why should events that happened in the Night (like me being targeted by Equalists maybe?) have any influence or connection to it?
The core of the matter is that there was no Night kill simply because the Red Lotus forgot to submit. Whether the Red Lotus kill is a non-removable bending ability OR NOT will not affect that. Whether I am a Red Lotus with a non-removable bending ability to kill OR NOT will not affect that. Whether I was targeted by the Equalists that night and they failed OR NOT will not affect that. 3 cases out of 3. You think that's maybe enough to consider them PARALLEL incidents - no connection to each other at all? And if that's so, then we're back to what I emphasized up there: your base premise is wrong. Your accusation/conclusion is not only exaggerated but also unfounded - it's no more different than a random accusation hurled at anybody else. You could have accused e.g. PMJ of the same charge with a different event that happened that night, and it would be the same as what's happening to me now. The only reason you're directing it to me is due to the Equalists' failed attempt, which you insist has bearing on the kill that did not happen. Does it really?
3)
Sure, that's a bit of a stretch, but he, coincidentally, mentioned "who would waste that ability on an inactive, like I am right now? (paraphrasing)". It turns out, the Red Lotus skipped that night's kill!
AGAIN, I say, why would the Equalists failing their attempt on me lead to the skipped night kill? That's what "IT TURNS OUT" implies, isn't it? A resulting event that happened IN RELATION TO and BECAUSE OF the initial event? I might be sounding like a broken record at this point, but that is just not a naturally formed conclusion at all. Which leads us back to me saying that this supposed connection between the two events is a false supposition.
Any further questions and arguments, I'll answer them tomorrow, around the same time as this.
