I'm going to make a wild guess here and wager that he thinks if you flip mafia, he can easily justify going for Flame, being your staunch defender.
I don't think it would be that obvious though. I doubt both you and Flame are mafia. Flame has played way too "hard and fast defender" of you for you both to be mafia. It would be way, way too obvious, in my opinion. If you flip mafia, Flame would be putting so much heat on himself that would be it.
That being said, maybe Rats has another idea entirely. I'm starting to doubt your mafia, Coppa, to be honest. It's hard, though, because I'm not seeing too many other suspects out there right now. The only other nagging feeling I have is Flame, and that's just because of his post style and staunchness of defending you. Seems suspicious. Not mafia-like per se, but suspicious.
Yeah, that would be the obvious ploy, however I don't think the cultists are stupid enough to have them be the only people defending themselves. Too easy to guess. I don't think lynching me here will reveal as much as you all hope, but I also think as it stands I'm too easy for cultists to hide behind when I'm alive. I'm the obvious choice, and though there's a few lingering doubts, as long as they can keep the spotlight on me every day we just get in a worse and worse position. The alternative is to keep me alive long enough for us to be able to see who continually accuses me and tries to bring me up.
If lynched, I am curious to see how often people bring me up to keep the topic on me. That'll be vital evidence since controlling the conversation is one of their best tactics.