Can't figure out why this is suddenly not working....

[Sythalin]

InIg = InIg or CreateFrame("Frame")
InIg:RegisterEvent("VARIABLES_LOADED")
InIg:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, ...) if InIg[event] then return InIg[event](self, event, ...) end end)
 
function InIg:VARIABLES_LOADED(event)   
    self.ignore = self.ignore or {}
    print("self.ignore created")
end
 
-- CHECK IGNORE STATUS
function InIg:ignoreCheck(_,_,sender)
    for i = 1, #(InIg.ignore) do
        if InIg.ignore[i] == sender then
            print(sender.. " is ignored.")
            return true -- sender is on ignore list
        end
    end
    return false -- sender is not on ignore list
end
 
-- HOOK CHATS
local events = {
    "CHAT_MSG_CHANNEL",
    "CHAT_MSG_WHISPER",
    "CHAT_MSG_EMOTE",
    "CHAT_MSG_BATTLEGROUND",
    "CHAT_MSG_BATTLEGROUND_LEADER", 
    "CHAT_MSG_GUILD",
    "CHAT_MSG_PARTY",
    "CHAT_MSG_RAID",
    "CHAT_MSG_RAID_LEADER",
    "CHAT_MSG_SAY",
    "CHAT_MSG_RAID_WARNING",
    "CHAT_MSG_YELL", 
    "CHAT_MSG_OFFICER"}
    
for _,k in ipairs(events) do
    ChatFrame_AddMessageEventFilter(k, InIg.ignoreCheck)
end

Getting the following error:

Message: Interface\AddOns\InIg\InIg.lua:67: attempt to get length of field 'ignore' (a nil value)
Time: 01/17/10 13:56:26
Count: 30
Stack: Interface\AddOns\InIg\InIg.lua:67: in function `filterFunc'
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2511: in function `ChatFrame_MessageEventHandler'
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2318: in function `ChatFrame_OnEvent'
[string "*:OnEvent"]:1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>

Error is at line 12 in my paste above.

I added the print("self.ignore created") and finding that loading seems to be skipping VARIABLES_LOADED because it never prints on login/reload. I've used this setup a dozen times now with no issues, haven't noticed any typos and the frame creation/event registration are the first things to happen in the file.