From: Ed Bellis | #173
Nah, I don't think so. You explicitly allowed in a character whose powerset involves messing with stuff outside of his own universe. Hampering him due to bracket restrictions is pointless - by your own words, this is about who's most powerful, and if the Host can't fully exercise his powers, what's the point? Just because you "softbanned" a character doesn't mean the Host has to follow your wishes - after all, he's somewhat independent from the Audience and it's certainly within his powers to bring in the Doctor.
And if you're going to argue that it's a matter of two people fighting and not three, I never said all three had to be fighting - the Host can just sub out himself or Neuro for the Doctor and then manipulate the match thusly.
The Doctor being "run on fanboy logic" is precisely why the Host would pick him, btw - it's the most entertainment, both for the Audience and for himself. Besides, if we're disqualifying characters for being dictated solely by "fanboy logic," I'll direct you to this post:
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Which was never contradicted outright and was subtly confirmed through arguments. You can't decry the Doctor for having that problem when you allowed in a character who has that problem and is omnipotent.
The difference being, of course, that the Doctor is a construct of MPFC (or was in previous outings), while The Host has a story of dealing with the audience. The Host doing things for The Audience is something that he does in-story. The Doctor having a completely invulnerable TARDIS is not. It's like not allowing Deadpool to see his yellow boxes or jumping from panel to panel (which he does), as opposed to letting him write the story (which he does not).
Further, you must be reading someone else's posts if you got that from my own. While I did not flat-out shoot down Reg because the possibility of that happening exists, I was very clear, from the word go, that I would not expect that to happen because it isn't The Host's style to go simply for what is 'funny' now at the expense of later entertainment. He's not a toonforce character and is serious about his purpose, even if he doesn't like it.
And lastly, while I hate bringing this argument out because it's too meta for my tastes, there is amusingly a third party to this argument you glossed over: the creators. The Host has in-medium powers, but cannot affect the decisions the readers make...because the choices are set by the authors. This match doesn't offer a choice to vote for characters other than the ones featured on the bracket, full stop.
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