Talk:Blacklist/@comment-28501958-20161216040244

There's something that's kind of bugging me about the "No Twilight" rule. While I will happily acknowledge that many, many people strongly dislike the series, it does have its fans, and the way the rule is written, it doesn't seem to allow people  to use Edward or anyone else even if they like the characters and would give them a fair analysis. If we ban character simply because a lot of people dislike them, that seems too limiting to me. Wouldn't that also lead to banning Scrappy Doo, Bubsy the Bobcat, perhaps even Big the Cat? It's perfectly possible to use a much disliked character in a fair, objective fight.

I think this would be better off replaced with a "No Spite Battles" Rule. While it can be hard to prove what is a Spite Battle and what is accidentally un-matched in power levels, there are some battles that are obviously there for no reason other than to trash a particular character. Like this one.  And this one.  Notice how the characters are referred to as "obnoxious" and "weakling" in the Introductions, respectively?