I was mostly joking about MK being included and mentioning the fact that he ALSO owns a company as an afterthought to Ted's lack of inclusion. He IS a perennial D-lister in the comics, though that doesn't mean I can't make him something better here even though I like his little D-list-y adventures. I feel like if they ever bothered writing him consistently he could legitimately be good, especially rereading some of his early junk lately. 

The latest batch of writers for his stuff actually cited his complete lack of characterization, skill/power/tech level and story tone as a foundation of the character, which I'm not sure I agree with really. 

His newest stuff upcoming in a month might be interesting, but it might also serve as a gateway to completely destroy the character and remove him from comics entirely.

Also yeah, 'Social Butterfly/Moral Compass' basically does seem to be Ted's role, especially among the billionaire vigilante types. I mean Tony's snarky and humorous, but he's also occasionally just a huge insufferable  jerk plus a sometimes traumatized on-again-off-again alcoholic. Sometimes GA is balanced out too but sometimes...not so much.