Talk:The Gift of the Maud Pie/@comment-11634302-20160314191427/@comment-26423071-20160315182943

Doug's review of "The Avengers".

Phelous' naming Ray Fillet as one of the dumbest moments of the 1987 TMNT show.

I was making a paralellism.

Maud Pie is just like Emma Peel/John Steed/Ray Fillet: a character that doesn't care about anything that happens to her or others.

Doug said it best: "if the character isn't invested in the story, then why should we"? The fact that he wasn't talking about Ponies is irrelevant, because it applies to Maud as well.

Most "stoic" characters (Daria, Spock, Wednesday, Batman) have enough emotions to invest in what they are doing, making them interesting characters.

Maud doesn't have enoigh emotions to invest in what's happening. She never gets angry, or sad, she never shows anything other than apathy.

And by the way: Pinkie Pie doesn't need a "foil". By virtue of Pinkie being the wacky Deadpool/Bugs Bunny/The Mask/Freakazoid/Blue Genie character, EVERYPONY ELSE acts as Pinkie's foil.