User blog comment:Smash The Echidna/SFW Summer Awards 2015 ~ Smash's Votes/@comment-26053663-20150804005831/@comment-1942179-20150804015329

You took that crit a lot better than I thought you would. :o I admit, it is a bit of a stretch, but all things considered it's still an easy comparison to make. If not Maya, then Ema (for that one time she was Phoenix's sidekick.) It's mainly the fact that he has a quirky female sidekick in the first place.

As for Platinum, I dunno. She's definitely interesting, and her powers are balanced, but she doesn't strike me as the type to be really really good in comparison to the others. She might be a little too balanced? I dunno. A jack of all trades usually isn't the strongest person around, and that's the vibe I'm getting from her. (Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with being a jack.) It might help if you expanded on her abilities some more, or if I actually saw her in action.

not even you can justify Barry Lutz.