Int.:  That's interesting because when I did some research online about the show, I actually saw that quite a few people who liked it thought Flicker and Flame's romance was the key to the series as well.  So I think that a lot of people might agree with you there.    But, it's one thing to go from liking a show to creating new stories for it.  How did that come about?
                          
S.F.:  Well, it's hard to say exactly.  That series had created such likeable characters with Flicker and Flame.  Another part of the "magic" here was the expert and charismatic way Flicker was voiced by Edward Glenn and Flame by Stephanie Morgenstern.  So, I suppose, discovering that they basically dropped this beautiful first season romantic haze in the second season...that might be one reason.
                          
Int.:   But they kept the characters of Flicker and Flame in the series...they didn't take them out.  Could you go into a bit more detail about how you felt it changed?
                          
S.F.:  They kept those characters in, but it almost came to the same effect as taking them out.
                          
Int.:  How so?
                          
S.F.:  They essentially threw out much of what had made the series endearing, at least from my perspective.  Character designs had been much more simplified, the show's overall colour palate lost a lot of depth, and the same could be said about the show's characters.  I also really disliked a lot of the new character designs.
                          
Int.:  So you wrote your stories...because you hated the second season of the show?
                          
S.F.:  Not exactly.  I felt the second season had one or two redeeming episodes.  They also had their fair share of historical references that today's suffocating political correctness would make impossible. I will also say that they did try to open up the series to new story possibilities in season two...which might have worked if they had kept the 30 minute format, romantic central theme, and more detailed animation of the first season. But it really felt like the depth of season one had just evaporated into thin air.  Flicker and Flame no longer had a budding romance.  That compelling core to the series had just vanished and there wasn't much to hold it together with anymore.  That was such as disappointment, so to sum it up, I guess, I thought I'd try to give these characters a new direction.
                          
Int.:  You said the second season had a few redeeming episodes...which ones spring to mind?
                          
S.F.:  Why?
                          
Int.:  I think your readers might be interested in some of your favourite episodes.
                          
S.F.:  There were quite a few episodes in season one that I liked very much.  I'd have say I think "Tournament Day" and "Excaliburn" were episodes that really gave the whole series a solid base and really gave some of the best examples of the compelling narrative the series writers created for Flicker and Flame's romance.  I think "Sir Hare" had some other nice moments in it as well.
                          
Int.: [Laughs] I think those are all season one episodes....you didn't like ANY from season 2?
                          
S.F.: [Laughs] You caught me...truth is I'm buying time here...I just can't think of their names now...um...The Reign in Spain....I think.   There was another one which, as far as I can remember, was the season 2 episode which most closely touched on Flicker and Flame's relationship from season one.  The exact name escapes me at the moment, but it's the one where Flicker has to serve as a squire for Count Geoffery and Flame finds a way to change Allfire's  code of chivalry to get him back.  
                          
Int.: Besides Flicker and Flame, do you have any other favourite characters in the series?
                          
S.F.: Many, I think, were interesting/amusing...does that count?
                          
Int.: [Nods Head] Yeah, sure.
                          
S.F.: Well...I'd say Allfire and Loungealot were well constructed characters.  They may seem simple on the surface but they're actually quite textured and nuanced when you look at them.