This episode was the third created, and it was mostly thought as our “Valentine” episode. You know, as part of the combo Christmas-Halloween-Valentine that you get in every show (even though we are missing a “Christmas” episode in LoliRock…).
We learned a few things from “Flower Power” (episode 2), and “Be Mine” was the first to benefit from this experience. From here we introduce the Black Crystal monster, starting with “The Archer”.
The design of this monster would define the main features for all monsters to come :
Massive (compared to the princesses, and it was only the beginning !)
Mix of black, red, and green crystal, colors of Mephisto & Praxina’s crystals. (Note : the Archer doesn’t have green crystal, but next monsters will)
And one signature yellow eye.
The episode itself is mostly “classic” otherwise… except for the little twist at the end : Nathaniel and Iris kiss (although accidentaly) ! We were quite sure very few of the audience would expect it that early in the show, and were hoping to break (a little) the usual codes here.
Our main issue was Mephisto. We weren’t sure how he would be received, since he’s really goofy in this episode… We wanted to avoid a “Team Rocket” feeling, with a bossy Praxina/Jesse and a stupid Mephisto/James, but, well, the producers wanted them this way, so… :)
Hopefully, most of the reactions were really positive and didn’t care about that. And even though most of the audience called Mephisto & Praxina the “Team LoliRocket”, it didn’t prevent everyone to love them anyway. :)
