The Soulmates section of our page actually originated on our Adventures of Sinbad page (the website has since been taken down).  We had just a few couples in there with only a quote and a song that reminded us of them.  Sinbad and Maeve were the reason we started the soulmates sections, because we just loved their story.  Sinbad and Maeve had a wonderful, unspoken relationship that many fans of the show followed.  "The Village Vanishes" (the ep they kissed) immediately became a fan favorite and I think I can count on one hand the number of actual fan-fics written solely about Rongar, Doubar, or Firouz.

The second season of the show was such a mess.  The end of the first season was at a turning point in the series that they could have done anything with.  Turok, Rumina, and Scratch were all together and out to get Sinbad and the crew, Maeve and Sinbad were getting closer, and the crew was happy.  Then the first ep of the second season rolled around and the massive changes were apparent from the moment the opening credits began.  Sinbad changed into a tough leather-wearing womanizer, Maeve was replaced with a woman with amnesia (who just so happened to also be a sorceress and became Dermott's new keeper), and the rest of the crew barely had a point throughout the whole season.  It seemed to me that all they did was get kidnapped in practically every episode while Sinbad and the woman of the week went and saved them.  Bryn was a poor attempt to replace Maeve and it seemed that very little thought was put into her character or backstory.  The crew sailed off and only mentioned their friend Maeve once or twice in passing in the entire season up until the lackluster finale.

- Liz