Author Deary had had a negative experience with the 2001 animated series, and so was hesitant to try again; he eventually agreed to the new project on the condition that the new series be explicitly "horrible, funny and true".
Author Deary had had a negative experience with the 2001 animated series. Author Deary was hesitant to try again. The new series be explicitly "horrible, funny and true". This was what he agreed to the new project on the condition.