User blog comment:XHappilyNeverAfterx3/There's a difference between like and love....and Freddie finally realized that/@comment-4402317-20111013031300/@comment-4492177-20111013033730

Thanks for your input. :)

I believe that since Dan didn't have Carly kiss Freddie, he was clearly aware that would make it seem as though her feelings were real, which completely contradicts iSYL and the hero theory. Dan never intended for Carly's feelings for Freddie to be taken seriously, if he had then he would have dismissed the episode iSYL and focused the Creddie dance in iSD more on Creddie rather than Sam's reaction to it. He was using Creddie as a stepping stone for Seddie.

As for iSYL, I'm not denying that he had romantic interest in her (I'm not oblivious to canon truth ;) ). I'm denying that the fact that he rejected her proved that it was because he knew what it was really like to be in love. He really didn't. Sam was the one who helped him identify Carly's love as false. Freddie knew nothing about love back then. When it comes down to it, he only liked Carly. Never really loved her. :)