User blog comment:Cartoonprincess/Because Our Opinions Totally Count For Something ;3/@comment-4257094-20150722174941

I’m going to expand on what I wrote before because a lot has happened in the past almost 4 month so, yeah. I’m not gonna elaborate on some of the things I already addressed in my last post.

Jennette: Like I said before, I used to love her because she was the fun, relatable one of the cast. If anyone was familiar with the iCarly fanbase before the show ended, you would know that Jennette was easily the favorite and the universally well liked one. But her behavior in past few years really alienated me. I’ve said this many times over but it’s not about what happened but how you handle something. During the “Jeanette” incident and the bullshitter incident and the KCA drama, she rushed to Twitter to fave shady things and go on an immature rampage. Bringing your drama up to fans who are here because they love you and your work doesn’t accomplish anything and just makes you look bad. Just deal with your problems privately and ignore anyone that’s causing you trouble. Making a huge deal out of some of these things makes her come as very entitled. The whole Ariana incident further made me feel estranged. Obviously it would have because like many others, I was an Arianator-McCurdian so if Jennette was going to publicly pick a fight like this, I (and other hybrid fans like me) had to pick a side. In the end, as I’ve said countless times, Ariana handled it better by ignoring the drama and not making a scene (literally) like Jennette did. If she seriously thinks Ariana was such a bad person, then she shouldn’t stoop to her level and have the malicious intent to try to shame her and seek vengeance (which she also did to Nick more than once). I think Jennette needs to learn there’s situations that you will encounter that you might not like or feel comfortable with but you still need to act classy and brave them out. For example, with the whole her being rude to fans and refusing to take pictures thing. I can definitely understand why she feels this way because it can get tiring but it’s her job and the price she has to pay as a celebrity sadly. She also needs to learn to take responsibility for her actions. After the whole Ariana feud, she was all “the fans started it, it was no big deal” when she was the one orchestrating the whole thing. To me, that’s pretty unacceptable. Anyway, I know most of the stuff I just brought up is old but it continues to shape my current opinion on Jennette. I’m sure she’s still a funny, cool person but she needs to learn how to handle situations better, to stop being so vengeful and be responsible for what she does. On her career, I’m not a particular fan of Between. In my opinion, the plot line is boring and no one can act on that show (even J herself mocked her character and the acting). In my opinion, what she’s good at is comedy and being funny so she should try to get a role on SNL or become a writer for a TV show/movie so one day, she can develop her own. I actually loved the dialogue on WNFS (even though the characters and storyline were weak) so I think she definitely has immense talent there.

Nathan: So I legitimately did not see the whole wedding thing coming. You could say that it’s Nathan’s life and he probably says knows how ripe his relationship with London is better than we do but sorry, marrying someone you’ve known for less than a year and been dating for 4 months would be a universal red flag to anyone. Tying yourself down so early in your life and after such a short time of knowing someone is troubling, no matter who it is. My previous theory on the marriage was that Nathan wanted to get married regardless at this time to settle down and have a good, Christian family but I’m starting think (as others have) that the Moore family actually pushed this. Reason being because he never got this close with Madi who he was with for three years and because if you go on their Twitters, they seem extremely enthusiastic about it, more so than Nathan does. Nathan seems very unsure of himself and he uses relationships to feel more secure. It shows why he hopped from Madi to Carly to London into this marriage. Anyway, I don’t think he’s a terrible person or anything, I actually really like him but he needs to find who he is and enjoy his life and develop his career instead of being so focused on relationships. On a career standpoint, the new movie he’s doing seems interesting. I like his acting so I hope he gets bigger and better roles from here on out and focuses on his career even after the marriage. I don’t think the marriage is going to last though sadly.

Ariana: I’m a fan of hers because I love her voice and because of all of the work she puts into her fans. She leaks music for us, she responds to Arianators on Twitter all of the time, she favs their tweets, she invites some of them to parties, she spends extra time to meet them all, she posts videos and has livestreams for us. Honestly, what she does for her fans is far more than what a lot of other celebrities do. I can see and respect why people might not like her though because she can come off as fake. The whole donut thing was dumb. She was definitely at fault for licking that donut bc it’s unsanitary and she should’ve apologized for that but people kept making it about the America comments even though she clearly wasn’t being serious. If you look at Ariana’s intent at the donut shop, it was just to goof off with her friends so I think the situation was overblown by the media. Anyway, I hope donutgate doesn’t take too much of a toll on her career and I will be looking forward to her new music. I hope she does music that shows off her voice and stays away from gimmicks.

Madisen: Yeah, like I already said, she comes off as very snobby but she must have some redeeming qualities if Jen and Nathan like(d) her so much.

Nick: Their parent company’s revenue is slipping, they need a change of strategy fast. I think they should start their own (independent-from-cable) streaming service and make it widely available on mobile/internet where people watch most of their stuff nowadays. They should then invest in quality shows so parents think it’s worth the money and kids actually want to watch Nick. Then, they should use marketing tactics to build up the brands. Like for example, market a bunch of Spongebob toys to keep kids interested in the show or market specific stars involved in their shows (like Disney did w/ Selena, Miley, Demi) so kids will follow them and religiously watch their shows. I know Nick already does this but they need to take it up a notch. They should also post clips and extra content on places like YT to keep kids engaged in their shows/brands. I think it’d be a good strategy for them.

Dan: I think he’s officially gone downhill and I’m 100% done following his work now. Such a shame considering how amazing some of his past shows were.