User blog comment:XxiOMGxx/Why Freddie loves Sam/@comment-4184884-20110819165052

This is pretty much perfect. Spot on. This really explains Sam and Freddie's relationship perfectly. It kind of drives me up the wall when I see people pulling the "Poor Freddie is a victim" card, because it's clear he doesn't even view himself that way. Maybe it's slightly bizzare, but it's the game they play. They tease one another, egg each other, and heck Freddie's even fought back a few times (such as wrestling with the girl on the floor in iSpace Out or slapping her in iCook...which people seem to forget.)

I know that there are a lot of people who feel Seddie was out of left field and had no basis because they both "clearly hated eachother", but it really couldn't be further from the truth. The bickering and teasing and antagonizing eachother, as bizzare as it was, was them dealing with their feelings. Probably more concious for some (Sam) than others (Freddie.)

If you've been watching the entire show through the lens that Sam and Freddie really don't like each other, that they only tolerate each other for Carly, that Freddie views himself as a victim, or that either of them have a problem with their relationships dynamic of bickering, then obviously you're going to be put off my Seddie. But you're also viewing their relationship from the wrong perspective. I always say people can have whatever perceptions they wish, but in this particular case, I do think their is one specific way that their relationship was meant to be viewed, which logically set them up for a romantic relationship.