Talk:Seddie/@comment-14284535-20150413202104

To answer some questions below:

IMHO, the reaction we were supposed to have with Freddie's crush is to take it as humourous, but to find it cute and to root for him, such as we are supposed to view Leonard's crush on Penny in season 1 of The Big Bang Theory. That is the standard set-up. Moreover, Miranda Cosgrove was established at Nick, Carly is the eponymous lead, Freddie is the male lead among her peers, and Sam is the subordinate female. Does hooking Freddie up with Sam make sense to Nick? Not a chance.

The biggest reason I see for this being an adolescent fantasy is that Carly has no obvious character flaws that we the viewer are supposed to object to. IMHO, we are supposed to support her malicious attempt at breaking up Freddie and Sam because she knows the truth about Sam's tampering with his application; and, in general, we are supposed to excuse her flaws because she's good-hearted.

DS wrote 25 of the first 70 episodes - that's a lot less control that writing credits for 27 of the last 29 and 30 of the last 39. IMHO, that control of the last 29 episodes of the series more reflects his vision of the series than the first three season ever could.

As for why didn't Creddie get anything if he's living out his fantasy? This is easy if you read most Creddie fanfics (on average, Seddiers are far better at developing conflict) - it's because he doesn't feel he needs to because they are "meant to be". Thus, once Carly realises that Freddie is the perfect guy for her, it's going to be all sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns, so there is no need to set it up - once she opens her mind and eyes, they will be perfect and Freddie will throw his arms in the air and celebrate that his creepy, obsessive, stalkerish behaviour will be rewarded forevermore.

IMHO, in DS's mind, all he had to do was throw Seddiers the odd bone because you are generally more passionate and he has you hooked, so he can troll you and play you like a kazoo for viewers.

You should get the feeling that I HATED how iGoodGrief handled the ships.