User blog comment:FearlessStatic/Creddie & Rily: 2 BFF Ships Scorned?/@comment-1742110-20110721001220/@comment-1859088-20110721004701

Yes, I was acknowledging that there's a difference in dynamic since Carly/Sam/Freddie are part of a trio, and the switch would be within the trio from Sam/Freddie to Carly/Freddie, whereas the character River was somebody Lily had an arc over multiple episodes with like Sam/Freddie, but he was not involved with the main foursome of characters (so there was much less development with him or investment in him from the viewer's perspective).

For that reason, I stated that I know the same last minute ditch would not be a viable option for iCarly. The equivalent situation would be a break up between Sam and Freddie *episodes* in advance (rather than the few minutes beforehand in the same episode), and a completely convinced audience that Sam is over Freddie as to not destroy the dynamic of the trio, especially Carly/Sam. Setting this up would probably take the entire rest of the series that is currently ordered, and therefore Carly/Freddie would become just as last minute in having their moment as Ray/Lily.

Seems like a pretty big mess for a show that markets as a comedy to pull off smoothly. I'm not going to say they wouldn't try, because I have learned to expect the unexpected, but it wouldn't be the best move. The best bet Creddie still has is Seddie cutting off immediately at the end of the arc, or else even the type of tainted endgame I described won't reach them realistically.

Also, as Eric_The_Grape inquired about, it's difficult to say what would change Carly's mind to be interested in Freddie after everything else is said and done.