Talk:Cam Relationship/@comment-4818278-20121024220854/@comment-4060828-20121025010033

So well said. I love that Carly has to not only "prove" herself to Sam (as you said) but also just unconsciously is able to be on the same level as Sam herself. I think that's a large part of why they are attracted to each other on a friendship level and possibly deeper.

Carly includes herself with the line "Cause we're naughty!" when they both get detention and she herself gets detention multiple times. Carly has also created plans to break into apartments (iScreamonHalloween), encourages physical violence against Freddie (the shock pen in iStillPsycho), and even goes so far as to be bold and 'sassy' to people.

I think Carly sees herself as "the nice girl" because that's largely how she is perceived whereas Sam is seen as the "rabid" (but not loveable) girl who always gets in trouble. Carly partly lives vicariously through Sam's bad side but has shown time and again, she is just as quick to be bad as Sam can be but does it far more sporadically.

I'd love to see a final moment between Carly and Sam with Sam not only telling her a told you so but also confiding in Carly that she doesn't have to be the bad girl/rebel just to impress Sam. Kind of a twist on iMakeSamGirlier with Sam wanting Carly to just be herself instead.