User blog comment:Torirox8/My life on a sinking ship./@comment-3999180-20120611164042

I understand feeling like the ship you're "on" is sinking, but I honestly don't think in any way, shape, or form that Creddie is a sinking ship, at this point. :o I actually don't understand why so many people seem to see it that way, honestly. :o Creddie has been coming back for a while now. Slowly, sure. But love isn't some huge rush that suddenly happens one day and shocks everyone. Real, actual, lasting, true love is something that it takes time to cultivate. It takes a while to learn about the person and to grow feelings toward someone, which is what I believe Creddie has been doing for a very long time, now.

I'll be the first to admit that maybe Freddie's feelings weren't real in the first season, but at about the time of iSpeed Date, I believe he really, truly, deeply fell in love with Carly Shay. :) It went beyond just loving her - he is in love with her. This is why, in iSYL, he was so excited about them getting together. But sometimes, when you're so happy about something, you really do start to wonder if it's all real, or if it's going to suddenly be taken from you, one day. Freddie was afraid of getting hurt, because he was afraid that Carly, who he was in love with, didn't really love him back. He realized that she thought she loved him, but he didn't want to be taking advantage of her if her feelings weren't real. If he stayed with her until she realized she didn't love him (if she truly didn't, which i can't decide about, honestly), then he would know she didn't love him and he would have to deal with, again, loving someone who didn't love him back. It was easier - for both of them - to break up with her. And Freddie, being the amazing guy that he always has been, broke up with her in such a way that he left it completely open for them to get back together, if she was sure her feelings were real. It's proven that he still loved her when he broke up with her because of him offering to get back together one day, and because when he was leaving, he asked himself, "What did I do?!" right after he broke up with her.

After that point, Freddie was waiting for Carly to tell him that she still loved him and wanted to go back out. This made sense to him because he was waiting for her feelings to be real. He was already in love with her. He was ready. However, Carly was waiting for Freddie to ask her out again. It made sense to her. Freddie broke up with her, and therefore he was the one who needed to ask her out again. You see, he didn't think she was ready, and this is the problem he saw with their relationship. She didn't think he was ready, and this is the problem she saw with their relationship. The reason they aren't back together yet is because they are both waiting for the other one to make a move. They love each other. They always have, deep down. And it's precisely because they're in love that neither of them has brought up them dating again. They're both too worried that they'll ruin things between them, that they'll get hurt, or that they'll hurt eachother.

Them we got the Seddie arc. Which, honestly, was a pretty rough time for the Creddiers. Obviously. But here's the thing; I'm so happy that we never got a Creddie arc, because arcs end, and Creddie shouldn't. Since the day they said there would be a Seddie arc, i knew that they would break up at the end of it, because arcs have an ending. It was ironic (and nerve-wracking, i'll admit!) that they broke up in an episode called iLove You. But nevertheless, they broke up. They told each other they love each other after they broke up. Now I know that looks bad for the Creddie side of things, in a way. But honestly, they broke up with each other because they knew they wouldn't work as a couple. They said as much. They didn't have the same interests and they fought constantly. So finally they realized that their relationship wasn't healthy, and they broke up because they love each other. As people. As friends. Which is more than has ever passed between them before, because they always pretended to hate each other. That was the game they played. But when they said "I love you", they called the end of the game. They admitted that they had always loved each other - as people and as incredibly close friends. Now, I know I got a little off-topic, I guess. But here's where this applies to Creddie.

You see, with iOMG came Freddie and Sam dating for a while. Sam released her feelings for him, Freddie had some time and decided to try to date her, and then they broke up a little while later because they realized they didn't work. I Believe that Freddie and Carly had both buried their feelings for each other so deeply that they didn't get in the way. Freddie didn't realize he still loved Carly, because he would never do that to Sam. Carly didn't realize she still loved Freddie, because her feelings were buried deeply. However, the arc marked the beginning of Carly's feelings coming back to the surface a bit. You can see a bit of jealousy in places, although she was supportive of them because she wanted her two best friends in the world to be happy.

Now, we're done with the arc and I haven't seen many Seddie hints in recent episodes at all. :o In fact, Seddie is back to looking about how it did in Season 2 (my favorite season i think, personally :D), and Creddie really is, too. Because now Freddie has another crush on Carly. A canon crush, that was actually mentioned and discussed on the show. :) Add that to the fact that there are only about 10 episodes left in which to wrap up the relationships and everything, and you can definitely see Creddie being endgame easily. :)

Oh my goodness gracious this is longer than anything ever (half of my fanfics, not kidding xD), but this is just my take on everything. :) It's how I see things. :) Creddie isn't sinking, dear! :) it's just picking up speed as we head to the finish line. :) <3