User blog comment:WildJackal/Sam beating Freddie a sign that she loves him?/@comment-2032682-20110717205458/@comment-4123319-20110717213451

OOC (as @FearlessStatic): "It doesn't make sense to me for Freddie to want Carly.. but then have 'hidden feelings' for Sam that he hides by playing "their game" and that 'stopping the game' would mean admitting this secret love. Freddie's feelings for Carly were never portrayed as being wishywashy or 'second choice' or conflicted. " I agree. Freddie very clearly was interested in Carly, and did not harbor any feelings for Sam in any manner supported by canon. It's likely that this game, for those who so choose to believe in it, has little to do with being afraid of "falling in love" as much as it would have to do with two people falling into an unhealthy pattern that becomes their "normal," and not making the effort or lacking the motivation to change.