Talk:Seddie/@comment-5998251-20150410132605/@comment-14284535-20150410203351

In case I never said it, I should be clear. I absolutely believe that whatever the reason was for the distance between Nathan and Jennette happened after season 3 (and that "So Close", "Me With You", "Better", and "Heart of a Child" reflect the different stages of her feelings for him), it clearly affects the chemistry between the characters.

I will also go further: something happened between Nathan and Miranda as well (and that is reflected with her penning "Kissing U" and "Adored") and the chemistry between their characters is off as well after season 3. It is really obvious in iGet Banned. The sole purpose of the episode is for you to think of Carly as Mrs. Benson's eventual daughter (CREDDIE), but Miranda looked very intent on keeping her distance from Nathan after the fire drill. Amusingly, although DS was intent on making Creddie look inevitable, it felt like Miranda was only going to go along with it but didn't have the same gusto she has in, say, iSD.

Moreover, I think you can really tell by their body language that, although Jennette and Miranda are fairly close in seasons 1-3, they clearly both have a thing for Nathan. But then, after season 3, Miranda and Jennette get noticeably closer each year - and they are definitely increasingly stand-off-ish in scenes with the Freddie character.

IMHO, whatever growth in the characters' and the leads' relationships happened in seasons 1-3 evaporated before season 4. The difference is that Jennette had far stronger feelings for him and thus was hurt much worse than Miranda was. Add that with her mother being diagnosed with cancer and we get an actress who probably only cared to slightly cover up her disdain for one of her co-stars while she didn't feel the need to cover her increasing closeness with the other.

It's not like it's the first time this has happened. If you watch season 18 of Doctor Who, you can clearly tell whenever a scene was filmed the day after Tom Baker and Lalla Ward got into a fight. In, say, Night Court, you can see how much the actors hated the series being dragged out in season 9. I assume that, at some point, Victoria Justice, Liz Gillies, and Ariana Grande all had a thing for Avan Jogia. That's the way it is.