User blog comment:Cartoonprincess/In My Opinion: Where Things Went Wrong '~'/@comment-3503487-20130107012325

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Gibby's Promotion - Completely agree. He was a fun character to see stuck in every once in a while, but he lacked the depth that a main character needs to have. I have seriously doubts about how Gibby would star as a titular character in a spin-off.

Shorter Seasons and Seriously Long Waits Between Episodes - Seriously, I don't even know what happened there. How can you hold your audience if you air one episode and go away for several more months? I'd much rather they spaced it out to maybe 1-2 eps per month rather than airing weekly every once in a while and then long dry spells.

iStart a Fanwar - This episode was terrible in and of itself IMO. There was basically no plot, you had a bunch of crazy fans fighting for a long time, and nobody got anything out of the experience. The idea was to convey a message to the viewers, but it barely delivered and wounded up offending all fans.

The Seddie Arc - I had always envisioned Seddie to be a meaningful couple just admitting their feelings and then dating on the side too. It was just too OOC as well for me. They went in and started dating and the focus was on them for the 5 episodes until they broke up, and it was like it had never happened.

Seemingly Disinterested Cast - I never thought of it that way, but I did feel that the characters all started falling apart. I get that Freddie was growing up, but his original techy, cutesy character was kinda gone even though he was still holding that role. I felt that Spencer, who used to be my favorite character, started having repetitive subplots. And the fire thing? Way too overplayed. I completely agree with the part about the lack of Creddiam episodes that really showed the trio's strange yet caring dynamic. I feel like the writers got too caught up in pleasing the shippers that everything got a bit forced and not as funny and focused on the gang's friendship anymore.

Lack of Proper Resolution of the Ships and Reverse Character Development - Exactly. As I used to be a Seddie shipper, I was hoping for some development and conversation before they got together. But bam! iOMG happened, and they began dating without addressing anything about Freddie's crush on Carly, which suddenly was revisited later. It makes me question the legitimacy of the Seddie arc. It seems that it was merely made for Seddie to happen without regard for anything else that was going on on the show. And iGoodbye was a disappointment from a shipping aspect. Dan tried to deliver to both groups of shippers, but Seddier got an out of the blue mention of the relationship, while Creddiers got a questionable kiss that was not discussed or anything, and ultimately this made Freddie come out looking like confused and romantically unsettled.

Sam and Cat - I'll be watching it because I think Jen and Ari are very talented, but I have doubts about how great it will be. I assume Dan thought things through before actually writing them together, but I fail to see the dynamic that has been driving all his successful shows so far.

Ah, the Glory Days... - I haven't thoroughly enjoyed an episode since Season 4 began, so I completely agree that it would have been better to end before it all went downhill.