Talk:Seddie/@comment-11125355-20120604214336/@comment-4184884-20120605014607

@Liz'sLemon: I do agree that that's one major difference and I think that's what makes the iCarly situation so unique. In most prior cases, Dan has kind of had one main couple that fit one particular mold or the other. For instance, Drake & Josh had the bickering love/hate couple with Josh and Mindy. Or Zoey 101 had the boy who pines for a really long time for his sweet, good-natured best friend with Chase and Zoey.

The thing about iCarly is that Dan kind of (and I stress the kind of as the relationships are not identical, but have been built on similar principles) has both of those here. In the past, it's been a lot more clear cut. The main relationship was never really contested by another main character. It was fairly understood that Chase and Zoey & Josh and Mindy were going to be together and any "road blocks" were outsiders who you knew wouldn't win out in the end.

Here, Dan doesn't have outsiders. He has three main characters that he's involved and I think that's why, as much as I do love the parallels and do like to believe there is quite a bit of meaning in Dan doing them, I also don't feel as if it guarentees anything. The iCarly situation is a unique one because he's made the "romance" between the three central characters.