User blog comment:The Sam Puckett/Seddie/Creddie: Which Was Planned From the Start?/@comment-1976613-20110707233833

I'm actually going to say that neither ship was planned from the start. Start from season 1, when a pre-pubescent Freddie was Carly's little puppy dog, following her around everywhere she went, waiting anxiously for her to come home, doing every little thing she said after "please, for me" clearly it was just a puppy love type crush played for laughs, and I saw it that way and thought that Dan would eventually have him grow out of it, which he did by season 3. Freddie and Sam's relationship I never for a second saw a potential relationship growing, between Sam's constant insults, to the point where she wouldn't even acknowledge that he was an important part of the show and Carly had to force her to even accept him as a part of the webshow. I didn't even see iKiss as a big step forward to a Sam and Freddie relationship, sure I thought it was strange that two friends were kissing each other, but I actually believed them when they said they were just doing it to get it over with and waved it off.

I actually think that Dan started planning relationships from season 3 on. When iSD aired and they leaked the picture of the deleted scene where Carly and Freddie were supposed to kiss, followed very soon after by iSYL where they actually dated I figured it was going in the direction of a Carly and Freddie relationship (at the time I actually did support Sam and Freddie's relationship, so I saw Sam's look as the most important part of the episode, but looking at it neutrally it was definitely more an episode that supported Carly and Freddie's relationship). After iSYL and the open ended ending I thought they were going to explore it more later in the 4th season,. After iOMG aired though I was thrown off once again in that they were definitely setting up for a Sam and Freddie arc. So basically I think he was just exploring both, and he decided let's explore Sam and Freddie's more because the fans seem to be more behind it. I don't really know what's going through his mind, but I know from the beginning he wasn't planning on setting up future relationships.