User blog comment:Rachim/Sad Creddiers/@comment-3419317-20110411204433/@comment-3419317-20110414171454

@ PrincessPuckett :

Well, to be fair, Harry was going through an awful lot in that book.

Not just all the pressure, but also the pain of having witnessed Cedric Diggory's death, the guilt (Harry may have felt that if he hadn't convinced Cedric to take the Triwizard Cup with him, then he'd still be alive), the anger and frustration of knowing that he was telling the truth and yet most people didn't believe him ... Yes, he did act like a jerk, and I understood that people (including my brother) got really impatient with him at times, but I think we could cut him a bit of leeway for all he was coping with.

Now, on to the real issue, which is Sam :

You may be right. And Dan Schneider may agree with you. There are certainly a great many people on this Wiki who do.

However, I still stand by my opinion that it would fit the nature of this show for Sam to recover from the pain of heartbreak a lot more easily than would be the case in real life.

Often times, I think, people - including me, by the way - tend to really overanalyze this show. Now, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Picking apart every episode and every scene to analyze it can be a lot of fun, and that is, after all, the entire reason we're here.

Also, I've known some fan fiction writers who have said that they find websites like this very useful for gaining new ideas and perspectives that they can make use of in their writing.

However, we need to bear in mind that that overanalysis often leads to conclusions that aren't really likely to factor into the show. I myself acknowledged that what I wrote about the courage required for Sam and Freddie to enter a relationship with each other is probably too heavy to introduce into a storyline for iCarly's target audience.

Also, it isn't just because iCarly is a children's show. It's also because of the cartoonish nature of this particular children's show.

I have seen discussion forums where people were actively condemning this show for promoting the idea that female-on-male violence is okay (meaning the way that Sam sometimes hit Freddie, without any real consequences). In response, some folks pointed out that the entire show was completely over-the-top, and downright ridiculous at times, and simply isn't meant to be taken that seriously.

I noticed that you didn't say that Sam actually is in love with Freddie, only that she "seems" to be. Do you acknowledge, then, that it's possible, however unlikely, that she isn't?

A lot of people have argued that Sam must be in love with Freddie, because of how long she insisted on acting like she hated him, and how she eventually had to stop denying her feelings for him. But, again, I could argue that that might be a little too deep an analysis, considering iCarly's comedic, light-hearted nature. (Of course, I could be wrong.)

The episode itself said that she was in love, but then again, many people have a tendency to use terms like "crush" and "in love" interchangeably, and I think that the word "love" is greatly overused in everyday speech, anyway.

So, in my mind, the possibility exists that Sam has feelings for Freddie, but isn't actually in love with him. If so, then as I said, it would fit the cartoonish nature of this show for her to bounce back very quickly from being unable to be with him.

And if Sam really is in love with Freddie?

You would expect her to be extremely sad if she was unable to be with Freddie ... Of course, you would also expect that a child raised by a parent who isn't even responsible enough to feed her would wind up a lot worse off than Sam, and certainly Melanie, are.

No, I still think that, regardless of the nature of Sam's feelings for Freddie, it's entirely possible that the show will have her bounce back from the pain of heartbreak as soon as the very next episode.

If Freddie asked Sam to give him time to figure out where they stand with each other, if he (or Sam, for that matter) chose to place their relationship "on hold" for some reason ...

I think that the episode would probably end with shots of a sad Sam and Freddie ... and then, the next episode would probably be another of the comedic stories we expect of the show, with Sam and Freddie acting relatively normally around each other again.

Maybe Dan Schneider would insert a bit of awkwardness here and there. He might even have the characters make light of it, like :

Freddie : You're going to the movies tonight?

Sam : [Pointedly] Yeah. We single people have been known to do that from time to time.

Freddie : [Winces] I'm sorry.

[Sam gives Freddie a wry smile and pats him on the shoulder.]

All with a laugh track playing in the background.

And, in the end, they'll be just fine. That's my opinion.

We may just have to agree to disagree on this, but ... Some people here seem to believe that it would be illogical, or impossible, for Dan Schneider to have Sam and Freddie to have Sam and Freddie not become a couple, without major emotional fallout afterward. Considering the nature of this show, I simply don't agree.