Talk:Seddie/@comment-14284535-20140507231210/@comment-24341760-20140508222342

Princess, I agree that they should've done the arc in Season 3 while they still had the chemistry, but they didn't KNOW that the chemistry would go away. They were probably waiting to do the arc, prolonging it to drum up anticipation and ratings. Who knows.

Embargo- maybe I do overestimate the Jathan chemistry thing. Sure, there can be "friend" chemistry. But I was an adolescent once, and spending that much time with a member of the opposite sex, especially when it's all new to you, "those feelings" are going to develop. I just think they were, at one time, more than "just friends," or maybe wanted to be or something. It happens. It would be more unusual if it DIDN'T happen. UNLESS, my theory about Nathan (which I won't repeat here but you can probably guess. Let's just say he works out a lot) is true and somehow Jennette sensed it was never gonna go that way for them, romantically,because he just wasn't interested in that. I know you can sense that about someone pretty early, I've had male friends like that where I knew it wouldn't go anywhere. But it always seemed Jennette was more uncomfortable in romantic scenes than he was, so again, who knows. I will always respectfully disagree with you about the writers actually pushing Seddie, just because there is no other reason to write ikiss, itwins, ITTK, locker 239, etc., etc., etc. Their feelings for each other was a thematic element to the show. Subtle, yes, but present throughout Seasons 2 and 3. So maybe they weren't "pushing" it, but they were consciously writing episodes that left the viewer wondering if there was more to that relationship. I never wondered the same way about Creddie except maybe after speed date. That's really it. And even that had Sam incorporated into it. Creddie just seems really obvious to me, dramatically, I don't get it. He likes her, she doesn't like him, that's never really disputed and it never really changes.

Freddie's actions in igoodbye were just plain bad writing. I don't see how they contradicted the message that we shouldn't kill each other over the shipping. It wasn't a HUGE part of the episode, and I don't think they thought it was supposed to be. It's consistent with their not wanting to get the fans hysterical. It backfired, though. I don't know why they thought it wouldn't, frankly.

I agree that the chemistry was back in TKTJ. So maybe it never left. Maybe the way Sam and Freddie were portrayed in Season 4 was an intentional decision. Who knows.