User blog comment:GiantKid/My reaction to iGoodbye/@comment-4184884-20121124232507

I was disappointed with the finale as a whole because I felt like it was rushed and there was no real closure (not just for shipping, but everything in general.) There were some great moments. For instance, I loved the Carly/Spencer moment when she was packing up. It felt very genuine and Miranda did a great job. I also adored the Sam/Spencer moment when he gives her the bike. It's true that Sam has a good heart and is a good friend to Carly and it was nice to see Spencer do something so wonderful for her.

As for the shipping...

I expected "no endgame" with a sway one way or the other...but even now I don't know what to make of what we got. I agree that Freddie asking Sam about getting back together when she mentioned wanting to talk about something important was telling. And contrary to what some say, Freddie certainly didn't ask that as a joke. To me, it seemed like Freddie meant it and they both wanted to get back together, but they also both thought the other didn't so it didn't go anywhere.

The creddie kiss, I was expecting obviously but the complete lack of conversation about it was just weird and I agree that Dan could have had Carly do certain things that would have more logically led up to her kissing him. He offers to escort her to the dance, she doesn't want him to. She's sold on going to Italy because of cute italian boys...There just wasn't anything in the episode that built up to Carly kissing Freddie. As such, I still feel like it was an in the moment thing that Dan made happen as "pay off" for Freddie's long standing crush on the girl next door. (Oh and that fist pump really rubbed me the wrong way too. The machismo of it was really gross. Granted, the whole "asking one girl to get back together with you" and then a few hours later "cheering about getting kissed by her friend" thing in the span of a few hours makes Freddie look pretty gross in general.)

Of course, here's the thing: Since NO ONE talked about ANYTHING, everyone can interrpret those moments however they wish and we'll never really know the truth (unless Dan decides to enlighten us, which I doubt he will.)?

I think Dan did this on purpose. He tossed creddie shippers a bone with the kiss and he tossed seddie shippers a bone with the phone call. The kiss gives creddie closure that creddie shippers can continue to speculate the meaning of even though Carly's story is over and the phone call gives seddie shippers reason to watch Sam & Cat in the hopes of a reconciliation there since it was, like creddie, left up in the air as to what exactly their feelings were. Not saying the reconciliation will happen...just saying I think that's why Dan left seddie the way he did. So seddie fans would think it would and so would be drawn into watching Sam's spinoff.

Personally, I'm done with the shipping thing. All the finale proved in that regard is that Freddie still has feelings for both of his best friends and he'll take whichever one he can and frankly, I don't care to ship that Freddie with anyone. The finale did his character a diservice and I wish Dan had just chosen a side 100% and gone with it. Endgame creddie would have been better than this weird seddie/creddie thing we got.

Ya know, have Sam say "No. I think we're better as friends" in her phone call with Freddie and then segue into the creddie kiss with creddie moments (like Carly being excited about Freddie taking her to the dance). Or, have Carly and Freddie clarify after their kiss that it didn't mean anything, thus making the opening left by the Freddie/Sam phonecall seem more logical.

Dan tried to please everyone by not choosing a true endgame, but all he did was make a mess of an already mess shipping situation.