User blog comment:The Sam Puckett/Seddie/Creddie: Which Was Planned From the Start?/@comment-3180503-20110708224355

Okay, first of all, *kudos* for creating this, despite you being a Cam shipper; I harbor a *lot* of respect for you, just for that, alone. :)

Hmm. I don't have a lot of time to form a true opinion on this, because I think my mom hears me typing and will probably *suspect* something, but I will say this: I think it was both misleading *and* ingenious of Dan to create two major ships, overlapping one another throughout the series (sort of head-to-head), like this. The only issue comes about when the show is almost over; which to choose?

When I first saw the pilot fot iCarly, and first witnessed Freddie's "stalkerish" crush on Carly, I immediately thought back to Zoey 101, and I think at first, Dan was trying to recreate Choey through Creddie. Maybe Seddie was *obvious* from the beginning to you *hardcore* shippers, but I'll be honest, I was a kid, and I didn't see it. And I don't think Dan did at first, either. His characters were just as new to him as they were to us, and he was still expirimenting with them, which is why their personalities were slightly different in Season 1. However, by now, Dan is an *expert* at character development. He knows fully well that as he develops his characters, they start to change and compliment eachother better, as time goes on. Also, he probably quickly noticed the then *thriving* Jathan chemistry, which further influenced his decision.

This is *all* speculation, of course, but you get the idea. :P