Talk:Seddie/@comment-3180503-20140609040305/@comment-3180503-20140609203820

I never said Dan did Creddie well. You're right that Carly's feelings for Freddie were never made indubitably clear. However, Dan seemed to make a point about keeping Carly as an option for Freddie no matter what. Even if it no longer made sense in the context of the story.

You're right, Passionate, that none of the Seddiers truly wanted or asked for an arc. I, for one, was scared out of my mind when I first heard about it because I knew that 5 episodes would be too much and that it would inevitably end with a break up.

Once again, I think you guys are confusing what Dan has taken part of and what he has not taken part of. For the sake of simplicity, let's just say he didn't take part in writing the first 3 seasons at all and it was mainly planned out by the other writers. Keep in mind that the Jathan chemistry was at its peak during this time and that's where you got a lot of the flirty looks and whatnot that weren't necessarily scripted. As for their moments after the arc, the chemistry is completely gone in my opinion. They just seem angry at each other. I suppose it could be argued that this was done for tension but it was never followed up on. In iPear Store, they seem to want to provoke a jealous Freddie by adding another love interest for Carly in the episode.

What I mean by "villainizing" is that during the arc Seddie appears to be tearing the Creddiam friendship apart and it puts Carly uncomfortably in the middle of it all. Why else would Dan choose to portray Seddie that way unless he wanted to prove that it "didn't work"? Really, the arc even made me hate Seddie because they completely botched it and it didn't even remotely resemble the Seddie of the first 3 seasons. The old writers worked hard to make Seddie a likeable pairing; Dan did not. And he wasn't afraid to completely ruin Freddie as character in order to get his point across that he liked Creddie better.

On the other hand, maybe something (else) happened over the course of the show that made Dan change his mind about Seddie. Or perhaps after the old writers left, he attempted to rekindle the perfect Seddie chemistry by adding tension but it just didn't work as well because Dan isn't as skilled a writer. Jennette, as well, could have played her part in dissuading Dan to do Seddie. I don't really know what went down and I don't like to pretend that I do. I just speculate is all.