Talk:Seddie/@comment-4257094-20150410203047/@comment-14284535-20150411010424

I want to add something important to me: I hate this theory. The children of my siblings, cousins, and childhood friends love iCarly and Victorious - and all the girls are Seddiers; for some reason, all the boys are younger and don't have an opinion on the ships one way or the other. I didn't like making the girls cry when their parents asked me my honest opinion on how to explain what happened with Seddie.

Despite its flaws, I thought that portraying the relationship as needing work when it starts but improving from week to week as the most honest portrayal of a real relationship I have ever seen in a TV show for the target audience. But that honesty was undermined by the about face the series did to get to the Creddie ending. IMHO, a series with as much influence as iCarly is obligated to rise above narcissistic wish-fulfillment. By being completely dishonest with its post-Arc character regressions, it really upsets me. I have the same intense hatred of the Rose-Doctor garbage where Russell Davies lived out his similarly disturbing crush via the Rose character,

Lastly, I despise that the Seddie kids got abuse in school from Creddiers just as they did here. 8 year olds just should not have to deal with that crap and be told that they are abusive, mean-spirited, deluisional, unlovable, can't get a good guy, etc. It does not matter what DS did in TKTJ or whatever else - the damage is done.

This is also why I make my FF as fair to Sam and Carly as I can. I want to represent their feelings and reactions and honestly as I can, no matter what my feelings would be in the matter. I owe it to my readers  If I were writing for the series, I would feel an almost crushing responsibility to be as honest. On the other hand, it is this integrity and the honest research and analysis I do with the stories I write that made me so popular a FF writer in the 1980s, which in turn got John Nathan-Turner to request a full episode 1 and full story treatment for Doctor Who in 1988 along with my acceptance into Clarion.