Talk:Seddie/@comment-3247345-20111023062016/@comment-4184884-20111024080002

I said this elsewhere, but by the end of the arc, they were their own biggest enemies. Yes, they'd grown leaps and bounds since iPilot. Standing up to Mrs. Benson & Gibby, working with Carly, those were all external forces on Sam & Freddie's relationship. They got through those...but the internal forces, their own thought processes and obvious insecurities, was the one area they couldn't seem to budge on....quite yet.

It's not at all irrational to believe that they felt they weren't quite "ready" yet to be together. They were constantly looking out at Carly and others for how they were supposed to behave and I think that in doing so, they built up a lot of faulty thought processes and insecurities within themselves. They ended up losing sight of the progress they'd made as a couple because they still didn't feel like they were "normal" enough together. My point is, it's not about actually maturing to be more normal/abnormal. It's about realizing that being a little different in their relationship is fine. Even with all the development they've had, I don't think it is a stretch that there's still that bit of internal growth necessary for two 17 year olds. And I certainly could see it happening within the time iCarly has left.

Do I think it was a bit of a cop out so Dan could break them up, try to go back to more of the old school dynamics, and keep a seddie reunion for later on? Completely. But I don't think it's an illogical choice either.

And the arc was not a waste. As Archnemesis mentioned, the arc has now tackled how Sam & Freddie's relationship would affect the rest of the people in their lives. The arc tackled their biggest caveat: Arguing. It made it so that when they get back together, things can go smoothly and there will not have to be any "new relationship" hitches.