User blog comment:CreddieLuv4eva/"Is it too late for you to love me?" Analysis Blog/@comment-4542190-20120623195248/@comment-4196911-20120625113039

^ Or, you could say that Sam knows Carly better than anyone else, so she was warning Freddie that since Carly's feelings weren't real, Carly was going to eventually recognize that and it was going to end badly. Better for Freddie to notice the state of affairs first and break up with her, before Carly had the chance to come to her senses and dump him - and really hurt him emotionally. So she was a true friend. "Freddie, be a big boy and recognize this for what it is." I could argue that the people calling Sam not a true friend are the same people who are disappointed that Sam helped dissolve the outcome that they themselves wanted. Sam wasn't necessarily ruining Freddie and Carly's happiness - she was instead ruining the happiness of some viewers who ship. Freddie didn't have to listen to Sam either. But the minute he realized she just wanted to kiss him more instead of having a real interest in his tech stuff (she tried to fake being interested, but he noticed that right away), he suspected that Sam was right.

See, I'm convinced these three characters would never do anything to each other that they know would be seriously hurtful. Even when Sam told the world Freddie never kissed anybody, she figured she was getting the best of him like always, it was just another prank, and she didn't really appreciate how much she had actually hurt him until Carly explained it to her. She went overboard without thinking ahead about what she was doing. She does that a lot. Remember in iCTI when Carly said being friends with Sam was like having a wild chimp for a pet? You need to put up with some of her nonsense. They all do.

In the same way, I don't think Freddie's current behavior toward Sam is him deliberately trying to be mean with no purpose. There's a reason behind it - whatever the reason is.

Personally, I don't think Sam was motivated by jealousy when she gave Freddie that advice in iSYL. Sam was still trying to repress and hide the fact that she was in love with Freddie. If she was totally okay with her own feelings, she never would have lost control in iOMG nor checked herself into a mental hospital right after. Sam's always been conflicted about her feelings and what others will think of her (or if they'll reject her) if those feelings are expressed.

I know Creddiers disagree for their own reasons, but I think Sam's opinion that Carly's feelings weren't real has been backed up by Carly's behavior since the end of iSYL up until now. If Sam had been devious or just plain wrong, I'm convinced Carly would have made another play for Freddie by now.

She hasn't.