User blog comment:Bolivianbacon/iSAFW: Epic or epic fail?/@comment-3037452-20110812114928

// I wrote this ~before iOMG, but it still kind of applies.. ;P //

Re: the implied intention of iSaFW definitely seemed to be, in general, "don't care about these two popular (ie, mentioned) ships because the show aims only to focus on just ~comedy stuffs XD but also, hint hint, this is also warning you to ~brace yourself for when anything happens in future eps that might REALLY surprise you, juuust saying!" ..oy! So you kno, if it *wasn't* for that whole, "a kiiids show couldn't possibly have a same-gendered crush no matter *how* innocent even tho every other character in kids' media has ~relationships even btwn entirely different species!" thing.. I totally would have took iSaFW as a "your (popular/ main/ obvious) ships don't matter because it's going to go in a completely surprising direction! muahaha!" <~ type of msg that something *epic* & that truly ~defies clichés was about to happen.. a la CAM! XD Eh well.. >.>

It obviously felt like such a letdown then, to have the sudden, "mysterious" iOMG promos showing up & so obviously short of outrightly declaring it, suggesting that Sam was now crushing on Freddie.. what?! REALLY?! I mean, after all that talk, that- mockery mixed with preaching- both in & around & after iSaFW, about how ships don't matter.. saying how no one should really become "obsessed" about either one.. and that the show wants you to focus on anything *except* who loves who.. etc & etc, blah blah. Really?! And now they're hyping a promo with basically just rhetorical questions because they clearly are just doing a certain ship- one specific, obvious one- a whole lot of fanservice?? Come ON! ..until you look at the promos in a diff way, a CAM way to be specific, & then you think, huh. You kno, if it weren't for that thing.. you kno what thing.. this *could* be epic. It *could* be actually shocking. But of course, it won't. Because the show's most popular ship has *such* ~avid fans, that even when they *expect* this, they will still claim to be "shocked" & that is- clearly- what the show was going for the whole time. Sigh.

// & then after iOMG, I have a bunch of CAM-slanted discussion here which also reference the whole Adam thing, & even mentions the way Sam ignored Freddie being with other girls but always seemed more concerned with who Carly was dating.. // also still working on the ~proof that Nick is more open-minded than ppl think & how they could possibly be the first network at some point in the near future to have such same-gendered innocent ships in a teen sitcom //