Thread:3cooldog92/@comment-3180503-20120618155642/@comment-3180503-20120621135555

Whoo! This is engaging...okay! xD

Honestly, there was something about Madisen that seemed ingenuine to me from the start. It wasn't something I could automatically put my finger on, but I normally associated it with the way she talked in her interviews and the way she dressed at times. However, another major thing that clouded my judgement was the fact that I had that cliche crush on Nathan at the time, so obviously I was a little jealous. Although, I would not have taken it nearly as hard if Madisen didn't give off such a...I can't even describe it. I was going to mention something about how her image portrays her but even that is difficult to explain. The point is, before all the judgements and all the nasty things the fans accused her of were more or less unfounded, but now her actions say it all. Actions speak louder than words, and unfortunately, the poor decisions that both Nathan and Madisen made reflected their true character and what their true priorities are when push comes to shove.

Everything pre-Season 4 was properly developed (if severely underdeveloped) in terms of Seddie. However, one important thing that I forgot to mention was that from Season 4 onward, Jennette's acting style changed slightly. Now, this isn't something fans could automatically pick up on starting with iGot a Hot Room, but by the time iOMG rolled around, this change was more noticably significant. The only way I can think to describe this change is that Jennette's acting felt a bit more....bored and serious. Where Jennette played Sam as spunky and hyper in the earlier seasons, now her character felt a LOT more toned down. I partly think this might be the script toning Sam's character down, but I also have a hunch that Jennette began getting vaguely tired of playing Sam at this point and she let this show through Sam's new attitude. This was practically the only thing I could pay attention to when I first watched iOMG. Even when you saw the promos, in all of them, Sam looked...sad. It is very unlike Sam to let her feelings show so obviously like this, but I don't think this was Sam's sadness; it was Jennette using this slightly sad scene as an opportunity to well, mope. One of the creepiest lines throughout the entire episode was the meant-to-be-humourous, "Then, bake me a pie!" While I believe this line was meant to be said light-heartedly with a hint of frustration the way Sam usually says stuff, all I heard was a tone of pure bittnerness. Bitterness that I believe comes from her disdain of playing Sam for so long. I don't believe it is any coincidence that the line itself is something typical that Sam would say.

BUT I digress, back to Seddie. ^.^

Aside from Jennette's new acting attitude, there were other things that seemed a bit "off" starting in Season 4. The only minor exception was iGet Pranky where I believe the Seddie potential was heightened. However, in the very next episode, you start to see that something isn't right. I'm sure you remember iSell Penny Tees, which was already a horrible episode anyway (I blame Fleck, as always), but the most glaring flaws were in both Sam and Freddie's character. Not only was Sam encouraging child labor, but the way she was treating Freddie was completely off the wall and random, even for Sam. Then, when you look at Freddie he was making actual killing jokes about her. Thankfully, that sort of disturbing behavior stopped at that episode. However, from that point on Sam and Freddie didn't have any memorable interaction. Most of the endearing banter we saw in earlier seasons was now completely gone. Then, in iOMG, the idea of Seddie was practically forced upon us without any previous build-up. Not that I didn't enjoy the way it was done in the episode, but it certainly wasn't something you could see coming if you had watched all the Season 4 episodes prior to it. Then, in the Seddie Arc, Seddie was portrayed to be outrageously obnoxious instead of sweet and tender like we knew it could be. It was basically portrayed just for laughs and they fought over the stupidest things. All the random flirting and nonsense bickering didn't do Seddie justice at all, imo. Not only that, but when you look at all the kisses, even back in iKiss they looked extremely uncomfortable. I believe this is just more Jathan tension but maybe I'm looking too much into it. All this made for a really awkward portrayal of Seddie; not the kind I would have liked to see. If it had been a cutely awkward transition into more than friends that had developed over the course of Season 4, the Arc itself would have made a lot more sense. Though Sam and Freddie had shown very vague indications that they liked each other in previous seasons, there was none of that in Season 4 leading up to iOMG.

But, okay, it's almost time for me to get off the computer so I hope all this explaining will suffice. :D