User blog comment:GiantKid/My reaction to iGoodbye/@comment-1976613-20121124222226

I'm going to use my comment that I put on your original post in the iGoodbye thread as a response then add to it. (The first part is about your point of the characters being OOC by just letting their friend leave for Italy)

Wait, what kind of friends prevent their best friend from leaving to live with her father in Italy for a year? Carly has been away from her father for 5+ years and the whole episode made it obvious that it was finally taking a toll on her. It would be like the season 1 episode iTransfer Schools, where they were trying to keep Carly from going to Briarwood, again. At the end of that episode they learned that what a true friend would do is allow them to be happy going anywhere they wanted to go. I think what Sam, Freddie, Gibby and Spencer did was probably the biggest showing of true friendship I've seen on this show. Plus he did say there was a school nearby, and she's probably almost done with senior year anyway, so it won't be that big of a deal.?

Also, I do feel bad for Seddie shippers a bit, but at the same time I don't because there was no reason to end this show with a ship at all. I mean I thought the goodbye kiss between Carly and Freddie was sweet, but I knew it didn't mean anything, especially after their reactions (except for Freddie's fist raise, which I just found hilarious) To me I don't think the point of this episode should have been shipping and I think Dan did a good job representing the groups friendship, which to me is what the show is really about.?

As for Sam, yes she's always my favorite character and I loved the plot between Sam and Spencer, and Spencer giving her the motorcycle was sweet, it's something good for her that she finally has to call her own, and now she can take it down to LA and start her knew journey, I see no problem with how it ended for her. I don't even think what Freddie did was that bad, all these girls who comment and say that Freddie is a jerk irk me because as someone who actually was a teenage boy and knows what it's like, I totally understand Freddie's confusion. When I was his age I liked two people at the same time, I was just figuring things out too, and if the girl who I liked for a long time kissed me, I would have been excited too, and if I had heard that original reaction that Sam gave, I would have been flustered as well. As would any boy his age.?

And about the secret thing, that's the only thing that bothers me, since Carly made a huge deal about Sam and Freddie's secret kiss in iTTK, but I think this is a slightly different situation, I mean they are all going different directions in their lives, who kisses who as they are leaving just isn't important. Plus what would have turned Freddie into an actual jerk, is if he had stopped Carly from the goodbye kiss because "he still liked Sam" What kind of cold response is that for someone who is going away to Italy for a while??

I just think people are really overthinking this episode, it was a heartwarming ending to a good series. It celebrated the show, their friendship and Carly got to see her father. What is so bad about that?