User blog comment:GiantKid/In preparation for iGoodBye an appreciation post for Carly and why I will sink/sail with Creddie till the end/@comment-5679407-20121117034617/@comment-4402317-20121117071720

Thanks for the post Seth! :)

I really liked your perspective on what Carly really needs in a realtionship, and like I've stated, I really do see the appeal to Seddie, and I love the romantic little bits of Seddie in early seasons. I think it was somewhere later in the writing where Sam became too "lovey" and Freddie became more "bulky" that I started to lose interest in it, and became stronger of a Creddie shipper. I think that Seddie compliment each other very nicely, but I don't think Freddie/Sam are considered "right" for one another, at least, not the version that Dan showed us in the arc. I can't really find the right words to pinpoint it, but the Seddie that I has fallen in love with became a whole different animal in the Seddie arc. I guess it's because I was hoping that Sam's rough side was a facade, and that the "real" Sam (iKiss) would have come out when she started dating Freddie. Also, I LOVED "Hey Arnold", never really shipped anything on there, but I know that Helga/Arnold is very similar. But anyways-- back to Carly!

As you've read, another origin for this blog is because I think it's unfair that Carly has had little development, ONLY because if Dan was able to write development for Sam, then he should have written something for Carly. I've listed ALL the things that could have been played as a plot for Carly, but Dan barely touches the service for her character.. and it's not just in my head. In iChristmas she wished that Spencer was more normal (because she really is looking for something simple to hold on to with both of her parents gone). And we can feel how heart broken she is when her father can't come home in iFirstLady. It's there.... and it angers me that with Carly's character disappearing that Dan wouldn't have expanded on it when Sam has who knows how many years to expand her character. This is why I am rooting for Creddie, or at least Carly being in love with Freddie and him rejecting her. (Yes, I know, I know, that's not very Creddie), but to me, her at least coming full circle and having loved and lost is a better ending for me than her just never growing in any of the piolets roots.

I think that she plays "protector", and "mature" one so much that I think Freddie stepping in and being her rock would be the perfect relationship for her. Of course, this is my opinion and a matter of taste when it comes to the branch that I ship Creddie on. I agree with you 100% on who she is as a person and the type of role-model that she has played, and that makes me believe even more that she needed to break down and have someone just hold her and tell her that she doesn't need to be strong all the time. I love both Sam and Carly's character, and I really think that if this were iSam, that I probably would have shipped Seddie, but alas, with Carly as the main character, I guess I feel as a viewer that she should have had something.

I rather go back and watch the series and see the progression of the trio. With Sam becoming more confident and falling in love, with Freddie learning who he is through Carly's rejection and Sam's love, and with Carly learning that she doesn't always have to be the strong one in the group, and learning what it's like to really "love" someone (meaning she lets Freddie go with Sam because she cares too much to hold on to him).