Talk:Seddie/@comment-4233280-20120802160402/@comment-4184884-20120802163822

But it's not just saying "I love you", it's how it's said and who says it.

Carly has always used to the word love rather freely. She likes a guy and suddenly it's "I love him!"

Sam isn't like that. Fairly certain the only other time Sam has ever said I love you was in iSam's Mom when she has the exchange with her mother. Other then that, Sam has never said I love you to anyone else...besides Freddie.

Also, the I love you exchange was a major focus of the episode...so much so that it was the name of the episode. It wasn't some throw away comment. It was so important that Dan made it the episode title.

Plus, no other romantic relationship on iCarly has ever had a serious, non-laugh track followed exchange of I love you's like seddie. None.

(Also, notice how with the Carly/Freddie moment you mentioned, Freddie wouldn't let Carly say that she loved him...because he knew it wasn't true. That shows that in that context, saying "love" is a serious thing to Freddie...something he wouldn't want being said if it wasn't true.)

Sam/Freddie's exchange was so fundamentally different from any other prior romantic "I love you's." That's the key thing to remember.