User blog comment:Cartoonprincess/Was The Arc a Mistake?/@comment-3174012-20110820194351

Well, I have to disagree with most of what your blog post said. First of all, it's Dan's show, so if he picks a certain ship, one ship would obviously feel left out. I don't feel any ship is "entitled" to a certain thing.

Also, like others said, it's way too early to judge about the whole seddie arch. Dan may or may not talk about creddie, and let this whole argument rest. (Note: Creddiers or any other ships do NOT really "deserve" with Dan making a nice ending to Creddie. It's Dan's show). Shouldn't really judge until after the arch.

It doesn't matter if Dan puts more emphasis on shipping. This is what makes his shows unique. He does something different in each one. Also, iCarly's running season is longer than Zoey101 AND Drake and Josh. Therefore, you should expect more to happen.

This is definitely not an act of desperation. I believe iCarly is Nick's most prized possession because it has one of the highest ratings (these couple of years). Dan could just do regular iCarly without any shippings, if he wants. But Again, it's his show, he wants to have SOME shipping moments. I believe there is a need for some seddie explanation and an arch to show sam and freddie's feelings. The arch is needed because seddie (the icarly fandom) is one of Dan's biggest shipping compared to Dan's other shows.

iSaFW did not contradict any future shippings. There's a reason as to why it was #308-309 while iOMG was #310. Dan wants his fan to enjoy the show, no matter what shipping he chooses. He doesn't want all this fighting that's going on... People tend to misinterpret this, easily.

Lastly he might mess up seddie, but I doubt he will. Every move has a risk, but Dan is brilliant.

To answer your last questions, I don't think the arch was a mistake (for the reasons above). This arch does not actually "save the series" since iCarly's ratings is one of the highest on Nick's.