User blog comment:Cartoonprincess/Was The Arc a Mistake?/@comment-3553219-20110822050029

It is way too soon to say if something was a mistake or not. Arc is a loose term. We know iLove You isn't even primarily about Seddie and don't know anything about iCan't Take It. It is completely unfair to make judgments about anything until it is over.

And Dan does not owe it to the Creddiers or Seddiers or anyone to be fair or to throw everyone a bone. Good television and good storytelling is not done by trying to make everyone happy. It is telling a story well and in the way that is true to your vision. Carly being jealous is not the story he wanted to tell because it doesn't feel true to the character (Carly loves Sam more than she has loved any guy she has dated and wants her to be happy). He is exploring an arc because, as you say, he has not done that in any of his other shows. And I think he wanted to do something different here.

And iCarly is unique because we grew up with them in a way we didn't with his other characters. They were so young when they started and have grown and changed so much. I think he feels more of an obligation and more interested in really exploring them as human beings. I love D&J but iCarly characters are more complex than any of his previous shows. It's not a romance thing, necessarily, it is showing how these people have grown up and exploring that in a way that makes sense. These characters, unlike previous ones, are better served with an arc because their histories, interactions and emotions are far far more complex. Sam and Freddie have gone through too much and too many emotions to just say "oh they are together now" and have that be that.