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-4196911-20121116115858/@comment-4196911-20121116180716

'S&TC, and Harry Potter are a few that I can think of off the top of my head. Good writing consists of making ever character interesing, which means that every character will have character development, again, for Carly's argument it's not so much that Creddie was the ONLY way, it's just now with the finale at our door that it has become that way due to Carly's lack of character development'.

But we're talking about a tween sitcom with a young target demographic. You're just not going to see things spelled out with incredible depth - even character-wise. And the main character even less so - by design. There are some deep things on the show (and I'm happy about that and I enjoy it where I can get it), but it's limited. Most is subtext at best.

'As I argued, she isn't as "simple", I would have loved to see her address the issue of what's it like to not have a mother, or how her father is away all the time. Obviously it is something that bothers her based on iFL and iChristmas, so why not explore this aspect of her?'

Dan has been asked about this, and he said he deliberately keeps it to a minimum because it can make the show too heavy-themed (death? divorce?) and take it away from its purpose and the age of the people who are supposed to be watching. You can mention the Dad at times because Dan always wanted him coming back eventually. But this isn't a network drama. The demands of the show and who it's for mean fewer adult characters in general, and exploring why the missing ones aren't there doesn't fly with the stated purpose of what he wants to do with the show. Sam's missing father has been the butt of a couple of one-liners, but that's it. You might not like it, but that's his answer.

Also, if it was something that Dan didn't want to touch on, then he would have never have made Carly and Freddie so close, would have never said "let's try again when this whole hero thing has passed"

Because a writer always leaves himself future flexibility just in case. You don't paint yourself into a corner. But at this late date, I'm not seeing it. The other vibe from that scene is "you don't really love me", which sounds to some people like closure and also has a very different feeling from the mutual "I love you"'s that Sam and Freddie exchanged.

'and he would have NOT mentioned Creddie again in iOAR when the show was already in it's last days of productions. I like to think that Dan is not a total troll.'

He's not a troll. But like I've always said, it's his job to create drama and interest. The way you make a ship interesting is to put it potentially in jeopardy in the minds of the audience. That was the purpose of iOAR. What I'm convinced Dan isn't going to do is make it obvious that Sam is still upset/jealous about Creddie (which she obviously is), and then make the end of the show actually go that way. You're talking about the insecure romantic underdog who is in love with the main male character (despite the break-up), and we're supposed to think Dan is going to pair up that same guy with said girl's popular best friend who gets dates all the time? I don't think for a minute that Dan will do that.

My hunch is that you're going to be disappointed in this area, and I'm not saying that to be mean. But I do think it's true.