User blog comment:Slicknickshady/A lot of people on this wiki seem to be trivializing the word "Love"./@comment-2027677-20110720213252

I agree with a lot of people on here who think that iCarly, especially the titular character, trivializes the word love, but I also think that's a somewhat accurate depiction of a lot of teenagers I know. I have friends who swear to God they are completely in love with their boyfriend/girlfriend and tell me in a very serious way that they're going to get married to that person some day. Usually my reaction is 'That's great...". I guess it’s possible that they’ve found “the one” already, but it seems very unlikely to me. So, basically, I think society as a whole trivializes the word love. But I don't think a character like Sam would do that, because Sam rarely shows her true emotions to people, at least the non-angry ones, and the only person Sam has shown genuine affection for on the show is Carly. I also don't think the important thing is Freddie’s Mood Face, because, let's face it, that idea is kind of stupid. You can't know if someone is in love by taking a picture of them. I think the most significant piece of information here is that Sam denies it so vehemently, because if it wasn't true then she probably wouldn't take it as seriously as she did, maybe laugh it off and say something like “Yeah, uh-huh, I’m in love with someone I’ve known for five days”. I believe this is further proven in the last scene when Sam admits through her kiss that she was actually in love with someone, but it just wasn't the person Freddie had thought it was. Like some other people said, if it had just been a simple crush, I don't think Sam would've performed such a grand gesture. Crushes are relatively easy to ignore, but Sam couldn't ignore what she was feeling anymore. What's debatable here is whether or not Dan did such a good job of building up this "love" and whether it's realistic that Sam could fall "in love" without being in an actual romantic relationship yet.