Talk:IStart a Fanwar/@comment-2242811-20101120153911

i do not own this, @Jenniven from twitter posted this on dan's blog and i think you all should read it:

I agree with the majority of posters above. It's not that we love to bash the show. If we truly hated the show, we wouldn't be watching in the first place. Television shows, just like books, movies and music, are completely avoidable with the simple flip of the channel. What I, and most of the people here are disappointed by, is the way the show was being promoted. This episode was clearly geared toward those of us interested in the progression of the romantic subplot. A subplot that HAS been featured in more than one episode. I'm not being a "pearpad" girl who is geekily pointing out instances in which "Carly looked at Freddie in a clearly loving way", but am referring to the episodes in which a romantic relationship was the central plot. You've focused on both Sam and Freddie and Carly and Freddie in previous episodes. It seems like a cheap shot to admonish the fans about "obsessing" over the romantic relationships, when you are the one who fostered it in the first place.

Your show is a comedy. It is funny. But in order for people to care about a show, they have to care about the characters. And your characters are growing up. Romantic relationships are a part of growing up. Avoiding that altogether is unrealistic. The boy/girl dynamic is complex and endearing, but you are cheapening it by insisting that it doesn't exist in your world.

I understand you're show is geared toward younger audiences. I understand that your show will never go into a "Dawson's Creek"-like territory. But even my 5 year old daughter is aware that "Freddie should be with Carly". (For the record, I'm a silent Sam and Freddie fan, I root for the underdog). Even my young daughter understands that there have been romantic undertones in the episodes. So, please stop offending you're fanbase, by assuming that we're all horny, rabid fans that just want to see them make out when you've done nothing to provoke us. Please. It's insulting.