Talk:Seddie/@comment-24856071-20140410004922/@comment-14284535-20140410235543

OK, I have to say something about "Sam is too bad-ass for love."

First, I can't imagine that being true unless the character were some horrible combination of sociopath and psychopath. Even at her worst in the first season, that's not true. She would never have felt the need to confess to hacking the school computer in iPromise Not to Tell. She would not feel the need to bail Freddie out and then be his first kiss in iKiss. She would not feel the need to Freddie the truth about Carly dating him out of gratitude in iSaved Your Life. And I haven't even reached the Seddie Arc yet.

Now that I have disproved that theory, let me get on to Seddie. As someone who knows various married couples that started off as Creddie, Seddie, Cabbie, and every other couple ever shipped in the history of fandom, I think that a guy like Freddie is EXACTLY the kind of guy a gal like Sam falls head-over-heels for.

First, we know that she wants some romance in her life and wishes that she could get guys more easily. We also know that she dislikes how her mom is with guys and can infer that she has some problems with some of them (given how leery she is of going home when her mom has a new BF). We also see over the course of the series that her values have changed by iGet Banned and iRescue Carly. We also know that she was badly hurt by her Dad leaving and her mom's incompetence.

Now ask yourself - what does she want in a guy? Wouldn't a straight-laced, loyal, caring guy who won't desert her be in the mix? Maybe a guy she doesn't need any pretences with, who accepts her for what and who she is, and can cope with her wild side be a good idea? How about a guy who respects her and whom she respects? Maybe someone who issmart enough to keep her interested and has opened her mind (and her his) to different ways of thinking and acting? Most importantly, a guy who values and respects her and her opinion would be good, right? Freddie fulfills every single emotional need Sam has, doesn't he?

Frankly, I can see the Sam character trying a bad boy and getting fed up with the stress and nonsense in a big hurry (like, a date she aborts within a couple of hours). She would eventually go back to nice guys. The problem then becomes letting go of the first nice guy if he's not interested in her anymore - does she believe that he's the ONLY nice guy who would like her? The answer to the last question is "no," but it is not easy to convince someone of that when they have only dated one "nice guy."

Sorry for the rant - that quote of Ariana's just pisses me off.