User blog comment:Latersgee/Why Sam and Freddie's Crushes Aren't the Same./@comment-1742110-20110509232707

Snoopy 87, had a brilliant post on the seddie forum. Here is the text of it.

Freddie’s crush has been ongoing since middle school, giving it a very innocent vibe. Sure, the crush carried over after puberty, but it didn’t build. It started being pushed more and more to the background as they got older. At 13, Freddie was doing anything and everything Carly wanted. At 14, he’s still perking up at any signal she might throw his way, but he was starting to become his own person. At 15, he’s valuing their friendship and hey, he finally gets her … only to break up with her because he realize that Sam was right. He only wanted Carly if her feelings were true. 13-year old Freddie wouldn’t have cared. He would have jumped at any chance to be with her, regardless.

Sam’s feelings have been building as the trio has gotten older, and this revelation is happening during their JUNIOR year. They’re on the brink of adulthood, and that adds even more importance to what she is feeling. She’s gone from the 13-year old bully who wanted Freddie out of the picture to someone who valued Freddie’s friendship and leaned on him in times of need. So to see her at 16 finally admitting that she loves him? This is serious.