User blog comment:NoodleBooty/Shipping Issues/@comment-1742110-20110508210839

Now, I think this is a good blog but it's hit and miss in some areas. I really don't like the following.. "These characters are fictional, there is no need to get so upset over them. Their lives have been drafted on a piece of paper and performed in front of a camera by a group of actors."

I hope you don't take that the wrong way. You are far from the only one who uses that argument when it comes to the art of shipping. But i take offense to it because i love so many ships and it's a big hobby and love of mine. Look at my bio page. I list my Top 11 ships. I have about 35 ships i love. So the argument that they are just fictional so we shouldn't get invested emotionally i don't think is quite right.

Artists create things because they love it but they also want people to care about the characters the create and care about what happens to them.

I don't think iCarly is funny AT ALL. I think the humor is childish. So i don't want iCarly to get laughs. I chuckle once in a while but nothing in the show is laugh out loud funny to me. So i watch it for the relationships. I watch it for the characters. If i was only looking for humor i would look towards other shows. jmo.

It's important to point out iCarly isnt life or death. What happens, happens. But there is nothing wrong with getting emotionally invested. It's not weak if a storyline makes you tear up and cry. A movie or tv show's job is to get you to care about whats going on.

Still. this is a really solid blog, nice work. The it's just fiction argument is a little pet peeve of mine. So hope you didnt take offense. :)