User blog comment:CreddieLuv4eva/"Is it too late for you to love me?" Analysis Blog/@comment-3101374-20120627103929/@comment-4184884-20120628072422

'''And I still feel the reason he told Sam he loved her was so they wouldn't end badly, because he obviously loves her as a friend no matter what happens to their romantic involvement. '''

To me the confession in iLove You was of a friendship kind of love, otherwise they would have stayed together.

I disagree. There are a lot of ways to end a relationship on good terms that don't involve an exchange of I love you's followed by kissing, followed by postponing your break-up, followed by more kissing.

If all Freddie was doing by telling Sam he loved her (and it's made clear in iPS that Sam interpreted that as being "in love" with her) was ending things on good terms and reassuring her of his "friendship", then he went about it completely the wrong way and he shouldn't have kissed her or insinuated that they should postpone their break-up.

You don't do that to simply soften the blow of a break-up and if he did as you're insinuating than I think that's incredibly skeezy of him and a very low point for his character.

We've seen Dan end a relationship on a "friendly" note and it wasn't with seddie. Take iSYL. Freddie wouldn't let Carly say she loved him because he knew it wasn't true (which shows that in a serious setting, Freddie isn't going to let anyone just toss around the word love, despite his more frivolous-laugh track followed proclamations when they were younger), and when he leaves Carly kisses him on the cheek as he goes down in the elevator alone. In iLY Freddie is the one to initiate the I love you's, then they kiss, then he insinuates that it's "only 10:30" and agrees they should postpone breaking up, and then they get back into the elevator and kiss more.

I'm sorry, but there is no way I'll ever believe that Freddie did all of that just so they "wouldn't end badly". Not at all.

Sounds to me more like a kid that knew the break-up was for the best, but that didn't want to let it go just yet because he genuinely loved Sam romantically. He wanted to be with her a little bit longer. Sure, they didn't stay together…but they did what they could to make it last.

I'll never believe that didn't mean anything or was just a friendly ending.

(And sorry I went off on a bit of a tangent on the end there. lol I just have a lot of feelings about iLY :3 )

To me the most important bit in the episode that's being overlooked in the analysis of Sam's reaction is how Dan handles the scene with Freddie and Carly going to their respective apartments.

I'm one of those people that has definitely been focusing more on Sam's reaction than on Carly and Freddie's interaction, but I think that's because it's hard for me to really delve into where Carly and Freddie could be going when Dan's making a point to show that Sam doesn't like it.

It's like with Victorious. In Tori Goes Platinum, Beck and Tori almost kiss, but then Tori stops it because she can't do that to Jade…she can't do that to a friend.

If Tori couldn't make a move on Beck because of Jade (who she has an…interesting relationship with), is it really believable that Carly would get with Freddie when she and Sam are BEST friends. I know, I know. Different shows, different characters, different histories, but it's the same show runner so that's got to count for something.

I keep coming back to this but I think it's because it's my biggest issue with creddie personally right now. The only way I see it happening is that Dan magically makes Sam get over her dislike of Creddie (which I would just find unbelievable) or he has Carly hurt Sam. Those are the only two options for Creddie right now and both of them suck frankly. lol