User blog comment:CreddieLuv4eva/"Is it too late for you to love me?" Analysis Blog/@comment-4196911-20120623203505

First, are these really palpable pieces of evidence that Freddie still has that "crush' on Carly? 

Hard to say, because of the way he phrased it. "is it too late..." seems kind of weird. Almost like it's a "Plan B" thing, as some Seddiers have suggested. And again, Carly IS incredulous (to use your word), which is the equivalent of "Whaaa? Are you kidding here?" It doesn't help Creddie much if Carly's attitude never changes. Doesn't sound like she's ready to jump into his arms. Freddie's potential "crush" is only half the story.

'Second, what is Dan trying to do here?... After years of his pumping things up, we know that nobody can trust Dan, least of all Creddiers, because he can't resist trolling his shows' fans to hold their attention.'

This is a wise instinct. Don't get me wrong - if I were a Creddier, I would find it difficult to not be excited by these things. The problem is, Dan has a history of throwing crumbs to the Creddiers and getting them briefly excited, only to pump up Seddie right after. The Creddiers were all excited over iSpeed Date, but Dan never really followed that episode up, and he iimplied on his blog that Sam's reaction was the most important thing. With many months and episodes of hindsight since then, it seems pretty obvious that Dan was just using the threat of Creddie to help Seddie and/or tell the audience something important about Seddie.

Just like iSpeed Date, we have another famous Disappointed!Sam "reaction shot" here in iOAR. Yeah, it's there for a reason, and yeah, Dan is going somewhere with it - but where he's going might not be a place the Creddiers will be happy with. Is there any reason for us to think the ultimate outcome of Sam's uncomfortable reaction is going to be any different this time than it was last time?

I don't use the word "trolling" much because he's supposed to have twists and turns in the show and make it interesting. Is that "trolling", or is that just his job?