Talk:Seddie/@comment-25501805-20140416175404/@comment-14284535-20140418213137

I am not that into iCarly. I have seen all or most of about 60 episodes, I have turned off a batch part-way through, and a small bunch, maybe 15 or so, I have no interest in watching. (For instance, in "iStill Psycho", I was pretty nauseated by the episode, but when Freddie said only Carly likes him, I moved to change the channel; I just saw Carly knock him out with the sonic screwdriver when the channel changed.)  Even so, there are only about 40 or so I would watch again.

What I AM interested in are you fans. This is the most knowledgeable, passionate fanbase that I know of outside of SF fandom - with almost none of the pathologies aside from the Jathaners who sent all the nastygrams to Maddie.. Moreover, iCarly fanfic is some of the best I have ever read. Some people who started writing FF at 9 wrote better and more mature stories with better style than I could after I went to the Clarion Writers' Conference. Besides, people I worked with whose opinions I really respected loved this series.

I don't believe my storyline is cruel. It is harsh, but it is realistic. People have to deal with the storyline I thought of all the time. Showing that to an audience of children and parents and doing it in an entertaining fashion would be good for the viewers. My favourite sitcoms, "Barney Miller" and "Yes, Minister" both dealt with real, serious issues - sometimes very depressing ones - while being funny and incisive. That would be what I would be aiming for.