WML Review Responses

Anonymous Reader, 5/13/12

Thanks for calling my story immature, it means a lot. Ostensibly you lack knowledge in the meaning of the art of writing, and possibly the courage to stand up without the façade of a man in grey as well. I'd just also like to note that it doesn't matter if this is FanFiction or not, it is still a creative writing piece that, no matter how much you do or do not like specific characters in my story (that happens to be based on a TV show you might watch), it doesn't make the STORY or MYSELF immature, just the characters within the story. So again, thank you for your brilliantly uncalled for personal attacks on me.

I guess I forgot to mention in very big letters among my review at the very bottom of the page that I do like Freddie as a character. I thought it was made clear in my usage of specific diction that I only really believed Freddie was extremely derisive to Sam in this episode and this episode only. In general I do like Freddie and he is my second favorite character in the show – I think he's a very nice boy and kind and thoughtful to his friends – but this side of him was definitely not shown during the episode, and instead the episode hinted at the opposite about him. This is why I said, in my review at the bottom of the page, that I am hoping for him to revert back to the Freddie we all used to know – which implies, if I am fluent enough in the English language, and I am, that Freddie IS a very nice character and I was never insulting him, just upset with his actions in this episode.

Yes, Sam used to be mean to him, and punches and such are definitely forms of aggressive behavior that are out of line. It is not a defense, but that she is naturally like that and it is part of her personality. I'm not saying that just because she "naturally" likes to punch people that it makes it okay, only that this fact makes it even more clear that she has changed into a better person in the present day – which iPear Store showed.

I think the most important thing here is that this was a review of iPear Store, and not some long drawn out interpretation of Sam and Freddie's behaviors over the years. Freddie DURING iPear Store was extremely rude and mean, and that was all I was pointing out.

Since this response is getting incredibly long, I will proceed to respond to each of your sentences individually in as concise a manner as I possibly can (I'm a very wordy person):

"You are so hypocrite."

That makes no sense, not only grammar-wise, but in the fact that a hypocrite is someone who criticizes someone else for doing something that they themselves do. In my knowledge I have never been mean to and/or snubbed Freddie. So you are wrong. Sorry…?

[explains Sam's behaviors toward Freddie over the years] "Don't you think that's meaner and way (I mean WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!) worse than what than what our Pure and innocent Freddie had ever done."

Have you ever heard of two wrongs don't make a right? Plus, in the present, Sam hasn't done much to Freddie except retaliate when he makes fun of her. Yes, what she used to do is bad – but how she's changed needs to be noted too. And in this story I was only depicting what had happened pretty much in iPear Store solely – and from SAM's point of view no less.

"In conclusion, Seddie shippers are some hypocrites that are obsess with a kid show's ship."

Again, please look up the definition of hypocrite. And an English language grammar book for heaven's sake, I barely understood you there. By the way, in this particular story there is no evidence at all that I am obsessed with the show's ship – so attacking me and Seddie shippers was completely out of the blue and ungrounded. I merely wrote a story from Sam's point of view talking about her relationship with Freddie: how they used to date, how she definitely (it showed in the episode) still loves him or at least cares about him, and how he'd been very rude to her lately. I never once said that if they don't get back together I'll head to Dan Schneider's house with pitchforks and gasoline. I never once mentioned that I have 165 tattoos on my left thigh all saying "Seddie." Because I don't. And THAT would be the definition of obsessed. So once again, you are wrong. Sorry…?

This particular response was extremely long because I pretty much packed in everything I could possibly say to anyone else into that one. If you have any doubts of my way of thinking, then, feel free to read my response to this particular person, as it could apply to almost any question.

1m Rainb0ws, 5/13/12

Thanks for taking the time to read my story, I completely agree with your reasoning! I don't necessarily hate Dan, though some other shippers might, as he's the show's creator and can do what he wants. I'm not one of those people who would say that iCarly as a show sucks just because a specific two people don't get together, etc.

However, that doesn't mean I can't be offended for one of the characters if another completely rags on them throughout an entire episode, and touched when they ignore that and still stand up for the other in the end. I'm usually a very empathic/sympathetic person in real life, and that translates to when I'm watching movies and shows and stuff. If someone in the show gets embarrassed, I feel that way too, and that's the reason why I was very unhappy with the episode – it made me feel very insulted for Sam.

Anyway, thanks for your logical words, hope to see you on some of my stories in the future? :)

Kezziexx, 5/13/12

Haha, I know right? That's actually what I was thinking when I first noticed that they didn't have a name. ;)

PurpleVanilla5, 5/13/12

Yes! I'm not even aggressive or violent at all (if you knew me in real life you'd understand, I can't even kill the bugs that I'm afraid of, etc.), but even I would have resorted to Sam's insults on Freddie just because I felt so offended for her. She did pretty much nothing bad to Freddie except maybe making fun of him IN RETALIATION for all of his insults on her, most likely out of frustration or pent-up hurt. I hope the next episode doesn't make me feel so bullied! :(

Thanks for reading!

Lara Jubilee, 5/13/12

Thank you dear! That's so nice of you to say. (:

Emily-star-92, 5/13/12

Thanks, your review was very coherent and I totally agree (except for maybe you shouldn't do the pitchforks thing, because then without Dan there would be no iCarly at all)! I only bothered responding to the Anonymous Reader's review because I felt like I could use it to address several things that I hadn't bothered to address in my original review of the episode for fear of it getting way too long on the first page.

I could never figure out why people purposely seek out things they don't agree with just to comment on them with hate messages either - I'm not stuck-up (at least I hope not!) so it's not like I can't take criticism and think I'm perfect or something, but that first comment wasn't constructive at all. So yes, I completely agree with you about that as well. Also, thanks so much for reading, and it's nice to have someone like you reviewing one of my stories!

OneHUGEvirginia, 5/13/12

Yay! You're so good at saying exactly what I was trying to in very few words. This is exactly how I feel, I'm glad more people understand. (:

SirRay, 5/14/12

Firstly, I need to mention that N.E.R.D. Camp was not a job, and so he most definitely did not get fired from it. Yes, Sam sabotaged his application - but for precisely that reason it's quite obvious that he never got in in the first place. Getting "fired" from a "job" that he never even had would NOT be a part of his permanent (that's how you spell it by the way) employment record. Common sense.

I don't know if you work for Pear or not, but you seem to have extreme knowledge of how they hire their employees. Oh wait, it's not a real company. Either way, just because you were fired from one job as a teenager does not mean someone moves on to the next application without nothing that Freddie is a very qualified computer expert. If he really was good enough to possibly work at a technology giant, one job as a salesperson won't affect much. Otherwise everyone in the real world will only have had one job all their lives, and if they get fired from that job, their lives are over - definitely not the case.

Finally, I have two questions for you. One, did you even watch iPear Store? And two, did you even read the story?

The first question I ask because Sam never sabotaged Freddie's job at the store at all. She merely was hired because she was talented at selling things to prospective customers. Freddie, on the other hand, is clearly not a people person, and displayed a severe holier-than-thou attitude to everyone else (even calling them "morons," which is definitely not proper customer service). Furthermore, he was only fired because he attempted to sabotage Sam's job there, only it backfired on him.

The second question I ask because you didn't mention anything about my story in your review OF MY STORY. Thank you, I rest my case.

Anon Y. Mous, 5/14/12

Thank you for your kind words darling! :) But don't worry about me, they were only bad reviewers in the fact that they kind of made fools of themselves and barely even reviewed MY STORY, haha.

Also, thanks for reading and understanding what I was trying to do! I don't know if my writing is up-to-par yet, but I tried my best to portray Sam's emotions without making her super girly or guilty or something (because I really don't think she should feel guilty about what she did - or scratch that, what she didn't even do - to "get" Freddie fired).

That's a very good point though, and that was the reason the episode was exciting for a lot of people. The meanness of Freddie kind of drowned out everything, but I did like Sam three times as much by the end of the episode (especially at that ending point). Basically, I didn't really like the episode itself all that much, but I did like the episode for what it means for future ones!