Lewbert: Yes, sir.
Shay: I'm Colonel Shay; I rent Apartment Eight-C. Do you know if my children are home?
iCarly's Father
is an iCarly Fan Fic by Snapplelinz. The story is mostly told from the perspective of Colonel Shay, Carly and Spencer's canon-absent parent, returning from a joint tour in the Airforce/Navy?. He comes home to find his daughter, her two quirky best friends, his son keeping a four-year secret from him, and a number of unsavory characters that the Freudian Trio has encountered and had to contend with repeatedly.
Enter Fixer Sue who uses his years of life experience to better the lives of Carly and Spencer, while picking up on the subtle, repressed romance blossoming between his daughter and a certain tech producer.
Better than it sounds.
Note: This story was made before information about the iCarly series finale, "iGoodbye", was released, and as such, it may be best to wait for the series conclusion prior to reading this story.
iCarly's Father provides examples of:
- Deconstruction Fic: of the entire iCarly cast and their antagonists.
- Fix Fic
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Colonel Shay delivers one to Sam, informing her that her abusive childhood doesn't give her the right to become The Bully and frequently mistreat Freddie or take advantage of Carly's kindness.
- My Beloved Smother: True to form, Freddie's mother attempts to barge into the Shay's apartment without permission as she typically does before Colonel Shay stops her. When she insists that Freddie return home (despite literally living several feet away from the Shay's apartment and being a teenager), Colonel Shay tells her to "cut the umbilical cord."
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Colonel Shay delivers these to Freddie's mom, Lewbert, Spencer, and others. Pretty much anyone who served as an antagonist at least once on the show is fair game.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Colonel Shay delivers one to Spencer about using Carly's money to fix her room because he destroyed it, when she could have used it on college and the like, and about hiding his dropping out of law school to become an artist from him. Later he calls Sam out for her delinquency, then Carly for leading Freddie along for so long.
- Gets delivered one by Spencer when he makes Carly choose between giving Freddie a chance and breaking his heart so that he'll move on, mostly because he may be motivated by his own failure to move on from his wife's death.
