Wesley Crusher is right up there with Scrappy Doo and Poochie as far as hated fictional characters, and Wil Wheaton knows exactly why.

Wesley Crusher is right up there with Scrappy Doo and Poochie as far as hated fictional characters, and Wil Wheaton knows exactly why.

  • Shadow@lemmy.ca
    31·
    7 months ago

    I don’t get all the Wesley hate.

    No Star Trek character in franchise history has been more hated than Wesley Crusher

    I don’t think this author watched past tng. Kai Winn and Dukat would like a word.

    • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
      5·
      7 months ago

      Kai Winn is intended to be hated. And Dukat is such an enjoyable character that the writers had to go out of their way to remind everyone that he’s a bad guy.

      I don’t think people hate Wesley in the same way. They don’t hate the fictional person, they hate the way the story presents him. They hate the way he saves the ship by being effortlessly superior to everyone, including Data. And it doesn’t help that he was a young actor with limited skill, featured most prominently during the shows weakest seasons that suffered from bad writing.

      I think there’s far less negative reaction to the Wesley we see in The Samaritan Snare or The First Duty. He’s still a smart kid with a lot of potential, but the story presents him as a flawed, vulnerable person, rather than an obnoxious little shit with a terminal case of smug overconfidence.

      • BearOfaTime
        1·
        7 months ago

        Uggh. So poorly written.

        Still second to Wesley though. That character just sucked. Not sure why they got to write more after the first time he was on.

    • BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      The important distinction, I believe, is that Kai Winn and Dukat were villains, characters designed to be hated. Wesley was supposed to be a precocious scamp, bringing levity and juvenility to an otherwise dry and mature crew, but just ended up being… Wesley.

      • BearOfaTime
        1·
        7 months ago

        Harry Kim is a far better written version of Wesley.

        I’ve been Harry. I had a similar idealism and ignorance about how things worked when I got started. And the people who just seemed to cruise along with all the chaos just baffled me.

        (God, can’t believe I’m admitting to having seen Voyager. Anything beyond TnG just sucks, in my opinion. It moved from Greek morality plays to melodrama, and got preachy to boot).