The Lesley Crusher idea

[The Four Doctor]

I was reading about the original Lesley Crusher idea - It would've been different than Wesley - although given that many of the storyline ideas for Lesley had teenage romance just because she would be a girl - "A little love, a little romance..."... yeah.

 

[The Scottish Nightmare]

Wesley had romances as well. I doubt Picard would have said his famous line if she was a girl.

 

[WraithDukat]

Honestly, it comes across as if the character was written with a girl in mind.

 

[The Four Doctor]

Honestly, it comes across as if the character was written with a girl in mind.

I don't think the largely male writers could have done well had it been an actual girl instead of Will Wheaton. They would have gone to much of the "dresses, perfume and flowers"/"tits and lipstick" extreme.

 

[JesterFace]

I doubt Picard would have said his famous line if she was a girl.

Which one?

The discussion from 'The First Duty'?
Or, "shut up Lesley"?

 

[The Scottish Nightmare]

Shut up Lesley. It would feel too mean if she was a girl.

 

[JesterFace]

Shut up Lesley. It would feel too mean if she was a girl.

C'mon now, let's remember gender equality.

 

[The Scottish Nightmare]

C'mon now, let's remember gender equality.

That’s one way only.

 

[Abi Smith]

Lesley turning to Riker for dating advice in The Dauphin might have seemed a bit odd.

 

[JesterFace]

Lesley turning to Riker for dating advice in The Dauphin might have seemed a bit odd.

If a woman goes for dating advice from Riker, most likely she would end up on a date with Riker.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Are you implying that women CAN'T shut up?! A woman can do anything a man can do good sir!

Lesley Crusher probably would have been more interesting than Wesley Crusher but I agree with the sentiment that the writers they had in the first two seasons weren't up to the task of writing a super-gifted teenage girl in a way that's both strong AND feminine.

 

[The Scottish Nightmare]

She would probably would have been more insufferable as a female than he was a male.

 

[Kor]

Lesley Crusher would have been accused of being a "Mary Sue" character.

Kor

 

[Lance]

The one aspect about it I think Justman made a good point on is that mother/daughter stories would have been an interesting vein to mine at a time when few TV shows explored that relationship.

 

[TommyR01D]

Initially I assumed this was a story pitch about Wesley having a secret alter ego.

 

[CorporalClegg]

People would have just called her a "Mary-Sue know it all who think she's right all the time."

Oh.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Lesley Crusher would have been accused of being a "Mary Sue" character.

Kor

Yeah, but so was Wesley Crusher. And he was one.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Given the way the series went having Lesley would've helped keep the crew ratio a little more even.

 

[DonIago]

Would The Traveler interacting with Lesley as he did with Wesley be more creepy, less creepy, or equally creepy?

 

[Kor]

If a woman goes for dating advice from Riker, most likely she would end up on a date with Riker.

That would have made for an interesting episode, with Beverly being the overprotective mother and not wanting to see this happen.

Kor

 

[JesterFace]

Would The Traveler interacting with Lesley as he did with Wesley be more creepy, less creepy, or equally creepy?

I think Traveler was creepy to begin with, if he would have been that close with Leslie Crusher, it would have been a horror episode.

"How to catch a predator in the 24th century"

 

[JesterFace]

This Leslie and Traveler discussion inspired me to do some primitive photoshopping with a mini story.

 

[The Four Doctor]

Leslie is the male spelling, She would have been Lesley. it was interesting to see Liz Barr/lizbee call out the various storyline pitches for Lesley for being overloaded with romance just because Lesley was all "tits and lipstick".

 

[Marc]

Did the idea for Lesley Crusher ever get far enough along for them to consider casting options?

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Thoughts - we could have had a "Lesley has a crush on an older male crewmember that he does not return" story.

And a male Robin Lefler could have the same name and spelling.