Re-evaluating Wesley Crusher

Out of curiosity, how does on e become a moderator here?

 

Wesley's great I think they could continue the character easily. Will Wheaton knows so much Trek I'd be interested where he would want that character to go if he ever came back.

I never disliked the character except for when he joined in on bashing Barclay

 

When Wesley told Lore, "You will come to find out that a starship has many rules and regulations that need to be followed," while smiling smugly...ugh, so condescending.

 

I really liked him until Starfleet academy. From that point he was pretty intolerable.

 

After reading the previous posts, I can't help but imagine a scene between Bashir and Wesley. Bashir tells Wesley of the existence of Section 31, only to be smugly admonished: 'We're with Starfleet, we don't lie.'

While I still don't like the Wonder Boy approach, it seems most series had a main cast character that was destined for Greater Things. TNG had Wesley, DS9 had Sisko, and VOY had Kes (can't recall a main cast member from TOS or ENT), so it's not as if that in itself would be a problem. And even though I can understand some people wouldn't like how his character evolved, from the impossibly bright brat to the troubled teenager I think the way they treated his character got more realistic and better over the years.

 

Sums up my feelings. I don't have strong feelings on him, either way. Yes, everyone was kind of corny in season 1. Otherwise, he gets a shrug from me, but not hate.

 

To me, it's the opposite. Being roughy the same age as the character on original airing, I loved that the kid got to show the adults he wasn't worthless, and in some areas, knew better than the adults.

Now I think he's a sheltered, prude, whiney little snip.

 

^Re: Wesley seeming sheltered, Jake is arguably also spoiled (hard for a young person to not come off that way when Federation does seem like a utopia), I think a lot of people preferred him because, not wanting to join Starfleet, he seemed less pompous in that regard (though Wesley did leave Starfleet but he left in a jerky way).

 

I was just a wee lad when the show started. So to me, Wesley was one of the grown-ups!

Kor

 

Wesley Crusher.... It's been many, many years since I visited the first two seasons apart from few classic episodes. I don't remember if he was annoying?

During seasons 3 and 4 he was alright.

 

Only when he commanded and saved the whole ship cause everyone was super-drunk, but that episode had all kinds of problems XD