Spoilers Wesley Crusher
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Wish he'd get to vol2 as well:
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6977336-memories-of-the-future---volume-1
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6977336-memories-of-the-future---volume-1
When is part two of this ‘officially licensed by my head canon’ spin off released? I was hoping that it would be available after this weeks episode of Picard?
Perhaps Wesley could get his revenge by shouting "shut up Jean-Luc" if Wesley appeared in 'ST - Picard'.
WW: Wow!.... That sounds amazing! Absolutely incredible! (Forced smile, forced smile, awkward pause). So what's next for you and the universe of Star Trek?!
Weaton's new book interview
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/wil-wheaton-still-just-a-geek-interview
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/wil-wheaton-still-just-a-geek-interview
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain...sedgntp&cvid=8962e959bb994a6ba85bc43e14ecd383
Somehow from this article, I get the impression that Wil's entire childhood acting career was forced on him, & in his adult years, he's come to not look well on it, & while I think he does have some love for the cast of TNG, he has moved on from that career, into a new stage of his life, where there's no going back for him maybe, & I get it.
How about a new series... in the vein of PIC.... "Star Trek: Wesley". 
How about a new series... in the vein of PIC.... "Star Trek: Wesley".
If they made it, I'd give it a fair chance. Just like I did with the other shows.
Seems to suggest he wasn’t asked then?
He works shilling for Paramount now, it's life imitating art
I hear that Wesley/Wil Wheaton might indeed be back in the Picard final, even if only for a brief cameo. I can not confirm yet as I am in the UK. I am going to avoid spoilers now until I have seen the episode, so will stick to the Neutral Zone and Lounges for the next 24 hours out of the way 
No no no!
You mean:
I hear that Wesley/Wil Wheaton might indeed be back in the Picard final, even if only for a brief cameo. I can not confirm yet as I am in the UK. I am going to avoid spoilers now until I have seen the episode, so will stick to the Neutral Zone and Lounges for the next 24 hours out of the way
Note that
he didn't in PIC's finale, despite a possibility given how small-universe-syndrome everything else has become, but we've seen this in other shows where a person given a moniker by another becomes THE species'/group's name, it's usually a sign of burnout... Heck, decades ago people were bitching about Doctor Who's Ice Warriors for the same reason, when the species given the name "Ice Warrior" by a human in the first story would, several stories later, now have the Warriors referring to themselves as "Ice Warriors" - none of this with fandom is new, thankfully... 
I almost typed that to him on his website today but as an author, I was like, "Respect that he'll write or he won't."
I never liked that whole thing with him abandoning Starfleet. Felt kinda like it was disrespecting Roddenberry. For those unaware, Wesley was virtually a stand in for the Great Bird. IE: Eugene WESLEY Roddenberry. And it seemed totally out of character for him given what he's gone through, how he looked up to Picard, etc.
Ehhhhhhh.
Will Wheaton actually talks about this himself and said the story was very personal to him as having grown up as a child actor and drawing a parallel. He said that while it came out of nowhere, the idea that Wesley had been living his life trying to please his parent figures only to realize he was meant for something else was a story that had resonance to him later in life.
I have no problem with Wesley deciding on a different path from Starfleet (I think the Star Trek fandoms sometimes takes the idea that the kids of Starfleet characters will also become Starfleeters themselves a bit too granted). It worked for Jake Sisko.
The thing I'm having trouble with is how they did it and what he chose in the end.
In hindsight it might have been interesting to see him expelled from the Academy in First Duty, and have him look for an alternate path.
The thing I'm having trouble with is how they did it and what he chose in the end.
In hindsight it might have been interesting to see him expelled from the Academy in First Duty, and have him look for an alternate path.
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I'm glad Wheaton enjoyed it. Doesn't mean it fit Wesley's character as it was written at all. I just don't feel it did.
With Jake, there was a buildup to the idea that his character wanted something different. With Wesley, there really wasn't. Every episode leading to that point painted a picture of someone who really wanted to succeed in Starfleet because of who his role models were, what his character was like, what he valued. There needed to at least be an intermediate episode, or several, showing his buildup to Journey's End.
That's just how I feel, of course.
With Jake, there was a buildup to the idea that his character wanted something different. With Wesley, there really wasn't. Every episode leading to that point painted a picture of someone who really wanted to succeed in Starfleet because of who his role models were, what his character was like, what he valued. There needed to at least be an intermediate episode, or several, showing his buildup to Journey's End.
That's just how I feel, of course.
There is an old Andorian proverb, "Leave the audience wanting more." Well, it sounds better in the original Andorian... Amazing how an anagram of "I and/or an" becomes a new species name...
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