evil and awesome (but mostly awesome)

Way back in April, John Scalzi wrote on his blog:

Arrangements have been made. Wheels set into motion.

At this point, it is inevitable. Unavoidable.

Implacable would not be too strong a word.

What has begun?

I cannot tell you.

Suffice to say it is evil. And yet awesome, in its way.

And it will be visited upon one of you.

Cryptic, but amusing. I know John well enough to know that he’s a devilish schemer with a wicked sense of humor. What, I wondered, was he up to, and who, I pondered, was the unsuspecting victim?

Months passed, and then – on my birthday, no less – he wrote:

Finally. It is done.

And it will be visited upon one of you.

Soon.

Yes, soon.

You should prepare yourself.

Although nothing can truly prepare you.

Because it is evil. Yet awesome.

And it is coming.

It can be held back no longer.

And when it arrives, you will know.

And you will tremble before it.

BWA HA HA HA HA HAH HA!

I had no idea, in April or in July, that I was the intended recipient victim of John’s evil, yet awesome scheme.

But more on that in a moment, because some context is in order before we get to the punchline.

I had big plans to road trip up to Vegas with two of my friends and visit Star Trek the Experience one last time before they sent it to the land of wind and ghosts. Unfortunately, gravity and physics had other plans, and I’m not doing much of anything until PAX.

If you’ve spent any time reading my blog, or if you’ve read my first two books, you know that The Experience is very special to me, delivering some important perspective when I needed it most:

Until this moment, all I have been able to remember is the pain that came with Star Trek. I’d forgotten the joy.

Star Trek was about sitting next to Brent Spiner, who always made me laugh. It wasn’t about the people who made me cry when they booed me offstage at conventions. It was about the awe I felt listening to Patrick Stewart debate the subtle nuances of The Prime Directive with Gene Roddenberry between scenes. It wasn’t about the writers who couldn’t figure out how to write a believable teenage character. It was about the wonder of walking down those corridors, and pretending that I was on a real spaceship. It was about the pride I felt when I got to wear my first real uniform, go on my first away mission, fire my first phaser, play poker with the other officers in Riker’s quarters.

Oh my god. Star Trek was wonderful, and I’d forgotten. I have wasted ten years trying to escape something that I love, for all the wrong reasons.

I was looking forward to this road trip, because love Star Trek, and I love science fiction, but when I hurt myself, my motivation to play through the pain evaporated. See, I’ve been feeling some Star Trek fatigue recently. There are a lot of factors, including being dooced from the Vegas con and the return of the alt.wesley.die.die.die morons, but the bottom line is: I feel like all the stuff I didn’t like about Trek has started to overwhelm the things I love about it. I haven’t written a TNG review for TV Squad in months, because it hasn’t been as fun to revisit those first season days as it once was.

The thing is . . . maybe I’m taking the whole thing a little too seriously. I mean, honestly, why in the world should I give a shit about some random Internet guy who is obviously stuck in 1990? Sure, it’s upsetting that I was the only series regular to be excluded from the biggest Star Trek convention of the year, but it’s not like I don’t have other things to do with my time, and other conventions to attend.

A tangible reminder to not take this stuff too seriously arrived at my doorstep recently. It was, as promised, evil and awesome:

So. Fucking. Awesome.

(More images at Flickr)

For those of you who are scratching your heads right now, that is, in fact, an authentic black velvet Wesley Crusher painting. It was sent anonymously, and all of my friends (truthfully, it turns out) said they had nothing to do with it (I guess I should have asked John’s co-conspirator, our mutual friend Burns! if he was involved) so I didn’t say anything publicly about it while I attempted to uncover the identity of my mysterious benefactor.

This morning, I sent John an e-mail with some of the awesome comments on yesterday’s post about Zoe’s Tale. In the ensuing conversation, he outed himself as the evil genius behind this particular artistic scheme.

For the last few months, I’ve been focused on the pain that came with Star Trek. I’d forgotten the joy.

Star Trek isn’t about petty grudges or anonymous insults from emotionally stunted people who are stuck in 1990. It is something I did twenty years ago, that inspired a generation of kids to pursue science and engineering. Star Trek is a fantastically entertaining show, even when it’s really, really awful, and I can feel proud of being part of it, without letting it define the beginning and end of my creative life.

Without knowing that I needed a reminder not to take this stuff so seriously, without knowing – in April, when the wheels were set into motion – that around the beginning of August I’d be feeling pretty lousy about getting cut from the show I look forward to attending every year, John did what good friends do: pick you up when you’re down, and provide reality checks when you need them the most.

Star Trek is something that I shouldn’t take as seriously as I’ve taken it lately. I’d given idiots way too much control over how I felt about it, and how I felt about that part of my life where Star Trek and me intersect. I’d lost perspective, and it took a velvet Wesley Crusher to bring it back.

It hangs behind me in my office now, evil and awesome, a reminder to remember the joy, and not take things so damn seriously.

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153 thoughts on “evil and awesome (but mostly awesome)”

  1. Wow, that sucks that you were not included, wtf?
    I saw TNG in bits and pieces in the 90’s. I have am now watching it in order for the first time. I watch other dvds and stuff between and am taking my time. I started in Sept 2006. I am halfway through Season 5 now. I am really enjoying it, seeing how the characters and the writing change. I am now at the seasons I didn’t see much at all, so it is all new to me. It is a great show and those people who put you down would love to be in your place.

  3. Wow. I find that painting to be phenomenal.
    A keeper for sure, though it certainly doesn’t resemble you at all. It looks like the entire thing was painted with an airbrush, and would look more at home on the side of a customized van.
    I am strangely moved by the perspective you refer to above–I’m often hard pressed to explain to certain people what I like about Star Trek.
    Also, as a somewhat intermittent reader of your blog, I’m still baffled as to why you were excluded from the convention. I guess I have to keep reading old posts to solve the mystery?

  5. It only took me reading 100 posts to figure out the Tiger Woods thing.
    Man, that is eerily similar to him. I don’t think he would like to know that a feminized Wesley Crusher is actually very similar to an every day Tiger Woods.
    *casts eyes away*

  6. Why don’t you go to the Con as an attendee? I think that would be awesome. And dress up as Wesley Crusher, the non-uniform outfit.
    (I have no idea about the context of the Con, if it’s over or not, how long ago you may have referenced, I just wanted to put that into play).

  7. Really, at one time or another, don’t we all need a Scalzi-equivalent to bestow upon us a disturbing and vaguely Polynesian version of our prepubescent selves?
    Hey, that sounded much more profound in my head.
    Anyway, awesome!
    Hope the ribs is healing up good.
    By the way, neither I nor my friends ever hated Wesley. If the writing of the character took an awkward turn now and then, we were annoyed at the writers, not the character, and certainly not the actor.

  9. I can’t believe anyone could hate Wesley Crusher. I’m only 3 years older than you so Wesley is one of my favorite STNG characters. Data, Captain Picard, and Commander Riker are the others.
    TNG was the only Trek series I ever really got into. My Ex-Husband got me watching it when we were dating. Watching the show with him is one of my few fond memories from that time.
    I don’t understand why some fans hate younger characters in a series.
    When Dawn was introduced on “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” Michelle Trachtenberg had to go through all the “I Hate Dawn” hell. I felt so sorry for her.
    I think Dawn was written perfectly. People kept saying she was such a drama Queen and so immature, but she was a teenage girl who lost her Mother and felt ignored and overshadowed by her sister. Of course she was a bit dramatic. Most teenage girls are.
    I just don’t get how people can ridicule someone so young like that. It makes me sad for the human race when I hear things like that.

  11. TNG spurred my love of SF, which I turned into an Honorable Mention in the Writers of Future contest in April. I’m sure in a few years I’ll be horrible embarrassed that I bragged about that here (possibly at all since it is just an HM). But the good things from TNG didn’t stop at you. There are lots of us out here who for the writers successes or failings made the future, and space ships and aliens, our own.

  12. Hey there Wil:
    I am the new owner of Vulkon Entertainment and boy this was crazy with Vegas. Personally, you probably already know how I feel about Creation. But on another note, our company has recently joined forces with SoulGeek.com and ENI News(http://www.enewsi.com/) to make a fabulous convention experience for YOUR fans and other sci fi fans!! With a much more personal experience in a convention with games, contests, panels, dealer/collection room, etc. Our website is in process of being renovated but in the meantime, it would be my PLEASURE and an HONOR to have you at one of our events. October would be a fantastic one!! If you should have any thoughts, please feel free to contact me. We are expanding with the above companies, as you will see in a few days on the website. Thank you for your time, Wil.
    Terri Tripp
    vulkon ent.

  13. are you sure that’s a painting of you as wesley, and not a painting of La Esmerelda, the Cross-Dressing Latina Wesley Impersonator? (locally famous for her lounge act at the Laughlin Comfort Inn Lounge on alternate Tuesdays)

  14. That painting is made of awesome! I’m glad I wasn’t at work when I read this, otherwise I’d have had to explain the sudden howl of laughter.
    And I’ve been meaning to thank you for letting us all know that they were closing The Experience. It finally motivated us and our friends into roadtripping to Vegas at the beginning of the month. ST:TE is one of those things we’d always meant to do, but never got around to, so thanks for keeping us geeks in the loop. (And that transporter effect? The damned coolest ride effect ever!) What a shame they’re closing it.
    I’m glad you can look back on all the good things about your TNG experience. Don’t ever let a vocal bit of the minority or some asshat at Creation spoil it for you. Your character was a fantastic way for us to relate to the show, and the Trek universe as a whole. We have nothing but love for Wesley.
    And as an author, a blogger, and a geek, you voice an often-shared, wholly relatable experience of pop culture, the internet, and the world at large. You deliver your commentaries with a wry narrative we can’t help but admire. We have nothing but geek!awe!crush for Wil.
    Of course, at this age, we thought you were supposed to look like Richard Dreyfus.
    ;^D

  15. I always thought you got the short end of a shit covered stick. People hated your character because the idiot writers didn’t know what to do with you.
    BTW, I had a group of people spit on you. Years ago at the Renaissance Faire I was running the Seadogs and we, as a group, drenched you with water. Remember that? You were working Cannonsmouth. You do know that was all in fun, right?

  16. That. Is. So. Awesome!
    You know when my girlfriend Molly and I made the Trek (pun-intended) , down to Vegas last year , out of all the Star Trek and other Sci-Fi fantasy celebs we met , you were the nicest and most approachable out of all of them .
    Let those haters keep on hating , like was stated before , they just hate you cause they have no girlfriends and tiny dicks to boot , so they are always gonna be pissed off at some one about something.
    You have kept alot of us entertained for many years with your film, tv, and online work. And you may have very well kept my girlfriend alive during a very trying time in her life , so I thank you so much for that ! Dude! Keep on Trekking brotha man!
    *Drops Pink Floyd hat in tribute and kicks sand into the eyes of the haters*

  17. Wil – I love the painting! And (as you probably know) it’s already been Farkin’ Photshopped. I really liked your character in ST:TNG. I was a (sorta) full grown adult at the time. But I remembered the original show in repeats when I was a kid and we were soooo looking forward to a new ST that we’d’ve been happy to see a monkey in uniform! And those new communicators were nifty! In any case, even as an adult, I think I identified with Wesley if only because I was a bit nerdy. Guess I still am. Don’t forget to come to South Florida for your free Guiness! And bring Angelina’s lips… I wanna borrow ’em for a night.

  19. Hey Wil,
    Star Trek is platform that you’ll always be able to stand on whenever you want.
    Think about it. When you’re pushing 85 you’re likely to have more of a teen-lust following than anyone else in your age group. (That may not be a bad problem to have.)
    You should *always* focus on the future, because you never know what influences you’re going to have on people because of your future works. You don’t want to get to 85 and reflect on your life as having been spent mostly reflecting on the past.
    I got hooked on the TOS in the ’60s. When TNG came along, the teen-aged whiz-kid wasn’t a character I really identified with. However, it introduced me to an actor who I’ve recently rediscovered as a really great writer, and has a lot of interesting things to say here and now. (Did you ever think when you were tapping your console across from Brent that it was a necessary step to becoming a best-selling author someday?)
    You are not Wesley (I think there’s a book in there somewhere), but the fun you had from those days is an essential part of the works you have yet to create, if you choose.
    All the best.

  20. Wow… very cool, and as you say, I have to agree with the evil…
    I’m glad to hear that you’re feeling better about your past. I always enjoyed your character, although you’re only 4 years older then me, so that might have had something to do with it.
    I’m looking forward to buying your books and shaking your hand at PAX in a little over a week.

  21. “I mean, honestly, why in the world should I give a shit about some random Internet guy who is obviously stuck in 1990?”
    People like that are always going to hate anyone who lives their dream, and actually makes a difference in the REAL world. That was YOU – you, not basement-dweller@ alt.wil_makesmeseemy_ownworthlessness.die morons – sitting on the bridge of the Enterprise, chatting to Brent and Patrick, and so on.
    That was YOU who’ll live on, long after we’re all dust and ashes, as part of an iconic sci-fi series, and long after the morons have joined us in the afterlife, your performance, and dare I say it the character Wesley, will be recognised as on a par with the rest of the esteemed crew.
    Also, given the increasing acceptance and normalisation of geekiness, Wesley is going to look a lot less odd 50 years from now (which means they paced the character dead right) and a lot more like the kind of kids who will be shaping the future in the 22nd Century.
    Take Bill Gates – whatever anyone thinks of Windows, that guy is boss geek material, and yet he’s undeniably had a bigger influence on the daily lives of every person here than – oh, whoever the “cooler” kid was when Bill was at school too – y’know, the one with the biro tattoos, taking meth and trying to make his welfare check last the weekend.
    Sheesh, if we ever get to download memories and sell ’em off, I’d mortgage my internal organs to have been on the TNG set and live that kind of experience!
    If I could give you one thing in some similar brain-download manner, it’d be to experience how much I’ve enjoyed your blog so far, and how much I’m enjoying TNG’s Wesley now that I have a bit of perspective on the whole series.
    And I bet a shedload of other commenters on here could show you something similar too.
    To add to that, you’re funny, compassionate, and incredibly cool – sheesh, I sound like a suck-up but I just want to put the flipside of the “random opinions on the internets” coin across.
    Sorry for the novella :o) but you’ve made a lot of geeks very happy in your time, I’m one of them, and you really deserve to be enjoying that, and not losing track of it in the face of a bunch of tragically deluded tosspots.

  25. Looking by the bloat that must of been from the rattlesnake bite episode never released. Whats with the lip gloss on it?
    I’ve been up since about 2.a.m. marking up my documents. I came up with a few lines of code talking in CSS, you might like. Warning this maybe sleep depravation induced.
    CSS: p#comment[class^=’intellect’] {margin: 0; background: peachpuff100; color: skyblue; padding: 100px;}
    p#comment[class$=’intellect’]:hover {margin: 0; background: papayawhip; color: lightskyblue; padding: 100px;}
    CSS: q#commenter[class~^$=’dick’] {margin: -666px; background: firebrick100; color: red100;}
    English translation: If a comment contains intellect stay right here as we embrace commenter generously and hover as commenter enlightens us with ‘Profound Intellect’ til’ the end.
    Otherwise, If a quote identified as a commenter begins, contains, or ends with dick proceed 666px off the edge of screen in any given direction where hell lies, and die!
    However the -666px; would be determined by a body and div#container of specific parameters. and yes peachpuff ranges(1-100) and papayawhip are real colors as desginated by the W3C.
    This belongs on a T-shirt.

  26. Hey Wil I just got back from the Experience…a last minute, 24 hour adventure from NC to Vegas. I am sorry your cracked rib kept you from meeting me in Quarks.
    Heather

  27. A couple months ago I started watching TNG again in syndication and I thought to myself, “What is Wil Weaton up to these days” and then I found your blog and was so happy to see that you had a good attitude about your time on TNG. It really is a stellar show and Wesley was a part of so many important episode arcs. Anyone who truly enjoys Star Trek knows that.
    Keep up the good bloggins.

  28. Great post – suberb writing and extremely insightful.
    Good friends can sometimes put things in perspective when they try to help – you are lucky that John is such a good friend.
    My first instinct was to contact Creation and communicate some anger for treating you so shabbily. And I had decided that the Wesley-haters are small-minded idiots that deserve no attention. I’m sorry, Wil – but when others try to criticize or insult you, your fans will ultimately speak out to answer them. It’s human nature to be protective of the people we care about.
    But I realized you would probably not welcome that kind of attention, and squelched the urge to complain.
    I am just thankful that many, many people know of your post-Star Trek talents, and appreciate the artist you have become. The past can be influential and impactful, but it never HAS to be controlling.

  29. I’ve told you this a few times here over the years and you keep not listening to me. The reason some guys don’t like you (and this is over-simplifying a bit) is because the girls do and they’re jealous. Then the weak girls jump on the band wagon. I wish you’d understand this. It’s the same reason my brother hung my cabbage patch doll.

  32. After 130 comments, I’m not sure if there’s anything new I can add (though I admit I’m way too lazy to read any of them). I’m not even sure that you check the comments once they pass the 50 mark. But I thought I’d add my words of antiwisdom, though I’m sure everything’s been said by now.
    I always understood why some people hated Wesley’s character. It’s the way he was written; he was meant to just get no respect from the beginning. He was the “kid” among the pros, the one that got in the way of the characters that most people tuned in to see. But you sound like you’ve had plenty of time to figure out why the character got the response it did, and I’m sure you’ve come to the realization that it’s nothing personal, and that any other young actor in that role would be receiving the same “SHUT UP, WESLEY!” attitude by some people that get carried away with the fantasy.
    That being said, I can imagine that not even people posting comments on your blog saying “Oh don’t worry about it, we still love you!” doesn’t always go as far as it would seem. Even if I was in the shoes of LeVar or Frakes or any of the other cast and got boo’ed or made fun of in public because of my character and/or association with Trek in general, I’d still be pretty bummed. But I’d like to add that I admire and respect the work you did for the show and the contributions your character brought to the story, and not just from a “I love Trek so much I’ll automatically love every character and actor” perspective.
    I totally got the epic-ness when Wesley put on his first officer’s uniform. Though I thought that they played the “no one believes him because he’s just the annoying kid when he was right all along” card one too many times, I still got the “growth” of the character and his relationship with the crew. I don’t blame people for joking around about the character; I’ve had a few good Wesley-laughs, who hasn’t? Hell even you have. But at the end of the day, I’ll always remember him as I’d like to think he was meant to be remembered (despite the iffy writing of the “teenage character” role). I can’t even imagine how epic it must have been to be involved with that cast and that show, and the lameness of having it spoiled for you the way it was/is. But I guess that’s the sad reality of the industry.
    And as far as you yourself goes, you’ve got nothing but respect from my end (for what it’s worth). I’d be honored to meet someone like you and talk about Trek. Not to nerd out about it and beat dead horses, but to gain your insight into the subtle and deeper aspects of the show that only someone behind-the-scenes could have. I’ve been involved in film and writing, so talking Trek with someone like you who I know understands that kind of stuff would kick much ass.
    Anyway, my point being, I can see that kind of reaction from those kinds of fans raining on the otherwise glorious parade that was your Trek experience. But there are plenty of people like myself that “get” the big picture of TNG who totally know where you’re coming from, and wouldn’t have a convention without you on the list if I were in charge.
    PS- I got to visit Trek The Experience many years ago… but I think I was too young to fully appreciate it. I’d give anything to have been able to see it again though. =[

  34. Every comment left on my blog is sent to me via e-mail, Viewer3, so I read them all, even if they’re left months after the post has fallen off the front page.
    Thank you (and thank you to everyone else) for your kind comments.
    I want to make something clear, because I think I was unclear in my original post: I don’t care if people didn’t like Wesley. When I watch first season TNG, Wesley drives me nuts, and there’s a whole extra level of cringing because he looks a lot like me, too.
    The thing that is still hurtful, even though it shouldn’t be, is when I read these blog posts and forum comments from people who are so cruel and vicious to me, personally, because they didn’t like this character I played twenty years ago.
    I should be able to laugh at them and ignore it, but the truth is, I’ve been dealing with this shit for twenty years, and it just sucks. It’s hard to feel good about and look back fondly at the work I did on that show when people are constantly bitching at me about how much they hate it, and hate me.
    And it shouldn’t bother me at all that I was deliberately excluded from the Vegas show, but it does. Maybe I can go into details at some point in the future, but I’ll just say that it hurt to be treated the way I was treated, and it’s unlikely I’ll be doing business with that company in the future as a result.
    I’m 36. I’m a successful writer and a good husband and father. I’ve done some mediocre work in some shitty films, and I’ve done some great work in some great films and television shows since I stopped working on Star Trek in in early 90s. It drives me absolutely crazy when random people try to ignore and invalidate all of that by calling me Wesley, or treating me like I’m still the teenager I was when I wore his glorious pink lip gloss.
    Anyway, thanks for your kindness, and thanks for reading my blog.

  35. Wil,
    Don’t forget that you are not the character. Honestly, I -hated- Wesley, thought it was a very lame character. But you, you are cool. You write good books and you do other acting things (guest appearances on cool shows).
    You are not Wesley to me. So I continue to not like the character (which really, I blame the writers for….) but like you.
    Make sense?
    If folks can’t seperate you from the characters you portray, then they suck.

  37. Man, I remember thinking that while watching the show. I just knew there would be people out there who would always see you as that character, and view you personally in the ways you describe (including getting totally shafted). I guess in a sea of millions, having a few hundred idiots is to be expected. Yeah it shouldn’t bother you but it’d bother the hell out of me, so I get it.

  38. So, since I loved Wesley, does that mean there’s something wrong with me? I was 12 or so, so I imagine I can be forgiven for my girlish foolishness.
    Seriously though, I wish you’d write more about being on the set. I love the stories of Levar sleeping behind his visor or Brent making you laugh right before the start of the scene and getting you in trouble.
    I wish you felt better about it all.
    I understand though that you’re a guy who cares and people are cruel and it’s hard to not take it inside.

  40. My sister Meg and I discussed this post yesterday. I’ve considered sending you this message before, but figured that you’ve heard it plenty of times. However I think maybe you ought to hear it again, from somebody new:
    First of all, I never hated your character Wesley, and in fact identified with him somewhat, being a smart geek, but a chick, so the identification was kinda limited. Anyway, I always thought the alt.wesley.die.die.die people were being juvenile and stupid, and guilty of confusing a character with the actor. I also was annoyed by the idea of a bunch of adults shitting on some kid who was just doing an acting job (and not a bad job of it at that). Even if one didn’t like the character it’s not like the writing is your fault, or for example, like you could just dump your contract mid-season even if you wanted to.
    I think Meg’s going to write you, too (at least that’s what we discussed) – but we wanted to add our voices to the kudos list. I think it’s great what you’re doing now and I enjoy reading your blog, too.
    BTW I wish I had friends with the wherewithal to pull this caliber of prank! That’s just awesome.
    Hope to see you at PAX.
    -Shannon

  41. That painting sure is…interesting. Just remember, we here in the Pacific Northwest think you’re great. Don’t let those other jerks get your down.
    Here’s hoping I see you at PAX and finally get my hands on one of your books as you sold through them at ECCC.

  42. Surely there are as many Wesley lovers as Wesley haters. We’re just more laid back – not as voluble and vitriolic. You were one of my favorite characters as a boy and now you’re an interesting and talented man. With a really bad velvet painting.
    It DOES look a little like Ferdinand Marcos.

  44. I had to make an account so I could start commenting…. Because I’ve never been good at keeping quiet and observing.
    I have to tell you how overjoyed I was to find your blog- I can imagine you can’t count the times you’ve heard that- but the fact that you are a real human being is just… a little weird, but unbelievably cool.
    I won’t bore you with praise (does praise bore you?) But I have 2 important things that I MUST say.
    1) You are right- I’m just a hair younger than you, and you were my model of “teenager” (because I was a huge nerd) and what that was supposed to mean.
    I mean- maybe my model of “teenager” would have been different if I was even remotely interested in pop culture- but I was way more interested in astronomy than… See I don’t even remember anything else that existed then. lol.
    S.T. was it. Since there were no pubescent girls on the show, your character represented *everything* I wanted to be.
    Even then though, I was aware that the writers had *no idea* what a “teenager” was, or what to do with a real live one. I could ALSO tell that *you* knew that- and tried to work around it, injecting your own bits of humanity when they did *absurd* things with your character. He would have been empty without you. (what was that about stopping my praise? eh…)
    2) There is a place in Portland (my home-base) called “the Veleteria” (http://www.velveteria.com/) that is a *velvet painting museum*…………… I wonder if they’d like to borrow your masterpiece? Though if I were you I’d be unwilling to ever let anyone remove it from my vicelike grip.
    Anyway.
    Thank you for blogging. My 12-hour shifts would be *way* more boring without it.

  46. Hey Wil, I feel I should come out of the closet here as someone who liked Wesley Crusher and was pleased to see him mature over time, although I can certainly see why your deep and burning hatred for the writers continues to this day, cos you know nobody likes being cast as Scrappy Doo, even if it’s only cos there was a Writers’ Strike that messed up the schedules. But you did good.
    I just wanted to pass on something that I wrote many years ago that I think you’d get a kick out of, even though it doesn’t actually feature Wesley. It’s a filk, specifically a rewrite of a certain venerable Queen song, all about the day that we all felt sure would come eventually: when Worf went power-mad and tried to take command of the Enterprise! Featuring the line, “I’m just a blind boy / Aided prosthetic’ly…”:
    Dilithium Rhapsody
    Hope you enjoy it!

  48. Wil, I’ve always loved Star Trek (original and TNG), and I’ve adored Wesley from Farpoint on.
    You did a great job, it’s as simple as that. When I was a teen, there were so many times I wished I could be you–or be Ashley Judd in a certain episode. ;o)
    Thanks for sharing your Star Trek memories!

  49. (and a good husband and father.)
    And that is more important than anything else anyone posted here, including my “2 1/2 Men” comment.
    Think about the fan who spent all that time creating that painting and reading the comments.

  50. What’s with the lips? That’s really bizarre. It looks like apricot lipstick, I was just a baby back in the 80’s. Was apricot lipstick a big thing?
    Why cann’t evil/awesome plans with a fly by drop off be of something useful. Like I don’t know, A fan making a signature beer and naming it after you (Then again I really wouldn’t drink it if it was just dropped off randomly – eek!).
    P.S. You are recent pic makes you look like William from Dead Birds.

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