Date: Friday, 3 September 2010 07:55 am (UTC)
I really need to rewatch TNG, because I can't remember if I found Wesley annoying and if so how much. I know a lot of female writers who speak the fanfic lingo have described him as an enormous Sue. I don't know how fair that is.

You should totally watch Deep Space Nine because it's the awesomest Star Trek evar because it has Jake Sisko, a recurring teen character somehow done in a way which didn't piss anyone off*. He gets to grow up on the series. He does go away for a bit and come back, but he comes back properly and has a significant role later in the series.

Of course Jake Sisko is a different character to Wesley in a lot of ways. We find out later that [SPOILER] he doesn't actually want to go into Starfleet, something his father had always just kind of assumed he would do, and eventually becomes a writer. Which I guess could make him a Fanfic Writer Sue. ;) [/SPOILER] He also has a good friend his own age since either the pilot or something very close, and maintains that friendship throughout the series -- unlike Wesley, who is a lone teen surrounded by adults (and sometimes, I think, children a lot younger).

* Mind you, this could be because so many Trekkies hated DS9 as a whole that not enough watched it to develop a significant hater base for Jake.
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