Westley was also a viewer-insert character for kids to relate to. As a little kid watching TNG, I liked him as a character and thought he was cute. I didn’t start to find him irritating until I got a few years older than him.
That actually akes a lot of sense to me, and it makes me appreciate Wesley more for being someone for kids could relate to. I only started watching Trek when I was cynical adult, so that might explain why I’ve only seen him in that light
Westley was also a viewer-insert character for kids to relate to. As a little kid watching TNG, I liked him as a character and thought he was cute. I didn’t start to find him irritating until I got a few years older than him.
That actually akes a lot of sense to me, and it makes me appreciate Wesley more for being someone for kids could relate to. I only started watching Trek when I was cynical adult, so that might explain why I’ve only seen him in that light
In a similar perspective shift, I hated Lwaxana Troi when I was a kid, but the older I get, the more I like her.