They're ...not joking? God damn fandom, you have an entire show full of adults, and you focus on the only kid on the cast?
What the heck brought this on? As I recall, Next Generation fandom has always been rather staid. I don't even remember a big slash pairing, just endless Picard/Crusher. What's made them go all Pedobear all of a sudden?
I dunno. Where did Pedobear even come from in the first place?
But I agree. In my limited experience the TNG fandom has always seemed somewhat more tame than other Trek, so this is kinda new.
However, a few years ago I seem to remember the was a Wesley fuhq-fest and apparently, all stops were pulled for that one. I only read a couple of headers and then I backed away slowly.
Depends on how they tweaked it. I don't remember details and I suspect it's not even online anymore, but I imagine there was an age limit. After all, we kinda watched him grow up, so there would be at least a couple of years in canon where he would be legal to play with.
According to Memory Alpha, he was born in 2348 and he didn't take off with the traveller until 2370, so that leaves at least 4 years of playtime. So I guess it could be done.
He's legal yeah, but these people helped raise him.
Besides, even as a cadet, older officers shouldn't be messing with him anyway.
I'm not confident in fandom enough to imagine the fest had any sort of age limit. The current community doesn't: ...There is no minimum age you need to make Wesley...
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Date: 2011-10-06 12:34 pm (UTC)But at least it's better than Wesley/Worf. *shudder*
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Date: 2011-10-07 03:42 pm (UTC)What the heck brought this on? As I recall, Next Generation fandom has always been rather staid. I don't even remember a big slash pairing, just endless Picard/Crusher. What's made them go all Pedobear all of a sudden?
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Date: 2011-10-07 03:45 pm (UTC)But I agree. In my limited experience the TNG fandom has always seemed somewhat more tame than other Trek, so this is kinda new.
However, a few years ago I seem to remember the was a Wesley fuhq-fest and apparently, all stops were pulled for that one. I only read a couple of headers and then I backed away slowly.
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Date: 2011-10-07 06:36 pm (UTC)A Wesley fuhq fest... that's innapropriate, fandom. >:(
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Date: 2011-10-07 06:59 pm (UTC)According to Memory Alpha, he was born in 2348 and he didn't take off with the traveller until 2370, so that leaves at least 4 years of playtime. So I guess it could be done.
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Date: 2011-10-07 10:02 pm (UTC)Besides, even as a cadet, older officers shouldn't be messing with him anyway.
I'm not confident in fandom enough to imagine the fest had any sort of age limit. The current community doesn't: ...There is no minimum age you need to make Wesley...
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Date: 2011-10-07 10:04 pm (UTC)