Bravo, Wil... there's nothing more than needs to be sad. :)

er... said. Figures I finally post a comment and there's a typo. ;)

Way to go Wil! I was one of the people that called Creation on Thursday, and they were really surprised at the response they got from the fans. I look forward to your appearance!

Dee

The possessive "its" is spelled without an apostrophe, Wil. As in, "the phone back in ITS cradle," not "it's cradle." And "I'm still standing in ITS remains," not "it's remains." "It's" is short for "it is," and you wouldn't say "the phone back in it is cradle," now would you?

I do think you're a tremendous memoirist, Wil. Keep it up. Why not write a book? I'm sure it would be very marketable.

And congratulations on finally getting the repsect you deserve, BTW.

See ya at the convention! :)

Dude, you people rock. I'm glad that there has been a happy medium made where Wil can connect with the fans, be part of the Trek family, and keep moving forward.

Where there's a Wil there's a way. ;)

Wil -- I'm so happy that you'll get to perform at the 15th convention. As to the revolving door -- just remember, they are as easy to go forwards through, as they are to go back through.

I wish I could go to the con...being on the other side of the country and broke sort of hinders that though. :-/

Good luck!

I think it's brill that you will be at the con. Also it's great that Creation has heard the fan's voices.
Hope you have a good time there Wil and hope to see you soon.

Wil,

Isn't it incredible what people will do for one another these days. I personally think that it is great that Creation asked you to come back and do the show, after all you ARE part of the family. Do not worry about some people on this website think about you doing the show, they were dissing you in the first place. Star Trek TNG will always be a part of you and you a part of it. It is something you can never totally walk away from. Good luck to you in all you do.

Until your next post......

Matt......

Yay! I'm really happy for you. It just figures though that it has to be the weekend my cousin is getting married. :P

Now I see that you like to write long:)! Sorry, but I do not read this yet. I just saw that how long is this. I will write more after read!:)

Way to go Wil! I'll definately send in a thank you to Creation. Do you have a link?

I'll still be in Germany for the 15th celebration, but look forward to seeing/meeting you at Grand Slam 2003.

Best on and on!

Brock

Wil, you have choices that some of us wish we had to make. You got it good my brother. A loving family and fans that care.

Congratulations and I hope that you got everything
in writing... ;)

This is a Good Thing.

I am so impressed with the way you have handled things.

Have LOTS of fun at the convention!

Where does creation take place? And when does it start?

Wil, I never comment here, but I'm a faithful reader, and I just wanted to say I've appreciated your writing about wrestling with your career very much - it struck a chord with me, and made me appreciate how priorites change over time - I hope you enjoy the convention even more than you think you will, and have great stories to tell your family when it's over.

I wanna go now...

Hey, that's good news Wheaton. Now just get your ass over to the UK and do a convention. :)

Finally, one for the good guys!

Will,

Glad to hear that our voices can be heard and make a difference. I, unfortunately, cannot go to this wonderful event being recently unemployed and on the wrong coast. Will you be making those wonderful signed photos available to us poor unfortunates via WWDN? I, for one, would gladly buy one (I can use the money I won't be spending taking my family to the new TNG movie since you aren't going to be in it.)

And by the way, go to the convention and enjoy yourself.

Dodge

You should write one of those big three-volume novels, Wil.
Oh, you just did ;)

Well, maybe you've done your little bit towards making them not complete jerks any more. I won't be dropping in to see you as I'm the other side of the world, but I'm glad to know I was here at an Important Time.
Most important, have fun there!

Wil-
How I wish the con was in NJ! :) I really hope one day soon you make it to a con out here, because I would so love to meet you. You seem like a really groovy person, and I enjoy reading what you write. Just thought I'd let you know. Let us know how it goes...
Love, Alicia
www.thewagband.com

Congrats Wil, I'd love to get to the convention but it's a wee bit too far from here. But hey if ya ever get around to Toronto or Montreal I may come see ya. Fear the people, for we are the true rulers... muwahhahaha hahaha ha ha ahh. Ahem.. Have a good weekend :)

Dude, that big e-mail made me all misty.

I wish I was going to that con now.

So, finally Wil gets some respect and recognition. Its been a long time coming, and you deserve it.

This is pure opportunity -- don't let it slide because you're afraid what some people may (or may not) say.

As far as Creation goes, remember this -- They need YOU. You don't need THEM. You've proven that already.

As far as the fans go, they need YOU, and as we have now learned, you also need THEM.

Go see them, Wil. Congrats.

Good to hear, very good to hear.

On a side note, I'd like to thank the boys and girls at WinAmp, as their random shuffle just brought up Tool's track, Schism.

Back to the main thingy.

I'd have to say that making this website was quite possibly one of the best moves Uncle Willy has ever made.

I can't think of anything else to say. Rock on, dude.

Wil -

I'm really pleased for you. Your friends got it right when they pointed out what your posse can do.

Your writing has been so good as you've worked through all these issues. Shall we get the posse to work on the literary contract?

I'm looking forward to the day you make it to a con here in NYC.

Dana

PS - Plus now you can relax and enjoy the Dodgers' race for the playoffs (as we watch the Mets continue to lose...).

Hi Wil,

I'd just like to say that I'm happy that things have worked out for you re Creation and being part the 15th show. Congratulations on having so many people believe in you--sometimes you need other people to believe in you if you can't believe in yourself or if you have doubts about certain things.

Now... if only you'd come to the UK... I'm at best, a part-time Star Trek fan but I've seen some of your work on ST:TNG and read this blog and would love to meet you... someday =)

Hi Wil! I think you made the right decision.

I went to the 2001 Slanted Fedora Las Vegas con. What were the main memories that I brought back?

#1 - Wil rawks and he is so funny! I loved the skits. (btw I picked you over Brent Spiner!! which I never thought I'd do.)
#2 - I had a conversation with Michael Dorn in the autograph line, and he waved at me from the stage when he and Marina did their evening show.
#3 - Brent Spiner pointed at me in the audience. He actually pointed at ME! *swoon*
#4 - The freakish nature that one of the fans looked like Patrick Stewart (and he was on my flight home too)
#5 - I had my picture taken with Jimmy Doohan and George Takei

By far the one I talked about the most when I came home was you and your comedy troupe.

As I have mentioned many times before (and I know you're probably sick of hearing about it) is that I'm involved in an international Fringe Theatre festival each year. I found your show very reminiscent of those shows, and it felt like home.

Wil, I'm glad you made the decision to go to the con. I don't want anyone else to miss out on the gifts that you have and I don't want anyone to go home from a con without thinking how cool you were.

Wil -- Wes is and will always be part of you no matter what. Just think of all that "I am not Spock" stuff that Leonard Nimoy went through. He finally gave up and took Spock as a permanant part of his identity, whether he liked it or not. Embrace Wes (though try not to touch his butt), you can still be Wil 99% of the time and be Wes when you have to be.

Glad they're now treating you like an adult rather than the 15-year-old kid they still think you are.

Enjoy the con. That's what it's there for.

Hey Wil,

Glad to hear that you're going to be at the 15th. Too bad it's on the wrong side of both the country AND the border for me to attend :(. I'm living in Nova Scotia, Canada and seeing as how i just graduated University, i can't very well afford to go to the convention. It'd be great if you could get tapes of your speech at the convention and sell them and your autographed pictures thru WWDN. I'd be up for paying for them. Hell, maybe some of the rest of the group would be willing to do that, have a camera set up to tape their speeches. Hopefully Creation wouldn't have a problem with it. If you know of any conventions you're going to be at that are either in Canada, or in the mid to east side of the US, i'd love to hear about them. I'll be moving to central Canada soon and could make the drive down to mid-us states.
Well, i think i've taken up enough room here and spoken my piece.

Glad to see you're finally sorting all that out. I think it's important to be able to move on while still accepting your past, not running away from it (no offense). Besides, if you hadn't agreed, those fans would have done all that for nothing, it would have discouraged some of them and they wouldn't try again. It's great to see that we do have some power and we WILL excercise it. And no, sorry, I wasn't one of the ones involved. Maybe next time.

Wil,

I think you made the right decision. I understand you wanting to avoid the revolving door, but as your post said, there is no way to escape Trek. So if you don't attempt to enter the revolving door, there is no problem. Star Trek has brought you a lot of noteriety, it has brought you many of the fans of this website, and I don't see it hurting you in the future much longer. When I first started reading this website, I didn't really see you in a lot of things. Now, I hear you on the radio, see you on shows like the Weakest Link and Screensavers, and are getting some decent auditions (in addition to you know, your job). Being able to interact with you as you make steps in your career and with your family is why I stop by here on a daily basis. I watched you in Star Trek as a kid and I am positive that Wesley is in some way partly responsible for the fact that I'll be getting my computer science degree next year. There's a lot of people out there that would like the opportunity to see you at the conventions. So don't worry about the revolving door, please the fans, feed the kids, and perform. Oh, and go take your dog for a walk again to get some perspective. You shouldn't let this bother you so much! Have a good one.

I don't really know what to say about all this angst. Maybe just this:

Trek does not define you, Wil. Sure, it was a huge thing in your life, but it's not the first thing I think of when I think of Wil Wheaton (tm). Granted, I'm not a Trekkie, but I have watched the shows. :)

When I think of Wil Wheaton (tm), I think first of this website and the cool geek guy that I learned existed when I started visiting here. He seems like a fun guy to hang out with... he gets all the same pop culture references I do, he's politically aware, he likes cool music and movies, he's sweet on his wife and family, and he writes in a self-referential way that makes me more aware of my own self.

Second thing I think of when thinking of Wil Wheaton (tm) is Stand By Me. He nailed a great role in a classic movie that I'll always enjoy, and he did it when he was only 12. It's an amazing accomplishment.

Trek stuff usually comes in third. It's there, but it's an add-on when I thnk of Wil Wheaton (tm).

So when you write about all this angst you have about Trek, and read about all this angst the fans have about your character, I'm always on the sidelines. I appreciate how big a thing it is for you to work through, but then I just wait until the current crisis is resolved and you go back to your regular life.

I REALLY don't know what I'm trying to say here. :) Anyhow, my conclusion at the end of reading this whole recent Creation hubbub is for the first time ever, I'd honestly consider going to one of these Trek conventions. I'd like to show up there just to take advantage of the chance of meeting you in person, Wil, and thank you for this website and your writing and all the things that make Wil Wheaton (tm) a fun guy to hang out with.

And while I'm there, I'd maybe take the opportunity to (figuratively) cuff you over the head and tell you to stop worrying so much about this Trek angst. You're a cool guy; Trek was a big part of your life; it still offers you a lot of great opportunities for employment, giving back to the fans, and exposure -- but it is not the end all be all of your existence. Let it go and don't give it more importance in your life than it is worth.

Man, this may sound corny, but I am happy for you. And kudos to all you fans out there. For me, this ranks up there with the letter campaign for the the old series.

Wil, I hope you get a lot of exposure there. I wish I could go and meet you. I've wanted to for about a year, but I haven't had the chance. But hey, if you do a convention up here in Vancouver, let us Canadians know. I'd love to get out.

Best of luck.

Hey, it's good to hear that an arrangement could be worked out that was appealing to everyone involved. It's just too bad the convention's out there and I'm way over here. (;

The issue is still clouded.
when i said i could see through you, what i meant was, it was obvious that you hadnt let go of star trek, but you wanted everyone to think you did.
now its important that you do this convention for yourself and for those who supported you.
star trek is part of who you are, stand by me is part of who you are, this is unavoidable.
when you said you didnt want to do the convention it sounded like something a little kid might say.
"i dont care if you dont invite me to your stupid dumb party anyway, i didnt want to go anyway" then you went around talking about how much you didnt care,
when if you really didnt care.
you wouldnt have said anything.

think of your past work in tv and cinema as something like a bad ex girlfreind from high school.
an ex girlfreind you never want to see again.
now one day you get invited to a really kick ass party that you were looking forward to.
"save ferris" is playing and wil shaatner will be there dancing it up
and you find out your ex is gonna be there (that bitch, she cheated on you and she told lies about you behind your back,)
are you gonna avoid this ass kicking party cause of something that happened when you were 17??

you cannot avoid your past, but that doesnt mean you have to live in it.
be a writer
spend your life performing with your comedy troupe.
whatever.
just understand that doing a convention every now and then isnt living in the past.
it just accepting it.

Wil,

Way to wear the pants. Despite Adam Malin's conciliatory tone and wanting to "clear the air" or whatever, remember that he is a dollar-diven slimy ass kissing eel (no offense to any real eels out there) who only caved to pressure from irate fans and the dollars they represent, and the impact on his communication resources by your posse's Fax Attack, and the dollars that represents.

I'm glad for you and the fans that you will be appearing. If Creation Fs things up like we heard about in the blog comments, please, please tell them to take a freakin leap.

Don't let the nice-guy routine fool ya. You been burned before. These slicks are pros.

Good eye, batter.

Later.

Hi Wil,

Don't worry about a "revolving door". I have read your site for a couple of months, and I think you have shown you can put Trek in perspective. It's a part of you, but not the defining part. It seems to me that your Trek-part has both good and bad sides. You have identified the bad sides and seem to handle them pretty well. Now enjoy the good sides to the best of your ability. I don't think there is any danger they'll overwhelm you. And if they do... well, there are always your readers who can call you to order :-)

Hmm, lots of us monkeys should be getting their 3.14 pie about now. Or cash equivalent.

Thanks, Unca Willie.

800 pound gorilla, meet the WWDN posse!

All I have to say is ROCK ON!!!! I am going to try reeeeeeeeeally hard to get to this Creation thing, even though it'll probably cost like, half of my grad school tuition. We're behind you, Wil! :-)

Wheaton,
Who else ever gets called back to a place of work when they refuse a job? You stuck to your guns, looked after the troupe's needs.
I have no idea how much the faxes etc. had to do with the your re-inclusion. Fans want to see you. They'll get to see you and ask all the questions you've answered before. Each one will come away with their own perspective of you.
But you know who you are.

Wil,
We spoke and they listened. So cool. I'm glad you're doing the convention.
I think you're afraid, very simply, of the backlash of anyone who thinks you've compromised your values. Don't be...changing your mind is part of being human. Your values haven't changed.
Plus, we get to see you!!
Everyone wins. :)

*wil*
I think it's great that you have decided to go! Any hesitations you may experience remember this one thing : your fans will be estatic!

Can you post info regarding the convention? If my schedule permits I would love to go!

*songme*

Wil,

I wrote a reply to your previous post, but somehow it failed to post then disappeared. Didn't redo it. I would have been about the third dissenter of more than 250, but I'll just repeat a few things and add a few.

I'm glad things turned out as they have because I don't think you can or should leave Wesley behind. You've had two roles which many fans remember. I understand how the fact that many disliked Wesley could have been a negative for you, starting in your mid-teens and following you ever since. Of course, when Trek fans meet you, they're thinking Wesley. It can't be any other way at a Star Trek con. But, the ones who can't separate their opinion of Wesley from you are having a problem separating real life from fiction. That problem is 100% them and 0% you. As you've said, you weren't writing the scripts. I'd say, just enjoy the cons, be diplomatic with the reality challenged, and earn the extra money as long as you have the time and need for it

But, you'll never leave Wesley entirely behind, and you'll never leave Gordy either. Like some minorty of those who remember you, I remember Gordy very vividly and Wesley not much at all. But, I did watch TNG a few times because the actor whose performace I'd enjoyed so much in Stand by Me was in it. Still, I never got hooked and stopped watching after a few episodes. You'll sure never see me a Trek convention.

You'll had several posts about leaving Star Trek behind: Wesley dying on the streets of Brooklyn, being cut from the new movie, your love/hate with the cons and Star Trek in general. But, he was only 15-19 years old. Might as well let him be an old friend and residual income, because he's not going away unless you go live in a cave. -I'd wondered if the "not part of the family" remark had been from a key person or some underling. Maybe that won't be a negative that goes forward since it was from an underling.

At present you have going: the G4 job, Acme, conventions, auditions (?), and the infomercial that I recall, and the writing you plan to pursue more seriously. I like the Frost poem, too, but instead of roads less traveled, it sounds like you'd be better off on a multi-lane highway, changing lanes whenever necessary until you get where you want to be. Of course, you have to feel any deal is fair, but, I don't see why you'd leave anything behind until the things most important began to take up most of you time.

But, I doubt Wesley ever did anything to deserve all this yanking around and killing off. Look, he's even providing great subject matter for you to practice your writing. Sounds like he should be kept around.

For what it might be worth,

William

I'm just one more voice in a sea of approval here, but, dammit Wil, I think you're right to accept. I know yesterday I said to not give in unless they promised to cure cancer in our lifetime or something, but now that you've had a chance to clear the air, this could be something of a healing process for you.

There's a lot of choices I've made in life that make me wish for a "do-over." Everything from leaving the theatre in college, to walking away from a radio career after that, to not holding on to my old Star Wars toys from the '70s (I had both the Death Star *and* the Landspeeder, dude). I have plenty to be thankful about, especially a wonderful wife and daughter, but there will always be some regrets. No doubt you have some too, so why add to it? This is your chance to come to terms with things. You can embrace Trek (you should be proud of being part of a once great franchise) and still move on.

Your posse's here for you, man. You're one of us. The Few, The Proud, The Geeky. You just might end up being the biggest draw of this con, and who knows where things will lead from there? Someone, somewhere, is going to figure out how many fans you have and give you the part of your lifetime. Maybe it'll my wife if she ever writes that screenplay she's got in her head (tell her to get it on paper, wouldya?), I don't know. I just know you're a lot closer to finding your niche than you realize. Don't stop now.

I'd love to come out and meet you at the con, but our kid is too young and putting her in day care is leaving us broke. If you get to the midwest again (I'm serious about that WWDN gathering at Wrigley Field I suggested to you) I'll be sure to say "Hi." Break a leg...

P.S.

Recently I've been troubled with new information regarding the living conditions in North Korea. My paternal grandparents were from there so this affects me a great deal. The past few days I have been trying to think of ways that I can help. I was uncertain how someone like me could make a difference. Seeing how your fans were able to make a difference brings me encouragment. Perhaps I can help after all.
Thanks,
*songme*

I'm glad you accepted! And my attitude toward Creation has improved considerably after reading your comments. I can't afford to go to this con, but I'll be thinking about all the fun everyone is having that weekend. And, lastly, you *are* part of the Trek family, and always will be.

Good for you, Wil!

Creation (spit) has screwed the fans for years and years and although I doubt it, maybe this will show them that the fans can rise up and they should pay attention ---- but I doubt it.

Glad you got a fair price out of them and glad they are giving you some respect.

Wil-

I like your lengthy entries, even though I don't always get to read them. But then you get the full emotional effect. This one, as many have before, made me cry, made me feel full of hope, made me laugh. I'm still choked up. I've been reading your website since the second month you put it up, and this is my first post. I'm nervous.
I am glad you are doing the convention, although I know nothing about it and Creation and many things you talk about. I'm the same age you were when you started Star Trek. I agree, you should do it for yourself. You should only think, Am I going to have fun doing this? Don't worry about the fans and what people say. Being a fan myself (I only watch TNG episodes if you are on them) I have faith in them. Their voice is big enough to be heard. No matter what kind of criticism you come across, your posse loves you, and they should be enough to balance it out, from what I hear. So be an actor. We are the opposite of people. Take that gig and do the best you can. You have a lot to offer.
As for the Turn Your Back On Trek thing and the revolving door (I think I understand it clear enough and have an inkling of what I am talking about). I envy you. I have not watched much Trek and know little about it, but I love it anyways. I have never been to a con, but I wish I could go, and I love Trekkies. Thus I consider myself a Trekkie. I'm also an actor. (ac-tress if people need the gender differentiation. if that's a word) I would love to be in your spot. To have been on the show and know those people on it and speak at the cons, as opposed to not even being able to go. I had this idea, even before your website, which is probably pretty stupid, but I want you to hear it. The next Star Trek series they make, I think Wesley should be captain or something. I actually don't know how Wes left the show, I've seen about six eps of TNG. But it would be cool, if you were the main guy, and the whole series could have this comedic twist because you are just so goddamn funny! Wesley could be all grown up and changed and single so he could get all the chicks (as is the Captain's right) and then there could be a character played by a girl sixteen years old or so. Okay, scratch that last part, its not relevant.
But I love you, Wil Wheaton. You are an inspiration and you are just cool. Really, really cool. Never forget to have fun.
Well, now I guess it's obvious I like lengthy entries.

Love, Allie @--}

Woo
Hoo.

Hey Wil
I also wrote an email to Creation and I wrote them, that I don't expect Creation to listen to the fans but I like to be proven wrong! I guess I just been proven wrong!
It's too bad I can't come to the US for this convention but I also wrote them to invite you to the London Convention in January.. I'll be there, and If I see you there too I'll certainly bring some swiss chocolate along again..
Take care,
Mike from Switzerland

I think that was a good call, Wil. I'd have taken the gig on those terms as well. Which bugs me a little, 'cause I decided long ago, when I was in my frequent-con-going days, that I would never give Creation another penny of my money because of how they treat people. But if I were in your shoes, I think I'd look at it as an opportunity to improve things, both personally and in the convention world, and go for it—so long as I was being treated like an adult. I won't be attending—my finances won't permit any kind of travel at all right now, even if I wasn't loathe to give Creation business—but I wish I could be a fly on the wall there for your time on stage. Looking forward to the post-convention posts here on WWDN. :-)

Wil,

Congratulations on rejoining the convention. I have been reading your site for the past few months. I happened to run across you in IRC a few years back, when I was in high school and still idolized you. The first impression I got was, asshole.

That has stuck with me for years. Around the time you did the interview with Slashdot, I picked up your site and bookmarked it. From reading those first few entries, I noticed that you were no long an asshole, rather someone I respect, a father.

One more pro that you will get from doing this convention for yourself is to show your kids that great things can be done for even someone as "washed up" as you. You repeatedly point out the fact that the fans made a difference, however, you started that snowball rolling down the hill. When your kids pick up on that fact, it should serve to inspire them.

My greatest hope is that my children succeed me in everyway possible. I think you may have missed this mark in your pro column, but then again, in this digital age, revisions are easy to make.

Congratulations for you and your family.

I can't attend the convention - being on a different continent and short of the spending - however, I'm glad things (Seem) to have worked out. IT probes that, even on the (comparatively) small matters, fans CAN change the 'corporate' mind.
Don't worry about the nay-sayers who will criticise you for your decision - it's your decision and whether we agree or disagree with it, we should respect your ability to make it! Your fans/'posse'/whatever, like you primarily because you're you, not because of something you did many years ago. They return to this website because they like the you of now, whatever they might feel about the you of then.
Now, perhaps if someone has Rick Berman's 'phone number... Anyone fancy sneaking into Viacom's car park and pating a few bumper stickers?
Au Res.,
Paul

Wil,

It's gratifying to see this working out better than you expected -- particularly after the problems you described having with Mr. Malin's underlings (if they are, indeed, at fault here). Go and have a great time at the Con and use it as a chance to meet the folks who want to see you do well.

About this "revolving door, leaving-Trek-behind" concern with which you are wrestling: I would imagine that many (if not all) of the actors who has worked on Trek have gone through this train of thought -- and probably not just with their Trek roles. I suppose there is the fear of typecasting rolled up in there, along with the need to move on to the next role, the next challenge, the new moves that life throws at a person. It's not limited to actors.

I'm a writer specializing in astronomy and space science -- and I love to do it. Lately, in addition to the stuff I get paid to write, I've been exploring writing fiction and screenplays. Now at first I went through a little bit of an identity crisis, but hey -- I found I enjoyed writing fiction and SPs. And, in an odd sort of way, they also contribute to and improve the work I get paid to do. Do I want to quit science writing and do blockbuster movies? No, not really. That wasn't why I got started doing them.

Am I worried about being typecast as a science writer? It is what I do for a living. I suppose it would be a concern if I was out in LA knocking down doors and trying to Make Friends with producers. The first question SP writers get is about what they've written and what kind of coverage it has. I don't have that -- and I would imagine that any producer or reader in his/her right mind would say to me, "You're a science writer -- what do YOU know about writing movie scripts."

I'm learning and I'm enjoying, but I'm not worried about losing my identity as a science writer.

The truth is -- I'm a writer -- and if I can put two words together on a page and two more... and two more... and they all help someone understand something about a planet or a space shuttle mission -- or if I capture someone's interest with a SP with an action/adventure theme or love story or science fiction twist -- then I've done my job at being a good writer. And, through this "exploration" of other writing -- I've found a new outlet for my skills. I think you're finding out the same thing with your writing and your comedy troupe.

Wil, you are really lucky -- you can act and write like nobody's business. Perhaps the writing surprised you because you were pretty well-focused on the acting (and comedy work). But now you should step back a bit and see that you can do both -- act/appear on stage in comedy works, Creation cons, etc. -- and you can do the writing stuff that you're doing with G4, etc. That's pretty damned cool.

Take pride in the fact that you can go back and forth and do both. Relax and enjoy it all as it comes along. I know that I do in my life and in some ways I went through similar angst as you... I am happy that I can write in my chosen area AND that I can stretch and write in other areas too. Makes life that much more interesting.

Good luck!

I can't convey how happy I am right now. I was really down about not going to this convention, but with this news article comes my last hope =o)

So i'll see everyone there, and hopefully will too! I think i have a wesley action figure somewhere around here he could sign.. =D

Wheaton's got a Possee. 'nuff said.

Wil, 1st things 1st:screw the revolving door!
After all these people went to bat for you,
it would be "waybad" to not attend. And I for one don't think we've heard the last of your acting career, somewhere there is a script gestating that is going to bring you back to the top.
I'll be attending my first trek con in 2003, but only if you'll be there.
I look forward to seeing you!

nice to hear that creation listens to fans once in a while.

could you come out to Australia? lol

julie

I was surfing through blogs, and there was a link to your site. I clicked on it out of curiosity, remembering how much i enjoyed Wesley Crusher and that incredible boy from Stand By Me. Always perking up my ears when i hear your name mentioned because of that, and also because as a child you were a dead ringer for my oldest brother. I did not expect to find what i found, but i am so glad and grateful to have found your blog and the Soapbox.

Wil, i think you are a remarkable young man, and for whatever it's worth you have my support. Do this show or not, do that show or not -- it doesn't matter that much to me in the grand scheme of things. And i'm not intending to be flippant at all. I'm a 35 year old married woman with 3 boys that i homeschool; my life is busy and full like most folks. And i understand that as much as you let us see, we still don't really know you, which is probably as it should be. Whatever you do or don't do though, thank you so much for sharing your process, because it is interesting, funny, enlightening and even challenging. I like what i do know of you very much, and i certainly like what you've built here in cyberspace. It's a good place.

And little bro, you can count me in your corner -- always.

~Histrionica~

Wil, I’ve only posted once before, but I read regularly. I'll be honest, I became a Trek fan (TM) with TNG. It made me think of time spent watching TOS with my dad. It was one of the few things we've ever really shared. Other kids had baseball, I had Star Trek; Not because I liked it, but because my dad did. Since then I've learned to appreciate what Trek means to other people, and what it doesn't. I've experienced every incarnation of Gene's universe with anticipation held at an arm's length. I was invariably disappointed. Reading that you would be in Star Trek X felt like the Powers That Be (TM) where finally on the same page as the "younger" fans. That film did not hit the cutting room floor alone. It fell with my desire to remain a fan. And yet, some modicum of hope persisted. Maybe it was the memories of moments shared with my dad, and the great - usually political - discussions that followed, I don't know. But that too was reduced, from naive hope to resigned nostalgia, when I read that you had also been cut from the convention. Wil, I'm not a rabid fan. I'm just a guy with fond memories. I know that you haven't turned your back on Trek, but you have out-grown it. You may not see the convention as a brilliant career move, but remember this: The fans don't want to see Wesley on that stage, we want see Wil. Wil is bigger now than Wesley ever was. Thank you for lending your Star Power (TM) to the convention, and for helping me restore some part of my appreciation for Star Trek in general. I don’t care what they're paying you, they’re getting more for their money than they realize. Thanks.

Wil,
Go and have a good time. Isn't that one of the
reasons that they have those conventions?

F.G.

Yes, yes, yes. People spoke, and finaly voices were heard. That is such a sweet moment. And yeah, no doubt some people are going to give you crap for going "back" to trek. The fact of the matter is, I think that your friends are absolutely right. If you don't show up, they win.
If you show up, your a classy guy. And your also right, people may not have liked your character,
but they like you. They come to see you. You have proven so many people wrong in what they think of you. You are a great guy, you always go that extra mile, and people like you. Taking a page from Sally Fields, they like you, they really, realy like you.

Wil,

There have been many great thoughts from all the posts today, so perhaps there's not much to add but a bit more perspective. You are truly blessed to have so many people of all ages and walks of life offering you support and direction.

The "angst" comes from trying to embrace Star Trek and reject it at the same time. It's OK that everything you have done in your career is part of who you are today, whether it's Gordy, Wesley, a writer for G4 or someone doing an infomercial. I don't personally believe they're mutually exclusive.

To be really straight with you, your reactions to whether or not you're invited to be in a Con or not, as well as your reactions to auditions, sound a little like "Wil the Victim." Most posts in response are positive and nurturing because people neither want you to be a victim nor feel like one. We're on you side. How do I know about the "victim" thing?...because I fight it all the time and I'm older than you and I'm still trying to figure it out.

Creation may not have realized how big you following is, but now they do. Gary has graciously taken the time to email me a couple of times today (and many others noted in the posts today) and really seems to want you. Everyone knows you're a neat guy and wants you to be successful. Gordy and Wesley can still exist next to an adult Wil Wheaton, a man of numerous talents and passions, who decided to go to the Con to meet the fans and monkeys who care about him and like what he does.

Best,
Rob

FABULOUS! That's all I really have to say. Being in another country means I can't be there to see you [man, I really wish I could]. This is fantastically wonderful news, congrats to you and everyone who called, sent emails, wrote faxes, etc. Now you may have a better idea of just how much people care about and respect you [and, indeed, how MANY people care about and respect you].

Well Wil you amaze me with the depth of your feelings and insight on life and I am so impressed by your last post. I have a favourite quote that goes "One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name." you had your crowded hour with Stand by Me and ST TNG and you are entitled to bask in that glory without shame. I feel priveleged to be a viewer of the weblog of the most open and honest person I have encountered on the web.

Wil Said:
the fear of a massive backlash from...well, I'm not sure who, but backlash nevertheless.

I remember being a bit puzzled about the "I hate Wesley" movement. I guess being a girl (it was a guy thing, believe me) and a bit older than you, I never understood the hate. It just was cool to hate Wesley.

What I do understand now though, for all the reasons your friends already stated, is the "I love Wil" movement. Don't worry about the backlash: it's no longer cool to hate Wesley. You've grown up, but so did the Star Trek fans.

Your friend mentionned Shatner as an example of Star Trek rejection. I'll bring up Leonard Nimoy. Remember his book "I am not Spock", followed years later by "I am Spock"? I guess you're not alone ;-)

Damn! I guess this means I have to quit work on the "Creation Sucks A$$" site now.

;-)

Congrats.

I used to concern myself with what I perceived people would think about the decisions I made. Then I realised that you’re damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

So here’s the way I look at it. You go and receive the gratitude and support of your fans, making the “big-wigs” take notice of an under tapped resource.

OR

It all goes belly up, you take it up the wrong ‘un and get on with life like the rest of us.

I really wish I could get there to meet you in person.

While some of us may not be able to be there in person, we'll be there in spirit.

Rock on, Wil.
Rock on.

Remember everyone, Creation is also saying o their website, that they are 'Negotiating' with Wil to bring his troop to the 2003 Grand Slam.

Thus, some who can't goto the ST:TNG 15th anniversary event, might, once the Negotiations are finalized (and stand your ground Wil, get what you and your troop is worth (and NOT one cent less!), not only for your talent, which you have plunty of, but also for the "dollar power" that you can bring in, via your fans and 'Posse' who would attend the event because of you, and your website), might be able to goto the 2003 Grand Slam event, which is still several months away.

One request to Wil ... could you update your conventions page (as currently when I last looked, there was nothing listed for your upcoming appearences)?

That way people will know when and where you are, and your 'Posse' can pay their respects to you and come and meet you in person.

We are proud of you ... you stood your ground, your 'Posse's' voice was heard, and everyone wins in this.

Go forth and enjoy yourself at the convention!

Meant to say ...

So that your fans will know when and where you are APPEARING ...

I am not really surprised that you were able to work things out with Creation. Unlike a different company's convention that I was at last year, I found the staff and the owner to be both polite and professional in their dealings.

Really wish I could go now! Now all they need is Denise Crosby. (Or perhaps even Diann Mulgrew? LeVar Burton can't make it but is signing the cast photo anyway.)

But before you leave;
PLEASE FINISH SPONGEBOB VEGAS PANTS

Voices online are... well, voices online. You do what's best for yourself and the people you love.

It will all turn out okay.

Glad to hear its working out... it's hard when you find out the monkey on your back was put there by you.

Best of luck,

Red

I saw you on TechTV's Screen Savers -- i saw YOU and not the kid who played Wesley. I think you have a choice when you appear at a Con, whether to appear as YOU or as the grown-up kid actor. The latter is as much a role to play as was any character role. The underlying angst message i hear in your voice is the feeling that you need to apologize to the fans for growing up. Are you torn between saying "I played Wesley" versus "The person I was when I was a kid played Wesley, but that's not me now," are you?

I can only imagine that the situation is similar for people who attend their high school reunion 25 years later. Some people can swap stories about the old days without getting confused about the difference between who they were then and who they are now; others can't. Some people avoid going to their HS reunion because ..., well, for many reasons. Fear of the judgement of peers; fear of somehow reverting back to a former self; fear of facing past acts, as if they still have bearing on the present; mostly it boils down to either a lack of current self-worth, or lack of perspective on how we integrate our various faces (past/present, public/private, professional/personal) into a unified whole.

Ponder some of those until you find one that strikes a chord. Basically, if you can just be the cool dude I saw on TechTV, relax, you won't be overshadowed by your past.

Wow, man.

You've got some great fans.

More of them should read UnrealisticExpectations.com so I can get a posse.

Good stuff, bro.

Seems to me, no matter what you do is the right move so long as you're not a bitter, self-serving jagweed about it.

Re: your comment that "I am beginning to feel badly for not going over the heads of his employees and speaking directly to him, myself."

I recently heard an great piece of advice you might consider in the future: "Never accept a 'no' from somebody who isn't authorized to give you a 'yes' in the first place."

Why the hell not, if the $$$'s are right. sheeit. Do it.
Just one thing: If I show up, don't suck.
:)
By the way, I want to see more pics of your mug, and I don't get channel g4, so get some freakin' acting jobs, dammit.

WiL,

You don't know who I am, but what you are about to read I imagine many other fans will totally agree with.

Hey WiL, just forget about us fans for a moment and think about what you feel would be best for yourself and your family, who obviously and quite rightly mean the most to you.

If a few fans strongly disagree with your decisions, whatever they may be, they aren't very supportive, which leaves the question - what kind of fans are they?

My point is, is although I very much appreciate the fact that you do so much for us fans, I somehow get the impression that you feel you owe us something. All you owe us is the chance to see you do your own thing, and what you feel is right, and for your own reasons (which so far you have done a most great job at).

Remember that whatever you decide to do, the true fans and their support will always be with you.

- David W

I don't comment here very often, but I read here always. I've been off-line for a week or so and just read all the stuff that's been happening.

I've never been to a convention, but I'm very seriously considering saving my pennies to go to the 15th, just about entirely because you'll be there. I love your writing so much that I know I would really enjoy you in person.

Hurrah for you and the WWDN Posse!

One more thing...

I really appreciate that I (a fan & geek gal) can see what a really cool and interesting person you are. Outside of Trek, outside of the fandom, just as a person.

Thanx for being willing to put yourself out there in the big bad internet and let all of us strange internet citizens get to know you for you.

Wil, good for you. Go your fans, (for Star Trek, Stand By Me, or just Wil’s site) want to see you. Their voices have spoken, and the powers that be had to listen.
Can you all imagine what we could do if we all went out and voted in an election?
Can you say power to the people?
B

Life is what happens when we are busy making other plans. Things are never really black or white in figuring out an answer. I hope that you'll head to Canada for a visit. I am thinking of Calling up Yuk Yuks comedy club and requesting they bring you up here.

kick ass

Hello Mr. Wheaton,

I read (most of) your last blog entry, and some things you said disturbed me. I'm a little worried about you. I don't exactly know the best way to explain this, so bear with me, please.

I don't think it's healthy for you to be so concerned with public opinion. Maybe that's unrealistic for a person in your position, I honestly don't know, but I'd like to think that you are first and foremost a person, and I believe you deserve to be respected as a person.

It is unrealistic for your fans to expect you to be static. It is also inconsiderate of your fans to expect you to make decisions that would make them happy, but hurt you. I think most of the people here know this. I think we accept that sometimes what's best for our enjoyment isn't best for your life, and that, as a person, you are not accountable to us. I think explaining why you do what you do is sufficient, but even that is a courtesy.

The only person here that I really have my doubts about is you. It might be a little hard, if most people treat you like a one-dimensional thing, to be fully aware and believe that you have the right to be accepted without apology or explanation, that you have the right to feel and change and grow. I've always sort of thought that that's what the whole blog was about... You asserting yourself as a person, finding the balance between your own identity and the world's expectations.

Unfortunately, I agree with what others have said, that you will never really be able to escape Trek, which means you'll never fully be able to escape the pressure, the abuse, and the scary fan love... But I beleive that if Trek isn't working for you, you, as a person, have the right to say "Fuck this!", and if it starts working again, you have the right to go back, without fear of looking fickle or pissing off your fanbase. The important fans will understand.

Dammit! Wil Wheaton you are a class act
and a real gentleman to boot. I think you
handled this situation very well and my
respect for you has grown.
Now I have to go cry I am so happy for you
and the fans who will get to see you at
the convention.

Cool. I was thinking about contacting Creation to bitch, and blew it off. I'm glad everyone else didn't! So, even though I still hate Creation, if you ever come to a Minneapolis con, or Chicago where we saw you in '92, I'll fork out the cash and take m kids to see my best buddy Wil Wheaton!

Wow, cool. Congratulations.

It has been said before, But i will say it again. This is what make the internet great!

Thanks Will !

One more small voice in a huge chorus. Good on you Wil. You're the man Uncle Willy.

Maybe you need to take these conventions and things to let the fans know who you are NOW, show them you've grown, get them interested in your new interests. Capitalize on your Star Trek fans. :)

Like most of these folks here, I think you made the right decision. The reason I think that is because it seems clear that YOU think that. This is about YOU after all. Don't let any of us tell you what you should or should not be doing, and don't worry about some kind of backlash... the revolving door thing. You are making this up as you go... just like all of us are. We make get ideas. We have feelings. We make statements. We change our minds. Everything is fluid... there is no black and white.

Just keep doing what seems right to you. Chances are it will be.

M

Wil,

Thanks for sharing your life so honestly with us. It takes real courage to put your heart and soul out there where people can trample all over it. I only wish I could attend so I could hear some of your writings.

Michelle

Wil

Congratulations. Some of us won't be able to make the con but it's nice to know we've helped 'make' the con.

HOLY OLE SHIT!

What have we here?

Wil, way to go!

Now for the serious shit.

I don't give a rat's ass (tiny but it gets the job done) what anybody thinks. You, yes Wil Wheaton, need to acknowledge, that you are a part of Star Trek history no matter what happens.

FOUR FUCKING YEARS FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!!!!!!

Now, we know you 'were' young, angst ridden, bitter, stuck up, a real shit. But JESUS H. L. FUCKING CHRIST the third, will you give it a rest.
The Next Generation was the best Star Trek show barring the one with WFS. And your were an intigral part of it.

Now, take that mangy mutt you call Ferris for a LONG FUCKING WALK and give your head a shake. With the creation of this web site, and the growing maturity or WIL WHEATON, you now have a great respect as a guy just trying to provide for his family. GOOD! Go to CONS. Sign autographs. STOP punishing yourself for being on Star Trek. Enjoy it! The fans demand it.

One of my old teachers once said before marking our drafting projects. If you know you are going to get screwed, why not lie down and enjoy it!

SO. WIl, if you don't know (and it seems by the many angst ridden posts) that people really like you and respect you, please just find the nearest tall building and jump the FUCK OFF. And not like Vanilla Sky or the Matix.

I.m just pissed I can't make the 15th anniversary convention. Oh well, I'll go back to my mediocre life and not whine about it.

Sorry, but I am reaching my limit of "Oh whoe is me the sorry hardly liked actor gone down the tubes working so hard, does anybody out there like me?"

Later.

Wow, I am taken back reading your last two posts, your candidness. All I wish for you is that you do what makes you happy and what is best for you and your family. I think you are more at peace than you know =)

Wow, thank you! I really needed to read that. Lately I have been feeling like my "activism" is in vain, its so wonderful to know I helped actually DO something REAL- instead of receiving a polite form letter from my Congressman....AND to top it all off, I get to come to the con bc I live in Vegas!!! (JACKPOT)
Rewards abound.
I am so happy they got in gear and realized WWDN is not to be trifled with!
See you soon!

Good Deal Wil,

I wish you much happiness and peace of mind.

John

Wil,

I am happy and sad for you.

I am happy because you get to fall back on Star trek to take care of the family.

Sad because you have bowed to the man - Creation.

You speak of how you hate the money grubbing "machine" of capitalism. If you had any self respect you should have said a big NO to him and his underlings who he IS responsible for.

You need to send Spudz and I in your place as a big FUCK YOU to creation.

Spudz could recite some of your posts and I could read some porno movie lines.

Well good luck on the appearance I won't be there cuz I have no idea where it is anyway.

Maybe someday you will learn that big business is evil and that you are too good to be fucked over by them every chance they get.

hops out.

I just want to say that I am so glad you are going. I clicked on the link in your last entry to see if it was at all feasible that I could attend. Nope. But, I did notice, they have you listed and they mention you and your troupe for Grand Slam next March.

http://www.creationent.com/cal/sttng.html

I always enjoyed the Wesley character. I think all the people who were bothered by his intelligence were perhaps bothered as well by the children around them. Sort of like the jokes where the kids have to program the VCRs and all for the parents. Kids have so much more to learn now, and they lap it up. Wesley just personified all of that.
In the TV "mega series" Dinotopia, they said that a single raindrop raises the sea. Well, all your "raindrops" must have seemed like the beginning of forty days and nights to the folks at Creation.
So Wil, embrace your own inner Wesley-ness and enjoy the show. Your 50,000 monkeys can't be wrong. We love the man you've become, and you wouldn't have gotten this way without Trek. I would have loved to meet you. Not for an autograph. Not to swoon. Just to shake your hand and say how much enjoy the community you've established here. And how much I respect you.

I love ST:TNG, still do. If I could justify the cost I'd get every season on DVD. I've never been to a Trek con but you know what, if they held one and you were going to be there, I'd so be there and not in the whole Trekker sense but more in the blogger sense. Not to see Wesley Crusher but Wil Wheaton. I imagine there are alot more like me too... and not in the stalker way either.
Go! have fun ya big goof.*
*puts Wil in headlock and rubs scalp

Wil -
Go, Go, Go -- to the con!
I'm sorry I can't go. :(
And please keep writing, too!

Oh how I wish I could go see you. You're really a good guy-I'm glad you'll sign for everyone. Don't worry so much-you're liked, respected, smart, and people love you for you. It's human nature for people to connect you to Star Trek (my non-english speaking mother calls you Wesley, she doesn't even know your real name, but she likes you, "the cute boy")but don't let it bug you too much. Hope you rock at the convention.

To thine own self be true, right?
Think you have a lot of people behind you- and best of luck in all this, hope you find what you are seeking

You go guy! If you're happy Wil, we're happy. You've got a lot of people behind you because it's obvious that you're a good and decent person. If it works for you, it works for us :-)

Star Trek, Creation and Wesley Crusher are fun little diversions...but you, Wil, are someone to be reckoned with.

All my best,
Paul

Ya know what's cool, Wil?
When people go to see you at the con, they will be going to see YOU. Not "The guy who played Wesley" but YOU. Wil Wheaton funny guy who writes things that make us laugh and cry. Step-dad, husband, geocacher. People know you and like you. I think that would be a really great feeling.
Enjoy it.
LK

Good job. I wish I could be there to shake your hand, Wil.

I think the amount of respect your fans have for you has grown a hundredfold over the last month or so. We've seen more inside your individual psyche than ever before.

Some think the internet is an impersonal place. I couldn't disagree more.

Cheers

YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!!!
I'm in tears. This is deep.
Victory, at last.

Wil
I am so glad things worked out like this. It really is funny how those worlds we live in collide and make a whole new reality for us. I think you have now found your new reality where Star Trek fits in with who you are totaly. I think that may have been part of the problem all along, everyone including you were trying to forget your part of the Star Trek thing. I guess in a way Wil finally meets Wil huh?
Congrats

Wow, Wil. You have arrived. The past few days have been amazing!

Interestingly, out of all of the amazingness one part of today's post really suprised me. It was your reply to Adam Malin's question about your writing.

"It's funny, it's sad, it's bittersweet...it's really a reflection of the person I am, and people seem to respond to it."

My knee-jerk reaction was "Of course people respond to it!" Then I stopped to consider why we respond so strongly. It's because you're a good communicator. You can convey ideas and emotions equally well in person and in writing, and it all seems genuine. What a rare combination!

I'd wish you luck whereever G4, Trek, writing, and life in general take you, but you don't need it. Now go give your wife, kids, and Ferris a hug. :)

::laughs:: It's funny how life works out. You try desperatly to put something behind you and when your heading down that road, that one that leads you from day to day, things just get in the way and we trip and stumble over them and ask "What the hell?" I don't think we can put things behind us like we'd like to. I think things contribute to who we are and no matter what we think, we can never truly leave it behind, because it is apart of who we are today: what we are today.
Hell, if fans want to see Wil Wheaton, and Wil, if you want to see them, where's the harm. It's a gig. Take them while you can. You never know what might happen.
Be happy Wil,
Cheers,
Shannon

Hey wil
ok i love you to death, and what i am about to say may ofend you but it is just what i think. I have been readin your site for a long time nowm and most of the time you sit here and talk about how much you love your family and i want to support them and that is great and i have no doubt in my mnind that it is true! So now you have this chance to make some extra money to help you to support your family, and then you say you love the fans and they went through all this work to annoy the hell out of Creation to get you into the show and now you are actualky thinking about turning it down. maybe this would make a little more sense to me if you would give more of a reasson that you are thinking of saying no, but if you are struggling as much as you say you are, and if you love acting a writeing, and i know that star treak was a big part of your life, you should suck this offer up in a min, i mean this guy called you himself and apoligized ad really wants you back, and the fans all want you, open your eyes wil!!!! GO FOR IT!!!i am sorry to sound bitch, but oh y god, it is not that hard to find the answer, and maybe i do not really understand, maybe it is harder for you then it seems for me, but from this end it is not hard at all, Oh and if you do go I will do my best to be there, and i will make it a must to find you and introduce myself!!! Love ya, and i am real sorry if i offended you!!!

Wil,

I think you should also go to the convention, but are the "fans" there to get a singed autograph of cute little Wesley Crusser of to see Wil Wheaton? Wil, form what I hear the new Star Trek movie coming out the end of this year is most likley going to be the last one. Sounds like everyone get killed off. Maybe that is a good think for you. Not much chance of getting back with Star Trek. I think the "fans" would like to see Wil Wheaton do something. If your going to act... then act. If your going to write then write. I think it is time to move on with your life and put Star Trek behind you. It was fun while it lasted, buy man, how long are you going to "flog a dead horse"? Your 30 now. 10 years from now are you still goig to be signing Wesley Crusser autographs? I would like to see Wil Wheaton the star of a new movie or TV show. Promoting and signing autographs of something current... even if it's a book signing. Until you get on with your life you will always be know as Wesley Crusser.

Hey i just noticed how many spelling errors i had and i look like a dummy so ooppseee im yong ill get over it!! tee hehe!!!

Did you know that Creation has already added you to the ST:TNG 15th Anniversary con agenda on their site? Check it out at http://www.creationent.com/cal/sttng.html Now all they need to do is add Wes's mug to the graphic at the top of the page. ;)

Thank you. It seems that the decision-makers usually pay much more attention to the "haters" than to the supporters, but once in a while, the powers do listen to the positive fan voices. You give us all hope.

Congrats, I love Star Trek but have never been to a convention. Maybe they will rewrite some of the script to include you. I know it sounds far fetched but it happens from time to time. If not, so what. You've got more to offer the world than "the kid who grew up on a space ship". You're right, it's bigger than you, me, and sliced bread. So get what you can out of it, just keep focused. With or without Star Trek you'll come out on top.

Think of life as an upward spiral... sometimes you may feel you are going in circles and chasing your tail. What is really happening is the finding of patterns and the learning of lessons and sometimes it seems we pass the same place... too many times. But there is always something new and something important there.

Life is about evolving.

You get this Wil. Creation listened, unbelievable and thank god they did. Because Wesley is vital to the history of Trek and you are Wesley (whether you like it some days or not ;-))

All I can say is:

Wow.

Do what you need to do, Wil.

For you.

:)

Wil, you have restored my faith in humanity.

Brad

I read your previous two posts the other day and I commented in one of the WWDN irc channels that you were either truly moving on or rationalizing. I guess it was somewhere in between. It's great to see the process of realization one goes through so openly discussed.

well I'm pretty damm impressed that fans were able to help make a difference. I personally believe that you are honestly deserving of such strong support and dedication, and that in the grand scheme of things, you are in exactly the right place, the right frame of mind, and the right time to be doing ALL the things you are doing. Go get 'em Wil. All of 'em. And by the way, Arena is damm good entertainment sir.

Wil, you are truly a force to be reckoned with, they will not consider a trek com without you now, knowing the following you have.

Wanna hear somethign funny? In a call to my mom last week or so she mentioned she saw you on techTV talking about your site and geek junk and said "He's a cool guy! Really into tech stuff like your brother and you. I thought he was a twerp on NG, but hes grown up to a be a quite a cutie!"
From my Mother there is no higher praise.

I hope you come to cons in Ohio so I can seee you and I'm going to write my pals at Marcon and ask they bring you. Nay, demand it. (marcon.org folks! help me!)

You done good, Wil. Real good. The convention will be awesome. Wish I could make it.

That's awesome. I wish I could go. Have fun!

hey im confused was this all a way to negotiate more money? getting your fans behind you?

I hope not.

To Wil:
I hope you have a wonderfull time at the convention. I wish I could be one of the lucky ones who gets to see you there, in person in all your glory. Your posts are an invaluabe distraction for me in medical school. Keep up the great work with the site.
From: A possee down in Puerto Rico.
Ana Marylee

Hey, Wil -

Glad they wised up. Hope you can drop the angst and feel free to go or not go. (And then I hope you go :-)

It's great they want you there as 'Wesley Crusher' but it's even greater that they want you there as the great writer and acting talent Wil Wheaton.

Charge!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Wil Wheaton, you rock.

Life isn't black and white. The decision you came to yesterday might not seem like the best decision today. There's more to it today.

You're entitled to change your mind. You're entitled to be flexible. It's part of being open-minded. It's part of being an adult. It's part of being at peace with yourself.

You are all of the above. You are a truly fine man.

Congratulations. Anyone who has read your web log knows Trek is important to you. Even me, a girl who's never seen an episode or a movie. I know it's huge. You're part of the family. You always will be. That's a fantastic accomplishment and honor. Enjoy it. You deserve it.

"Schism" needs some background music. "Mr. Soul" - Buffalo Springfield .

These last few really long posts have been absolutely mesmerizing - I've enjoyed watching you think and even more than that I've enjoyed being apart of your cheering section.

Truth is while I liked both your movies and Star Trek I just never had that ferver that you've come to recognize in rabid Star Trek fans.

I became your fan from this website and I'm glad it gives something back to you as well...even if sometimes that's just more voices swirling around in your head.

First Creation, now Paramount! GET WIL'S CAMEO BACK IN NEMESIS!!!!!!

Ah, behold the power of the Internet...

Good for you, Wil. I won't be able to attend, but I'll sure try to attend Grand Slam 2003.
And don't worry about people critcizing you for canging your mind, just do what you feel is right.

Congratulations. Now, I wish I could come to the con. :)

Wil, quit sniveling and get your ass to the convention. And be funny.

Heres an idea.

You have a revolving door prop, center stage.

On the one side of the stageis one of them ugly ass-headed ferengi monkey things, beckoning you. On the other side is darkened stage, with the bright glow of a computer monitor and some dirty, scraggly dude typing away on it.

You walk back and forth through your revolving door.. indecisive. And for awhile, the audience wonders what the hell is going on. And the computer person types on, uncaring. And the ferengi begins barring its teeth.

And then he really gets pissed. He runs off stage, and you appear confused. You slowly begin to walk through the door, closer to the computer... and then...

The ferengi comes running at you, followed by three borg. They jump on you, beating you, biting you, kicking you, and they begin dragging you to their side of the stage.

And you write the end. Because I don't know that part yet.

(But heres the ending I suggest. Computer dude gets up and flips the computer monitor to the crowd, revealing the words PORN. And then a faint, eery, strange song. The crowd can faintly hear the word "bilbo".

And then you all rip off your costumes, revealing brightly colored tight outfits, and Leonard Nemoy leaps onto the stage, and you all sing the Bilbo song. And the crowd goes wild.

And then things really get wierd. The lights go off, and the music stops. Suddenly, a red spotlight opens up on the ceiling, and there he is; Willian Fing Shatner descending from the ceiling. He is angry, and wearing a suit fashioned from a thousand Yak fetus'. As he hits the stage, dry ice fills the stage with low smoke, and orange, red, and yellow floodlights open up from the ground. Red shirts begin swarming the stage, tripping over themselves, getting assimilated, crying, dying, being generally pathetic. And then you beco