I know this is probably an unpopular opinion around here, but I liked the character Wesley, but find Wheaton the person to be somewhat insufferable
I don’t want to be a dick, but unless you know him personally…
Fair. Let me rephrase: I don’t care for the persona that he projects when he’s playing “Wil Wheaton.” I find it extremely disingenuous, pandering, and over-the-top
So my biggest issue with Wesley was what an elitist douchebag he could be. He would openly disparage non-Starfleet people, in a way that was at least unprofessional, and at worst outright insulting (like the shuttle pilot picking them up for that crash-on-a-deset-planet episode).
And at the same time, he sucked up to the people above him or who could help his career so unabashedly.
Don’t forget, he’s physics Mozart