Careercow Wil Wheaton + Felicia Day - The "Man" who soy'd the World and the Fakest of Geek Girls, SJW sexual harassment fence-sitters

[BlueSpark]

he's burning virtually all of his income to live in one of the most expensive places in the country for a couple of guest appearances per year on Big Bang Theory and occasional other paid appearances in cons or whatever the fuck else he does.

The residuals he gets from TNG are probably more than enough to cover his living expenses.

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

I can guaran-fucking-tee you that whatever they paid for that tiny house would get a much larger, newer, and nicer house in my city, and probably most people who read this post. He's so desperate to stay relevant that he's burning virtually all of his income to live in one of the most expensive places in the country for a couple of guest appearances per year on Big Bang Theory and occasional other paid appearances in cons or whatever the fuck else he does.

Oh, absolutely, looking at the house's details I've been in far, far nicer at countryside properties with acres of land.

 

[Ghostse]

I can guaran-fucking-tee you that whatever they paid for that tiny house would get a much larger, newer, and nicer house in my city, and probably most people who read this post. He's so desperate to stay relevant that he's burning virtually all of his income to live in one of the most expensive places in the country for a couple of guest appearances per year on Big Bang Theory and occasional other paid appearances in cons or whatever the fuck else he does.

I did an effort post about this in the patreon thread about youtubers who live in LA. The tl;dr is if you want to do anything entertainment related and you don't live in LA, you might as well not exist.

Being a long time resident who's kept atleast a fingernail in the pie means Wil is a stop for the desperate. Sure Wil could sell his LA house, move east, and live off the residuals in upper-middle class fashion and just do whatever he wants all day for the rest of his life. But he'd have no power if he did that. No one would hang around, giving him ego massages hoping his industry connections (tenuous as they are) could give them their big break.

Spoiler: edited out the non-youtuber shit

Your ability to be somewhere in 15 minutes can make or break you having a shot at landing whatever you're looking for. My relative has gotten jobs - and mind you this is all back-office stuff, they've never been at a shoot in a professional capacity - because they were the first person to show up when they heard a production was looking for someone. (now when they learn this is a deciding factor they generally say "thanks no thanks", but when they were starting out they didn't have that luxury.) Things change so rapidly* that unless you really bring something unique to the table, if you aren't local, you might as well not exist because there are 3 dozen other people just as or more qualified they can pick from who will be in their office within half an hour.

And that face-to-face stuff is important. You have to get out and make friends, because you'll get the inside scoop on jobs from the oddest places. They got job once because at a house party three months earlier, they helped a guy light his cigarette on the gas stove because the guy was too wasted to work the knobs (This made my relative memorable enough that 3 months later the drunk called the mutual friend, "Don't you have a friend who does X? Are they working on anything? We need someone to do X for a new show."). So you join bowling leagues, book clubs, the church of scientology, or whatever bullshit you can that lets you meet people, and try to tard cum every connection you have for all its worth. You can't do that by flying in from out of state.

*They had a story where they were fired from a show, and security had been called to escort them off the studio. In the time it took security to show up & walk them to the gate (5-10 minutes) there had been shuffling at the top, the person who fired my relative was fired from the show. The new showrunner realized still needed someone to do the job my relative had been hired to do, so security was told over walkie-talkie to ask them if they wanted to come back and work for this new person. They needed the job, said yes, so security gave them back their badge and sent them on their way.

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

I wish we could go back to the Ancient Roman days of treating actors like the lowest echelon of society. They had it right.

 

[The Dude]

So I can't throw too many stones because owning a house at all in LA County is kind of an accomplishment, but this is not exactly a mansion...

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Edit: That tree in the front yard makes me think of A Charlie Brown Christmas.

That yard looks like Shit. Obviously Wil isn't going to mow and water his own lawn, but it also looks like he can't even afford to hire a small crew of illegals to come do it for him either. What a pathetic sad-sack.

 

[God and The Bear]

tbh that's a pretty typical LA lawn.
Drought conditions, so nobody really waters regularly.

 

[:thinking:]

tbh that's a pretty typical LA lawn.
Drought conditions, so nobody really waters regularly.

We can only hope for wildfires and earthquakes.

 

[MysticMisty]

I did an effort post about this in the patreon thread about youtubers who live in LA. The tl;dr is if you want to do anything entertainment related and you don't live in LA, you might as well not exist.

Being a long time resident who's kept atleast a fingernail in the pie means Wil is a stop for the desperate. Sure Wil could sell his LA house, move east, and live off the residuals in upper-middle class fashion and just do whatever he wants all day for the rest of his life. But he'd have no power if he did that. No one would hang around, giving him ego massages hoping his industry connections (tenuous as they are) could give them their big break.

Spoiler: edited out the non-youtuber shit

Your ability to be somewhere in 15 minutes can make or break you having a shot at landing whatever you're looking for. My relative has gotten jobs - and mind you this is all back-office stuff, they've never been at a shoot in a professional capacity - because they were the first person to show up when they heard a production was looking for someone. (now when they learn this is a deciding factor they generally say "thanks no thanks", but when they were starting out they didn't have that luxury.) Things change so rapidly* that unless you really bring something unique to the table, if you aren't local, you might as well not exist because there are 3 dozen other people just as or more qualified they can pick from who will be in their office within half an hour.

And that face-to-face stuff is important. You have to get out and make friends, because you'll get the inside scoop on jobs from the oddest places. They got job once because at a house party three months earlier, they helped a guy light his cigarette on the gas stove because the guy was too wasted to work the knobs (This made my relative memorable enough that 3 months later the drunk called the mutual friend, "Don't you have a friend who does X? Are they working on anything? We need someone to do X for a new show."). So you join bowling leagues, book clubs, the church of scientology, or whatever bullshit you can that lets you meet people, and try to tard cum every connection you have for all its worth. You can't do that by flying in from out of state.

*They had a story where they were fired from a show, and security had been called to escort them off the studio. In the time it took security to show up & walk them to the gate (5-10 minutes) there had been shuffling at the top, the person who fired my relative was fired from the show. The new showrunner realized still needed someone to do the job my relative had been hired to do, so security was told over walkie-talkie to ask them if they wanted to come back and work for this new person. They needed the job, said yes, so security gave them back their badge and sent them on their way.

I just can't comprehend why he keeps trying, though. He should have been able to figure out he's not even a has-been, he's a never-was-and-never-will-be. He's well past the age of making it big, even with the advantage of having a couple of famous roles in his teens. Going just by his online behavior I think he'd be much happier if he accepted that, moved out of California, and quietly indulged in his nerd hobbies (if he even truly has nerd hobbies that aren't a public facade) while occasionally going "Yeah I was in a couple of things, but that was a long time ago."

But of course if that was going to happen it would've happened many years ago.

tbh that's a pretty typical LA lawn.
Drought conditions, so nobody really waters regularly.

This is why in much of Arizona we lay down rocks instead of grass for the front yard. Saves money (and water!) by not trying to water grass, and it doesn't look as stupid as an unwatered lawn either.

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

He occasionally gets small gigs. like appearing for an episode or two in Dark Matter (not a great show, just "okay") which probably reinforces him to keep trying.

 

[CWCissey]

He occasionally gets small gigs. like appearing for an episode or two in Dark Matter (not a great show, just "okay") which probably reinforces him to keep trying.

BBT too.

As I mentioned earlier, he gets more work on that show than in real life.

 

[Slamerella]

Wil Wheaton is just a poor man's Matthew Waterhouse.

I read this as Matt Mercer and you'd still be right.

 

[Jigglyjogglers]

I just can't comprehend why he keeps trying, though.

Because no one buys into the deification of actors more than has-been actors.

Shallow people elevate the creators of entertainment to gods, and these same shallow people's arrogance also demands that the gods worship them. It's why so many people scream for "representation" in comics, TV shows, video games... it's not even about what they want, it's about making these creators, who they've elevated in their minds to the level of deities, listen to them and do what they say.

Has-beens/almost-weres like Wheaton have it from both ends. They had a brief, heady taste of being on the inside, of being on the receiving end of that worship, but then they fell away from it. They see themselves as evicted from Heaven, and so they continue to think of the entertainment industry as the place of gods and angels, and themselves as only a temporarily displaced deity who might someday be allowed back into Olympus to once again gaze down and laugh at all the mortals they oh-so-briefly walked among.

 

[CWCissey]

Has-beens/almost-weres like Wheaton have it from both ends. They had a brief, heady taste of being on the inside, of being on the receiving end of that worship, but then they fell away from it. They see themselves as evicted from Heaven, and so they continue to think of the entertainment industry as the place of gods and angels, and themselves as only a temporarily displaced deity who might someday be allowed back into Olympus to once again gaze down and laugh at all the mortals they oh-so-briefly walked among.

Oh come on, Wil Wheaton may be a dick. But he's hardly Satan.

Satan's pretty cool for one thing!

 

[Jigglyjogglers]

Oh come on, Wil Wheaton may be a dick. But he's hardly Satan.

Satan's pretty cool for one thing!

I'm not implying he's evil, I'm implying he's pathetic. So basically you're right, Satan got kicked out of Heaven for starting trouble and being a rebel, Wheaton got kicked out of "Heaven" for being useless and pointless.

 

[Harbinger of Kali Yuga]

Eh, Satan's actually a pretty good guy when you get to know him. Can't say the same for Wheaton, I'm afraid...

 

[Ghostse]

I just can't comprehend why he keeps trying, though. He should have been able to figure out he's not even a has-been, he's a never-was-and-never-will-be. He's well past the age of making it big, even with the advantage of having a couple of famous roles in his teens. Going just by his online behavior I think he'd be much happier if he accepted that, moved out of California, and quietly indulged in his nerd hobbies (if he even truly has nerd hobbies that aren't a public facade) while occasionally going "Yeah I was in a couple of things, but that was a long time ago."

In theory you're right he'd be happier moving out of Cali fuck it just out of LA would probably be an upgrade. But that would also require him making peace with the fact he's a nobody loser like the rest of the normies, and I really doubt his ego could take the hit without driving him nuts unless he burned all bridges on his way out of town ensuring he'd never come back.

But you're really underestimating LA derangement syndrome. Slight :powerlevel:

Spoiler

I don't know Wil. But my relative originally came to LA to wait tables make it as an actor, got a few bit parts, and hates LA, but stayed because they turned their career before the moved to LA into a gig.
Now I want to emphasize how small of a fish my relative*, who has just about zero pull with anyone who has decision making abilities, but also point out that they are one of the lucky 0.001% of people who come to LA and had their film career rise above waiting tables and/or being someone's fucktoy.
They have nothing good to say about LA, they hate it, they hate the industry, they hate the people they deal with... but they've been there for like 20 years. The paydays are a drug, you can get insane checks for the most trivial shit, but these days my relative doesn't need the money; they have enough real estate income they could just stop working, they have no kids to think about inheritances for, but they keep going back to this place they claim to hate. Part of it is those personal connections I was talking about- About 6 years ago my relative did manage to semi-retire, was in the process of effectively selling off their business & swearing about never going back to LA, but someone they owed a favor two needed bailed out; One job leads to another and they're back at it full time now. But the other part is some degree of mental illness.

I can only image how much stronger the draw is for Wil, who is actually an actor.


*the only A-list actor they've talked to is Bruce Willis, which was for about 45 seconds because they were tending bar at some producer's party; Willis was a bartender when he first came to LA, so when he orders a drink he will actually make some polite small talk and treats the bartender like a real person. And tips well.

 

[CausticMinory]

I read this as Matt Mercer and you'd still be right.

Matt Mercer as in the Voice Actor? Cause if so Wil's voice will never sound as baritone and manly even if he tried.

 

[ChevroletBlackboard]

Matt Mercer as in the Voice Actor? Cause if so Wil's voice will never sound as baritone and manly even if he tried.

What I find funny is how in 2014-2015 Wil was the Big Draw for Geek and Sundry with shows like Tabletop. Then Felicia asks Ashley Johnson if she'd like to stream their Pathfinder game and G&S struck gold with Critical Role, which allowed them to begin a premium service. And since then Wil has been ousted as the "guy" for G&S. Now most people know it for Critical Role and Matt Mercer.

Also, Matt is currently one of the hottest VAs in the US right now and is guaranteed to be in at least three AAA games every year. On top of that, he's a genuinely good person who has built up a fanbase from his voice acting days before seamlessly getting the D&D fans to love him as well.

Basically, Matthew Mercer is what Wil desperately wanted to be and will never get to be.

 

[Red Hood]

I bet houses in Compton are bigger than that.

We can always ask Wil's wife to confirm, I'm sure she knows.

 

[millais]

We can always ask Wil's wife to confirm, I'm sure she knows.

I dunno, she ought to be able to afford in-home bull delivery