Careercow Chuck Wendig / Charles Wendig / TerribleMinds - Terrible author, terrible person, ruined Internet Archive's online library

[justhereforments]

Also Chuck wrote a letter to his unborn son back in 2011 if anyone's interested in reading that.
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/05/09/a-letter-to-my-womb-ensconced-son/

If my father gave me a letter like this at 18 I'd be ashamed and embarrassed for him. You shouldn't do that to your kid, destroy how they view you as a father figure.

 

[AnOminous]

If my father gave me a letter like this at 18 I'd be ashamed and embarrassed for him. You shouldn't do that to your kid, destroy how they view you as a father figure.

As if the kid doesn't already have enough cause to ask who his real dad is.

 

[Skelter Helter]

Rumor is it wasn’t even the Editor in question. Lucasfilms wanted him gone. It’s just his current work was with Marvel so they got to drop the hammer. And you can understand Lucasfilms being a bit more conscious of Brand Damage and financial loss being caused by unhinged creatives on Social Media. Particularly writers.

And no it’s not all Russian Bots. While they will never publicly admit it, Lucasfilms, much like Hasbro, knows exactly who their core consumers are, and sees what Damage idiots like Wendig are doing to their product.

Actually looking at how Wendig got shit canned, and how much it actually resembles the Aubrey Siterson mess, I would not rule out Hasbro playing a hand in this. Right now Star Wars is the most expensive Toy License. It is however nowhere near the most profitable. If Hasbro walks away from it Lucasfilms is fucked. The Mouse would really start shitcanning the lot of them. Mattel is not currently in good enough shape to reliably pick it up. And Playmates wouldn’t pay the high fees. So Hasbro has a lot of bargaining power. And If Hasbro demands that the pissing off and pissing on of the consumers stops now or else, Lucasfilms would look for the most convenient scapegoats. And boy oh boy doesn’t Chuck top that list.

I doubt that Hasbro has anything to do with it. While it's probably true that the Star Wars toy license is nowhere near as lucrative these days as Hasbro might have hoped, I suspect it has more to do with lackluster fan response to the characters in the new trilogy and attempts by woke executives to chase new markets that simply don't exist, like SJW geeks and little girls who play with action figures, than anything else. I can't imagine that Wendig is on their radar at all.

As far as the rest goes, while I wouldn't be surprised if Lucasfilm told Marvel to give Wendig the axe, the information that's out there now indicates it was his editor at Marvel who made the call.

 

[Mola Ram]

As far as the rest goes, while I wouldn't be surprised if Lucasfilm told Marvel to give Wendig the axe, the information that's out there now indicates it was his editor at Marvel who made the call.

It's hard to know how honest Wendig is -- someone who vomits his every thought and megrim onto Twitter to the tune of a quarter million tweets might not have a whole lot of talent for artifice -- but one thing I don't believe for an instant is that he was never warned that he needed to watch his online ranting. It's possible that whatever warning he got was too subtle for his ego to absorb; maybe someone just kinda casually told him the Mouse wasn't thrilled with the constant vulgarity and nastiness. But this guy's feed was a trainwreck, almost of MovieBob proportions in how over the top it was, and I just can't imagine nobody noticed until two weeks ago.

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

George was smart enough to do that with merch despite how hated and flawed the prequels were by not bashing consumers and making sure the merch was made exclusively with what the consumers wanted in mind without influence from his "artistic" whims, just business..

Frankly the Prequels were so blatantly toyetic I'm convinced that was probably George's primary reason for making them in the first place.

 

[Mola Ram]

Frankly the Prequels were so blatantly toyetic I'm convinced that was probably George's primary reason for making them in the first place.

Whether that was his primary goal or not, he certainly understood you don't sell more toys by calling the film's detractors a bunch of misogynist shitlord Russian bots.

 

[TowinKarz]

It's possible that whatever warning he got was too subtle for his ego to absorb; maybe someone just kinda casually told him the Mouse wasn't thrilled with the constant vulgarity and nastiness.

I get the image of a junior Mouse Lawyer Cadet telling him to not post vulgar material like he did yesterday again, and Chuck, in a confused tussle, checks his posting history and says "what vulgarity?" And the lawyer points directly at the "All Trump supporters should be skinned alive" and Chuckie can only think "What? That?! That's not vulgar, it's the TRUTH!"

 

[Mola Ram]

I get the image of a junior Mouse Lawyer Cadet telling him to not post vulgar material like he did yesterday again, and Chuck, in a confused tussle, checks his posting history and says "what vulgarity?" And the lawyer points directly at the "All Trump supporters should be skinned alive" and Chuckie can only think "What? That?! That's not vulgar, it's the TRUTH!"

It's very similar, if less potentially damaging financially, to why Mark Waid thought it was totally acceptable to tortiously interfere with Diversity & Comics' publishing contract. "What? They needed to be warned away from that monster!"

 

[wes]

It's hard to know how honest Wendig is -- someone who vomits his every thought and megrim onto Twitter to the tune of a quarter million tweets might not have a whole lot of talent for artifice -- but one thing I don't believe for an instant is that he was never warned that he needed to watch his online ranting. It's possible that whatever warning he got was too subtle for his ego to absorb; maybe someone just kinda casually told him the Mouse wasn't thrilled with the constant vulgarity and nastiness. But this guy's feed was a trainwreck, almost of MovieBob proportions in how over the top it was, and I just can't imagine nobody noticed until two weeks ago.

I mentioned it before, but I am certain Wendig has one of the most overblown sense of self-importance. Chuck probably thinks his tweets are on par with the likes of a celebrity in terms of political influence. And the reality is that he is not important in the least. Prior to Aftermath, he had a few middling successss but I doubt there's major Chuck Wendig fans out there. The YA genre is such a swamp that 99% of published works will be at most a cult-hit, and the rest will be cycled through charity book sales for the rest of their life.

He got the job because he appeared to be the safest choice, with his main merit being consistency. The same type of person that would get hired as a sales associate for a chain store; not an obvious trainwreck or glaringly overqualified. Just that right spot of slightly above the average. But I get the sense Wendig thinks he's a literary innovator on the same level as Hemmingway for being early on the present-tense fad, which I find that outside of fandom circles usually isn't well received.

Whatever your opinion on James Gunn is, the guy was leagues more important within Disney and Marvel than Wendig could ever imagine, and got shitcanned for inappropriate social media posts. Smaller indie companies and publishers won't care about sperging out on Twitter, but if Wendig thought that his irrelevant ass was going to squeak past Disney and its all important desire for a wholesome image, he's just delusional. Calling this politically motivated or a Russian bot operation just speaks to how swollen his ego is.

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

Whether that was his primary goal or not, he certainly understood you don't sell more toys by calling the film's detractors a bunch of misogynist shitlord Russian bots.

Yeah but to Disney's credit I do think they understand this, which is why they shitcanned Wendy here.

 

[Mola Ram]

Yeah but to Disney's credit I do think they understand this, which is why they shitcanned Wendy here.

Disney as a whole definitely understands that. I'm not sure Kathleen Kennedy and her enablers do.

 

[Starscreams Cape]

If my father gave me a letter like this at 18 I'd be ashamed and embarrassed for him. You shouldn't do that to your kid, destroy how they view you as a father figure.

And what the fuck is it with these people and their bathroom obsession? He doesn't even escape the first paragraph without a "pee in my mouth". Then "deer poop" yuk yuks later on. They're so fucking juvenile.

 

[Mola Ram]

And what the fuck is it with these people and their bathroom obsession? He doesn't even escape the first paragraph without a "pee in my mouth". Then "deer poop" yuk yuks later on. They're so fucking juvenile.

My favorite part is how this allegedly heartfelt, tongue-in-cheek missive to his son in the future contains the phrase "banging bar sluts." It's almost as sweet as the implication he'll disown him for being a Republican (as surefire a way of raising a kid who winds up joining the Federalist Society as I can imagine).

 

[damian]

My favorite part is how this allegedly heartfelt, tongue-in-cheek missive to his son in the future contains the phrase "banging bar sluts." It's almost as sweet as the implication he'll disown him for being a Republican (as surefire a way of raising a kid who winds up joining the Federalist Society as I can imagine).

And that's how Chuck Jr was inspired by his adoptive father to start Holocaust II: Holocaust Harder. All kidding aside, if the kid manages to not troon out or become a furry, I'd say Chuck did a passing job as a parent.

 

[Troglodyte.35]

There was a podcast that I used to watch called Self-Publishing (I'm not sure if they're still active) and what they'd do is they'd interview people who were published writers in the field and they'd talk about writing processes and writing styles. Sometimes you'd see them do random topics, but that's beside the point.

In comes Chuck Wendig. This guy did nothing but talk about himself for 58 minutes straight. Just the overall air of the guy seemed very narcissistic even by the way he talks. And this was a guy I've never heard of and no-one in my writer's circle heard of. Even the guys who loved the new SW movies have never heard of this guy and he was acting like he was hot shit. I'll post an embed of the podcast but I'll warn you it may bore you to tears.

 

[Curt Sibling]

Wendick is similar to many writers I have met in the indie comic scene...Low on actual talent, but acting like they were Alan Moore's re-incarnation.

 

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And that's how Chuck Jr was inspired by his adoptive father to start Holocaust II: Holocaust Harder. All kidding aside, if the kid manages to not troon out or become a furry, I'd say Chuck did a passing job as a parent.

You mean in spite of his "father", right?

 

[nanny911]

There was a podcast that I used to watch called Self-Publishing (I'm not sure if they're still active) and what they'd do is they'd interview people who were published writers in the field and they'd talk about writing processes and writing styles. Sometimes you'd see them do random topics, but that's beside the point.

In comes Chuck Wendig. This guy did nothing but talk about himself for 58 minutes straight. Just the overall air of the guy seemed very narcissistic even by the way he talks. And this was a guy I've never heard of and no-one in my writer's circle heard of. Even the guys who loved the new SW movies have never heard of this guy and he was acting like he was hot shit. I'll post an embed of the podcast but I'll warn you it may bore you to tears.

His voice is way deeper than I thought it would be...

 

[TheRealDerekSmart]

I dont know if it's Marvel so much as Disney's general counsel Allan Braverman

Ah, you are the CEO of Marvel I see. May I refer you to this contract you signed in blood with my master. it clearly stipulates we have certain...control...over your actions. Please, close the door behind you so we can discuss what this means further...

He has definetely got the look of a man who should be on one of those cat lady shows playing a mid season mini boss.

 

[Big moth tiddies]

Frankly the Prequels were so blatantly toyetic I'm convinced that was probably George's primary reason for making them in the first place.

We know it wasn't just about toys because in the behind the scenes of episode 1, Lucas is on film whining about how Titanic's numbers. Lucas bet it all on Jar-jar, and surprise, jar-jar pissed everyone off showing how dumb his ideas were. Let's not forget his appeal to, as Plinkett would call it, "The urban market" by adding Samuel Jackson to the movie. It wasn't until the prequels bombed that he truly lost his mind.

Anyone who doesn't know, Lucas' plans for the third trilogy was going to be about microscopic organisms or some shit and their connection to the force.


The man went off the reservation and still hasn't returned.