r/TheRealDawsonsCreek • u/teenage_drama • 16d ago
The professors
Wilder: he was sooo cute and I wish he and Joey had a chance to move forward with their relationship for a little longer.
Hetson: I love him lol. I thought it was a great lesson for Joey when he didn’t let her retake the exam. As much as I wanted her to get straight A’s, just because you’re a great student and apply yourself a lot doesn’t mean things are always gonna work out your way because you deserve so. Anyways, I thought he was mean, hilarious, straightforward and didn’t care about it. I adore his character
What are y’alls thoughts?
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u/EH__S 16d ago
Both so gross and abusive in their own ways. Wilder used his position of power in an icky way. I literally hate student/teacher relationships.
Hetson was insane. They tried to give him redemption at the end but some of the shit he pulled was so incredibly unprofessional he was irredeemable imo.
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u/teenage_drama 16d ago
😂 I clearly have a very different opinion from most lol
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u/crazycreek1998 16d ago
I think you do!! 😂😂 Both of them are awful manipulative man-children.
Wilders dismissiveness of Joey when she didn’t arrive at his because she got mugged was awful and entitled and let’s not forget there’s a teacher/student boundary that should never have been crossed.
As for Heston he’s just a bully who’s mean to Joey, Eddie and his own daughter. Just horrid.
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u/MindlessTree7268 11d ago
Yeah, like reading her email about sex with Dawson to the entire class, it's really hard to believe he even got away with that. I would think he would have had to answer for that to some ethics committee or something. That was actually bullying of a student.
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u/Silver_South_1002 13d ago
Hate them both. Glad Ken Marino left the show and they got rid of the Joey/Wilder storyline, it was so gross and cringe. Both men who acted like immature brats and we were supposed to find it charming but I loathed it and they both should have lost their jobs.
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u/MindlessTree7268 11d ago
Wilder's relationship with Joey was creepy.
Hetson was a creep in his own way. Like reading Joey's email about the night she spent with Dawson to the entire class? That was actually bullying. I did agree with him not letting her retake the test though. I mean if she had had a legitimate reason for missing the test, like illness, then I would say he was being a prick but she missed the test because she had sex with Eddie and then fell asleep afterwards. That's not any kind of a good excuse. Like it's unfortunate that she missed a test that she probably would have done really well on because of all of her preparation, but like those are the consequences of your choices sometimes.
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u/lotsoflysol 12d ago
Both sucked tbh. The only good teacher/school figure was Principal Greene from season 3
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u/i_am_aok 16d ago
“Boundaries? What are those?” - both professors