I don't see much resemblance to Wesley Crusher, aside from rank? (and she is an adult fresh out of the academy whereas he was a teen given a battlefield promotion to a comissioned rank before he even ENTERED the academy!) He was the boy wonder who Gene Roddenberry created as some kind of prodigy who was the smartest person in the role and solved the problem all the adults overlooked. Tilly is some nervous giddy wet-behind-the-ears Ensign.
She's cute and likeable, she's the "best" Discovery character by default because I think she might be the ONLY actual character on the show. The rest of them are glorified set pieces, like the ship's Helmsman (they're halfway thru season 2 and I bet none of show's regular viewers could even tell you her name), or virtue signaling characters there to loudly showcase how BOLD AND PROGRESSIVE the show is, e.g. look at how Captain Lorca is an EVIL MIDDLE AGED SOUTHERN WHITE MAN!!!
In short, Tilly would be an average Trek character (say, someone like Tom Paris) on a real Trek show. Shame she's not on one, then we could have a vested interest in following the character's growth over the course of the show.
Young wonderkid archetype, that’s the general comparison between Wes and TIlly.
“Glorified set pieces”
I like that!
I looked up the helm chick cause I was wondering what was up with her eye (I guess she was injured in the battle in the pilot).
I also looked up the cyborg chick cause WTF is up with her? Sources don’t agree whether she’s an alien or human. Last ep I saw I think some evil computer thing got up in her, dun dun dun.
They made “Michael” Spock’s adopted sister so OF COURSE they were gonna show Spock. SMH. I don’t get the lying (like saying Cumberbitch wasn’t Kahn and then having him be Kahn, outright lies are not “twists”).
I think they’ll be heading to the forbidden planet in a private shuttle, I’ll let you know.