#didnt really comply with my thesis here so i didnt mention it haha

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I only have praise for how they’re writing Jim Kirk in SNW. Though perhaps I’m biased because i love this character.

Admittedly, at first, I didn’t like the guy. I thought Wesley was a terrible casting choice. he didn’t have the passion that Shatner and Pine gave him, and frankly just didn’t have the look for me.

But Wesleys Kirk is pulling out that soft, kind hearted nerd that we all know Kirk is.

In La’Ans AR, he listens to Sera despite her being “unhinged,” he smoothly steps forward to put himself between Sera and La’An and sacrifices himself to save the timeline- to save Sam.

Then the real Kirk, despite getting decked, thinks first of Uhura and doesnt want her to have to explain the hallucinations. He doesn’t write Uhura off either like Chapel and Spock did , he believes her. And then inserts himself into the problem because, as La’An said, hes “the type of person who cant walk past a stranger in need”. and then sticks around to make sure she is okay.

So yeah, maybe Wesley isn’t who would come to my mind initially for Kirk, but i love his interpretation of him. His Kirk cares deeply for others and thats the Kirk i know and love. Im looking forward to how they develop his relationship with Spock.

#plus there are a few lines that were just sooo kirk #in la’ans ep the line - we’re not out of the fight yet #in uhuras the line- you can let death win or you can fight back. hold on to them #there are just little things too #the joy he had in La’Ans ep playing around in a new time #the look he gives la’an before saying try me and gettings shot like he was saying goodbye #the fact that he played therapist to both la’an and uhura #i think in pikes AR it showed more of kirk being an intelligent soldier #didnt really comply with my thesis here so i didnt mention it haha #star trek #captain kirk #star trek tos #star trek strange new worlds #james t kirk #star trek snw #strange new worlds #jim kirk #snw #tos #james kirk #paul wesley #tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow #lost in translation