I love think about how aos jim is captain kirk before he’s captain kirk if that makes sense. Like, at these points he hasn’t found his life’s “purpose” and he’s kinda lonely besides bones and scotty as they’re the only ones that respect him as who he is as himself and a captain at these points. I feel like I didn’t properly write what I was thinking, but I just love his character and how he really isn’t captain kirk but just himself, Jim. And, to me at least, he kind of seemed a little desperate in terms of connecting to the people around him and seemed really careful or worried about sustaining those connections, but that could just be me looking too close at it.










