Rational brain: TOS Kirk wasn't plump. He was actually pretty buff. We're just used to seeing buff dudes on film looking airbrushed, dehydrated, and full of steroids. Kirk was very HEALTHY buff.

Fan art brain: huhu him roumd n softe
Maybe it's modern audiences being so used to the unattainable bodies of superhero movie stars, or the dichotomy of Kirk and Spock's body types, or the female gaze wanting to make good male characters even more non-threatening by playing up curvature, or just wanting to see more
body positivity, because when's the last time we've seen a lead male character be both strong AND have a healthy layer of fat? Never, that's when.

Whatever the case, yay strongk n chumby Jim.
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