20 Things James Doesn't Talk About

by watches foxes

This will be a set of 20 details of James's life that aren't public knowledge. As canon-compliant as possible with the occasional AU leaning. Some will be Rocketshippy, some will deal with the twerps. All will be 100 word drabbles.

1. Chapter 1

20 Things James Doesn't Talk About

by Watches Foxes

Welcome, welcome to 20 Things James Doesn't Talk About. It is kind of a companion piece to my earlier story 20 Things Jessie Doesn't Talk About, but that is not required reading. In this I'll be playing around with some things about James in drabble form. I will do my best to stay as close to canon and the established facts and characterization as possible, but please let me know if you think I've strayed too far. As per usual anything you recognize (characters, canon elements, etc) belongs to people who aren't me. Without further ado, please enjoy :)

1. James's mother resents that he was not a girl.

James's mother had never kept her desire for a daughter—or her disdain that the only child she could have was a boy—a secret. While his father was perfectly pleased, she was devastated and tried, for a long time, to treat him as though he were the little girl she wanted; she'd call him "Jamie" and buy pretty pastel clothes and steer him towards such activities as poetry and ballet and gardening. She only stopped pretending when the engagement papers were signed and she could turn her attention toward Jessiebelle, the perfect young lady who was everything she'd always wanted.

Despite growing up filthy rich, James had a pretty depressing childhood. His material needs were always tended, but I get the impression his emotional needs were pretty much considered a non-issue. His parents are extremely self-absorbed and see their son as a tool for their own ends. The only thing that made sense after seeing how much they (his mother, in particular) adored Jessiebelle was that they, or at the VERY least James's mother wanted a daughter. It always made sense to me that perhaps this was why he was more prone to behaving in a more stereotypically feminine way.

Anyway I just wanna say that doing these for James has already proven to be more challenging than Jessie's was—the writers have paid a lot more attention to his backstory than theydid his partner's which means there is a little less creative freedom up to interpretation to knit the holes together into something that makes sense but on the flip side, I don't need to establish quite as much so this should be quite fun.

I hope you enjoyed it please review : )