#a decent amount of my jimbo hcs are me projecting

[helmarok]

naw i feel like crap so im just gonna list my jimmy james headcanons straight up

⬇️mental illness under the cut⬇️

they're bi and nonbinary/genderfluid. they go by any pronouns and mostly prefer he/they but will also at times be fine with or even prefer she/her

they're italian/japanese (or whatever tf kinda pokemon equivalent?????😭)

he is autistic and has ocd as well, which with his ocd he will usually horde things he doesnt need like soda tabs (not the same as collecting tho)

he loves soda but especially purple soda

he also loves many other "grape" flavored things that taste like purple and its their favorite flavor of candy

speaking of candy they also love it a lot and fill their pockets with as much as possible

they collect many other things besides whats shown in canon. he collects and always wears funky socks, and likes keeping pretty stones too

they eventually get growlie back from the estate and travels with him. one fay when the trio was out, an incident happened at home with morpeko rummaging around that ended up in growlie evolving, but he doesnt have a problem with it. he is happy being used as a ride pokemon and even a bed for meowth and jessie and james' pokemon

not exactly james specifically but growlie's pokeball is a luxury ball, but he's not in it all that often unless the trio is traveling around, and a giant arcanine following you everywhere while u work is kind of a pain

james is usually the one to give meowth his kitty medicine, brush his fur, polish his charm, etc. they always do it with a lot of care so meowth is comfortable

meowth also rubs up against james and sits on his shoulders/lap or in their arms to calm their anxiety

james was around 15-16 when they ran away from home and was found by and lived with an old lockpicker until he joined team rocket. this was in the same town with the bike gang and jessie and stuff to fill that hole 💀

the old man gave james his ring he considered to be lucky, and james is always wearing it as a necklace even underneath his uniform

this is more-so canon based on multiple episodes. but they are a terrible money spender as a bad habit from when they were younger and could just blow their shitty dad's money on any random thing

they are very good at random things like dancing, gardening, lockpicking, etc. but are half decent at actual life skills like cooking and driving. even several years after the "i should get a license" joke, he still does not have a license and has crashed cars outside of incidents trying to steal pokemon

james also matches outfits a lot with meowth outside of canon. he will buy an outfit for himself then pull a tiny version out of the bag for his buddy

he is really close with wobbuffet too, and actually sleeps on wobbuffet a lot like in that one SM league episode. wobbuffet is also very shaped and like a giant stress ball when needed

in their spare time, they love to read, write poems, polish off their collections, and make crafts using recycled materials. they also tidying up and organizing when in the mood, which is an endless job living with jessie and meowth

I ALWAYS HAVE TONS OF THESE SO there will be more for sure i just had to get this out in a place where i can say whatever without spamming or being off topic and whatnot