why jim aka jimbo aka james lake junior is one of the best characters. ever.
from the first season you can tell how much of a sweetheart he is, as he makes breakfast for his mom and his best friend, Toby. He knows how hard his mom works and smiles and kisses her when he sees her asleep.
It breaks his heart knowing that he won't able be able to explain to her why he woke up in the woods, why he got arrested or anything that happened to him because of the trolls.
He promises his mother he'll tell her the truth after she wakes up, but he doesn't. Not at all. Because he won't be able to see her hurt again. He wanted to protect her. To fight for her.
Even after his mother finds out, he still doesn't want her to worry that much. He still pretends to play it off. He texts her during his fights, telling them he's okay.
the way he stood up for Eli, despite the fact that he could have walked away easily. He wasn't a match for Steve's strength but he still landed a punch. He didn't want anyone to get bullied infront of him.
Claire. When he's admiring her from afar, he smiles. He hated the fact that his other life was taking up all of his time, even though he didn't want to be in the play, he knew how much it meant to Claire.
He agrees to baby sit her brother. He crosses the darklands just to find him. Because of his promise. He didn't want to break it. Not only because it would hurt Claire, but also because, he didn't want to be like his father. His father who made empty promises and left them for someone else.
When they are fighting goblins in the forest, he doesn't care about anything but Claire. He wants to protect her. He shouts for his amulet, to come back to him.
He jumps in when Claire is making that huge portal, saying she's never going to be alone. He's going to be there for her. always.
When he makes the Vespa with Blinky, it reminds him of his father. He takes Blinky as his father. Blinky guided him. Helped him with everything. And despite the fact that Jim never showed that his father leaving affected him, he still was hurt.
When Jim sees Aarggh is dead, he doesn't show his emotions to that extent, in comparison to toby. The only thing going on his mind is to protect all of his friends, he couldn't lose anymore. Which is why he went into the darklands, all alone, knowing he might never make it out.
When everyone called him a failure, a joke of a trollhunter, he still fought. Despite the bruises. He knew he was no match for Draal. But he still fought.
He is so torn by Draal's death and his failure to protect him, that he agrees to whatever Merlin says. He doesn't try to fight Draal, even when he's under the blade of Gunmar, solely because he's a friend. Jim would never wield his blade against someone so dear to him.
He never wanted the amulet. But he still fought as if it was his choice. He hated the amulet so much. He couldn't deal with it, but he did. Because he knew the trolls needed protection.
He was so upset over Strickler's betrayal, because he looked up to him like his father figure too, before he found about trolls and him being a changeling. He was his star student and after all of that, he still forgave him and let him walk out alive. After everything.
Normura tried killing him in the start. And he obviously, didn't like her. But when he was battling in the arena, his will being crushed by the minute, as Toby and Claire refused to appear, he still refused to kill her while defending himself. Because he regarded her as her friend after how she saved his life once. He brought her back home, like he promised.
Vendel at first, does look down on him a lot. After all, a human trollhunter? But he gains Vendel's trust by fighting, giving his all to protect trollmarket and vendel realizes how wrong he was about jim in the first place.
He reminds angor rot what he fought her, who he was and how he shouldn't give in to Morgana. Because he knew Angor rot was once a champion as well, that was just trying to protect his people.
Most of all, when he agrees to Merlin's request. Before he goes into the bathtub, he remembers the memories. His moments with everyone and that he'll never be the same James Lake Junior again. That he's sacrificing a part of himself, his humanity, just to fight. To protect.
It breaks his heart. He's scared. And alone. But in his heart he knows, that a sacrifice must be made. That he has to step and protect them or no one will. Because the amulet, chose him.
And in his heart, the words keep on repeating, “that fear is but the precursor to valor. That to strive and triumph in the face of fear, is what it means to become a hero. Don't think, Jim. Become.”