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james is extremely self-conscious of his appearance, especially about his big nose. he’s broken his nose twice, once in a bar fight in chicago and once when playing rugby as a teenager. he’s resisted pressure from studio execs to get a nose job because he remembers his mother always used to comment on how cute his nose is and how he looked like his grandfather. even though his mother is long dead, james knows she would’ve hated it if he got a nose job, so he doesn’t, even though he thinks he’s ugly.
when he’s in his 30s, he suddenly develops a severe allergy to shellfish. it’s severe to the point where he needs to carry an epi-pen with him all the time. (does he? well, no, cause he’s fucking dumb.) so if you ever wanted to poison him there’s the way to go.
james never goes to soundcheck. ever. he claims he has “better things to do” so a guitar tech has to fill in at soundcheck, then james comes and will inevitably throw a fit because the sound is not what he wanted. dickhead
he has really bad eyesight. he used to wear glasses when he was at university, but he stopped because he got self-conscious of his appearance. so everything is just kind of blurry and he’s always squinting to read things. he does get contacts at one point but keeps falling asleep without removing them and his optometrist is like, “yeah keep this up and you’re going to fuck up your cornea permanently.” lol
okay to end on a somewhat wholesome note... james loves christmas, it’s a very special time for him because his mother’s birthday was christmas eve. every year he sends christmas cards to people and he takes his time to handwrite and draw stuff for each person on the list. if you get a personalized christmas card from james it means that he loves you a lot! he dresses up as santa claus one year to give gifts to his son--- um, i mean nephew--- and nick is like, “you’re not santa claus, you’re not fat enough!” lmaooo james tells that story for years afterwards :)
