jessie from pokemon is such an upsetting character bc her life has been a failure since the very beginning
she is a broken person
unlike for james, who could quit at any time and return to a comfortable life, for jessie, team rocket is everything she has.
she lived in poverty, with a mother who was a criminal, and they were so poor they ate snow
her mother disappeared, looking for mew. there was never a mention of jessie having a father
she wanted to be an actress, and decided to take that route instead of going with a boy she loved, but she ended up losing both as her audition didn’t go through
she wanted to be a nurse, but failed
and now she keeps failing trying to catch that god damned pikachu
as much as i like dawn i almost want jessie to win all the ribbons because she fucking deserves to be happy and she deserves those victories and she deserves a friend like james
*wipes a tear* u go girl
this post is good except for one tiny detail, and that’s that james cannot just “quit at any time and return to a comfortable life”
james’ family has riches and luxury, yes, but his parents are neglectful & uncaring and have engaged him to an abuser. they refuse to let him live in the lap of luxury unless he marries her and spends his whole life miserable.
everything about jessie and james is, from where i’m standing, intended to be opposite. james is a soft-spoken boy from a family that knows wealth but not love. jessie is a headstrong and outspoken girl from a family that knows love but is dirt poor.
the thing they have in common is that neither of them found happiness until they found each other (and meowth, of course) i know this post is about jessie, and trust me–she fucking deserves it–but you can praise her like the queen she is without making it sound like her partner has it easy. neither of them could live the lives that were handed to them with a smile on their face, and they’re both amazingly strong people for continuing to work hard every day, even if it is as antagonists.
I cant believe there is finally an analysis on team rocket im so proud
I’d like to throw in Meowth’s backstory as well
Meowth was an ordinary Pokemon who lived on the streets. He stole food to survive but had a habit of getting caught. One day he was taken in by a gang of wild Meowth led by a Persian.
He was able to survive through them until he saw a domesticated Meowth who belonged to a wealthy woman. He tried to win her over, but she brushed him off, stating she preferred the company of humans instead of ‘street Pokemon’. Meowth decided the best way to win her over was to become more human-like.
He forced himself to learn how to walk on two legs (But at the cost of losing his mobility and getting caught more often) and forced himself to learn how to talk (The first word he learned was Rocket ironically). He learned all of this by observing a ballet class he used to sit-in on.
When he finally went back to her having mastered his skills, she rejected him again, now calling him a freak. Meowth left to be ‘the richest freak of all’ and eventually found his way into Team Rocket.
Truly these three were made for each other
