History Fanfic / YouAreMySunshineTrollhunters

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The main conflict of the fanfics.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Aside from anxiety, Jim shows a lot of signs of struggling with a depressive disorder.

** Unfamiliar with the existence of magic at this particular point, Barbara had absolutely no reason to suspect that a simple bath bomb would ''ever'' alter her ''only five-year-old son'' in such a scary, unexpected way.
** Barbara is constantly aware of this, but many people would notice and question her's and Jim's homestyle because of his super-early curfews and how he's never really active at night, let alone allowing sleepovers and go trick-or-treating. If this happened in any case, the CPS would lead an investigation and potentially send Jim into a foster home. This, unfortunately, ends up coming true in the sequel story, courtesy of Toby, Darci, Claire, and Mary becoming suspicious of her isolating Jim.
** Although Jim is a genuine good boy deep down, he's still just a child who's forced to take a form of another creature, enhanced with abilities he can barely control, not to mention how much it limits his time outside his house before the sun goes down. As such, [[EnfantTerrible he throws explosive tantrums]] and it doesn't help that he DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength in his night form. It's not until he accidentally hurts his mother does he snap out of it.
** After Jim's transformations began, Barbara could not hire a babysitter to look after her son. As such, she schedules her shifts only during the day so she can stay home during the night and look after her son herself. By the time Jim turns nine, the doctors implore Barbara to find a babysitter and schedule for night shifts because it is unhealthy for her to lose a lot of sleep, but she doesn't listen. As a result, Barbara's drowsiness overtakes her in an inopportune time as she falls asleep on the wheel and nearly ''runs into a truck with Jim and Toby inside''. In the end, Barbara ''finally'' schedules her shifts at night and leaves Jim home alone.
** After ten years of being under "house arrest", it has never occurred to Jim of what he might do in the future having to hide his night form, especially now that he was in high school. He'll never get to participate in any social activities other teenagers could, may never go to college, and he'll spend the rest of his life alone when Toby and his mother are gone. This realization results in Jim having a mental breakdown.
** After Jim gets assaulted by Steve and put into the hospital, one of Barbara's colleagues insisted Jim should stay overnight – at risk of his night form being exposed. With no plan, Barbara takes her son ''without being discharged'' in order to hide him when the sun went down. Due to this action, the hospital proclaims that she won't lose her job, bur will be under strict provision, will no longer be Jim's primary care provider, and has to take parenting classes.
** After Jim gets brutally beaten up by Steve, Jim and Barbara were allowed to press charges on Steve for criminal assault. The Palchuks were only lucky the Lakes choose not to after Coach Lawrence decided to ban Steve from basketball indefinitely for his obnoxious lies.
** James Sr. enters the school without a visitor's pass in an effort to see his estranged son, Jim, and talk with his ex-wife, Barbara. However, while begging Mary to pass on a message and was implied to become violent towards her, Señor Uhl and Miss Janeth intervene and call the cops on him.

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## '''Depression:''' In his teenage years, Jim grows inevitably depressed by his nightly transformation affecting himself and his life. It's taken UpToEleven when he fears he'll never be able to participate in daily activities other kids his age could and may never have a life of his own. This results in Jim having a mental breakdown, but he does get better after making new friends with Claire, Mary, and Darci.

* StrugglingSingleMother: If James leaving the family wasn't enough to put a large burden on Barbara, it's taken UpToEleven when her only son begins to change into a troll at night, having to raise/nurture Jim differently than other kids.

** Unfamiliar with the existence of magic at this particular point, Barbara had absolutely no reason to suspect that a simple bath bomb would ''ever'' alter her ''only five-year-old son'' in such a [[AdultFear scary, unexpected way]].

* AdultFear: The fact that your child winds up with an ''unnatural'' condition that severely limits his ability to just be a normal child like everyone else (especially when one could argue that it is ''your fault'' that it happened) must have been a frightening reality to face for Barbara.
** When Barbra catches Jim eating a raw, freshly dead rabbit, not only does the sight sicken her, but the fact that Jim has been trying to suppress this new, sudden urge for weeks worries her.

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* IJustWantToBeNormal: All Jim wants is one night to be out in public without fear of his transformations interfering. Although his camping trips are the only times he's not under "house arrest", he still wants to hang out with his friends and participate in many other activities like other kids his age.

** It is once mentioned by Barbara and Toby that Jim used to participate with the Junior Mole Scouts. When he was a kid, his absences were tolerant and more flexible. However, as he grew older, his meeting schedule became more and more difficult to keep up with and couldn't even participate in field trips. Ultimately, Jim was kicked out.