James and Julian

James and Julian is the relationship between James Oswald-Descieux and Julian Devolt seen in Secret Palace.

## Overview

James and Julian is a friendship seen mostly in James' story route. They are childhood friends who get along very well despite their occasional bickering due to Julian's behavior towards Secret Palace's work staff and the player, which James rebuffs Julian about quite often.

They both seem to have a high amount of respect for each other and like hanging out at places such as Secret Palace, Julian's boat and TPTB. They are also friends in Cameron Cooper's story route and Julian is nice to James' cousin, and they both work together on how to teach the player on how to seduce a man. But James dislikes Julian's advice on how to do so.

Julian had an odd relationship with the player from James' story route. Going back and fourth between playfully teasing her and seeming to have a fascination with her, and just being plain nasty with his snide remarks and saying she's only with James for his money. Julian didn't seem to trust the player's intentions on being with James and feared she was a gold-digger, which shows that he does care about James and his romantic endeavors hoping he doesn't get used. Anytime Julian would insult the player or make rude remarks about her in front of James, James would get mad and defend her, rebuffing Julian in the process, which he also does if he sees Julian being rude to employees such as Cameron Cooper. Julian usually doesn't care though and will continue to do it, which shows he doesn't take James' anger seriously and brushes it all off as a joke.

Julian seems that he would prefer James to hook up with his sister Celeste Devolt rather than the player, and supports the idea of them being together. Julian does put his sister's feelings before James' though as he was mad at James when he broke Celeste's heart. He defended her and stopped being friends with James because of it, unaware of Celeste's actions during the story route and her manipulations.

After Julian goes too far on insulting the player by calling her a gold-digger and revealing his dislike towards her, the two get into a fist fight, which Julian loses. After losing though, Julian revealed to James that his father, Henry Oswald-Descieux, paid James' ex-girlfriend Kirsten to abort their unborn baby (that James knew nothing about), leave Secret Palace and keep quiet about the whole ordeal. James was so mad at Henry that he decided to become business partners with Julian for his club and wine company just to spite his father, and the two make up after their fist fight.

This is just speculation, but it's possible that Julian has a crush on James, which could be a reason as to why he doesn't support James' relationship with the player, as he is jealous of her which could be why he's mean to her sometimes. There is a heavy theory that Julian is bisexual, when the two are first on screen together and hug, Julian is seen blushing afterwards while James remained straight faced. Julian also had a blushing face when he saw James shirtless once too. Secret Palace is still new and Julian has only expressed interest in women so far, so the possibility of him being bisexual is still unconfirmed.

The two are friends despite the rough patches in their relationship. Julian does seem to really care about James and admires him, while James sees Julian as a close friend and doesn't just tolerate him for Secret Palace's image. They are able to overcome the rocky parts in their friendship and remain close despite their differences and opposing personalities, as James is more usually more grounded and mature than Julian.

## Trivia

* Julian is the only side character that appears in a secret image in James' story route.
* Julian received an extra love scene in James' story route.
* They are both possibly right handed.
* Julian is an unconfirmed second love interest in James' story route (along with Raj Hirapati).
* James' father Henry's last name is hyphened to have both of his parents last names, if you only include his grandfather's last name Descieux, then he and Julian would share the same initials J.D.