Post by christian on May 12, 2009 21:08:15 GMT -6
[/color]VALKYRIE,
CALIFORNIA
the ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in?
i get lost in the beauty
of everything i see
the world ain't half as bad[/font][/center]
WHEN THE OCEAN MET THE SKY ,[/color]
CHARACTER BASICS ,
you missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye[/color]
FULL NAME: christian lorenzo giovanni[/font]
NICKNAMES: none
GENDER: male
AGE: nineteenUNIVERSITY YEAR:not attending collegeMAJOR:
MINOR:
JOB: owns his own studio for photography
PLAYBY: orlando bloom!
YOUR BODY MAY BE GONE ,[/color]
CHARACTER APPEARANCE ,
i'm gonna carry you in my head, in my heart, in my soul[/color]
ETHNICITY: italian and british[/font]
HAIR COLOR: dark brown
EYE COLOR: brown
HEIGHT: 5'10"
WEIGHT: 150
BODY TYPE: fit but not defined. tall and lean
DISTINGUISHED FEATURES: he has two tattoos. one on his abdomen which is of a sun and another on his wrist which is of an elvish symbol of a 'nine.' he got the sun one when he was in los angeles. violet drew it and he got it right before leaving. the second one, but more embarrassing for him was while he was in belgium he was backpacking with eight other guys and belgium was where they were splitting up, but to remember the fun they had from paris to belgium they all got tattoos of 'nine' because there were nine of them. one of the guys had a fascination with elves, and so it was in the message of elvish symbols which is annoying when christian has to explain what it means and why it is in elvish. he mostly covers this one up with armbands and wristwatches.
PERSONAL STYLE: as the rest of his family look pressed and proper in their dior suits, christian is way more laid back. he always has been. he wears a lot of neutral colors. jeans, cargo pants, khakis. he wears a lot of thin shirts or layers. yes, he also tends to rock the man-scarf with jackets or just shirts. while in europe his hair grew out and he hasn't cut it yet so he's been having to put it back in a ponytail. he also has facial hair. little bit of a goatee, or some times he just shaves it off. christian usually looks a bit unkept which drives his mother crazy. personal appearance isn't high on his list [even if personal hygiene is]. christian also often wears black wrist bands or those tribal or cloth-made bracelets he has gotten while over in europe. leather necklaces too. it's not too much of 'oh that guy wears jewelry' but he's just one of those guys that it works for.
OTHER: he has been able to keep his british accent in tact all these years even if he hasn't been to england since he was fourteen. he also knows multiple languages. his main languages are english and italian but he can hold basic conversations in russian, german, french, spanish, greek, and romanian.
IN YOUR MOUTH, IN YOUR SOUL ,[/color]
CHARACTER PERSONALITY ,
the more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind[/color]
STRENGTHS: taking pictures, drawing, painting, knowing multiple languages, doesn't let the little things bother him, his family, his 'happy-go-lucky' attitude[/font]
WEAKNESSES: foreign women, alcohol, scenery that makes good photos, spontaneous things he's never done
LIKES: his freedom, smell of rain, photography, having his own studio, walking, culture, backpacking, thunderstorms, sudden changes in weather, things that take your breath away, sunsets, sunrises, gravel roads, all kinds of art, drawing, folk rock, acoustic, the beatles, and bob dylan, surfing, getting to know other people, family, biking, motorcycles
DISLIKES: texting, cellphones, people knowing him only for his family, sticky humid weather, materialism, cars, traffic, pollution, violence, war, sunburns, having too much to do at one time
FLAWS: gets antsy when in a place longer than a few weeks, bites his nails, has a couple tattoos, when you get him going he cusses like a sailor
HABITS: taking pictures at random moments, sometimes slips words from another language into his conversation, wearing some of the same clothes over a course of a week, never scene without some form of camera on hand
SECRETS: his family is the italian mafia in los angeles,
BEST MEMORY: when he left los angeles to go backpacking across europe
WORST MEMORY: he's led a pretty simple life but a couple bad things have happened. when violetta told him she was raped, getting called to say angelica died, and once when he was in poland and all his money was stolen from him
OVERALL PERSONALITY: it is quite amazing how laid back and simple this nineteen year old is. he graduated early and took off on his two year backpacking extravaganza around europe, he grew up fast. he was always the giovanni that was too happy go lucky for his own good. he always had dreams of busting out on his own to see the world the way he wanted to see it. it's amazing his parents let him leave the safety of his house at seventeen. christian appreciates a lot of things, after what he's seen. he's a compassionate young man, mature. but hey, he's also a giovanni and he can be pretty smooth. it seems each giovanni boy in the family is a charmer in a way with the ladies. maybe it's partly because of their last name, whatever 'it' it, christian has it too. his is slightly different however due to he's not like the rest of his cousins. but even with his hair pulled back into a pony tail and wearing a shirt they may or may not smell like goat, he just has the scruffy, tortured artist look that girls can swoon over.
though the giovannis are italian, christian grew up in london since he was two up until he moved to america at fourteen. his friends and family often joke that he is a 'british italian' because though he's surrounded by so many italians all the time, he's quite the brit boy. he has his accent, yes, and often uses common british slang still like 'mad,' 'bloody hell,' and yes even 'poppet.' he's a very colorful, eccentric boy. he really enjoys life and most of all capturing it with his camera, that he's never seen without. now that he's in valkyrie for good, it's a going to be a harder adjustment for him since he hasn't had his own 'room' in over two years. it's generally going to be a bit of an adjustment going from living day by day, to having stuff planned out.
AND WE'LL BOTH GROW OLD ,[/color]
CHARACTER HISTORY ,
well i don't know, i don't know, i don't know, i hope so[/color]
HOMETOWN: naples, italy[/size][/font]
PARENTS: santino - father - 42 - in giovanni mafia family
mona - mother - 43 - housewife
SIBLINGS: -
OTHER: luna - female - golden retriever (dog)
antonio giovanni - uncle - 22
alberto giovanni - cousin - 21
violetta giovanni - cousin - 20
-- rocco giovanni - godchild - 4
paolo giovanni - cousin - 18
miles giovanni - cousin - 17
anya giovanni - cousin - 17
constatino giovanni - 16angelica giovanni - 16
celia giovanni - cousin - ?
and a shitload more of cousins/aunts/uncles
LIVING SITUATION: shaks. loft that is also his photography studio
HISTORY: santino giovanni is not the oldest giovanni, nor the youngest. he falls somewhere in the middle, but it's still all the same for him. being the middle child, he often was caught in the middle of common fights with his siblings growing up. when he was twenty, he was introduced to mona wellington by his mother. they started dating, and within two years, they had a big family wedding celebration in naples, italy, the giovannis' homebase. another year gone by and mona gave birth to christian. they were young, but that was sort of the the family motto; marry young, start a family young. another year gone by and mona was starting to get homesick, because she was from liverpool, england. she hadn't been there in over four years and she missed her family. though the giovannis' wanted santino to move to los angeles to help the mob, he wanted to first concentrate on his family, so santino, mona, and christian moved to liverpool.
for the next fourteen years, christian was raised in england. he grew into the giovanni trademark looks - dark hair, even darker eyes, a hint of mystery in their gaze. he knew early on that his family was 'the' giovannis of italy and los angeles. he was pretty neutral about it, he was young too. it didn't affect him since he was in england. but he knew he would stand by and support his family no matter what - it was just how he was raised. when he was eleven, they did visit los angeles for his grandfather's funeral. fausto tried to convince santino to move to los angeles now, but santino said he still had to square some things away in liverpool, and mona still wanted to stay there. it was hard for santino since he is such a people-pleaser, when he can't please everyone, he gets upset. fausto gave him three years to tie up loose ends in liverpool and have christian and mona move to los angeles.
christian attended a boarding school in england. it was one of the stereotypical england boarding schools. he flourished academically, but painting was something he quickly became passionate about. still life, people, he did everything and anything. when he was thirteen he received his first camera, boy did that kid run through so much film. i wouldn't say he was overly talented in all things art, but he sure had an eye for things to capture. christian had dreams of having his own studio to take pictures and just live a carefree life. being part of the mafia... let's just say if the studio wasn't a front for laundering money in and out, it wouldn't fit in the lifestyle. but he kept this quiet from his parents. he was who he was going to be.
not a day after the three year anniversary of fausto telling santino, they moved to los angeles. into the big mansion that housed many of the giovannis and their off spring. though a lot of his cousins he never really knew, it didn't take long for him to become close to. specifically, fausto's kids (alberto, paolo, angelica, and constantino) and vito's daughter, violetta. they were all generally in the same age range, which caused them always walking to school together. oh the giovanni children. somehow, they were like the unattainable, good looking kids in the school. the kind where you never saw one without another one close behind. they all had other friends, but they just preferred to be together, since they were constantly dodging rumors and hiding secrets, it was just easier to hang out with each other. violetta and him could have been considered brother and sister since out of them all - they were the closest, both sharing a love for art. though they were a year apart, they were in the same grade, because christian was ahead in his studies through the boarding school in england so when he transferred to high school in los angeles, he was bumped up a grade. he wasn't even in los angeles for a year when violet came to him and told him she was pregnant, and what happened to her in the basement when she was kidnapped. he was so surprised, he didn't even know what to do, but he was able to convince her to tell her parents. violet later told him that he was the only one that knew what fully happened down there, and to this day, he has kept the secret.
after violetta gave birth to rocco, the giovanni school days weren't the same. fausto's kids and wife moved to valkyrie, violet decided to be home schooled, and alberto graduated, leaving christian to be pretty much friendless. but, he was almost done with school and he made his plans. he was going to go back-packing across europe until he got board - straight from graduation. this new life plan didn't pan well with his parents. santino was expecting him to join the family business. though, santino had doubts ever since christian was never seen without his camera. eventually, they became cool with it. if christian wanted to do his own thing, he could. a day after he graduated at seventeen, he said goodbye to his family and hopped on a plane. all he brought was a big book bag filled with some clothes, his paints, drawing utensils, camera, and other basic things like a toothbrush. he didn't want to bring money, but his mother insisted him on taking some money incase he really needed it. christian gave more than half of the money to a homeless guy upon leaving the airport. he started his adventure in portugal and just headed east.
the ways he got from state to state was by buses, ferries, hitch hiking, or just plain old walking. he would meet so many people, though he often traveled alone, he did have companions for up to a couple weeks at a time before they would part ways. christian tried to only stay in cities for up to a couple days before he would move on. he quickly ran out of money, but that was what he wanted. he didn't want to feel his parent's financial aid always there for him. that was when he brought out his artistic talents. he painted and he drew and he sold those paintings to art dealers in the area. or sometimes people would pay him to get their portrait. christian would say when he was staying in paris, he got the most money.
switzerland, italy, austria, romania, bulgaria, are to name a few, christian had been in. everytime he got to a new country, he would send postcards to his family back in los angeles as a way to let them know where he was at the time. sometimes if he had enough money he would send a trinket back. they mostly went to rocco, because violetta named christian his godfather. when he couldn't, he kept them in his bag. he wanted a way to remember the places he's been. every few months, christian would call in to see how the family was since there was no way for them to get in contact with him. two years passed and he wasn't even finished going everywhere he wanted to go. he was in the czech republic. prague to be specific and it was the time of his check in with the family. it was april and when his father answered he seemed relieved that christian chose this exact time to call. his younger cousin died and the funeral was in a couple days. christian said he was coming home, so his parents wired money to him and he boarded a plane that took him back to the united states.
it seemed a lot of his cousins moved to valkyrie and after much convincing, violet convinced him to stay in valkyrie for a little bit. to say the least, christian was the scruffiest guy at the funeral. he was sad. he was close to angelica, and even if he hadn't seen her in two years, it was weird that she no longer walked the earth. he officially moved to valkyrie at the end of the week, but he insisted that he have his own apartment. with some of the money he accumulated from his time in europe was put towards a shabby loft and studio he bought in the downtown area of valkyrie. he sometimes gets antsy, since this has been the longest time [all couple months] he's ever been staying in one place. it's weird, but he finally got that studio he wanted, and he was only nineteen. the simple life is quite relaxing.
COLLECTED MY BELONGINGS ,[/color]
ABOUT YOU AND FOR THE ADMINS ,
and i left the jail, well thanks for the time[/color]
YOUR NAME: lainey[/size][/font][/blockquote]
GENDER: female
AGE: 17
RP EXPERIENCE: years
OTHER CHARACTERS: many
ROLEPLAY EXAMPLE:not this time xDcredit: format by lainey, lyrics by modest mouse
