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[emmett arturo salaris]

Becca here, and with a new character in mind. Shocker, right? It should be illegal for me to continue making these guys. However, have you seen Emily Didonato’s face? It’s kind of impossible to resist. She’s my LAST girl though, unless I happen to get rid of one of the other ones, which I don’t see happening. So seriously guys… don’t let me make any more girls. Anyway, let’s get this show on the road.

So this lovely lady is Dominique Valentine Giovanni. She goes by Dom, though. She’ll be fairly young, like twenty. That’s Didonato’s real age, so it just kind of works. She will be mature for her age though, one of those people who everybody mentions that they seem older than their age. She’ll have gotten that all through her adolescence as well. She’s going to be finishing up her sophomore year at the University. She’ll be majoring in Marine Biology and minoring in Dramatic Arts. As for the terms she’s on with the Gio’s, I see her kind of being like the kid sister that everybody is a bit protective of, and yet she believes she is perfectly capable of taking care of herself. She’s not going to involve herself in any of the mafia business. It’s not that she disapproves of it, but she doesn’t want to ever have her life be run by it. Dom feels a sort of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy about the business, but if she had to be involved for her family’s sake, she’d do it because she’s still extremely loyal. She does not just feel loyalty to one half of her family though, but to anybody who shares her blood, so she is also on good terms with Tony, despite how anybody else may feel about him. So basically, she just loves family. She gets along with them all, she adores them all.

Facts;;
•She’s very artistic, just as a hobby though. Dom doesn’t take classes or intend on pursuing a career in art since she really doesn’t think she’s all that good. She’s a painter and a photographer, and she combines the two into collages, and that’s basically her style. It’s very abstract and colorful, usually portraying her emotions.
•Dom has always been kind of a tomb boy. She’s into sports and just hanging with the guys. She’s one of those people who can sit in absolute silence with somebody and be perfectly happy. She’ll play video games and get dirty. The girl can throw a football and swing a bat well enough, so she’s down to hang out.
•Independence is something Dom extremely values and applies to her life. She’s kind of proud, and likes to believe she does everything on her own, and so she rarely accepts help from anybody. She works a lot, and pays for her tuition and expenses by herself with the help of some loans. Basically, her life consists of work, classes, and any downtime is occupied with extracurricular activities, art, or sleep.
•She’s an anti-conformist, so she really doesn’t bother trying to fit in with the crowd. She makes all her own clothes and tweaks up her style to keep things fresh. Her personality really comes out in what she wears. Sometimes she’ll try a bit of odd make-up, but mostly just prefers to keep things natural.
•While she outwardly expresses confidence, Dom really doesn’t have that high of a self esteem. She really doesn’t think she’s pretty, just average, nor does she find herself that good at anything. She used to never feel competent enough, so Dom through caution to the wind back when she was younger and started embracing being unique so she could stop worrying about the whispers around every corner.
•She’s really into classical literature and romantic era poetry. Dom is basically in love with human progress, seeing how culture and conscience changes over time. She loves to learn about renaissance, enlightenment, revolutions, etc. She’s also really into Shakespeare and other timeless pieces.
•Dominique adores drama and plays, broadway and musicals. She’s always been an avid member of the drama organization. However, she’s never been the actress, belting out her lines up on stage, but she’s actually the girl creating the set, behind the scenes, running the lights.
•The girl loves the ocean, like she can not get enough of it. She’s adoring of sea life, and finds everything about the mystery, the beauty – it breathtaking to her. Anything involving life in the water, she’s got a passion for it. She’s in love with painting/sketching/drawing/photographing it.
•Classical music of any sort if also something that fascinates her. She herself is musically inept, but she loves to watch other people play. She finds it soothing and one of the few magics man can make with his own two hands.
•Dom was always sheltered and pampered as a child, kind of like a little princess. Not to mention after what happened to Violetta it was very rare for her to be allowed somewhere without careful eyes on her. She has trust issues and is very skeptic of motives, so it often comes off as stuck up, but really she just doesn’t feel she has time for relationships of any sort or taking the time to trust people.
•She’s very cynical and never really speaks bluntly or straight to the point. She hides meaning behind figures of speech and complicated language. She’s poetic when she speaks, and disapproves of slang and improper grammar.
•Dom is very into her Italian heritage. She never spent much time in Italy (I think?) but she loves to get into it and hear about its history and stories from her aunts and uncles about what life there was like. She loves the beauty and culture of it. She’s very interested in learning about it and adores cooking or learning to cook Italian foods. Its one of her favorite pastimes.

Woo! So that’s basically what I’ve got figured out for her so far. I don’t have much figured out about her background yet, I’m still pondering it… but it won’t be anything dramatic, nothing bad ever happening to her. She’s just going to be sheltered and protected, and thus she threw herself into all forms of art, literature, and history. Good parents, loves the family, basically fairly uneventful. But how about all you lovely people start up some plots with her, because the more possible plots, the more likely it is I’m going to make her <3

EDIT:: Also, she's Gurms's Lorenzo's sister. Yup. :]

[bellasantanarovens]

-face pending-
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I know, I know, another one? Sorry. And double sorry that this graphic up thurr ain't all too pretty, but whatever. It gets the point across, doesn't? Well, let's jump straight to the facts. So that up there is my screamer boy. Don't worry, he and Dom are going to be on reserves for a while before I make them. I'm still catching up on posts and all, and I like forming them fully in my head. But anyway, so I am deciding between two main pb's, and neither of them are completely set in stone, though they're at the top of my list. First is Chord Overstreet, and second is Zach Roerig. I have no, no, no idea which I prefer, so opinions are cherished like gold, lovies. Alrigty, so names? Well all I decided on for sure is his last name is going to be St. James. As for first names, I've been thinking of Sebastian, Graham, Carter, Finn, Cade, Matt, Peter, Chase, and well, that's basically it. Yeah, I'm indecisive. I think Sebastian is my favorite, but nothing is for sure yet. He'll be anywhere from 22-24, depending on the face chosen. Onward with the info! We'll call him "Boy" for the sake of the post.

Facts;;
•So he was born in Silver Creek, Texas. I don't think it's a real place considering I pulled it out of my butt, but if it is, rad! Anyway, so it's a small town in the Texas plains near the gulf. His dad owns a ranch there where he has lived his whole life. He's never even left the borders of the town except for occasional visits to the bigger cities; Houston, Dallas, San Antonio. He's never left the state of Texas though. It doesn't really bother him at all.
•He was raised by his dad, stepmom, and his grandmother. Mom walked out on them when he was a kid looking for some grander lifestyle, and he never saw or heard from her again except for the occasional birthday card she'd send every couple of years with a wad of cash packed in. Boy never really considered her a parent. Grandmother always lived in the house until she died.
•Grew up on his dad's ranch, riding horses, milking cows, riding rodeo. He's a true cowboy through and through. He adores his lifestyle too, always was into rounding the cattle, branding them, taming wild horses, sheering sheep. Seriously, he does it all.
•His father got remarried to another lady in town a year after his mom left. Boy always liked her, since she was fairly nice. Since she had no other kids of her own, she took Boy in just as if he were her own son, so he basically considered her his mother.
•He has three brothers, I'm thinking, and a twin sister. All the brothers are pretty close in age to him, though he's the oldest. Their family is very tight knit, even if the three are only his half-siblings. He and his twin sister were always best friends though. I'm thinking when he was about fifteen, his sister and his dad were driving home at night from a concert he'd taken her to for her birthday, and they were hit by a drunk driver. His sister was killed and his dad was paralyzed from the waist down. Because of the accident, ya know, family was sad and whatnot. Mother sent a "sorry" card. Boy and stepmom basically were running the farm after that, and as the younger boys got older they began doing more work as well.
•In high school he was the golden boy, but only because its a school of like four hundred kids. He was the quarterback of the football team, prince of the rodeo, prom king, all that good stuff. He had good grades, good enough to get him into college, but he didn't go, planning on keeping up his father's legacy since the land has been in his family for over a hundred years.
•All through high school he dated his best childhood friend. After graduation they got engaged, young right? Well she ended up cheating on him with a big city guy from new york and moved away. Sooo that ended that. It's the only real relationship he's ever been in, but he still looks at it as something he did when he was young and naive.
•The kid's basically a real gentlemen. He says "yes sir" and "no ma'am", "please" and "thank you". He's got all his manners perfectly in check. He's always been kind of a charmer and that guy you just can't help but like. He's just real friendly and lovable. He's naturally charismatic and easy going.
•One thing he can not stand are overrated wealthy kids who thing they have the whole world in their hands. A snobby rich girl would never get very far with him, though he does try to see the good in everybody. Sometimes he can't help but be disgusted by the stereotypic mean girl (like the movie!) roles he sees people take on.
•While he's usually pretty agreeable and mellow, Boy can be quite the fighter. Usually his temper doesn't arise if something is done directly to him. He's not easily provoked. However, the kid is extremely loyal and if somebody did anything to torment somebody he cares about or anybody who is just kind of defenseless, he'll step in in a heartbeat. This includes women. He was raised to treat women right, and if he ever saw one being mistreated, he wouldn't hesitate to jump in.
•When out of his comfort zone, he's very shy and very serious. He doesn't bother messing around when its not required, so sometimes he can be quite a little stick in the mud. Especially if he's supposed to be working.
•Always worked hard on the farm to make sure his brothers could go to college if they wanted to. Two of them ended up going to school, but one always just wanted to work and keep the ranch going with Boy. Little brother even got the funds and opened up a successful riding/horse boarding business on the ranch.
•He's in Valkyrie now because that was where his mom moved off to after she left his father. She owned a dance studio that she taught at, and a middle class house in the lower-end valks. She died from cancer just before the earthquake hit, and in her will she left everything to Boy. So he came to town to settle everything, sell her house (which I plan on having him keep in the long run) and studio. The papers are complicated though, so he'll be sticking around for a while.

All right, so I know this is REALLY REALLY rough and not well thought out, but it's what I got! Sooo yeah, plot with him. I love plotting. Oh, and uh, plot with Dom too? *cough cough* POST!!


EDIT
i'm seriously considering orlando bloom for his face now as well. (sorry anna, know you're not a fan xD) i mean, i've always had a fedish with mr. bloom. and uh? look at this picture that is all!
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[billy]

aaahhhhh I'm so late but finally getting to this...

DOM and her hot ass!!!

Benny AND Tony would adore her, Tony though would definitely try to persuade her to get out of the Giovanni trade completely, lol.

We already talked about Dom and my Richardson Siblings plotting. I love the Ade and Dom friendship, they can be called DominAde because it sounds like either 1) and epic flavor of gatorade or 2) similar to dominate! One letter away. lol anyways moving on. I do really like the idea of Ade being a model for one of Dom's epic collages, like photos of her dancing mixed with whimsical paints, vibrant colors, lots of movement, lots of epicness lol. I can see Dom getting Ade to come out of her shell a bit, try to celebrate life more and Ade is really cultured and very into different cultures, especially expressed through movement, so I can see them bonding over that too. Onto the older brother, she's one of the few girls I can see Luke actually liking. She would remind him of his ex who was very passionate and artistic. That and Dom seems older than her years and she's flat out BEAUTIFUL. I mean Stunning. I can't remember exactly what we said previously about them but they must plot.

Others? Well Mary is very into cultures and literature. She works for Unicef and is very into helping the world all over, not just the US, otherwise she probably would have ended up in politics lol. Billy and her would get along swimmingly and I was actually thinking about this, Billy might only be the Assistant Curator of the museum but she basically runs the joint because the Curator uses her and is an ass. I could see that maybe, with the Earthquake and all, the museum needs to run a new ad campaign because they're struggling. And since Dom is so into multi-culturalism and art and photography, maybe Billy sees her work somehow and hires her to do some promotive art. Like gives Dom the chance to come into the museum and actually get into the exhibits to paint and take pictures for her work and all? Only if you're interested obviously. Maybe Dom's nervous about it at first because it is on the professional side but wanting to at the same time and I could see Ade encouraging her?

Mr. St. James!!!

So I wish I could help you with face. Personally I think Zach R is a bit hotter but I think Chord looks more southern lol. Idk. For names I like Carter St. James a lot as well as Graham. Matt's too overdone but I basically like all. Carter's my fave though. So now that business is done, ONTO PLOTTING!

So Liz would adore him. She would also make fun of him but that's just Liz being Liz. She is really outdoorsy and loves the whole Cowboy thing, hence her obsession with the Southwest and Sante Fe specifically. And since he is so polite and she's so not and her family life and life experiences are so off from his I think they could be a lot of fun. For some reason I really see them going Camping and laying out under the stars, him telling stories about the constellations his dad or someone in his family told him as a kid and Liz then going, "Yeah that's the M45 star cluster." Since she went to school for astronomy and such. Plus after her giving him such a hard time about the rodeo I could see her losing a bet or something and him forcing her to get all rodeo'ed out and ride a mechanical bull because I totally have pictures of her with a bandana for a shirt, wearing cowboy boots and riding a mechanical bull that I've been dying to use. Mainly because she looks smoking

Sadly for now that's all my brain's coming up with but seriously all the outsiders are yours for the pickin'.