Sub-file #7: Caruso, Giovanna
~ORIGINAL CHARACTER~
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DRUM ROLL PLEASE! ... please give a round of applause for our very own Giovanna Caruso! Whoohoo! ...oh boy, where do I start?
Well, I had this whole post already written and ready to publish, but I was looking it over and was disappointed by the way I rushed through it. So I'm going to try this again, really go in depth.
Giovanna Rosabelle Caruso (did I ever give Gigi a middle name in the story??? I know I gave Ria one, Nicolette, but I can't remember for the life of me if Gigi ever got one... so if she did, tell me, and if she didn't, there it is: Rosabelle) is my brain child, and a really big part of the inspiration for this story. Developing her character has been like peeling an onion to me, there are lots of layers.
Like, how at first, we see this girl running away from home, then upon her first days at Camp Half-Blood, shows a feisty but still vulnerable personality. She quickly bonds with our buddy Nico and his friends, unknowingly stealing his heart and leaving him damaged when she runs away, believing herself a psycho murderer in the making (hey, let's be honest, wouldn't you turn a little desperate if you thought that was your fate?). Then we see her need for a home when she hitchhikes with Tristan to Base, where she is thrown for ANOTHER loop when she met her twin sister Adrianna... I could go on and on, but y'all have read the story, so I don't have to.
As an author, it has been a pleasure getting to know Gigi and myself through writing this, and if I could say one thing about the thoughts behind creating this petite Italian spitfire has been that I think she embodies all of us in some way. She makes good decisions and bad ones, tries her best to keep the people she loves safe, and is desperate for a place to belong - all the while battling her own personal demons, that resurface with every twist in the road. And I think we can all relate to that somehow. I know I can...
And I know you guys really want Gigi to get her act together and go back to Nico, but PATIENCE, young grasshoppers. After all, Dorothy and Alice both went on magical journeys, but they both eventually returned to the place where they belonged, having learned from their experiences. Let's hope Gigi does the same, hmm?
Portrayal by: Danielle Campbell
Report by: EMC, author
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