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[nick / name]: Lynn
[personal LJ name]: elwhyenen
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[series]: Skins (season three)
[character]: Naomi Campbell
[character history / background]:
Born in Bristol and living under a single parent, Naomi Campbell attends Roundview College with a head full of passionate ideas on political issues and the world at large. Her father left before she was born, leaving her mother, what with her "hippy" inclinations, often inviting complete strangers to their house to board with them for the sake of communal living. Naomi lives a rather unexciting life until she meets up with Cook, Freddie, JJ, Katie, Emily, Effy, Pandora and Thomas, all of who eventually pave the road for her upcoming college-life drama.
[character abilities]:
Naomi is an average teenager. Maybe with the exception of a strong inclination for debates, arguments, and otherwise inappropriate sarcastic commentary, she has no skill that any other human being wouldn't have.
[character personality]:
Naomi Campbell is the epitome of just about every girl who suffers at the hands of the other snobby, popular, hair-pulling members of her sex. Stubborn, passionate, politically and socially aware, she's a combination of so many things that make up an individual and she's well aware of it. What with her floral t-shirts, brightly colored button ups and huge bags covered with stitches and patches screaming of social reform and injustice, Naomi has a personality that makes itself known rather quickly.
While it's written fact that she's out and about most of the time in rallies or protests, she's not much of a social butterfly. It's not necessarily because she believes she's better than most people (although, chances are she's tons more intelligent) but rather because she's about as socially inept as a pet rock. Her appearance and general outspoken attitude make it hard to believe for Naomi that someone would simply slide up for a friendly little chit chat without some sort of ulterior motive, whether it be to gossip about her sexual orientation or to make a snide remark or two with their friends about what she was really wearing that day.
She frowns on every new wave of technology and firmly believes it very well devalues the importance of face to face conversation and normal human interaction. She'd prefer not to carry a phone with her but unfortunately she understands that getting around nowadays doesn't permit throwing it into the nearest lake. Although she'd be lying if she said she hadn't thought about it. Naomi never watches television unless there's something pertaining to her interests (like, per say, a speech by President Obama or something of the sort) and with the exclusion of the occasional binges of drugs and alcohol, she pretty much stays away from everything else teenagers do in her age.
She's has a genuine appreciation for the arts, let it be in the form of music, painting or literature. She's well versed in Shakespeare and chances are she's read the majority of the greatest American and English classics of the past. Less likely however that she's picked up the latest Harry Potter book.
Naomi isn't one to really enjoy confrontation. She's not blind or deaf to the hushed whispers that fly around behind her back but she convinces herself that it doesn't bother her enough to take action. She wont, however, refrain from a nasty comment or two if provoked enough.
It goes without saying that after years and years of being picked on for being the oddball, or just the one with the witty remarks in class, Naomi has a strong arsenal and supply of sarcastic comebacks, insults and commentary that make slaving through college possible. She's intentionally intimidating and if she had a penny for every overexaggerated eyeroll, sigh, and cuss she muttered under her breath, she'd be on a plane halfway to Africa ready to fund a village or twenty. This makes the task of keeping people at a distance extremely easy so that Naomi isn't constantly reminded of just how few friends she has and how it might sort of, kind of bother her.
While Naomi enjoys giving the impression of an independent, well spoken, intelligent person, she's the same as just about every girl her age when it boils right down to it. The reality is that she could do with some friends, and that having someone around to care for her and to ask her how she is would do wonders for her mood. She just hasn't quite figured it out yet.
It goes without saying that Naomi is the kind of person who has trouble accepting help from others. The problem doesn't lie in the fact that she's a proud person, but the fact that feeling indebted to other people is a hindrance that she'd rather not deal with.
However, Emily's consistent pursuit for her attention and friendship is one that eventually takes it toll on her. Breaking her habitual solitude, she slowly allows the other girl to get involved in her life with the smallest of gestures, fighting every step of the way to retain what dignity she has while making it as hard as possible for Emily to be convinced that she's no longer being pushed aside.
It isn't until her sexuality comes into question where Naomi finally draws the line. The possibility that there existed an aspect of her personality, an integral piece of her life, that she didn't understand was something that frightened her completely. It was what made refusing Emily all the more easier, Naomi was far more comfortable with resorting to denial and indifference than actually confronting the situation and coming to terms with her feelings.
She wasn't fond of labeling herself with a sexual orientation so foreign to her and she couldn't understand why Emily wanted to let the rest of the school know about their relationship. Naomi was afraid of what people would say and furthermore, afraid of what it would change in terms of her life and status. This put a tremendous amount of strain on her relationship with Emily and eventually Emily lost her patience, refusing to be a side experiment or distraction of sorts while Naomi drifted about uncertainly.
Shortly after, Naomi proposed a trip for herself. She planned to leave, to mull over things in isolation and to stop trying to wrap her mind around what Emily meant to her and accepting the changes.
But it didn't last. Not for as long as she had planned, anyways, and when she fell from grace, she fell hard.
She made amends with Emily eventually, choosing to handle the problematic issues that would arise from her overbearing twin sister to the chatter that would undoubtedly arise from their fellow students.
By the end of the series, Naomi convinces herself that while it's daunting and unnerving to peruse a relationship with anyone, let alone a girl, the chance that she may be missing out on something rather extraordinary was too hard to stomach. She manages to push past her denial and stay together with Emily in true honesty.
[point in timeline you're picking your character from]: Season three, episode 5. Right after Freddie's episode.