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My heart is buried in Venice, hidden beneath all my worries and doubts |
—My Heart is Buried in Venice by Ricky Montgomery | |
Annabella Venezia (she/her) is a 2014 introduced character. Annabella is the eldest daughter of Gabriela Venezia and Aimone Azzurro, the current Bella Venezia's Daughter and Prince from Italo Calvino's Bella Venezia. She is in her Legacy Year at Ever After High.
To Annabella, her destiny is the only consistent thing in her life. With the separation of her parents and the dramatic death of her Grandmother, it's no wonder she has found security in her Snow White story, in the idea that she will have a Happily Ever After after years of heartbreak. Destiny is all she has left, and thus Annabella sides with the Royals. However, Annabella has grown to realize that maybe destiny isn't the solution to her problems but the cause of them all...
History[]
Before Ever After[]
Annabella Venezia Azzurro was born May 20th, 1999 to Gabriela and Aimone Azzurro in the Kingdom of Celeste, a small Kingdom in Southern Italey. Her father was the Crown Prince of Celeste, set to inherit the kingdom currently ruled by her grandparents, Victor and Adriana Azzurro.
Annabella's birth, being a Princess in a Kingdom where only Princes could inherit, was not so wildly celebrated in Celeste. Instead, she was praised by her maternal side of the family, the Venezias, a feminine-dominated fairytale. She is the direct descendent of the original Bella Venezia threw an unbroken line of women, so naturally, her birth was praised for being able to continue on the family legacy.
Still, even if Annabella was not the prized Prince the Kingdom hoped for, she was incredibly dotted on by her family. Not spoiled, but definitely adored by her family. She would run around the castle with her little pen and notebook, listening to the all the gossip from the castle staff. Of course, her notes were certainly not up to journalistic standards, but it was a start nonetheless.
When Annabella was five, both of her paternal grandparents died within months of each other. Her grandmother, Queen Adriana, whom Annabella was quite close with, passed away peacefully in her sleep one early morning. Both her father and grandfather were inconsolable, and her grandfather died a few months later. With King Victor dead, Annabella's father was instantly declared King Aimone II of Celeste.
Her parents were crowned as King and Queen Consort by the time Annabella was six. She stood quietly beside her mother as her grandmother's crown was placed on her head. She herself wore a golden coronet and a pretty little pink dress and had to pretend she didn't see her father's handshake as he held the scepter or the empty glare in her mother's eyes. Her parents turned to smile at the crown, their little Princess gripping their hands in between them.
Aimone grew more distant in the months following his father's death and his ascendence to the throne. Annabella was young and did not understand the big feelings her parents were feeling- but she was just a child, and she had big feelings too. She was well aware of the distance between her parents, overally aware of anything. Her mother expressed her frustration frequently, to the point where Annabella spent more time listening to her mother complain about her father than actually seeing him. But he was a King, and she was a Queen, and that's just how these sorts of things went.
Gabriela wasn't just a Queen, she was a Venezia, of course. So, it was during this transition that Annabella and her mother started visiting her grandmother more often. Donnabella Venezia, the current Bella Venezia, was still running the family inn, and while Donnabella was technically the evil mother in the most recent retelling, she and her daughter got along cordially. Under the guise of preparing for destiny, Annabella and Gabriela started spending weekends, then weeks, then entire months at the family inn. Grandma Donnabella was never particularly kind to Annabella (or Gabriela, for that matter), so Annabella spent these trips with her head down and lips locked.
When Annabella was eight, her mother revealed she was pregnant, and though no one said it, quite everyone was surprised. It was an open secret that the King and Queen barely saw each other, but no one dared question if this child was actually Aimone's. Instead, the Kingdom hoped for an heir. Instead, Gabriela had twin girls: Willabelle and Isabella, who instantly became the lights of Annabella's life. She adored her baby sisters and spent every waking moment with the two.
As Annabella grew, so did her desire for knowledge. She went around poking where she shouldn't have, and her curiosity lead her to hear... Many things regarding her parents that an eight-year-old girl should not know. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but Annabella was certainly not a cat, so no matter what she heard, she never stopped. Of course, she refused to believe much of what was heard about the "drama" of the royal family (not so much pure drama when it's your own life), but she was well aware of what people were saying.
It was barely a year after the birth of the twins that Gabriela received an urgent message: that her mother was seriously ill. Like the good daughter she was, Gabriela packed her bags and took her three daughters to the family inn. Was Gabriela's desire to care for her mother genuine, or did she just want to leave Aimone and Celeste without it looking bad? Annabella is still not sure.
While Gabriela cared for her own mother, there was no one to mother the twins, and Annabella, being barely just a child herself, took on the motherly role to them. While Gabriela and the twins barely had a relationship to speak of, Annabella's relationship with her mother slowly started to deteriorate during this time. Was it the stress of her dying mother, or was Gabriela stepping into the role of Evil Villian Mother? Who knows, but rarely a kind word came out of Gabriela's mouth towards her eldest. She was barely ten, but Gabriela would go on about how horrible and ugly Annabella was, and how anyone would've been a better daughter. Annabella said nothing, because that was her mother, despite everything. But Annabella wasn't just anyone's daughter. She was destined to be Bella Venezia's daughter.
This dynamic only got worse threw the years. Donnabella kept getting worse and worse by the day, and Gabriela grew more absent and more malicious too. Annabella could only dream of the day her father would call her back to Court, if only for her to come back for a day, for an hour, for a moment. But he never did. He called for the twins but never for Annabella. She was beyond grateful that her sisters got to be away from their mother and know their father... But he was Annabella's father too, was he not?
After years of this, Annabella was finally able to escape it all and go to Ever After High, to finally fulfill her destiny, to finally get her happily ever after.
And then her grandmother died a week before she started.
Ever After High[]
Freedom Year[]
Annabella was permitted to take the first week off of school to attend her Grandmother's funeral and help her mother make amends. Her grandmother had a small funeral in the Venezia family plot- despite marrying Princesses, most Bella Venezia's daughters ended up here, buried as Bella Venezias. Annabella helped her sisters pack to go back to Celeste, to be with their father permanently, and watched from the Inn's door as they were sent away. Gabriela would not be returning to Celeste. With her mother's death, she was now stepping into the role of Bella Venezia herself.
Annabella was anxious to actually get to Ever After High. She was coming in with a lot of emotions, a lot of which she'd never get the time to unpack. Her grandmother, though she was never particularly kind to Annabella, was a major figure in her life and now she was just... Gone. And not only that, but she was now in a land far, far away from her home and anyone she knew. Annabella being at school would be the longest time she'd ever been away from her sisters, and she couldn't help but stress over what they were going threw. Oh, and her mother. Her dear, dear mother...
The only thing keeping her going was destiny. She was just a Freedom Year, so she had another year to wait to actually sign the book, but she was required to watch the ceremony alongside the rest of her Class. Then, of course, the Incident happened, and Annabella watched as the idea of destiny was ripped away from her prying hands.
Legacy Year[]
Due to the ongoing issues with the Storybook of Legends and the Rebel Movement, Annabella never had a formal Legacy Day. She and some other Legacy Year Princesses did sneak underground the castle to where they kept all the Legacy Day outfits, and they all spun around in their mothers and grandmother's dresses they would never get to wear.
However, there was still one question Annabella had: Who would be her Prince?
Annabella herself didn't dare to ask Headmaster Grimm herself, but when he called her into his office one day, she knew what it was for. There sat a Prince from her grade who she had never really talked to before: Anil Desai, younger brother of Praveer and Praval Desai. With an ill-fitted smirk, he seemed equally disappointed at her. At that moment, Annabella relived all the stories she had heard of destiny, thinking of Anil as the Prince saving her abusive mother. At that moment, she realized it was never a Prince in her fantasies. But she wouldn't think about that.
Soon after news got out about one of the Desai brothers getting the role from some Snow White knockoff, Annabella met Megan Diamonds and Damita N. Distress. Damita was dating Anil's brother Praval, while Megan was famously destined to Praveer. Taking her under their wing, Megan and Damita became very close with Annabella, who still after a year in Ever After High hadn't made any deep connections.
Character[]
Personality[]
Motherly / Curious / Sensitive
Annabella is a very unassuming Princess. She's the eldest daughter of a King, she wears pink and frilly dresses, and she's destined to be saved by a handsome Prince. Very standard girl in the world of Ever After High. idk man
The most important thing to know about Annabella (and believe me, if you talk to her, you will know) is that she is incredibly nosey. She's naturally curious, yes, always wanted to learn new and interesting things, but she takes a step beyond simply wanting to be knowledgeable. Annabella wants- no, needs- to know everything about everyone ever. She's a reporter, of course, she has to get the scoop! Most people first meet her when she butts into a conversation or not so sneakily leans over to hear more. She's not a gossiper like some ""reporters"", she has no mal intent to spread drama around the school, Annabella just has a need to know all the time.
Appearance[]
Bella Venezia's daughters are known, and known only, for their beauty. Of course, it is this beauty that is the reason she is almost murdered and the root of her mother's jealousy. So, is Annabella pretty? Well, sure. It's better to think so, to give a reason why her grandmother and mother hate her so much. Either way, Annabella is incredibly insecure over her appearance. It's hard to be "known for your beauty", for that to be your only defining trait in the Legacy you want so badly, and yet not believe it. So, is Annabella pretty? Well, that's not the point, isn't it?
Annabella is a small Italian girl with warm olive skin and light brown eyes to match. She has long, curly brown hair that she usually parts to the side, and thus it usually covers one eye. As a child and early tween, she was forced to cut her hair by her grandmother to, essentially, "take away her beauty", so now Annabella is very obsessed and determined to keep it long and healthy. Despite it being what literally kills her, Annabella usually has some sort of hairpin or clip with her at all times.
Interests and Hobbies[]
Journalism[]
TBA
Cooking & Baking[]
TBA
Muse-ic[]
As a part of the whole Princess thing, Annabella is classically trained in singing and chose the flute as her signature instrument. However, once she started spending more time at her Grandmother's Inn, the lessons she received from the court musician abruptly stopped. She did keep her flute, however, and continued practicing the few songs she ever learned, quietly serenading the Inn attendees. When she came to EAH, she jumped at the idea of taking a Muse-ic class and signed up for Professor Lulu's lessons. She's currently in the Ever After Crowncert Band.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Magic Touch: Open, Desert! - Annabella can open most (?) doors by using the phrase "open, desert!", an ability passed down from Bella Venezias. Unlike some people, Annabella cares a lot about the ethics of her power and generally doesn't use it for any good. Mainly to go to her friend's room to bother them even if they say no, which has led to some interesting arguments, but that's probably the worst she's used it for. But, then again, when journalism calls...
Fairy Tale[]
Bella Venezia[]
Main Article: Bella Venezia
Bella Venezia is a Snow White variation, with a few important deviances. The namesake of the story, Bella Venezia, is an innkeeper with some questionable business practices. Instead of consulting a magic mirror, Bella Venezia asks her customers if they have ever seen a more beautiful woman than her. Typically, they said no, and she'd cut their rate in half. One day, she asks a traveler this same question and he replies that her own daughter is more beautiful than her. So, she doubles his rate.
Additionally, she locks her unnamed daughter in a tower with one window. The daughter escapes and comes across a cave inhabited by Robbers. She uses their secret password (Open up, desert!) to sneak in, tidy up the place, and hide. The Robbers come back home and decide that she can live with them as their little sister. She does, for a good period, and lives without fear of her wicked mother.
One day, one of the robbers happens to go to Bella Venezia's Inn and says he knows a girl more beautiful than her. Bella Venezia puts the pieces together and realizes her daughter is alive. Naturally, she decides to put an end to this (and her daughter's life). She promises much of her fortune to a witch, who sets off to kill the daughter. The witch finds her and shows her a hairpin, which she then thrusts into her head. The Robber's come home to find their sister dead, and, naturally, bury her in a hollow tree.
While hunting, a Prince found her corpse and fell madly in love with her. He insists on bringing her back to his home and refuses to leave her side. His mother, who didn't seem to mind the corpse, suggested fixing up her hair. The Prince does, and she comes back to life, and the two are eventually married.
An important aspect of Bella Venezia is that the heroine and eponymous villain are mother and daughter, not step like their more famous counterparts. Naturally, this adds a much more sinister layer to the story to think that a mother would do such a thing to her own daughter. In the context of Destiny, however, there are even worse implications. Ever since the establishment of this seemingly innocent tale, one truth has prevailed: every Bella Venezia was once a Bella Venezia's Daughter, a victim of her cruelty and vanity. So how on Ever After do they all succumb to that?
How does Annabella come into it?[]
Annabella's parents were destined lovers and dated all throughout their time at Ever After High, though nobody (including Annabella) would call them "High School Sweethearts". They had a solid friendship throughout High School and got along well enough even if they were only dating for the semantics of it all. They graduated, Annabella's mom nearly died, they completed their destiny, and they got married. Simple stuff. In Annabella's earliest memories, she remembers her parents being, at the very least, pleasant with each other. She's grown to know they probably never loved each other, but it seemed to her that they were best friends at one point. That, sadly, did not last long.
Views on Destiny[]
TL;DR - annabella thinks destiny will fix all her problems but its really the root of them
- her parents a separated - bella venezia marries during the story, she has to be single
- also a bella venezia's daughter goes through All That, gets a Prince husband, but "has" to leave him for destiny purposes
- her mom and grandmother are abusive to her - kind of the whole Point of bella venezia
- these problems are caused by destiny
- but annabella's convinced destiny will solve them for her
- and maybe they will, but not in the long term because of the cylical nature of bella venezia's daughter and bella venezia
- ultimately the only way to "solve" these problems is to break the chains of destiny and the generational curses
- but that's HARD
- annabella has watched megan sort of destroy herself trying to "save" her family and her story and annabella just cant handle that
- so she takes the "safer" option, but its understandable
Parallels[]
- Bella Venezia's daughter straight up breaks into the Robber's House - Annabella is very curious and nosy
- The Prince is led to the daughter's body while on a hunt - Annabella has two Italian greyhounds, a hunting breed
- The Daughter, despite being the heroine, does not have a name, and is subject to her mother's insecurity about her own beauty - Annabella feels insignificant and is incredibly insecure
- The Robbers consider the Daughter to be their little sister - Annabella and Ashley "Ash" Robber consider each other cousins.
Relationships[]
Annabella's relationships can be found here
Outfits[]
Annabella's primary color scheme is pink, brown, and white and her signature metal is bronze. Her motifs are forests/trees, flowers, and towers. Annabella generally follows the trends of other EAH students, so her designs tend to mimic those of other Royals such as Apple White and Blondie Lockes.
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Signature - Royal[]
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Legacy Day[]
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School Life[]
Class-ic Schedule[]
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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| Period 1 | Princess-ology II | Muse-ic II | Study Ball | Princess-ology II | Muse-ic II |
| Period 2 | Grimmnastics | Free Period | Study Ball | Grimmnastics | Free Period |
| Period 3 | Honors Chemythstry | Cooking Class-ic | Enviromental Magic I | Honors Chemythstry | Cooking Class-ic |
| Period 4 | Free Period | Honors Kingdom Management II | Beast Care and Training I | Free Period | Honors Kingdom Management II |
| Period 5 | Damsel-in-Distressing II | Hexonomics II | Study Ball | Damsel-in-Distressing II | Hexonomics II |
| Period 6 | Honors Tale-gebra II | Geografairy II | Study Ball | Honors Tale-gebra II | Geografairy II |
Hextra-Curricular Activities[]
Knightly Knews[]
TBA
Gardening Club[]
Considering Megan is the Vice President of EAH's Gardening Club, Annabella comes out of friendship obligation, though she does love to support Megan and her hobbies. Annabella does have some destiny-based fears around trees and large holes, but she likes to try and take the opportunity to work on them while enjoying the company of her friend.
Crowncert Band[]
Annabella plays flute in the EAH Crowncert Band, where she met Carla Chat and other musically inclined friends. She repeatedly has invited her parents and sisters to come to her concerts, and they repeatedly never show up. Damita and Megan are always in the audience with flowers in hand, so it's okay in the end. There's a lot of overlap between Concert Band and Marching Band, though Annabella is not a very big fan of the marching aspect of the latter, so she sticks to the Auditoriom over the field.
Trivia[]
- Annabella's birthday is May 20th, making her a Taurus.
- Her birthstone is emerald.
- Annabella is from the Kingdom of Celeste, though it is informally known as the Blue Kingdom. Celeste is located in Southern Italy.
- Her family's Inn is located in Northern Italy, out of the way of the city of Venice. The Inn is still operational, but primarily used for destiny purposes.
- She is a closeted lesbian.
- Legally, Annabella has two last names: the dynastical Azzuro and the destiny Venezia. She rarely uses the two of them together, however, and uses them depending on the situation. Mainly, she uses Venezia at Ever After High and Azzurro in other formal situations.
- Annabella's little sisters, having no destiny in Bella Venezia, don't use the Venezia last name at all.
- Annabella and Megan share their hair pins and clips with each other.
Specific things she likes
- Lo-fli music or anything soft and melodic.
- Cats, though she's allergic and only has dogs.
Specific things she dislikes
- The color blue
- Any nicknames. Anna, Annie, Bella. et cetra. Her mother used to call her Annie when she was younger, so now she cringes whenever someone calls her that.
- Loud music or loud noisies in general. Can not stand any heavy instruments like drums or guitars in songs.
Alternative Universes[]
Reality AU[]
Annabella Bianco is the heiress of a large fortune from her family's hotel business- Venezia Inc. Annabella's mother, Gabriela Venezia, was an iconic "wild teen" back in the 90s, known then for clubbing and her weekly appearances in the tabloids. But now, settled down with a well-off, boring husband, Gabriela has returned to the tabloids with articles about her failing marriage and her supposed "downward spiral". As she returns to EA Academy, the same school where her mother gained her fame, Annabella wants to claim back her family's narrative and become a journalist- with morals and ethics.
Other[]
- Percy Jackson AU - Annabella Venier is the daughter of Pheme, goddess of rumor, report, and gossip
- Monster High AU - Annabooella Zombia is the daughter of Zombies
Playlists[]
Mathilda by Harry Styles
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Nothing about the way that you were treated ever seemed especially alarming 'til now / So you tie up your hair and you smile like it's no big deal |
- this song makes me cry okay
- annabella's playlist is primarily very soft, slow songs because thats her Vibe and this song has that Vibe
- also? annabella's family is shit and generational trauma sucks and she deserves better
What Was I Made For by Billie Ellish
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When did it end? All the enjoyment/ I'm sad again, don't tell my boyfriend, it's not what he's made for |
- annabella is very barbie movie core
- pink? check. themes of insecurity and the complexity of mother/daughter relationships? check
Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) by Taylor Swift
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Lord, what will become of me once I've lost my novelty? |
- okay but if you think of the "i know someday I'm gonna meet her, it's a fever dream" verse as the current bella venezia's daughter thinking about turning into the bella venezia and having to do the same thing to her daughter that happened to her?
The Lakes by Taylor Swift
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Take me to the Lakes, where all the poets went to die / I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you |
My Mother & I by Lucy Dacus
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My mother hates her body, we share the same outline / she swears that she loves mine |
the stars have a lot to say about babys born in the month of may
Quotes[]
As of now, this section will be used as an archive to share old tagline quotes from Annabella's page.
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Please, call me Annabella. Not Ann, or Annie, or Bella, or Annabelle, just Annabella |
—June 24th, 2015 - November 3rd, 2017 | |
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Lift your head up, or else the crown slips. |
—November 6th, 2017 - April 2nd, 2023 / literally stole this from pinterest whoop | |
Notes[]
- External Links
- Annabella was originally a Community OC before being adopted by yours truly.
- Annabella's Powerful Qualities Icons were made by Patch!
- Though she does not have her own De-Spell, she is mentioned throughout Megan's.
- Annabella, Megan, and Damita's ship name is Future In-Laws (may be subject to change)
- annabella is one of four ocs ive spent real money on
Name[]
- Annabella was not named by me but NibiruMul when she was turned into a Community OC.
- Annabella means beautiful or graceful, and contains Bella, of course.
- In universe, every (most?) Bella Venezia has "bella" or "ella" as part of their name.
- Adriana comes from Adriana Caselotti, the voice actor for Snow White in the 1937 Disney Movie. Snow White is, of course, the more famous variation of Bella Venezia. Caselotti is also Italian, like Annabella.
- Venezia is the Italian name for Venice. Bella Venezia's name literally translate to beautiful Venice.
Concept[]
tba
Fan-Fiction Appearances[]
None So Far
Gallery[]
