Carmelo DeMonte

> *"That's not a phone, that's a brick!"* - Carmelo to Tobias
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## Bio

Carmelo DeMonte is a school bully who has secret romantic feelings for Rudolph. He tends to be brutish and unnecessarily aggressive, but hides secret passions for fear of losing his popularity, or social standpoint. He enjoys baking, and he has a hidden inner sweet personality. He moved to America from Italy when he was young, and was bullied for his accent, which he turned into his own aggression toward those smaller than him or suffering from a foreign accent, similar to himself. His ego is easy to feed, and sometimes the way to get on his good side is to praise him. However, his self-confidence gets him easily hurt when he attempts things that could result in injury for the sole purpose of impressing his friends.

## Appearance

Carmelo has blue eyes and dyed pastel blue hair. His natural hair colour is a dusty ash blonde. He wears a pair of red converse and a varsity jacket, which he sometimes ties around his waist. He also wears jeans and a t-shirt that says ”Game Over.” When we first see him, he's wearing a backwards baseball cap.

## Personality

Carmelo is, at first, shown as a stereotypical bully. He is very rude and short tempered with a foul language. He also enjoys controlling people who are weaker than him to make him feel better about himself. Also, he struggles significantly with academic subjects, which adds another layer of insecurity to his personality. Under a thick layer of narcissism, Carmelo is actually very insecure and afraid of being judged. When he truly cares about someone, he can be incredibly sweet and considerate, and willing to risk his life for his close friends and family.

Carmelo has a crush on Rudy, and will do pretty much anything to keep his crush a secret, including beating Rudy up every time he sees him.

## History

### Before Ghost Eyes

Carmelo and his family moved to the U.S. from Italy when he was seven. As a child, he was bullied for having an Italian accent, and made one friend, (Gregory) after developing his disagreeable personality due to bullying.

### Closeted

Carmelo is homosexual, but in the closet. He is afraid of being judged for his sexuality, and goes to great lengths to appear straight. His efforts seem to be in vain, however, because most of his friends can tell. He is also terrified of people finding out that he has feelings for Rudy, so he constantly bullies him to hide his intense feelings.

## Relationships

### Rudolph Richardson

When Rudolph started school, Carmelo mistook him for a girl and approached him with the intention of becoming friends and possibly more in the future. Rudy corrects him, telling him he is a boy, and Carmelo tries to brush it off upon discovery. He then angrily shoves him and threatens to hurt him, triggering Rudy's anxiety from previous trauma.

Carmelo has a one sided crush on Rudy. He covers these feelings up by bullying Rudy constantly. He doesn't seem to understand what exactly he feels for Rudy, he uses the boy to vent his sexual frustrations and unwarranted hate for him.

Carmelo has no idea that his bullying makes Rudy feel suicidal, and as soon as he hears this from Tobias he attempts to speak to Rudy about this. He just ends up making it worse, specifically due to his inability to say anything about his crush.

In Part 3.5, during Halloween, Rudy runs to Carmelo for help after Tobias attempts to murder him. Carmelo takes Rudy to his house and lets him stay there. Following this event, Carmelo generally leaves Rudy alone, and even avoids contact with him - this is seen when he throws away Rudy's thank-you letter in Part 4: 17-19.

### Tobias Schneien

Carmelo looks down on Tobias, but generally steers clear of him.

During the audition for the school play, Carmelo and Tobias perform together. Carmelo inadvertently quotes Lucas Schneien, causing Mr. Edburt to take over Tobi’s body. Mr. Edburt proceeds to lick Carmelo’s neck and grab his crotch, making him have a moment of shock as Carmelo screams due to this incredibly uncomfortable incident.

Later on, both students are sent to the counselor's office to talk. After Tobias admits to going to Rudy's house and sleeps with him, he becomes enraged at him for "touching Rudy with filthy hands" and almost punches him before being interrupted. In the counselor's office, he denies that his tormenting of Rudy has any effect on Rudy, to which Tobias responds by telling him about his self-destructive behaviors and screaming at him for his ignorance. Carmelo exits the office, leaving Tobias and the counselor behind. After the incident, Tobias works with Carmelo in an attempt to help him figure out his feelings for Rudy.

In Part 4: 78-80, Carmelo is partnered up with Tobias for a school trip. Carmelo reacts very negatively to this information, becoming very angry. He goes to a bakery with Tobias, where Tobias goes off while Carmelo is distracted. He goes after Tobias and sees him talking to Gregory. After hiding behind a car and eavesdropping on their conversation he eventually stands up and calls Tobias over to him before running away.

In the manor that they are checking out on the school trip, Carmelo comforts Tobias after he runs off.

In Season 2 Part 1, Tobias uses reverse psychology tactics on Carmelo to make him go graverobbing with him. They take a slight detour when Tobias jumps off of a bridge and Carmelo has to jump in to rescue him. After he rescues Tobias, they agree to continue with their graverobbing quest.

### Gregory

Gregory was Carmelo's childhood friend. As a child, Carmelo was bullied for his accent, which Gregory related to, because he had a lisp at the time. One day Gregory saw Carmelo being physically bullied by other classmates, and Carmelo was able to fight back against them. They became friends the day after, when Gregory said he looked up to Carmelo, and said he was "tho cool!" It is also implied that Gregory and Carmelo were somewhat romantically involved, or had crushes on each other, but were caught by a parent and told off.

When Carmelo runs into Gregory on pages 143-157, and pages 270-273, Carmelo is taken by surprise. Their conversation begins lighthearted, until Gregory claims to have loved Carmelo when they were kids. Carmelo then lashes out, insulting Gregory's mother. Gregory abruptly leaves the conversation, angry.

## Trivia

- Carmelo is sometimes referred to as “Blueberry” as a reference to his blue hair.
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