hi friends! guess who's finally doing her 𝑜𝓃𝑒-𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝒸𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃?
spoiler alert: it's me
so i'm a writer--we all know that. that's kind of my thing. however, because of all the wips i currently have, i worried a writing event would be too overwhelming. given that, i'm doing something a little different.
thanks to the lovely @angelicarlert & her brilliant mind, i'll be doing an editing event to celebrate my one-year mark (which was october 1st, but we're going to ignore that) where you can request banners, moodboards, etc.
this event will be running from Monday, November 17th through Monday, November 24th. all submissions sent during that time period (that follow the rules) will be completed, even if i don't post them until after the final submission date has passed. any requests submitted after that date will not be done.
rules & examples of what you can request below the cut 🖤
rules:
~drop into my ask box to submit your request.
~you may submit more than one request. however, please keep it to one request per ask.
~when submitting requests, please provide as many details as possible.for example, if you are requesting a banner for your oc, tell me some things about them, such as their favorite color(s), hobbies, interests, their general vibe, etc. if you are requesting a moodboard for a fic, tell me about the fic (the vibe, details of the story, any character pairing(s) you'd like featured, etc). you get the gist of it. the more details i have to work with, the better.
~no explicit nudity will be featured, but spicy/suggestive is fine.
~anon requests will NOT be allowed for this event. this is for a couple of reasons. one, for age verification for any requests containing spicy/potentially spicy content (such as a spicy moodboard of daryl x reader, for example). i need to be able to check that your blog says you are over 18 before i would be comfortable creating that (age/age range (like "late 20s" or "30s", for example, must be present on your blog). two, for banners for ocs or fics, to ensure that you are the owner of said oc/fic (unless you are doing it as a surprise for someone else, which would need to be stated).
~if you have any pictures you'd like me to use (like an oc faceclaim or a pic of them you drew), you can submit that with your request as well.
please read ALL RULES before submitting your request! 🖤
examples of what you can request (yes most of these have my old username on them & we're going to ignore that):
all edits above were created by me. ocs featured in the oc banners (lydia vector, bria thompson, estrala gallagher, eli vector, jay vector, and preston vector) all belong to me. pic of bria in her banner was drawn by @millermouth.
𝄞 Nickname(s): Hummingbird (his mom), EJ (his siblings just to annoy him lol)
𝄞 Age, Birthday, Zodiac: 33 (when the outbreak begins), April 26th 1977, Taurus
𝄞 Orientation: Cis-het, demisexual (that term fits him the best, but he doesn't put a label on it)
𝄞 Religion: The best way to explain it is that he believes there's something out there, but he isn't sure of exactly what that might be
𝄞 Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio
𝄞 Hometown: Swanton, Ohio
𝄞 Nationality/Ethnicity: American (ancestry is German, Scottish, and Irish)
𝄞 Accent: Midwestern
𝄞 Languages: English, enough Sign Language to introduce himself, music (he would call it a language)
𝄞 Left or Right-Handed: Right-handed
𝄞 Occupation: Navy SEAL, Petty Officer Second Class
𝄞 Love Interest: Rose Vector (maiden name Monaghan)
𝄞 Story Trope: Meet-cute, love at first sight
𝄞 Tag(s): eli vector, ❀ 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒷𝒾𝓇𝒹 ࿓ 𓇢
𝄞 Links: About Eli His Spotify playlist
𝄞 Author's note: TW for mentions of suicide, death in the line of military service, and some mention of blood & violence below the cut. Template by @sa1nt-bambi-ocs 🖤
𝄞 appearance
𝄞 Face Claim: James McAvoy (specifically from the movie “Atonement”)
𝄞 Hair Color: Light brown
𝄞 Eye Color: Light blue
𝄞 Skin Tone: Pale with warm undertones
𝄞 Face Shape: Oblong
𝄞 Scar(s): A small, barely noticeable one on his right hand from his time in basic training
𝄞 Birthmark(s): Not a birthmark, per se, but something else he was born with. He has a baby tooth that never had an adult tooth form underneath it, so he still has one baby tooth.
𝄞 Tattoo(s): A ruby-throated hummingbird on his chest over his heart
𝄞 Piercings: None
𝄞 Accessories: His wedding ring and his dog tags from his time in the Navy. Not an accessory he wears, but one of his most prized possessions is a brown blanket he had for years before the outbreak.
𝄞 Aesthetic/Fashion: His style mostly consists of dress pants paired with a button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up (like this) or a sweater (like this). Sometimes, he'll wear more casual loungewear (like this) when he's just running to the store or hanging around his house or barracks. He does like to dress up for formal occasions, and he'd wear something like this. Color-wise, he prefers neutral tones, but sometimes he'll wear deeper colors, like a dark blue or green.
𝄞 Height: 5’9”
𝄞 Body Type: Fit, lean, muscular
𝄞 personality
𝄞 General Personality: Introverted, goofy (around people he's comfortable with), soft-spoken, shy
𝄞 Best Personality Trait(s): Loyalty, honesty, protective of the people important to him, empathy, a good listening ear/shoulder to cry on
𝄞 Worst Personality Trait(s): Can be a little bit of a pushover at times, optimist to the point that it can feel unrealistic, too trusting of others
𝄞 Good Habit(s): Super hygienic, meticulously clean, early riser, doesn’t spend too much time on his phone, regular workout routine
𝄞 Bad Habit(s): Calls everyone “sir” and “ma’am” (before the outbreak, it wasn’t something he’d call a “bad habit,” but things are far less formal during the apocalypse. It’s still a habit despite many people telling him he “doesn’t need to do all that”), overcommitting to responsibilities (taking on too much)
𝄞 Trigger(s): Someone speaking ill of his deceased mom or brother, someone giving anyone he cares about (his wife, daughter, siblings, dad, friends, etc) a hard time, seeing a man treating a woman disrespectfully
𝄞 Likes: Metal music, reading, puzzles, his alone time, gaming, the color brown, dressing up, being a husband/dad, going to concerts, baking, horror movies, watching trashy reality TV with his sister (his guilty pleasure before the outbreak)
𝄞 Dislikes: Thanksgiving (due to the true history of the holiday), olives, swearing (he's not bothered by other people doing it, but he prefers not to. He'll do it sometimes, but not often. His siblings make a big deal of it (affectionately) when he does), causing harm to someone else even when necessary
𝄞 Goals: Survive, find his family, give his wife & daughter the best life possible, find purpose in a post-apocalyptic world, keep the people he loves safe
𝄞 Fears: Never seeing his family again, something happening to his wife or daughter, not being able to protect the people he cares about, losing his hearing one day (because then he wouldn’t be able to hear music or his wife or daughter’s voices again)
𝄞 Skills: Hand-to-hand combat, firearms experience, 15 years of military service (before the outbreak)
𝄞 Talents: Intelligence, playing the guitar, math wiz, speed reader but can still retain all the information, reading sheet music
𝄞 Weaknesses: Often gives people one too many chances, his shyness (he wouldn’t call it a weakness, but some might, as it makes it hard for him to socialize with new people/interact with others)
𝄞 family and relationships
𝄞 Mother: Meredith Vector (deceased)
𝄞 Father: Jonathan Vector (unknown)
𝄞 Sibling(s): Preston Vector (deceased), Jay Vector (unknown), Lydia Vector (Vec) (alive, but unknown to him)
𝄞 Children: Sidney Vector
𝄞 Lover: Rose Vector
𝄞 backstory
Eli James Vector was born on April 26th, 1977, to his parents, John and Meredith, and alongside his identical twin, Jay, who was born two minutes earlier. His big brother, Preston, two years old at the time, waited out in the hallway with his grandparents, patient but eager to meet his new siblings. Three years later, Lydia (Vec) would come along, and the four of them became as close as siblings could be. Eli's a sensitive soul who strongly values honesty, loyalty, and authenticity, and despite being the most shy & soft-spoken of the Vector kids, he loves to get to know people on a deeper level. He's fiercely protective of the people he cares about, and he considers Vec's best friend, Georgie, and her younger brother, Matt, to be like family.
When he was 12, Eli was gifted an acoustic guitar for Christmas. He'd talked to his parents about wanting to learn to play, and after enrolling him in lessons to ensure it was something he was set on learning, they decided to get him a guitar of his own. Through his lessons and practicing in his free time, his skills improved, and you'd often be able to catch him sitting on his bed and strumming random tunes when he wasn't reading or studying. He also taught himself how to read sheet music, and that, combined with his love for guitar, fueled his passion for music.
One of Eli's strongest assets is his intelligence. In school, he consistently achieved all A's, took AP courses, and joined the math club, leading the team to win multiple national competitions. He would sometimes read textbooks in his free time, which his siblings would poke fun at him for, but it never stopped him from doing so. Aside from being a straight-A student, he was well-behaved, never getting into trouble or giving anyone a hard time...aside from one occasion.
When he was 15, he was walking to the lunchroom, and he happened to pass by a guy from one of his classes talking to a girl. He caught a few things the girl was saying, such as "leave me alone," "don't touch me," and "get away from me." Eli's not the confrontational type—far from it—but he was also raised to never just stand by when someone was being harassed, especially a lady. He approached the guy, tapped him on the shoulder, and, with no warning, punched him square in the face. His classmate fell to the ground, clutching his nose and groaning as he tried to stop it from bleeding. The girl walked away, but not before giving Eli a smile and a soft "thank you." Teachers and students came running over to help the guy, and the only thing Eli said before walking away was, "I think she said to leave her alone." During his next class period, his parents were called, and he was pulled out of class to sit in the principal's office until they arrived. At first, they were both convinced it had to be some kind of mistake, that none of their kids, let alone Eli, would assault another student. But when they arrived, Eli confirmed it, making sure to share all the details about why he punched the kid in the first place, saying, "Well, what was I supposed to do? Just stand there and let it happen?" After hearing the full story, his dad replied to his last question with "you're damn right you weren't." They were proud of him for not just being a bystander and doing something about the situation when no one else would. Eli was sent home for the rest of the day and had to serve detention for a week, but he received no punishment from his parents.
One of Eli's most prized possessions is a brown knit blanket. Growing up, Eli shared a bedroom with his brothers, and when he was around 14-15, Preston would sneak his girlfriend into their room some nights. The first night it happened, the twins said they'd just sleep in the living room, but Preston was nervous about their parents getting suspicious, so Vec agreed to let them sleep in her room. Eli took his brown blanket with him, and he slept curled up on his sister's bedroom floor with it. From that day on, it became routine--Preston's girlfriend would come in, Eli would grab his brown blanket, and him & Jay would knock on Vec's bedroom door. She'd know exactly what it meant when she answered the door and saw them standing there, blankets in hand, and sometimes, they'd stay up late into the night, talking and goofing off as quietly as possible. Some nights, when his girlfriend wasn't over, Preston would join them, and those nights are some of Eli's fondest memories.
When Eli was 16, he developed a crush on a girl in one of his classes. Her name was Stacy, and she had long, silky brown hair and hazel eyes as golden as the sunrise. Being the shy guy he is, it took weeks, and a lot of encouragement from his siblings & friends, to finally talk to her. Their dynamic started as a friendship, and slowly, it blossomed into something more. After a couple of months of being friends, and overcoming fears of fucking up the friendship they'd developed, Eli asked to kiss Stacy, and of course, she said yes. Not long after that, he asked her to be his girlfriend, and the two of them were together through their senior year. She was his first everything--first kiss, first girlfriend, first time, etc. Eli doesn't formally use the word demisexual to describe himself, but that's the term that fits him best. He only feels sexual attraction to someone if he has romantic feelings for them, and he's never strayed from that. Eli & Stacy broke up towards the end of their senior year. It was mutual, and the pair agreed that, with him being off in the Navy and her heading to England for a very intense schooling & research program, the long distance would be more than either of them could handle. So as much as it hurt, they ended things, but they remained amicable until they went their separate ways after graduation.
Like Jay and Preston, Eli joined the Navy right out of high school, eventually reaching the rank of Petty Officer Second Class. He planned to complete his 20-year service & then return to school to earn his degree. Given his passion for music, he hoped to study music and one day become a music therapist, specifically to help veterans. During his service, he grew close to his bunkmate, Jethro, and the two of them eventually became best friends.
When Eli was 28, Preston was killed in a freak accident on his ship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It felt like part of him was missing, had died with his brother, and like his parents and siblings, to say Eli was distraught would be an understatement. He immediately went back home to Ohio to be with his family, and Jay and Vec also traveled back from base and medical school, respectively. While he was battling with his own grief, their mother fell into a deep depression, one she unfortunately would succumb to, taking her life only two months after Preston's death. He'd barely started grieving his brother, and now he had to grieve his mother as well. Despite it all, he tried his best to support his siblings and dad as well, and over time, the four of them grew even closer than before, leaning on each other through pain they'd never imagined was possible. As a tribute to his mother, he got a hummingbird tattooed on his chest over his heart, an homage to her nickname for him.
On August 25th, 2010, Eli was back home in Swanton on leave, and Jay was due to arrive in a couple of days. The two of them had a road trip planned, one that would take them camping through the mountains and eventually lead down to Atlanta, where they would stay with Vec for a bit. Those plans, though, would never pan out. Upon hearing some commotion outside, Eli encountered his first walker, and after fighting it off without so much as a scratch, he ran back inside, grabbing what he could of his belongings before scrambling to his car. As the streets filled with the dead, he took off, frantically trying to call Jay, Vec, and even his dad, who had been up in space for a few weeks by that point. Unable to reach anyone, he began driving south, hoping to either reach Atlanta or Florida, where his dad's rocket would land upon its return.
garden directory quarters of the undead (qotu) directory garden archive krys' archive
eli, john, meredith, jay, preston, vec, stacy, jethro, and any unnamed friends/significant others belong to me. georgie and matt belong to @angelicarlert.
main directory quarters of the undead (qotu) directory garden archive eli's basics eli's spotify playlist
say hello to one of vec's brothers! i thought eli deserved his own introduction as we'll get to formally meet him (eventually). he's truly an angel, and i'm so happy to be bringing him to life. i hope you love him as much as i do! welcome to the au, eli.
his face claim is young james mcavoy, specifically from the movie ‘atonement.’ yes i chose his middle name of james long before i chose young james mcavoy for his face claim. kudos to @dixons-sunshine for helping me with the face claim 🖤
𝄢 Eli is the youngest of the brothers (being two minutes younger than his identical twin, Jay) and is 3 years older than Vec.
𝄢 He’s the shyest, most introverted, and the most ‘sensitive soul’ of the Vector siblings.
𝄢 His birthday is April 26th, and he’s 33 when the outbreak begins.
𝄢 He’s 5 foot 9 with light brown hair and striking blue eyes.
𝄢 Like his brothers, he entered the military right out of high school, joining the Navy and later becoming a SEAL and reaching the rank of Petty Officer Second Class before the outbreak.
𝄢 If he didn’t join the military, he would’ve gone on to study music in university.
𝄢 When the outbreak begins, he’s home from deployment, visiting his twin at their dad’s house.
𝄢 He learned how to play guitar when he was in middle school after receiving an acoustic guitar for Christmas.
𝄢 His favorite music genres are rock and metal. His favorite bands are Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, and Linkin Park.
𝄢 Despite his soft-spoken nature, he can throw down in the pit at a concert. It’s his favorite way to let loose.
𝄢 He has a tattoo of a hummingbird on his chest over his heart. When their mom passed, each of the siblings got a tattoo of a different pollinator to honor her (her garden was her pride and joy).
𝄢 His favorite color is brown.
𝄢 He’s incredibly protective/defensive of his siblings, as well as Georgie and Matt. He loves them like siblings, and he’d do anything for any of them.
𝄢 His hobbies include playing guitar, going to concerts, songwriting, and gaming.
𝄢 He dreams of being a dad.
𝄢 He has an affinity for horror movies, his favorites being the Saw and Scream franchises.
𝄢 His father chose the middle name ‘James’ for him after his own father/Eli’s grandpa.
𝄢 His favorite holiday is Christmas. He loves picking out sentimental gifts for people he cares about and watching their faces light up when they open them.
𝄢 He loves baking. He doesn’t do it often, but he always insists on making his family’s birthday cakes, anniversary cakes for his parents, etc.
𝄢 One of his most prized possessions is a brown blanket that he used growing up. When their oldest brother, Preston, used to have his high-school girlfriend sneak in for sleepovers, he kicked Jay & Eli out of their bedroom. They would trudge down the hall to their sister’s room, and she had blankets that they would use while they slept on her floor. Eli’s was this brown blanket, and he makes sure to take it from the house before leaving after the outbreak begins.
𝄢 It takes a long time for him to get comfortable around people, but when he does, he fully comes out of his shell.
𝄢 Though he’s shy, he loves getting to know people on a deeper level.
𝄢 He’s an optimist.
𝄢 One of his favorite qualities in people is loyalty to their family, friends, and others they care about.
𝄢 His guilty pleasure is watching trashy reality TV with his sister.
𝄢 He doesn’t show it often, but he has the most contagious smile. Others can’t help but smile when he has that big grin on his face.
𝄢 He has amazing combat skills from his time in the military. He, along with their other brothers, taught Vec how to fight.
𝄢 His drink of choice is a gin and tonic.
𝄢 He prides himself on being a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on for the people he cares about.
𝄢 His style consists of button-ups with the sleeves rolled up and the buttons partially undone and dress pants.
vec & eli belong to me. georgie and matt belong to @dixons-sunshine.
qotu taglist (the council): @kat-herine00 @gothic-pumpkin @weirdoneattheparty @ffsjustletmesleep @imadisneyprincessiswear
general taglist: @raddydaddydude @lovenormandixon @angeldemoncrowley @negansbestie @holdmytesseract
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banner (pic found on pinterest) and divider were created by me.
i saw @skyrim-forever do this with their ocs, so i wanted to do this with vec and eli 🖤
vec's favorite pokemon types are fairy, psychic, and dragon, and eli's are ground, electric, and rock.
a/n: i can't get the pics to sit side-by-side with each other in rows of three, and it's making me crazy, so I'm leaving it. as a wise man once said, "fuck it, we ball."
vec's team:
1. jigglypuff
2. gardevoir
3. rayquaza
4. togekiss
5. chansey
6. dratini
honorable mentions because there were too many and narrowing it down to six was hard (even narrowing this list down was hard lmao):
