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You are cordially invited to attend the wedding of: Well, wait, just who is getting married? That, my friends, depends on you! ~*~*~*~ Victoria issued a Wedding Challenge Here are the rules she laid down: It must - MUST - be foofy. No angst. NO bridal shop massacres ::vic looks darkly at her Rogue muse::. The biggest problem the couple -any couple of your choice- faces must be along the lines of Xavier being annoyed that they're cutting his prized orchids for bouquets, or the wedding cake icing turns out butter cream instead of whipped cream as ordered. <g> The bride and groom must remain with the person they marry. You can have someone switching horses at the gate if you like, but once the rings are on, they are a happy couple. They can get married anywhere, anytime -- Xavier can escort the bride down the main aisle at St. Patrick's Cathedral and the reception can be at the Plaza. They can get married at the Chapel of Love in between playing blackjack at Harrahs. As long as someone's hitched at the end who wasn't hitched at the beginning, it's all good. The time frame can be whatever you want -- start with the proposal and follow the bride over the year of her wedding planning. Or start with someone receiving an invite and bitching and moaning over having to fly to Westchester for a wedding. Or start with someone rolling out of bed, looking at his/her SO and saying, "Hey, let's get married today." Three (more if you want, but no less than three <g>) of the following must be included - either spoken, mentioned, or experienced by someone in the fic: + bachelor/ette party [complete with strippers, funny shots (slippery nipples, blowjobs etc), embarrassing condom hats, and puking at the Port Authority Bus Terminal] + big, unflattering bows on bridesmaids dresses + bridal gowns by Vera Wang + a quickie at the reception (either the bride and groom, or another couple, but NOT the bride or groom with someone other than their newly acquired spouse) + an ex showing up at the wedding (you could make one of our X-Men the -er- EX-Man and have him/her drag her SO to the wedding to prove how well s/he is doing without the ex...) + a buttinsky mother-in-law to be + the phrase (or some variation of it) "a bun in the oven" or "shotgun wedding" or go nuts and use both! + the phrase "a check and a ladder" - i.e., let's elope, for example: "Charles offered us a check and a ladder to avoid having to build a pavilion on the lawn. Looking over the builders' estimates, I was starting to think it was a good idea" + someone in formalwear arriving at the 7Eleven (or some other convenience store of your choice) looking for snackage between the church and the reception + inappropriate yet hilarious drunkenness at the reception + someone's wacky uncle with the toupee embarrassing either the bride or the groom with "cute" anecdotes of childhood + dancing [or refusing to dance] to Hava Negila and the tarantella and the chicken dance + the bride being late because of a mission and the groom being nervous + the bride or groom's sappy choice for a first song being mercilessly ridiculed + the bridal party doing shots of tequila ~*~*~*~ And here are the fics in response: An Affair I Can't Quite Remember by Kelsey Hurricane Eye by Andraste I (Can) Do (This) by Captain Average White Roses by Paxnirvana ~*~*~*~
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