( @kirsafee​​ )

y’all know that this shit gonna be BIG

shen’s family insists on a traditional chinese wedding, but shen makes them drop a whole bunch of the traditions because they’re long and tedious and boring. a bunch of shen’s relatives disprove of this, but nainai shuts them down real quick

you know that scene where shang’s like “your grandmother invited some people to our wedding.”  “who?”  “china.” that’s what this is.

it’s the most untraditional traditional wedding tho  lmao

chinese weddings usually last multiple days, and has separate receptions for the groom’s family and the bride’s family. so the first wedding is on the fa family property, while the second wedding is back at the land of sweets.

kirsa’s bridal party consists of xiaoli and the stalhbums, while shen’s groomsmen are jin and simon. ( @xiacli, @thekingofsweets, @frcderick, @jinxiiang, @simonthegator )

kirsa’s favorite part of the whole thing is after the bachelorette party, because when shen comes to pick her up, the bridal party gets to test the groom. kirsa gets locked in her room, while the bridal party puts the groom and his groomsmen through challenges ( eating spoonfuls of wasabi, making the boys transfer seaweed to each other mouth-to-mouth, whatever they feel like making the boys do ). basically, they all get to watch the groomsmen do dumb stuff so shen can prove his love for kirsa before he whisks her away to their probably ridiculously expensive wedding.

there’s tea ceremonies and stuff, but they only sit through that for all the red envelopes they get.

shen and kirsa probably just eat and dance the whole time at the reception and some relatives get pissed because they really are supposed to being paying their respects to the guest but nainai is just: “ he’s our guardian spirit and she’s magical, you should be paying your respects to them. ” and no one really wants to argue with the woman who gave birth to the savior of china.

the only go visit the people they feel like visiting tbh

the ancestors somehow also get involved, mushu gets excited and sets something on fire, and people wonder if they should have just stayed at home.

they take like a billion selfies throughout the night, but shen sets the one of the two of them in their hotel room after the wedding, lying in a bed covered in all the red envelopes they got, as his screensaver.

( @illyriadx​ )

no one proposes. they just decided one day that they want to get married, and then set the wedding date for that same week.

it’s the most lowkey wedding in the world, there are zero dramatics and zero fucks given.

except for when the family shows up. thalia and valentine are highkey af, bolin just sighs, and eivui just laughs. ( @heartlessgod, @rainingvictory, @eivuii )

it’s a small wedding, like maybe ten people tops because it’s so last minute. ronan has his sisters as his best women, and illyria has her siblings as her bridal party.  ( @cosima-morgenstern, @xmorningxstarx )

it’s at a beach, and ronan doesn’t mind it at all, but he does refuse to step foot near the water

they have a crab as a ring bearer, but weiwei dalma is the flower girl.

they’re both barefoot, and this seems random cause it is but i can just picture it leave me alone

they exchange vows they wrote themselves, but neither are very good at expressing their feelings. the main gist of it is that they trust each other and that’s the important part.

honestly the reception is the fun part.

the cat corner is important to them lmao so obviously there’s a cat corner at the reception. cats roam around the venue, and dignan claims it as his own for a good hour. ( @digthames )

everyone gives a speech. illyria’s family’s are really sweet and so is cosima’s, but naida and viviette and vera ruthlessly roast ronan. he ain’t even mad tho. ( @vivictte )

they’re first dance is to davy jones theme that thalia plays for them on the organs 

they don’t hire a photographer, so any pictures of the couple are taken randomly by guest. a good number of the wedding photos are taken by ronan when he sneaks his camera out to snap shots of illyria when she isn’t looking.

“i guess, yeah -- but what help is loving them gonna do?” bella paused, unsure if she should continue or not. “i don’t know -- what if whatever you want to save them from, is more important to them to you? what use is love then?”

( @sleepyhollowchild )

( @thekingofsweets )

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