Fellowship of the Groom

In celebration of the greatest Christmas movie ever…

Lord of the Rings.

(Well second best as long as Ernest Saves Christmas is still around.)

I was enjoying some memes of the season when I found:

And immediately became captivated by the idea. Now I am away from my copies but IIRC, the wedding of Aragorn and Arwen was just an offhand mention in the appendixes with more of an overview of their life ever after.

Which is now a shame to me because trying to imagine their wedding ceremony is an obsession. You know Tolkien would have invented a completely original ritual for them complete with Elven lyrics and songs. I’m not nearly that talented but I couldn’t help but wonder…

Like at first it seems obvious that Gandalf would be Aragorn’s best man. But then who would be the preacher? I mean after everything you went through, if any couple was going to be wed by a literal angel returned to Middle-Earth after death, it would be the premiere power couple of the two great nations. So with Gandalf performing the ceremony, it seems like Aragorn’s best man would probably be the new Steward of Gondor, Faramir, for the political statement of it if nothing else. 

Obviously Merry and Pippin would be the ushers leading people to their seats if they’re for the bride or groom.

With Frodo being the ring-bearer that then leaves Samwise as the flower master who will prepare Arwen’s path.

And of course, the groomsmen to round out the wedding party are obvious:

Then can you imagine what the reception would be like? (Especially once the hobbits get drunk.)

Oh and what might the bachelor and bachelorette parties entail…