Art Teacher and Star wedding headcanons
As the title and GIF above may suggest, I have it planned that at some point in IF I Go, Art Teacher and Star get married x3 So, here are some headcanons for everything leading up to it, how the wedding goes and so forth!
- Art Teacher is the one to propose to Star. At this point, the two have already been together for some time now, and after everything that transpires in the story (including a big altercation with Clive, the main antagonist of the story who I'll talk about in a later post), Art decides he wants to show Star how much he loves her and how he wants to spend the rest of their lives together, whatever happens. So, one day he takes Star down to their old home where they first met and became a couple, Dekalb Illinois, and after the sun sets after a day of them visiting all of their favorite places together and all the places where they made memories together, Art gets down on one knee and drops the big question to Star. Star didn't expect this one bit, but she's overjoyed nonetheless and instantly says yes before jumping into Art's arms.
- The ring Art proposed to her with came from Coco's fashion shop (she sells nearly everything you can think of as far as clothes and jewelry, her shop is basically like Barbie's closet lol), and is a dark sapphire ring with a silver band to match how the moon would always shine down on Star and give her furr and hair such a hue when they'd go put together at night
- Obviously everyone at Memory Lane is ecstatic upon learning about Art and Star's engagement, to the point they all almost immediately begin planning out the ceremony. Some IFs like Blue and Gummy are assigned to bake the wedding cake (a mix between both Art and Star's favorite cake flavors, chocolate and red velvet), while others are put in charge of the decorations of where the ceremony will be taking place.
-After the two discussed where they'd want the ceremony to take place, even though it doesn't matter to them either way since they're just happy to finally tie the knot, Art and Star decide to have their wedding take place on the beach close to Coney Island, at night during a full moon since there was a full moon when they both first met, and also because of Star's connection to the full moon due to the fact that her kid created her after being fascinated by a werewolf movie.
- Lewis is the priest during the ceremony, and Art Teacher ends up having Calvin as his Best Man, while Star has Gummy as her Maid Of Honor, with Blossom, Uni, Bubblina, Minerva, Sonia and Coco as her bridesmaids.
- Speaking of Coco, she ends up taking almost full control of helping Star pick out her wedding dress, insisting that a bride only deserves the best for her wedding and that anything less would be complete "rubbish" (keep in mind I based Coco heavily off of Velvette from Hazbin Hotel in terms of personality lol). After much debating over what wedding dress Star should wear, eventually Star manages to pick a dress like this thanks to Coco's help
- Sunny is the one that usually has the reputation of always being the best dressed out of all the male IFs with all the suits he normally wears, so he helps Art Teacher pick a simple black suit with a tie for the wedding, Sunny being less intense in his fashion advice compared to Coco...... Unrelated note, but there's a reason why everyone at Memory Lane calls Coco the toned down version of Tyra Banks lol.
- After some time, the wedding finally arrives with everything on the beach being set up, the cake being ready, and the bridesmaids, Maid Of Honor, Best Man, Priest and the Groom being in their places..... All that's left is for the Bride to show up, when soon the classic wedding march begins to play (courtesy of Andromedus III somehow being able to play the piano with no hands), and Star is seen being brought down the altar with Sunny linking arms with her before giving her to her soon to be husband. The whole time Art looks at Star in her beautiful white gown and veil, he feels as though he's looking at an angel, and he's even more happy that he's about to make this eternal promise to the woman he loves.
-Lewis gives his speech as the priest officiating the marriage, then Art Teacher and Star give each other the most heartfelt wedding vows imaginable, reminiscing all their time together and all they've been through together, and how they managed to overcome all their problems to finally get to where they are now, promising to both love each other for all of eternity, in life and in whatever afterlife there is for them.
- Art Teacher slowly slips the sapphire ring onto Star's finger, and because Art doesn't have fingers and therefore him wearing a ring is impossible, he had an image of a ring tattooed on both sides of his hand where the ring would be if he was wearing one. Another unrelated note, but I headcanon that Art Teacher has quite a few tattoos hidden on his body, mostly floral or butterfly tattoos, and his kid's name on the side of his neck as well, and I need to make another OC that serves as the retirement home's tattoo artist.
-Afterwards Art and Star both say their "I Dos" and kiss each other, officially becoming husband and wife, everyone cheering for the newlywed couple before the party officially starts and everyone celebrates on the beach. Normally weddings would be serving alcoholic beverages, but Art and Star had both dealt with alcoholism in their lives and were only just becoming sober by the time Art proposed to Star, so to honor their progress, everyone enjoys whatever nonalcoholic beverages are being served instead.
- Many songs play throughout the party that some way or another describe Art and Star's love and this event, from "Anything, Anything" by Dramarama, to "Falling Slowly" from the movie Once, but then comes THE dance that always happens at each wedding between the Bride and the Groom..... and in this case, the very song that plays during this dance between Art and Star is "When You Say Nothing At All" by Ronan Keating, the song that describes all the ways they've both expressed their love for each other and their need for one another... The moment they both hold each other in their arms to this song, they both just know whatever happens to them, they'll love each other and be with one another forever, and never let any8tear them apart again. (Shout out to @spideyladman for suggesting When You Say Nothing At All QwQ)
- You know damn well some of thr IFs at this wedding are crying Crocodile tears from how beautiful the whole event is..... Ally in the literal sense, and then the more emotional ones like Blue, Uni and Steven are just bawling their eyes out too.
- There is a band playing some of the music at this wedding, which consists of some of the IFs who had been taking Star's music classes, namely Cosmo as the lead vocalist...... Depending on how you headcanon Cosmo as a singer, you can imagine how that turns out.
- Eventually comes the part where Star has to throw her bouquet of roses and lillies backwards so one of the female IFs can catch it..... And then afterwards the other infamous tradition where Art Teacher has to remove the garter from Star's thigh and toss it backwards as well for one of the male IFs to catch.
- Blossom catches the bouquet, while Cosmo catches the garter. Fun fact though is that Blossom and Lewis have a sort of secret romance with one another that they've just never really told anyone about (they're both the two oldest IFs at Memory Lane and have been there longer than anyone else, so in this case with it just being them for a while before more IFs eventually showed up, things were bound to happen between these old lovebirds. Yes, I am indeed a fan of old people romance when it comes to Lewis and Blossom xD ), and because Cosmo doesn't know about this, he takes the moment to joke with Blossom by giving her a jokingly flirty look with his eyes.
- Art Teacher and Star also decide to have a honey moon trip, which they decided they'd have take place in an isolated forest with a cabin they'd have all to themselves, with a fancy couch, fireplace and everything....... and without going into detail, these two definitely have some fun celebrating their marriage that night.