Natural 20s and Multiverse Vows: Inside Michelle and Garrett's Wedding
Michelle Khare
This short wedding film is mostly music and imagery, but the spoken parts form a clear thread. The vows, guest messages and officiant's words all return to one idea: that the couple's meeting felt fated and rare, and that their love has to be renewed over time.
A "Cosmic Force" and Every Timeline
The film opens with a voice saying they are "a genuine believer that there is some sort of magnetic Cosmic Force pulling us to one another." That idea comes back later in the multiverse imagery of the vows. Partway through, a speaker says they would like to believe that, in a vast universe, the two of them find each other "in every timeline."
The Natural 20
The most developed image in the vows comes from Dungeons and Dragons. The speaker explains that the best possible roll in the game is a "natural 20," and that rolling one is statistically rare and very exciting when it happens. They say this is how they have felt "time and time again" over the four years of the relationship. Each moment together, in this telling, feels like rolling the rarest and best result.
The same speaker admits, with some humor, that it's "no surprise" they can't sleep the night before the wedding. They then praise their partner as "someone who inspires millions of people to be the best versions of themselves." They add that they look forward to seeing their future children's faces when the children first grasp "how truly astonishing their mother is."
Video Messages Instead of a Guest Book
The couple replaced a written guest book with video messages from guests, and several are shown. One guest says they have never seen anyone gush about a partner as much as Michelle gushes about Garrett. Another, admitting to having had a few drinks, calls the couple's YouTube partnership an "absolute power couple" and says it inspires the guest and their partner, Ashley.
The couple also record a message to themselves ten years in the future. One says, "I am so madly in love with this woman," and the other answers, "I love him a lot too." They end by assuring their future selves, "you still got it."
Other short messages include:
- unconditional love is "the greatest power we possess"
- a wish that the couple "never stop discovering the fun together"
- a reminder that "life is long and full of change," with the hope that their love remains a constant
The Vows: "In All the Timelines of the Multiverse"
One vow brings back the multiverse theme: "in all the timelines of the Multiverse and on this plane and every other, I am yours." It ends with "I love you, Garrett."
Love as Something Reaffirmed
The officiant gives the film its most grounded reflection. They note that you do not love someone in exactly the same way all the time, even though most people expect to. "In love as in life," they say, what is promised on the wedding day "must be reaffirmed tomorrow and all of the tomorrows to come."
The film ends on a vow that returns to the Dungeons and Dragons imagery: "I vow to be by your side for every Dragon we slay along the way, wherever we may find ourselves."
I am a genuine believer that there is some sort of magnetic cosmic force pulling us to one another. I'd like to believe that in a universe of infidence, find each other in every timeline.
In the game of Dungeons & Dragons, the best possible score you can roll is called a natural 20. But the statistical probability of rolling a nat 20 is incredibly rare and is extremely exciting when it happens. This is how I have felt in the past four years of our relationship, time and time again.
No surprise that I can't sleep tonight.
You look at me. Oh my God.
I managed to find you, someone who inspires millions of people to be the best versions of themselves. And I can't wait to see the look on our future children's faces when they first comprehend how truly astonishing their mother is.
Foreign.
Foreign.
Exciting Saturday, certainly not a casual Thursday. Here's what we're doing today: instead of a written guest book, we are leaving video messages.
I've never ever seen anyone gush as much about their partner as much as Michelle gushes about Garrett.
Oh my God. All right, you guys are—I've been drinking a little bit.
You two being an absolute power couple is an incredible inspiration for me and Ashley.
Good job for you guys. Now this is great. This is beautiful.
Hello, us 10 years in the future. I am so madly in love with this woman. I love him a lot too.
Get the old version of us. Oh, got it. We still got it. You still got it. 10 years, us in the future, you still got it.
I think the unconditional love is the greatest power we possess.
Never stop discovering the fun together. He had met his heart's true desires.
Michelle and Garrett, life is long and full of change, but may your love always remain a constant.
In all the timelines of the multiverse, and on this plane and every other, I am yours. I love you, Garrett.
Foreign.
You do not love them in exactly the same way all the time, yet that is what most of us expect. But in love, as in life, what you promised today must be reaffirmed tomorrow and all of the tomorrows to come.
I vow to be by your side for every dragon we slay along the way, wherever we may find ourselves.
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