text🌻seeking legal advice

[multidisciplinary]

Type: Text (backdated to before Farplane event)
Sender ID: Anonymous
To: Public
Subject: Seeking legal advice
Warnings: None

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Hello.

I am in need of legal advice regarding a private matter:

Is a marriage contract legally binding if one or more parties involved were under the influence of spiritual possession while it was officiated?

Thank you for your assistance.

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[telepathicignorance]

I'm with Sherlock on this one. You weren't the people getting married, just a way for them to make it happen.

(Things they don't ask: so did the ghosts use their bodies for the other stuff that happens with weddings? They're not sure they actually want to know the answer.)

Pretty sure if that weren't the case there'd need to be a lot of trials for attempted murder. (Because the ghosts were making people do that too.)

text; Anonymous

[multidisciplinary]

[ Yeah, Sherlock's interpretation does seem to hold water (weird as it is to think of herself as an outfit that a ghost wore). So Zelda ends up honing in on the other thing Anon says. ]

Attempted murder?

[ Maybe Zelda should count herself lucky that the ghost that possessed her wanted to get married to her former lover, not murder him for abandoning her. ]

[telepathicignorance]

Yeah. At least some of the ghosts were possessing people so they could attack people.

...Think I'd rather deal with that than marriage.

[multidisciplinary]

[ Well that's terrifying. ]

You would rather be used as a tool in murder than get married?

No, I think I would quite prefer being married. Even if it turns out to be legally binding.

[ Hear that, Darin? Marrying you is preferable to being complicit in murder. :) ]

[telepathicignorance]

Maybe not if anyone actually gets killed. I'm not very strong though.

(Not physically. And she doesn't get to know about their real strength.

So it's more like they'd rather get their nose broken by a friend than get married to them.)

[multidisciplinary]

Even in an unsuccessful attempt, that would be a horrible and terrifying experience!

[telepathicignorance]

Probably, yeah.

(Somewhere, they laugh. It wouldn't even make it into the top 100 most terrifying things they've experienced.

...Okay maybe it would if they nearly killed Turo or Ortega or something like that, but they don't think they can do either. At least, a ghost posessing them wouldn't be able to.)

[multidisciplinary]

[ This other Anon sure is nonchalant about attempted murder. ]

And you would really prefer that over marriage?

[telepathicignorance]

Probably, yeah.

(Okay maybe she's got them rethinking things but now they're being a fuck.)

[multidisciplinary]

Why?

[ If they're gonna be a fuck, she's gonna be nosy. ]

[telepathicignorance]

Getting my ass kicked seems way less terrifying than not knowing whether or not I'm married to someone I probably don't want to be married to.

(Do they even want to be married? Ever? It's not something they really thought about, since they can't legally marry anyway.)

[multidisciplinary]

I doubt that marrying a stranger is as frightening as it sounds. You will have ample time to get to know each other over the course of your marriage.

[ As someone who grew up expecting to get married for political reasons and not romantic ones, the prospect of not knowing or liking their future spouse is something Zelda expects. Not that she wants to marry a stranger or someone she dislikes, but if they're the most suitable person to be her consort and rule at her side, then that's just the way it's gonna be. ]

But that is irrelevant in this instance. I was wedded to my companion for the evening, who is a close friend. It was not an unpleasant experience, especially compared to attempted murder.

[ And yet here she is making a fuss over being married. ]

[telepathicignorance]

I'm not even sure I want to get married.

(Is she kidding? Marrying a stranger sounds like a nightmare! Their stomach churns at the thought of being bound to some stranger, of having to let them touch them like that.

It's enough to make them panic, almost.)

Sure they're just a friend? If you're so interested in marrying them.

(A deliberate ploy to move the topic away from their own preferences.)

[multidisciplinary]

[ Diversion successful! Zelda is now distracted thinking about the recent changes in her relationship with Darin. ]

They are still my friend, but they have become... more than that now. To be honest, I am not entirely certain what we are to each other now.

[telepathicignorance]

And now you might be married. Damn.

(They can relate to being ...complicated.)

Hope that works out for you.

[multidisciplinary]

[ For whatever reason, Zelda's getting the vibe that their sympathy might not be completely heartfelt. Their comment almost sounds a bit sardonic. (It's so difficult to read people through text alone.) ]

My thanks. [ Sardonic or not, Zelda replies sincerely. ] Given the unexpectedly-reasonable explanation that the spirit donned my body like clothing, I expect the dubious legality of my marriage will fall in my favor.

[ Can't be married if you were clothes. ]

[telepathicignorance]

(It's a weird mix of both: the concept of suddenly waking up to find that they're married to someone they're close with is perhaps less horrifying than being forced to marry a stranger, but it's still terrifyingly awkward. They don't have a lot of faith in this turning out well.

But this person clearly has a very different view of things, so...

It's really not their business.)

Yeah it'd be pretty awkward if the courts decided that the clothes used in a wedding also counted as being married.

(Would the bride and groom outfits be legally required to be kept together? Worn together? It's a funny train of thought, and they let their mind follow it for the moment.)