[Doriana] can hear the wedding bells ring

[doriana_]

Keeley (H/A/F) and Roy (H/A/M) have picked a design for their wedding save-the-dates that they both love. However, they decide to change it shortly before sending out the save-the-dates. Why?

[GalFisk]

Is there something unfortunate about the design? The design when combined with the intended text? Has something relevant happened between choosing the design and sending the things? (Are they cards?) WAG: did they have the NYC skyline with the twin towers, but then 9/11 happened?

[doriana_]

Is there something unfortunate about the design? Yes The design when combined with the intended text? Yes Has something relevant happened between choosing the design and sending the things? Yes (Are they cards? Yes, but not really relevant) WAG: did they have the NYC skyline with the twin towers, but then 9/11 happened? No, but surprisingly close! Explore...

[trebor2]

Did another terrorist act occur? A natural disaster? Did something unfortunate happen to a building in their invites? If so, the wedding venue? Did it burn down? Happen to something else visible on their invites? Did someone die?

Did they end up having to change the wedding date?

[doriana_]

Did another terrorist act occur? A natural disaster? Did something unfortunate happen to a building in their invites? If so, the wedding venue? Did it burn down? Happen to something else visible on their invites? No to all, getting OTWT Did someone die? Not between choosing the design and sending out the save-the-dates

Did they end up having to change the wedding date? Yes, but beware of FA

[WiZ]

Is there a relevant aspect to the STD card other than the date that got changed? If so: The image? The wording? The font?

Did they change it because some aspect was: no longer accurate? Misleading? Potentially in poor taste/offensive? Now unoriginal/derivative?

[GalFisk]

Did the relevant thing happen to: the bride? Groom? One or more guests? The country? Another country? Something smaller, like a city? Was the thing caused by nature? Humans? Animals? Relevant?

[trebor2]

Did someone relevantly die before they chose the design? After they sent out the save-the-dates?

Is there anything relevant about Keeley or Roy's identities?

Do Keeley and Roy actually intend to marry each other? Do they end up doing so?

[Sundowner64]

Would a complete stranger understand the problem with the original design? or is some insider knowledge necessary? or knowledge about the local situation?
Is an unfortunate play on words relevant?

[doriana_]

WiZ
Is there a relevant aspect to the STD card other than the date that got changed? Yes If so: The image? This The wording? The font?

Did they change it because some aspect was: no longer accurate? Misleading? Potentially in poor taste/offensive? This Now unoriginal/derivative?

GalFisk
Did the relevant thing happen to: the bride? Groom? One or more guests? The country? Another country? Something smaller, like a city? It happened in/to a city but affected much more than just the place where it happened Was the thing caused by nature? Humans? This Animals? Relevant? Yes

trebor2
Did someone relevantly die before they chose the design? Yes After they sent out the save-the-dates? No

Is there anything relevant about Keeley or Roy's identities? No

Do Keeley and Roy actually intend to marry each other? Do they end up doing so? Yes to both

Sundowner64
Would a complete stranger understand the problem with the original design? Yes or is some insider knowledge necessary? or knowledge about the local situation?
Is an unfortunate play on words relevant? No to rest

HINT/clarification: Keep in mind that GalFisk's initial WAG about 9/11 was extremely close

[GalFisk]

Was it a terror attack? Foiled terror plot? Riot? Murder? Did it happen in the US? In New York? Was one or more buildings relevantly damaged? One or more people relevantly injured? Killed? Jailed? Fired? Explosives involed? Fire? Firearms?

[trebor2]

I think I got hung up on 9/11 being close meaning that 9/11 itself isn't relevant but something similar is. Is 9/11 relevant? Is an earlier plot on the twin towers relevant? Is the new World Trade Center complex relevant? The Pentagon?

The person(s) that died: victims of 9/11? Rescue workers?

Did they include the twin towers in the background even though 9/11 had already happened? Did they use a photo of a plane crashing into one of the towers? The Falling Man?

Do we need to figure out the wording on the invite? Are their surnames relevant? Would the invites have: belittled the loss of life? been racist? promoted a conspiracy theory?

[Sundowner64]

Is another significant date relevant, if not 9/11?

[doriana_]

trebor2
I think I got hung up on 9/11 being close meaning that 9/11 itself isn't relevant but something similar is. Is 9/11 relevant? Yes, sorry for any confusion Is an earlier plot on the twin towers relevant? Is the new World Trade Center complex relevant? The Pentagon? No to these

The person(s) that died: victims of 9/11? Rescue workers? Both

Did they include the twin towers in the background even though 9/11 had already happened? No, but OTRT Did they use a photo of a plane crashing into one of the towers? The Falling Man? No to these

Do we need to figure out the wording on the invite? No, the only relevant bit of text on the invite is the wedding date Are their surnames relevant? No Would the invites have: belittled the loss of life? This, arguably been racist? promoted a conspiracy theory? No to these

GalFisk
Was it a terror attack? Foiled terror plot? Riot? Murder? Did it happen in the US? In New York? Was one or more buildings relevantly damaged? One or more people relevantly injured? Killed? Jailed? Fired? Explosives involed? Fire? Firearms? Skipping these because the relevant event was indeed 9/11. Again, sorry for the confusion!

Sundowner64
Is another significant date relevant, if not 9/11? No, see above

[GalFisk]

Is the wedding date related to the date of 9/11 in any way? Is it 11/9? Profession of the bride relevant? Of the groom? Of someone who died? Do we need to know anything more specific about dead people than "victims of 9/11"? Did the image have airplane(s)? Building(s)? Fire? Smoke? Would it still have been insensitive if, on 9/11, someone blew up the towers with a bomb? Set a catastrophic fire to them? Flew an airplane into some other building instead? In some other city? If it happened on 9/12? 9/10?

[doriana_]

Is the wedding date related to the date of 9/11 in any way? Is it 11/9? The wedding date is September 11, so 9/11 in US American notation and 11/9 in European notation Profession of the bride relevant? Of the groom? Of someone who died? No to all Do we need to know anything more specific about dead people than "victims of 9/11"? No Did the image have airplane(s)? This Building(s)? Fire? Smoke? No to these Would it still have been insensitive if, on 9/11, someone blew up the towers with a bomb? Set a catastrophic fire to them? No to these Flew an airplane into some other building instead? In some other city? Yes if the global impact of the event had been the same If it happened on 9/12? 9/10? Yes if the wedding date was the same as the date of the attacks

I think we have discovered everything! Anyone wanna put the pieces together?

[GalFisk]

Keeley and Roy have picked a lovely design with airplanes for their wedding save-the-date cards, and a date of 9/11/2002. However, they decide to change both the date and design after the airplane terror attacks of 9/11/2001.

Is that about right?

[doriana_]

Keeley and Roy have picked a lovely design with airplanes for their wedding save-the-date cards, and a date of 9/11/2002. However, they decide to change both the date and design after the airplane terror attacks of 9/11/2001.

Is that about right? Not quite, but I think I can declare the

********SPOILER********

Keeley and Roy, who love to travel, have picked a travel-inspired design for their wedding save-the-dates, including airplanes. However, they have to change their wedding date from September 4 to September 11 for reasons irrelevant to the puzzle, so they remove the airplanes from the design as this could be considered offensive.

Based on the very real save-the-dates of a friend of mine who did _not_ remove the airplanes.
Thanks for playing!

[trebor2]

Clever puzzle!