The ceremony started with them being led to the hanging platform by people in pirate garb, and they each had their hands tied together in front of them. Once they were there, one pirate put the nooses on them while another read a "proclamation" saying they had to be married or they'd be hung. The officiant said his thing, Katrina sang a song about how Marty was her navigator etc while her father played the guitar (it was beautiful, omg), then Marty recited the lyrics for "Sweet Child O'Mine" by Guns'n'Roses (except her father did the actual line "oh, sweet child o'mine" in the chorus every time). They were proclaimed married, they got to kiss (Katrina held the fan up to hide it, which was adorable) and the nooses were taken off, with the pirates making a show of disappointment at not being able to hang them.
I mean, hanging was the usual punishment for all sorts of things for hundreds of years. It wasn't just used for lynching, and I doubt that even occurred to anybody!
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Date: 2009-07-15 07:54 pm (UTC)I mean, hanging was the usual punishment for all sorts of things for hundreds of years. It wasn't just used for lynching, and I doubt that even occurred to anybody!