"another thing I love about the PotC trilogy is that Will is really good at not being a pawn in other's plans... and is also the real McGuffin of every movie."
love this thought! Can you write an entire essay on this, please? : )
probably not an essay exactly, but I can elaborate.
in the first movie, the McGuffin everyone is after is the last piece of cursed Aztec gold, but after it's already found, we learn that Will Turner's blood is needed to break the curse. will is now the thing everybody is after.
so what does Will do about this? he holds himself hostage against Barbosa's crew, he knocks jack unconscious so he can't be sacrificed, and gives his blood himself to save Elizabeth. he works this out in his favor, but also makes sure nobody gets to use him even though everyone was trying.
now the next two movies are much more complicated, but will handles himself just the same. Will is seemingly destined to be the captain of the Flying Dutchman, but even if his exact destiny isn't known, he knows he's caught in a dilemma of becoming captain or saving Elizabeth.
and just like last time, he resists this and uses his position to save all his loved ones. he gets on the dutchman alive (to Davy Jones' amazement), gambles with Davy jones twice and wins, and once he is made captain, frees all the crewmen and kills Becket, and still works out things with Elizabeth while cursed.
in summary: he never ever just does what people tell him. just like Elizabeth, he learns what people want from him and learns how to use it in his favor. but unlike Elizabeth, he has magical significance to the plot.
he's always the final piece of the puzzle. "Curse Of the Black Pearl" couldn't end without the curse on the gold being lifted, and "Dead Man's Chest" and "At Worlds End" couldn't end without someone becoming captain of the Dutchman. and will is both of them.
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