10 year rule SPOILERS

I am really confused about the ten year rule. Is he only bound to 10 years on the dutchman or is he going to have to do the same thing as Davy Jones and do 10 years aboard and one day on land. Also, they had members of the british navy on board guarding his heart, Why can't elizabeth be on board the ship, or why cant they do what Davy Jones did when he was standing in the Bucket of water.
Does the curse break if Elizabeth is faithful and is there when Davy Jones returns? Is there any hint of this in the movies that i just missed?

Davy Jones abandoned his post. He was no longer ferrying people to that 'distant shore', so that's why people could step on board the Dutchman.

For Will to not become "fish faced", he must abide by the purpose of the Dutchman, which is to 'crossover' souls. He can't do that if he's in the land of the dead to gather the souls up.

The curse is broken if, at any time, the captain of the Dutchman finds a love who will be true to him. So at the end of ten years, Will will be free of the Dutchman entirely.

Most of this is in the movie, but there's so much to take in from the film that it's understandable if you didn't catch it all. The bit about Will being free of the Dutchman for forever (at least that's my understanding) is from Ted and Terry, the writers of the movie. 😄

I hope this helps a little. 😄

Thanks so much. That really clears things up. I was not sure at the end if Will was just returning for his one day every ten years or if he was returning for good!

do you know where that quote from them came from? About him being free forever?

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so this means that will is free now?? im kinda confused!! well..i mean after the 10 years..so he is free at the end of the credits??

Will no longer has to captain the Dutchman. He is free of it after ten years. 😄 I like that, don't you?

And who's the captain of the FD?

Good question. Maybe TnT can answer that one. lol

TnT said that they don't know who the next captain would be, just that it's not Will. 😄

Originally posted by Surreal_44
Davy Jones abandoned his post. He was no longer ferrying people to that 'distant shore', so that's why people could step on board the Dutchman.

For Will to not become "fish faced", he must abide by the purpose of the Dutchman, which is to 'crossover' souls. He can't do that if he's in the land of the dead to gather the souls up.

The curse is broken if, at any time, the captain of the Dutchman finds a love who will be true to him. So at the end of ten years, Will will be free of the Dutchman entirely.

Most of this is in the movie, but there's so much to take in from the film that it's understandable if you didn't catch it all. The bit about Will being free of the Dutchman for forever (at least that's my understanding) is from Ted and Terry, the writers of the movie. 😄

I hope this helps a little. 😄

Where exactly did you find this information?

It's all from the writers. They have their own website and answer alot of questions.

Linky please!

http://www.wordplayer.com/

Originally posted by IheartPocky
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Thank you so much. That clears up alot of things.

Originally posted by Surreal_44
The curse is broken if, at any time, the captain of the Dutchman finds a love who will be true to him. So at the end of ten years, Will will be free of the Dutchman entirely.

Most of this is in the movie, but there's so much to take in from the film that it's understandable if you didn't catch it all. The bit about Will being free of the Dutchman for forever (at least that's my understanding) is from Ted and Terry, the writers of the movie. 😄

I hope this helps a little. 😄

De-lurking ::waves::

But the movie doesn't say this...if it's not in the movie, it's not canon.

edited due to fumbling fingers 🙂

In the movie it was not said that after ten years Will wouldn't be captain.

The movie was clear about ONE thing. The Dutchman must always have a captain And the only way for a new captain to appear is for him to kill the previous captain's heart and carve out his own.
So Will can not be releived of his duty on the Dutchman unless someone kills his heart, and him as a result, which means he won't be with Elizabeth obviously. So the movie really had a pretty sour ending. IF the filmwriters intended for the curse to be lifted after 10 years, they are simply contradicting themselves. you would think that with all the hype and expectation surrounding the third leg of the trilogy, disney would work hard to actually bring the story to comprehensible close, but instead, I had to go home after the movie and discover a pile of controversy on internet messageboards over very basic elements of the poorly written plot. POTC 3 was absolute garbage

Originally posted by JMaX
De-lurking ::waves::

But the movie doesn't say this...if it's not in the movie, it's not canon.

edited due to fumbling fingers 🙂

It didn't directly say it but in fact Davy Jones gave it away.

thats what i said and was so confused about!!!! the dutchman must always have a captain!! thats what was so stressed in DMC and AWE so how can the curse be lifted or whatever, cuz if it is lifted there is no one to be captain, so what happens then??? does this mean that there is no more FD?? or what??