I did answer. But I'll try again.
According to TnT, if the curse is broken, then Tia and probably Will have a say in who becomes the next captain. Perhaps they too have a 'touch of destiny' to them. Either way, the answer to who captains after Will is a mystery and in a way, unimportant, at least for now. I would guess Bootstrap or James, but Will could very well have found another great sailor to take his place as well.
No, they would not have to cut their heart out to replace Will's. Now, the heart in the chest...Ted thinks that if the bond to the Dutchman is broken, Will's heart would remain in the chest, although he welcomes anyone to come up with a way for Will's heart to go back into his body, as long as it's within context of the films.
I tend to agree with Ted on this point. I don't think Will's heart would go back into his body, but I have a few ideas on how it could be put back into his body (or someone else's) in a new movie. 😄
The movie can go both ways as far as the curse goes, and I think it's broken, based on the green flashes, DJ's unreasonable anger and Calypso's statement about them being able to be together AFTER she gives him her heart.
If you can 'get rid of' DJ, there is no reason to think that the curse CAN'T be broken for Will somehow, someday, and even if there is no way to break the curse, there's always the fountain of Youth for Liz, plus there's probably some way for her to be with Will eventually.
On another note, if I had suggested Jack and Elizabeth in a bathtub on the beach, you'd have been all for it, right? 😛 Yeah, more than likely. I fail to see how sex in a bathtub is boring, because from the movies I've seen and books I've read, sex in the bathtub tends to be more erotic than say on a bed or the floor. 😄 *wiggles brows* So I dunno, the bathtub on the beach idea is kind of appealing.
lovethemtigers based on your tally, Will and Jack could technically at least be lovers, because Will has saved Jack three times, and Jack has saved Will twice, so that's five altogether.
Elizabeth only saved Jack once, I think, possibly twice if you count her standing with Will in CotBP. Jack saved Elizabeth a total of three times (if you count him coming back to the Kraken it would make four times for Liz, three times for Will).
Will saved Elizabeth about six or seven times at the very least (includes battles where he has blocked blows for her), and Elizabeth has saved Will about as many times as well.
Norrington rescued all of them in CotBP, he drew off DJ's crew so they could escape, and he saved Elizabeth in AWE, and Elizabeth saved James in DMC.
Tallied up together, Will and Liz should still be together, because they've saved each other the most often. 😉