I've never seen Will call Elizabeth on her shit, not once
I'm going to offer my unsolicited perspective.
Just because Will isn't as showy about calling Elizabeth on her shit, doesn't mean he doesn't do it. And there are definitely instances of him doing so, more in CotBP, than DMC, but still.
The first is when we see them together as 'grown ups' for the first time. Elizabeth insists that Will call he by her first name and he gently declines, despite the fact that it is quickly apparent that he thinks of her as 'Elizabeth' and not 'Miss Swann'. It doesn't really matter why he won't do it, whether it's to protect her or himself, or out of respect for her father, or out of propriety, he refuses her request and it pisses her off. He does eventually call her Elizabeth but it's on his terms, not hers.
The second time. is when he finds out that she looted his 12-year old, unconscious self of all valuables. He's pissed that she took the medallion from him, and while he's quickly distracted about the overall ramifications of his medallion and what it means, she desperately, tearfully tries to explain herself, is disappointed that he doesn't listen/understand/immediately forgive her, and cuts and runs. There is still some tension when he shows back up on deck, he doesn't tell her that he understands and all is forgiven, because it's not. Eventually, it all gets swallowed up in the whole 'life-death-trapped in a sinking ship' thing.
In DMC they are not really together often enough for there to be any issues, except the whole, her mackin' on Jack thing, which Will is, again, not terribly happy about. When she gets into the longboat he does ask her about 'Jack', and is all jacked up for a confrontation. It is her response, and likely his own insecurities, that backs him off. He doesn't know what happened or why, but her reaction tells him there isn't a simple explanation, he automatically goes to the 'she wants Jack' place because of his own issues and the fact that the 'truth' would never occur to him.
The point of all this, (finally) I have never been in the camp that Will is Elizabeth's 'bitch'. That what she wants, she gets. That any and everything she does is okay, and Will just meekly accepts, nods and says 'yes dear' a lot. I've always gotten the impression that he's the type to go along with whatever, until it's something he feels strongly about, and when he does dig his heels in, the they stay firmly entrenched. My case in point here is the whole 'how they spent their time' between CotBP and DMC scenario. The impression I got, was that Elizabeth was not apposed to some pre-marital boot-knockin', and I suspect that Will was the driving force behind them keeping their giggly bits apart. Elizabeth either agreed, accepted or eventually gave up.
And this is the reason that I can actually see Will and Elizabeth working in a less fraught, day to day kind of situation (and I must include Jack and Will as well, because Jack and Elizabeth are a lot alike, and my inner slasher is is getting antsy). Because Will will compromise and drift and tolerate a whole hell of a lot up, right up to the point where he won't and I suspect Elizabeth (and Jack) can live with that.
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I'm going to offer my unsolicited perspective.
Just because Will isn't as showy about calling Elizabeth on her shit, doesn't mean he doesn't do it. And there are definitely instances of him doing so, more in CotBP, than DMC, but still.
The first is when we see them together as 'grown ups' for the first time. Elizabeth insists that Will call he by her first name and he gently declines, despite the fact that it is quickly apparent that he thinks of her as 'Elizabeth' and not 'Miss Swann'. It doesn't really matter why he won't do it, whether it's to protect her or himself, or out of respect for her father, or out of propriety, he refuses her request and it pisses her off. He does eventually call her Elizabeth but it's on his terms, not hers.
The second time. is when he finds out that she looted his 12-year old, unconscious self of all valuables. He's pissed that she took the medallion from him, and while he's quickly distracted about the overall ramifications of his medallion and what it means, she desperately, tearfully tries to explain herself, is disappointed that he doesn't listen/understand/immediately forgive her, and cuts and runs. There is still some tension when he shows back up on deck, he doesn't tell her that he understands and all is forgiven, because it's not. Eventually, it all gets swallowed up in the whole 'life-death-trapped in a sinking ship' thing.
In DMC they are not really together often enough for there to be any issues, except the whole, her mackin' on Jack thing, which Will is, again, not terribly happy about. When she gets into the longboat he does ask her about 'Jack', and is all jacked up for a confrontation. It is her response, and likely his own insecurities, that backs him off. He doesn't know what happened or why, but her reaction tells him there isn't a simple explanation, he automatically goes to the 'she wants Jack' place because of his own issues and the fact that the 'truth' would never occur to him.
The point of all this, (finally) I have never been in the camp that Will is Elizabeth's 'bitch'. That what she wants, she gets. That any and everything she does is okay, and Will just meekly accepts, nods and says 'yes dear' a lot. I've always gotten the impression that he's the type to go along with whatever, until it's something he feels strongly about, and when he does dig his heels in, the they stay firmly entrenched. My case in point here is the whole 'how they spent their time' between CotBP and DMC scenario. The impression I got, was that Elizabeth was not apposed to some pre-marital boot-knockin', and I suspect that Will was the driving force behind them keeping their giggly bits apart. Elizabeth either agreed, accepted or eventually gave up.
And this is the reason that I can actually see Will and Elizabeth working in a less fraught, day to day kind of situation (and I must include Jack and Will as well, because Jack and Elizabeth are a lot alike, and my inner slasher is is getting antsy). Because Will will compromise and drift and tolerate a whole hell of a lot up, right up to the point where he won't and I suspect Elizabeth (and Jack) can live with that.