What about Norrington?

So Nat and I were discussing when "Sweeney Todd" hits theaters and I said someone had told me it's this Friday, and that they remember because it's a big day for movies in general - "National Treasure 2" is coming out, as well. I was telling Nat about NT1, which she hadn't seen, and pointed out the idea actually lends itself to sequels since it's all about treasure-hunting, which is a bottomless vat of possibilities - one does not have to resort to crap B storylines of romantic triangles to have a good time presenting such a story. (I mention this because NT2 is another Ted-n-Terry spectacular - although I have to say, Bruckheimer may have finally learned the best way to use them: As idea guys, and not leave them to write the entire thing, unsupervised. There are separate writers to do the actual work of writing, and the Twins are only credited with the "story.")

Anyway, this is how we got to a discussion of the B storyline in DMC, and while I may not be the first person to ever have this idea, I have to say I haven't seen it anywhere else: Why not Norrington instead of Jack, to be the romantic foil for Will and Elizabeth? The whole purpose of the hinted J/E thing was to make Will's life harder and set up the end of AWE. Okay ... but wouldn't he have also been just as easy to make suspicious of another man by USING another man besides Jack? Think about it. The nice things about writing Norrington in this capacity are:

(a) it would have given him more screentime;

(b) Norrington as Elizabeth's suitor actually makes sense, whereas at least half of us were going When did Jack EVER show interest in her in CotBP, other than when he was in his cups and depressed anyway?;

(c) Elizabeth herself would've been more understandable, since there was presumably a time she would have actually thought of Norrington in that capacity, whereas that same half of us were also going When did she EVER show interest in Jack in CotBP, other than when she feigned to get him drunker so she could set a fire to get off the island to save Will? - to me, it makes more sense to suddenly regain an interest in a former suitor because he's now "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," as Norrington becomes in DMC. This also has the added bonus of both painting Elizabeth as "complex" in DMC (because I have learned from my fellow fans that a woman is only complex if she wants to get busy with at least two different men at the same time) and showing that maybe - just maybe - she wasn't entirely using Norrington in CotBP and actually did like the guy somewhat;

(d) Norrington picking a fight with Will on the waterwheel in DMC would ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE;

(e) when Norrington absconds with the heart toward Beckett, it actually sets up a better situation for Elizabeth to be angry and bitching at him in AWE, as well as making sense of the whole kiss and "dying to protect her" thing; and

(f) when Elizabeth does kiss Jack to distract him at the end of DMC, because he was a coward and sold Will out to Jones, it would actually come as a surprise to Jack and therefore, still be effective to get him chained up. Not to mention, Elizabeth wouldn't come off as scuzzy for practically giving Jack a lapdance earlier in the movie and THEN sending him to the depths for another man. EWWWW.

Now I can already hear the Norrington fans on my f-list. "Why?" you are saying. "WHY would you punish the poor man so? Hasn't he suffered enough?" Well, if he has to suffer anyway, wouldn't it be nice to see some consistency to it AND feel like Elizabeth actually saw him as a real guy and not just one of her stepping blocks toward Will?

(EDIT: Yes, I am this bored. I had things that needed to be done today and at least two of them have been effectively nixed by the foot of snow that fell. Am not happy with it.)