“the series took that seemingly to my untrained eye was a direct slap in the face to the wincest crowd.” Been there, done that. Hellooo, DMC. There are times when the inconsistency of the behavior of characters causes one to manipulate the hell out of canon.

After CotBP, it is clear that DMC Jack must be so mean because Will had spurned his advances. Works for me at any rate.

And DMC Elizabeth falling for Jack after CotBP Elizabeth thought him so gross and crude before? Umm, yeah, still working on that.