The voice came from his father, Bootstrap Bill. In the early days, Bill had been a ghost of a man, losing his mind to the ship’s cruelty. But under Will’s command, the Dutchman had changed. It was no longer a prison of torment. It was a ferry.
The sea does not love the men who sail it. It tolerates them, swallows them, or dashes them against the rocks. But for Captain William Turner, the sea was no longer an adversary or a mistress. It was a responsibility. will turner captain of the flying dutchman
In the pantheon of cinematic pirates, few characters have undergone as profound a transformation as William "Will" Turner Jr. from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He begins as a humble blacksmith’s apprentice and ends his arc as one of the most tragic yet heroic figures on the seven seas: the immortal captain of the ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman . The voice came from his father, Bootstrap Bill
"Am I... am I dead, sir?" the boy whispered, looking up at the barnacle-encrusted face of the Captain. It was no longer a prison of torment
Will Turner, blacksmith-turned-pirate, plunges the knife into the heart and becomes an immortal god of the ocean's crossroads.
They share a passionate kiss. It is a bittersweet ending: eternal love shackled to eternal separation.
Ten years, he told himself. One day for a lifetime. It is a price I would pay a thousand times over.