The reason Davy Jones became captain of the Dutchman was to win Calypso's love. Like the challenges put to many favorites of the gods, this was his: he ferries the souls of the dead for ten years (presumably for her; lazy goddess), and he gets one day to come ashore and find her. If he does, hurrah, he gets to be immortal and with her for all time (I assume immortality was given him as a reward for service if they reunited).
He goes off, does what she wants him to do (temporarily immortal, or at least unkillable by the sea, drowning, etc), and comes back to no goddess waiting for him. Pissed off that he has to go back to sea for ten years without promise she'll ever be there, he tracks down some pirates to bind her, hoping to inflict pain upon her (and, just maybe? If she's bound to human form, he might have a better chance of locating her next time). The heart cutting thing happens probably as a fit of pique and betrayal 'cause he doesn't want to live without his love (melodrama much, Davy Jones?). Doesn't go well, and he becomes a squid, having cursed himself--because the Dutchman has to have a captain, the captain can't die even with his heart out of his chest--to now be on the ship forever. A new curse forms around the heart, probably a mixture of the magic he can work as Calypso's follower and some of her own besides.
I don't think ANY of that came through in the film. It also doesn't explain Will's situation at all, but it at least makes clear Davy Jones. I think.
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The reason Davy Jones became captain of the Dutchman was to win Calypso's love. Like the challenges put to many favorites of the gods, this was his: he ferries the souls of the dead for ten years (presumably for her; lazy goddess), and he gets one day to come ashore and find her. If he does, hurrah, he gets to be immortal and with her for all time (I assume immortality was given him as a reward for service if they reunited).
He goes off, does what she wants him to do (temporarily immortal, or at least unkillable by the sea, drowning, etc), and comes back to no goddess waiting for him. Pissed off that he has to go back to sea for ten years without promise she'll ever be there, he tracks down some pirates to bind her, hoping to inflict pain upon her (and, just maybe? If she's bound to human form, he might have a better chance of locating her next time). The heart cutting thing happens probably as a fit of pique and betrayal 'cause he doesn't want to live without his love (melodrama much, Davy Jones?). Doesn't go well, and he becomes a squid, having cursed himself--because the Dutchman has to have a captain, the captain can't die even with his heart out of his chest--to now be on the ship forever. A new curse forms around the heart, probably a mixture of the magic he can work as Calypso's follower and some of her own besides.
I don't think ANY of that came through in the film. It also doesn't explain Will's situation at all, but it at least makes clear Davy Jones. I think.