Will Turner/Elizabeth Swann
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| Pairing: | Will Turner/Elizabeth Swann |
| Alternative name(s): | Willabeth, Will/Liz, WE, W/E |
| Gender category: | Het |
| Fandom: | Pirates of the Caribbean |
| Canonical?: | Canon |
| Prevalence: | high |
| Archives: | Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner works on AO3 |
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Will/Elizabeth is a canon het pairing from the Disney film franchise Pirates of the Caribbean.
Canon
Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are established as childhood friends in the first film, Curse of the Black Pearl, and the film follows the development of their relationship alongside the events of the plot. Will and Elizabeth remain a couple during the second and third films, Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, and are married by Captain Barbossa on the deck of the Black Pearl during the third film. They do not appear as characters in the fourth film, On Stranger Tides.
Fandom
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Will/Elizabeth quickly became one of the popular pairings in the Pirates of the Caribbean fandom after the first film was released, alongside Jack/Elizabeth and Jack/Will.
Will/Elizabeth is an enduringly popular pairing in the Pirates of the Caribbean fandom, and has the second-highest number of works in the fandom on AO3, after Jack Sparrow/James Norrington.
Willabeth/Sparrabeth Ship War
In the mid 2000s some fans of Willabeth were involved in a ship war with fans of Sparrabeth
Common Tropes & Fanon
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- As Will and Elizabeth are established as having known each other from a young age, many fanworks, particularly those set pre-movie, revolve around this as a theme and show a budding romance between the young Will and Elizabeth.
- Commodore James Norrington is often depicted as a romantic rival, due to his having courted Elizabeth's affections in Curse of the Black Pearl.
- Alternate Universes often appear.
Fanworks
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Fanfic
- Healing Wounds by williz: What if Will's wounds from his lashings were a blessing in disguise?
- Will and Elizabeth by Romen: The story of Will and Elizabeth’s youth up from the point that she takes the medallion off of his neck. (Incomplete)
- The Storm in Port Royal by LordLanceahlot: PreCotBP, Port Royal is struck by a terrible storm. Elizabeth Swann is safely esconsed in the mansion when she hears that the shops by the ocean will be completely obliterated. Struck by all the implications, she braves the storm to rescue Will Turner.
- The Horse Borrower by zorro x: A 13 year old Will Turner has been stirring up trouble around Port Royal, but Elizabeth is not going to let anything happen to him! Features an appearance by Norrington, and Will's first attempt at breaking the law.
Doujinshi
- Apple Lovers (2007)
Fanart
Fanvids
Podfic
Meta
- Will Turner is often the only survivor of massive shipwrecks, Archived version by eglerieth and aethersea
Archives & Fannish Links
- Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner works on AO3
- Will & Elizabeth works at FFN, since the films premiered prior to FFN adding a pairing tool to their classification for fics, nearly all of the works that are W/E do not use it.
- Will and Elizabeth Fanfics
- Will & Elizabeth Forever
- Will and Elizabeth At World's End and Beyond - A collection of WE fics that take place during and after the events of AWE including that bit after the credits. May also include some fics about Will Turner III.
- After the first film came out, various small fansites/fanpages appeared - mostly on free website hosting sites such as Geocities.
- Hide the Rum, a W/E forum that eventually turned into a LJ community
- WillElizabeth, a LiveJournal community
- truelove-potc, another LJ community
- Will and Elizabeth Turner at Fanpop