Aiyee Ikea! and what a Will wants.
So I spent the day putting together a pile of Ikea furniture. A bookshelf/hutch thingy, a couple of stools and two bedside tables, and am I beat. My right arm and shoulder are sore, My right thand is practically raw (I just avoided blisters) and really, the bookshelf and bedside tables are not done yet. Oiy
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Will didn't trust Jack at all in CotBP, and Jack did eventually prove himself to be (somewhat) reliable and trustworthy. So in DMC Will is now giving him the benefit of the doubt he did not extend him in CotBP, and like you say, Will understands Jack enough to know that he isn't going to tell him everything (or anything useful), which is why he uses Gibbs to get some kind of feel for what the hell is even going on. So, while Will really wants to question Jack, perhaps even smack the crap out of him, he doesn't, forcing himself to trust Jack, because he has proved that he can be relied upon to not let Elizabeth or Will actually die.
I have no idea if this makes any sense, or if it any different that what you said. But it is definitely deeply rooted in my shipper tendencies and general fascination with the Jack-Will 'buddy/anti-buddy' dynamic from CotBP, which seems sadly lacking in DMC without wank.
Canon or shippyness, Jack was definitely relying on Will's abilities and stubbornness when he sent him to the 'Dutchman', otherwise why would it have mattered who he sent over there? I also think Jack is upset that Will shows up on Isla Cruces, not because of Elizabeth, but because it foils his plans, again, which I think in some manner included rescuing Will from the 'Dutchman', not because he wants to be a hero, but because it would be a good way of defusing Will.
As you said Jack never meant to leave Will there, but Will didn't know that, and Jack knows that Will doesn't know that (wow, almost need a road map). And I think that Jack has enough respect for Will that he doesn't particularly want to get on his wrong side. It's possible that in Jack's head getting Will back off the 'Dutchman' negates the sending him there in the first place.
As for incomprehensibly protective actions, I have always seen Jack whacking Will with the oar as strangely protective. I mean it's obviously a self-protective move, but for some reason, that and the 'leave him lie' thing always strikes me as much more affectionate than being as uncaring or mercenary as it seems.
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The thing is, Jack finally HAD both Norrington and Elizabeth in the palm of his hand. They both believed him, he'd been proven right in a mad claim (the heart), so it made sense they would be more likely to listen to whatever he'd have them do next. And then Will shows up looking pissed off, and Jack realizes the gig is up and Will's about to open his big mouth (not to mention, while Norrington is being All Sad over the kiss, Jack is looking around, presumably for Will's "friends" who undoubtedly ferried him just offshore). It's also why he hits him with the oar - he sees Will has likely figured out the heart thing and it's a BAD, BAD time to have to answer the questions Will would undoubtedly ask right then despite the battle.
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