User blog comment:HephaestusThePrivateer/Barbossa: Helping Jack or Turning Against Him?/@comment-4898132-20120226034423

First and foremost, I'd like to point out that Jack and Barbossa are not friends. They may have worked together to accomplish a certain goal...but that's different than being "friends". Did Jack and Barbossa become friends while fighting the EITC? No. Did Jack and Barbossa become friends during the quest for the Fountain of Youth? No. They only worked together in both occasions...with having at least one betrayal of some sort during both adventures(i.e. Barbossa taking Jack's piece of eight OR trying to sell him out to the King). Even through OST, they continue to bicker at times in their alliances and...by the end of the film, from what I learned from a certain reliable source, they each successful con the other, not knowing they are each being conned. Just had to clear that up.

Now to answer said query above: that is a bit of a stretch to think about. As I state above, they do bicker at times(evidenced in all times where Jack and Barbossa are together)...but that doesn't mean they're mortal enemies. The way I see it, Barbossa was the main villain of CotBP and in CotBP only. Barbossa can have a similar role as his role in OST(or maybe like Norrington's moral role in DMC; the "working with Jack until the film's big sword fight" type role), but not to a point where he's the big bad guy of the film. But then, anything is possible...though I will say, for the time being, it's a bit early to think about.