That’s right, I said it and it’s true. I‘ll even prove it to
you using J.M. Barrie’s own written words. We will start with the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Then
move on to Peter and Wendy. We will
finish with Peter Pan in Scarlet (the
official sequal to Peter Pan and Wendy
written by Geraldine McCaughrean) which in my opinion is a pretty damn good sequel
Peter Pans started out as all people do, a baby. In the end
he winds up a child that looks the age of ten, has all his “first teeth”, has
his first laugh which I’m assuming id the laugh of an infant and is at least
one hundred and fifty years old. Pause a second and picture that in your head.
That is what we are dealing with. Now that you have that in your brain we can
really begin. Oh I forgot to mention that He “escapes from being human.” Which
means we aren’t even dealing with a human asshole.
Peter is a kid who “escapes” from home at the ripe old age
of seven days old. It seems that all humans were once birds and when they are
born they have “a youthful desire to return to the tree tops” which is also why
he can fly. He then flies over to Kensington
Gardens where he is told
by the birds that he is “Betwixt-and-Between.” Basically a half bird half human
mutant. Having enough of the Gardens and with a bit of help from some fairies,
Peter decides to go back home to his
mother. Once at home he decides that he’d like to spend more time in the
Gardens. He goes to and fro from the Gardens and home watching his obviously
depressed mother sleep. On his final journey home in which he means to remain
there he finds the window closed and barred and his mother once again sleeping.
But this time with another child in her arms. Thus begins Peter the asshole.
Now onto Peter and
Wendy.
Ok. We’ve almost all seen the classic Disney cartoon Peter
Pan. It’s cute it’s funny and for the boys it has pirates. Most of all It has
peter as the hero. Well I’m here to tell you the real story on Peter. Peter the
asshole.
After
Wendy sews Peters shadow on (which was folded up in a drawer, not dancing
around) Peter says this exactly. He thought he had attached the shadow himself. "How
clever I am!" he crowed rapturously, "oh, the cleverness of me!"
Obviously Peter is either full of himself or has A.D.H.D and just can’t
remember what the fuck just happened. When we first meet Tinkerbelle we see a
hint of how much of a bitch she can be right off the bat. He had to translate. "She is not very polite. She
says you are a great [huge] ugly girl, and that she is my fairy." Through
this whole chapter you’ll see that all Wendy wants is to tell Peter stories and
be motherly to him. Then he mentions the “other boys” It’s his way of talking
her into the dirty van with “free candy” spray painted on the sides. Here’s the
evidence.
"And, Wendy, there are
mermaids."
"Mermaids! With
tails?"
"Such long tails."
"Oh," cried Wendy,
"to see a mermaid!"
He had become frightfully
cunning. "Wendy," he said, "how we should all respect you."
She was wriggling her body in
distress. It was quite as if she were trying to remain on the nursery floor.
But he had no pity for her.
"Wendy," he said, the
sly one, "you could tuck us in at night."
"Oo!"
"None of us has ever been
tucked in at night."
"Oo," and her arms
went out to him.
"And you could darn our
clothes, and make pockets for us. None of us has any pockets." How could
she resist.
This is where they all fly away with Peter at the lead
leaving behind a saddened Mr. and Mrs. Darling.
Next up we see Peter’s total disregard for others safety. As
Peter, Wendy and the boys flew off to Neverland we read these lines.
Certainly they did not pretend
to be sleepy, they were sleepy; and that was a danger, for the moment they
popped off, down they fell. The awful thing was that Peter thought this funny.
"There he goes again!" he would cry gleefully, as Michael suddenly
dropped like a stone.
And
Indeed, sometimes when he
returned he did not remember them, at least not well. Wendy was sure of it. She
saw recognition come into his eyes as he was about to pass them the time of day
and go on; once even she had to call him by name.
Now we get to Neverland. This is where Peter and Tink really
show themselves. First, a bit of Tink’s bad side.
She did not yet know that Tink
hated her with the fierce hatred of a very woman. And so, bewildered, and now
staggering in her flight, she followed Tink to her doom.
And
Tink's reply rang out:
"Peter wants you to shoot the Wendy."
It was not in their nature to
question when Peter ordered. "Let us do what Peter wishes!"
cried the simple boys.
"Quick, bows and arrows!"
All but Tootles popped down
their trees. He had a bow and arrow with him, and Tink noted it, and rubbed her
little hands.
"Quick, Tootles,
quick," she screamed. "Peter will be so pleased."
Tootles excitedly fitted the
arrow to his bow. "Out of the way, Tink," he shouted, and then he
fired, and Wendy fluttered to the ground with an arrow in her breast.
That’s right, Tink had Wendy murdered.. Though Wendy didn’t die. She was saved by the “kiss”
(a button) that Peter gave her. So Tootles realizes his mistake and they decide
to hide the body. Wendy’s out cold for a while. Peter finally lands and Tootles
tells him what happened. What’s the first think Peter thinks to do? Why kill
Tootles of course. Here’s the proof.
"Oh, dastard hand,"
Peter said, and he raised the arrow to use it as a dagger.
Tootles did not flinch. He bared
his breast. "Strike, Peter," he said firmly, "strike true."
Twice did Peter raise the arrow, and twice did his hand fall. "I cannot
strike," he said with awe, "there is something stays my hand."
All looked at him in wonder,
save Nibs, who fortunately looked at Wendy.
"It is she," he cried,
"the Wendy lady, see, her arm!"
Yes. The only thing that saved Tootles was Wendy not
actually dying. After that we soon get a hint that Wendy’s brothers kind of
don’t want to be there any more. "John,
John," Michael would cry, "wake up! Where is Nana, John, and mother?"
They build a house around Wendy to recover in. We are now getting to the
disturbing part. These kids don’t really eat. Sure, we all know that Pan fed
them by imagining up food for them but the problem is this line right here. The difference between him and the other boys at such a
time was that they knew it was make-believe, while to him make-believe and true
were exactly the same thing. This sometimes troubled them, as when they had to
make-believe that they had had their dinners. Basiclly the lost boys
either didn’t eat or ate out of view of Peter because if they didn’t
make-believe, this happened. If they broke down in
their make-believe he rapped them on the knuckles. And the proof they
broke down a lot? right here. "Yes, my little
man," Slightly anxiously replied, who had chapped knuckles. Ya
Peter was a bastard.
Now I’ve noticed this post has gone on too long so I'll just
make it a two-parter. But let me know what you guys think below. See you guys
in a bit. I promise part two will be much shorter.
Chris.
Good post. I never knew the original books were so dark and that the characters were so evil. I guess Disney lightened them up for kids. (Who would ever think that Hollywood would do something like that?)
ReplyDeleteYou know who else is a jerk in the source material? Pinocchio. For reals, he's a little prick.
ReplyDeleteI was never a big Pan-fan, even the Disney version; but Peter David's TIGERHEART reimaginination of the tale is a thing of wonder.
ReplyDeleteBeauty and the beast is about beastiality,
ReplyDeleteJimminy cricket looks like a talking green worm/exotic cockroach/booger...he never looked like a cricket. hes annoying know it all. I thought Pleasure Island was Las Vegas, ur right pinnocchio could be a prick but I mean maybe just stupid, cuz he had a wooden head. the mermaids were bitches too, trying to drown Wendy and they hung around topless. Lots of sex in Disney. Peter pan had Tinkerbell, Wendy, naked mermaids, Tiger Lilly. Everyone fighting for him...Wendy should have beaten the crap out of him cuz he steals her daughter after he lies to her and comes back decades later. That is one fucked up story . PS I think hes an elf. He dresses like the jolly green giant. Ho ho ho.
Actually...Peter pan was probably gay, just sayin. He never did want Wendy or anybody else to be his girlfriend just pretended to like them and that old pirate hook was obsessed. Chasing Peter everywhere...probably wanted to bonk his boy @$$ real badly. And in the play Peter is always a girl so Wendy is kind of a lesbian sometimes.
ReplyDeleteDid you miss the part where Peter's a little kid?
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