Peter Pan Psychopath Theory

[ER]

I guess you can find revisions of thought about any title online these days but one of the most interesting I've read about since the "Wendy was the real monster in Kubrick's Shining" hypothesis video says we are looking at Peter Pan all wrong, that he's an immortal supernatural psycho who for centuries has abducted children for his cult, brainwashes them, and then slaughters them at the first sign that they're aging beyond childhood. Captain Hook is the lone escapee from Pan's evil clutches, and while also mad after his abuse at the fiendish Peter's hands, he seeks to kill Peter Pan and end the horrors of his cycle of kidnapping and infanticide.

[Alex]

Yeah, I've heard that one a few times recently. My general train of thought is if it isn't in the book, then it is just someones fan fic.

[ER]

Agreed.

[Alex]

I'd like to point out that I haven't read the book of Peter Pan, so it is quite possible it is a thing. Then again, maybe Winnie the Pooh takes a meat cleaver to Eeyore and I've just never encountered that in a book.

[Paquita]

I haven't heard this one, but just based on the Disney animation which I believe was intended to be an adaptation of the original, I would agree that if it's not in the story, it's probably just people trying to make a creepy pasta out if it.  Maybe even an internet rumor intentionally started to garner interest for a movie adaptation.  Although, we do know that Disney is notorious for making what were originally quite dark fairy tales into family friendly movies, so I could be convinced.

On the other hand, the Wendy Theory is different since it seems that Kubrick intended to stray from Stephen King's original story when he made the movie.  My husband has literally been obsessed with the Wendy Theory for almost the past 2 years.  Not a week goes by where we don't talk about it at least once, and sometimes those are hours-long discussions. I think I was able to convince him that movie was intended to be open to multiple interpretations, but sometimes I wonder.

[Alex]

If you really want to wind him up you could suggest that because of Dr Sleep, it would all be canon now that it wasn't a hallucination.

[Paquita]

If you really want to wind him up you could suggest that because of Dr Sleep, it would all be canon now that it wasn't a hallucination.

He thinks one of the reasons the Wendy Theory came out was in response to Dr. Sleep to prove it's not canon, at least with Kubrick's version.   That said, I haven't seen Dr. Sleep yet, but isn't Halloran alive in that movie anyway?

[Alex]

If you really want to wind him up you could suggest that because of Dr Sleep, it would all be canon now that it wasn't a hallucination.

He thinks one of the reasons the Wendy Theory came out was in response to Dr. Sleep to prove it's not canon, at least with Kubrick's version.   That said, I haven't seen Dr. Sleep yet, but isn't Halloran alive in that movie anyway?

I watched part of the movie, but haven't seen it all to be honest. I got as far a bit where I think they were torturing a young boy to death with needles? I will go watch the rest at some point.

[chainsaw midget]

I've watched the Disney movie and read the original story.  The Peter Pan theory is just people trying to be edy and dark for the sake of being edgy and dark and the part with Captain Hook being a former Lost Boy is 100% bad fanfic.