What if Peter Pan was a ghost?

I’m sure there are many definitions of the “Peter Pan” principal. I’ve always liked the ideal of ‘Never Growing Up’, but today I had another thought.

What if Peter Pan was a ghost?

I’ve read the book and seen the movies and enjoyed the interpretations (even with Robin Williams). I was engaged with the thought of eternal youth. Second star on the right. Straight until morning.

Then the thought that Peter was a ghost came around. He is a child who will never grow up because he is dead. It makes sense.

The thought changes the presentation from a kid’s book of fantasy to a story of grief.  A boy who lives in a place called ‘Never Never Land’ and flies like an angle. His friends are ‘Lost Boys’ (other dead children) and a fairy (angel?). His nemesis is an old one-handed pirate who is scared from a reptile with a clock. Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock. Time is running out.

What about the Darlings? Was Peter the older brother of Wendy, Michael and John? Was Peter just a boy who ran away from home and never came back?

Whether it is Mary Martin swinging around on a harness or the CGI of digital technology, the Peter Pan story is charming though it might be a bit creepy if you think Wendy (his love interest) is his sister.