#one of the stupidest things about peter pan's plot to me is that like

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If you were chosen to adapt your own movie version of "Peter Pan", what would your vision of the classic story look like?

I feel like I wouldn't, personally.Peter Pan isn't really like up high on the list of classic stories that I like and actually, I'm not THAT familiar with the original story. I'm actually not even sure I was allowed to watch the old Disney Peter Pan (or at least watch it very often) when I was a kid, because I didn't remember the "Indians" scene for years, so I think when & if I watched it, my family made sure I didn't see it. The fictional tribe named that Tigerlily is allegedly from is also named after a slur for Black children so. Yeah.

I'm just not very interested in it & it leaves a bad taste in my mouth because of the racism. But I guess if I WERE to make something of my own, I feel like I'd do a more realistic, historical (fantasy? Maybe??) version of it, because I like history & just from what I've seen, the magic aspect of it has always been covered, so that's the spin I'd put on it.

Like maybe Peter is actually an imaginary friend of Wendy, they're an English family who go to North America (& this is actually Neverland), & half of the "magic" involved is Wendy's overactive imagination. I'd sprinkle in some themes about colonialism & infantilization of Native people & our colonizers seeing us as needing to be "Wards" of their kingdoms (tying this into the "never grow up" thing), how the adults in Wendy's life have effected her preconceptions of North America & adulthood, maybe themes about ageism towards children. Wendy befriends "Tiger Lily". I think I'd end it with revealing Peter is Wendy's friend who died as a child & him being her imaginary friend was a way of coping (& I'd do this just to somewhat pay homage to the author of Peter Pan's inspiration for the character) & so him going away shows she's moved on, & neverland becomes more realistic & less fantastical (but not less beautiful or wonderous) by the end, & Wendy matures as a person.

I guess. Fvgvfcv idk