Rereading Peter Pan: wait WHAT?

theloneliesttimeline:

The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out; but at this time there were six of them, counting the twins as two. ~J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan (emphasis mine)

I don’t know who is responsible for removing this little gem from our general cultural consciousness (Disney? The lyricist of the stage musical, a la “once you have found your way there, you can never, never grow old”?) but HOLY SHIT.

There has only ever been one immortal being in Neverland.

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