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Originally Posted by ThatWriterGuy
As for Barrie, Disney, Wendy and Pan -- all of that source served as an initial catalyst for what Jim wanted to do (and I'm talking way back in the 80s here when Jim first started writing a treatment for a BAT musical), but those conversations about those characters and those archetypes were long gone (though acknowledged in the rear view mirror) by the time that I was asked to work on the book. The themes remained, in a broad sense, but Jim made it clear that he wasn't looking to reinvent Peter Pan.
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He clung to the common elements/references for so long, even in
2100, that I thought it important to clarify that even at its roots, the premise was flawed, because he'd already long failed to grasp the source, or at least willfully ignored it after the initial point of connection. I already understood the above to be the case and agree with you that, regardless, the lingering Pan-ish elements didn't fit. (I'm biased because we know each other, but I always thought your idea at least made sense by comparison.)