#moca talks

Nana being a Newfoundland dog remained the same as in the book, and her appearance's inspired by Luah, J. M. Barries dog. And her being put outside for the night was in both book and the movie, but there were different events leading up to it.

The game the boys play is also different, but then again, a battle is more interesting and chaotic, not to mention it allowed the explanation as to why Hook's hook is on left - Wendy said so, and she's the authority on all Peter Pan related. The real reason (as far as I can find) is because the animators felt that Hook missing his right hand would limit his actions. Imagine that. Having a prosthetic, limiting actions one can do. What a thought. (then again, right hand was for a long time viewed as the dominant and proper hand to do most things with, so that probably influenced their thought process. I still prefer Fox's accuracy though, makes him even more impressive🥰)

In the book it's actually their mother that catches Peter's shadow and places it inside a drawer. Disney had Wendy do that and tell her mother about it.

Also Peter gnashing his teeth at their mother is something I did not expect to read, yet here I am.

There will likely be more details I find in the show once I actually get to Neverland, since that's where those stories start. But even just these two chapters have me so intrigued to see how these two adaptations handled or omitted details. I might write my thoughts along as I read the chapters, or just when I notice similarities. ...

AND NOW I have to geek out a little bit about the book itself; It's a 2023 reprint of a collection published back in 2015 by Alma Classics, containing Peter and Wendy (1911), Peter in Kensington Gardens (which clarifies it was first published as chapter 13 - 18 of The Little White Bird (1902)) and the stage play script Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow up So, while the title of the book is somewhat misleading, for 11 euros I'm glad I got it. Especially because of the stage play, if I'm honest. There's also a glossary and notes explaining certain sentences or sayings that make no sense this far into the future (to a kid or adult imo, especially if english is also not your first language) and - fitting a childrens book - Extra Material for Young Readers. Pretty sure I'd devour this book if it was in any library I was at as a kid, there's so much to engage with.

Not to mention that the glossary and notes make reading a million times easier, since I don't need to look up words constantly. When I was around 11 or 12, I wanted to read The Princess and the Goblin(1872) after watching the animated movie adaptation(1991). There was no physical book I could borrow, and I didn't have a phone with internet access (thanks dad, I only got it when I was 16, because I needed internet access on hand for school). So I became pretty well versed in the whole "If the physical dictionary doesn't have it, one of the 5 online ones should give me the answer."

Ah, good times. I'm glad channeling my dedication for still doing that is now optional though - at least for this book. I enjoy being immersed in a story without distractions, and ever since I started leaving my phone inside when I go out and read it has been bliss.

This collection was also illustrated by the same artist that did Horrid Henry (Grozni Gašper in slovene), which I though would be distracting... but they are small illustrations and so won't take much attention from the story itself. If anything, I'll just associate certain things with Gašper for a moment, because that kid really did bring me such joy when I was younger. And the first picture of Peter makes me think of Mr. Proper Peter (Pridni Peter), if he ended up being somewhat closer to his brother. Oh these illustrations will turn out to be a blast XD