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Peter Pan's Pointy Ears

posted 13 years ago by greenjello77
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I never understood why Peter Pan was given pointy ears. He was never some magical being...he was a human child who just so happened to live in a magical world.

[–] MagicKingdom 13 years ago

Maybe he had them sharpened with plastic surgery. I hear some people do that.
Or maybe they're fake. Maybe he's a die-hard trekkie.

[–] elgrandTA82 13 years ago

I never understood that either, I suppose the idea was to make him other worldly, but I never thought it was a very good one.

[–] MetFanMac 13 years ago

Maybe he's been in Neverland so long it's having a physical effect on him? Or maybe overexposure to pixie dust?

Supermodels...spoiled stupid little stick figures mit poofy lips who sink only about zemselves.

[–] EerieForest 10 years ago

I think his time in Neverland has altered him a little from being human. He has been in a magical land for so long that he has picked up fae characteristics, but he is still a human boy as well.

[–] Darwinskid 10 years ago

Peter's pointy ears are a reference to Pan, the Greek god of mischief, in addition to also being the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of the mountain wilds, hunting, and rustic music, and is a companion to the Nymphs...And yes, he did have pointy ears.

[–] greenbudgie 9 years ago

I think it best to consider Peter Pan as a magical being. Even though he might not have started out that way. I wish those pan pipes that he played sounded more like pan pipes though. So that he was even more like the God Pan in mischievous disguise.