Peter Pan is the exact opposite of an incel fantasy. It's more like an incel nightmare where a boy can never achieve sexual maturity. Since Peter Pan also keeps losing his memory (like when he permanently forgets about Tinkerbell soon after she dies), you can't even say he's actively choosing this prepubescent eternity since he essentially can only live in the present. Maybe you can say Peter Pan is something of a MGTOW fantasy since Peter Pan is free from ever having to worry about appealing to girls or women.
I hear you. I guess the incel in this case isn't Peter but the audience - at least I think that's what Jacqueline Rose would say. The adult fantasy that structures the story condemns Peter never to escape childhood. He's the victim.
Peter Pan is the exact opposite of an incel fantasy. It's more like an incel nightmare where a boy can never achieve sexual maturity. Since Peter Pan also keeps losing his memory (like when he permanently forgets about Tinkerbell soon after she dies), you can't even say he's actively choosing this prepubescent eternity since he essentially can only live in the present. Maybe you can say Peter Pan is something of a MGTOW fantasy since Peter Pan is free from ever having to worry about appealing to girls or women.
I hear you. I guess the incel in this case isn't Peter but the audience - at least I think that's what Jacqueline Rose would say. The adult fantasy that structures the story condemns Peter never to escape childhood. He's the victim.