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Player's Name: Ros
Are you over 16? Yes
Characters Played Here: Rex, Bucky, Chase

Character: Peter Pan
Series/Canon: Once Upon a Time
From When? The beginning of "Save Henry," after he obtains Henry's heart and fliiiiies away.

History: Malcolm History & Peter Pan History

Personality: Peter Pan may look like a regular boy with fantastic eyebrows, but he's anything but ordinary. Once upon a time, Pan was a man who didn't really bother to grow up. As Malcolm, he lied, cheated, gambled and drank his way through life, and somehow would up saddled with the responsibility of being a father in he process, something he was wholly unprepared for. Although he debatably cared about his son, Rumplestiltskin, to some degree (despite later claiming he never loved him), he behaved more like a friend or a reckless brother, and often shirked his responsibilities to go get drunk or cheat people out of money. Sometimes, he even took Rumple with him. What a great dad. In any case, he seemed pretty content to be a drunken layabout for the most part, but he possessed enough self awareness to recognize his faults: that he was never cut out to be a father.

When Rumple presents him with an opportunity to go anywhere he wants, it brings back his fondest memories of a place he visited in his dreams as a boy: Neverland. Once in Neverland, an obsession with youth is rekindled in Malcolm. He's fixated on trying to recreate the Neverland experiences he had as a boy, but finds them impossible as an adult, and with Rumple "holding him back" by reminding him that he can't fly. This drives him to make a terrible bargain with the Shadow, Neverland's sole inhabitant: trade Rumplestiltskin for a chance to be young again. Malcolm displays a rare moment of self-reflection, in that he declares himself weak and knows that wherever he and Rumple go, he'll only go back to his old ways and screw things up again. This is then twisted into a rationalization to support his yearning for youth: since he's not cut out to be a father, then Rumple's better off without him, anyway. He's doing Rumple a favor by allowing the Shadow to take him away. And, oh, look at that, he just so happens to get what he wants-- his childhood restored-- in the process.

This behavior demonstrates that Malcolm (and Peter Pan) is a twisted, greedy person. He abandons his son and, within moments, seems to forget about him, immediately going on an adventurous flight around Neverland, rather than mourn the loss of his child (although it is worth noting that he has a semi-regretful expression on his face for a moment). Once he becomes Peter Pan, he regresses almost completely into adolescence. While he doesn't forget Rumplestiltskin, he does seem to disassociate himself from his old life and from his very role in Rumple's life. In subsequent encounters with Rumple, refers to himself in the third person, going "your father" rather than "I/me" whenever he talks about abandonment or forgiveness. While Pan hasn't actually forgotten that he once was Rumple's dad (despite Rumple's accusation that Pan forgot about him), he has pushed that relation to the back of his mind, where it can no longer trouble him or get in the way of his enjoyment of youth. As Pan, he is, despite his origins as a man, a child. He isn't an adult trapped in a child's body-- in a way, he's the opposite of a character like Claudia from Interview With a Vampire, who's an old soul cursed with youth. The vices and characteristics he had as an adult-- drinking, gambling, among others-- are all but nonexistent as Pan.

Pan's obsession with youth supersedes everything else in his life. He is willing to sacrifice anyone and anything to retain his perma-adolescence, including his own son and great-grandson. His selfish actions have had repercussions that have haunted his family through several generations, and he simply doesn't care, so long as he gets what he wants. That Henry will die in the process of him becoming truly immortal, well, that's just a sacrifice the kid'll have to make. Once Henry does (somewhat unwittingly) make that sacrifice, Pan doesn't even flinch or appear remorseful in any way. He simply appears triumphant.

Pan fully embraces his youth, and is, admittedly, not the most well-behaved boy in Neverland. Forever fifteen(ish), Pan is still a child in some ways, but he lacks a child's thoughtless cruelty. His own is much more pointed, deliberate. He's sadistic and manipulative, and he clearly enjoys causing suffering and strife in others. In one example, he tries to make a deal with Hook to kill an already-dying Charming as a show of loyalty to him. Pan wanted to make Hook commit murder just to prove that he does have such a degree of control over the pirate's life. He doesn't, of course, and his little plan to kill Charming fails, but that doesn't change his intent. Another show of his sadism is his treatment of the Darlings. He keeps Wendy captive for roughly a hundred years, keeping her brothers alive to do his bidding under the threat that he'll harm her if they don't... and forcing her to do his bidding under the threat that he'll harm her brothers if she doesn't.

Whether it's through force, clever manipulation or just twisting the truth a little bit, Pan tends to get what he wants. Pan's a capable liar, and he can also be charismatic, to boot. He can come across as charming, friendly, and fun-loving in order to get somebody to come around to his way of things. On the flipside, he's equally capable of presenting himself as a malevolent force, going so far as to threaten to make Emma a true orphan. He's also capable of, through his leadership, turning a pack of children (well, teenagers) into cold-blooded killers who follow his every command. He's ruthless, and he's not to be trusted. Even though he may not personally kill people, it's clear that he doesn't value human life, and he will send his Shadow or his Lost Boys to do the dirty work of dispatching his enemies... and his pawns, once they've outlived their usefulness.

He enjoys making deals with people, similar to his son, but unlike Rumple, it's all simply part of a game to him. In fact, to Pan, everything is a game. Seeing if Emma can unlock his secret map, driving a wedge between Baelfire and Rumpelstiltskin (in the past and in the present), snatching Henry away from his family-- all of these are just part of the game to him, and it doesn't matter to him whether people get hurt along the way. Really, he's probably counting on it, and he does what he can to encourage more strife and bloodshed, such as (again) offering Hook a way off the island if he personally kills Charming. It's all in the name of fun, adventure, and getting what he wants from people.

Peter is a clever, resourceful boy. He's extremely intelligent, and he has a way of coming across as having a great deal of knowledge about others' lives, their hopes and weaknesses. He tends to take this knowledge and turn it on people as a weapon. It's difficult to say if there's something magical about his seeming omniscience, or if he's just extremely good at gathering information and reading people. Either way, he knows his enemies well, and he tends to know the best ways to deal with them.

Oddly enough, Pan seems to feel some camaraderie with children who feel lost and abandoned-- the very way he made Rumplestiltskin feel when he abandoned him as a child. When he gets lonely, he seeks out children who feel unloved in order to bring them back to Neverland as his new friends. Although he's their leader, he largely eschews responsibility, preferring to let the Lost Boys do what they want, even if it costs them a few fingers. There is no saying "no" in Neverland, and nobody has to apologize for anything. It's very much a child's paradise... with some Lord of the Flies elements on top of it.

It's worth noting that despite the occasional weak attempt at reconciliation with Rumplestiltskin, (which are, in actuality, more likely attempts to save his own skin) Pan doesn't actually love his son. If he cares about him at all, it's more in the way one would care about a possession, something he can keep with him (all boxed up). Pan outright admits that he never loved Rumple (at best, he might have loved him once as Malcolm, but he never loved him as Peter Pan), and in fact, he deeply resents his son's very existence. All he's ever seen Rumple as is a parasite sucking away his life, his money, his dreams. And, beyond that, Rumple stands as a reminder of Pan's former life. How can he truly be Peter Pan, an eternal child, while he has a son? As long as Rumple's around to remind Pan that he isn't really a child, Pan will hate him. In fact, he hates him to the point where he doesn't just want Rumple gone; he wants him to suffer. He'll go so far as to kill his own grandson to do it.

On the flipside, for all his selfishness, his wickedness, Pan is actually capable of love. He admittedly loves Felix, his second in command, as a close friend. After all, Felix has always believed in Peter Pan, and that loyalty doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated. If not for his love of Felix, he wouldn't have been able to cast The Curse on Storybrooke, a curse requiring the heart of the thing he loves most. Sadly, even if Pan loves somebody, he's still capable of turning on them and even killing them, as he will always put himself first.

TL;DR: He's a magical dickhead who won't grow up.

Why do you think your character would work in this setting? Pan's going to be fluxing in, and while he won't be happy about it, he'll probably take the second chance thing as an opportunity to... scheme anew. He'll want to return to his kingdom in Neverland, but he'll likely learn about the ways in which he fails while in New Dodge, so he'll probably devote his six months here to coming up with a contingency plan, as you do. Anyway, he likely won't work or be a respectable member of the community until forced to, but he's clever and resourceful, so he'll get by for a while before hunkering down and getting a job.

Also, he will not remember his previous time in New Dodge. Different canon point; wiping the slate clean.

What will your character do for work? I have permission from Karra for Pan to work for Jefferson, doing... whatever Jefferson needs, basically.

Inventory:
Dagger
Panpipes (that apparently you need to be an EMO KID to hear)
A whimsical forest green outfit

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